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PLEASANTON, CA, August 30, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The scope of both the data and the technology that finance departments have to work with has expanded considerably, and new benchmark research released today by Ventana Research indicates that organizations are aware of the potential for providing leadership to the organization through the application of analytics, but have a ways to go in developing relevant metrics and KPIs and providing them when decision-makers need them. |
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Monday, 30 August 2010 15:46 |
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4delite Softens Blow for Advertisers Facing the Threat of a Double-dip Recession and High Cost of Diverging Ad Standards
In an August 23, 2010 poll, 68 per cent of AdAge readers polled said they felt we’re headed for another round of economic pain. To get more margin, advertisers need solutions to get more efficient. Are today’s advertisers prepared for what comes next?
4delite (www.4delite.com), the angel-backed San Francisco-based start-up, has announced the launch of its cloud-based rich media publishing platform for advertisers who want to create powerful, yet unified, ad creative for cross-media purposes that mobile and web experiences provide. First public demo of the platform will be at the SF New Tech event this Tuesday, August 31, 2010 in San Francisco (www.sfnewtech.com). 4delite was founded by Silicon Valley veterans Eugene Walden, Andy Laursen and Mary Ray, The company has developed a scalable publishing platform that is future-proofed for whatever emerges (or re-emerges) as the standard format for mobile and online advertising.
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 30, 2010 Just when the advertising industry seems to be recovering, talk of double-dip recession emerges (Huffington Post, WSJ, Yahoo Finance). Couple that with the ever-increasing number of screens and formats advertisers have to be prepared to adapt to (NewTeeVee, YouTube Blog, Gizmodo, Steve Jobs’ Blog, Adobe’s Blog, Forbes, TechCrunch, Mashable) and the costly impact on the industry (AdAge) becomes all too apparent. In an August 23, 2010 poll, 68 per cent of AdAge readers think we’re headed for another round of economic pain. To get more margin, advertisers need solutions to get more efficient. Are today’s advertisers prepared for what comes next?
4delite (www.4delite.com), the angel-backed San Francisco-based start-up, has announced the launch of its cloud-based rich media publishing platform for advertisers who want to create powerful, yet unified, ad creative for cross-media purposes that mobile and web experiences provide. First public demo of the platform will be at the SF New Tech event this Tuesday, August 31, 2010 in San Francisco (www.sfnewtech.com). 4delite was founded by Silicon Valley veterans Eugene Walden, Andy Laursen and Mary Ray, The company has developed a scalable publishing platform that is future-proofed for whatever emerges (or re-emerges) as the standard format for mobile and online advertising.
The 4delite cloud-based platform lets you drag-and-drop your own design for ad creative (see 10-minute or 2-minute video demo) as well as embed whatever tracking URLs you require. The startup’s publishing platform turns weeks of work and approval cycles into minutes, allowing businesses to publish and easily design through drag-and-drop functionality full ad campaigns that meet both IAB and MMA advertising specifications. The customization of ad dimensions and file sizes can be controlled by users. By checking a box, users can publish their own HTML5-friendly ad formats to be viewed on web browsers for the iPhone and iPad.
Now anyone can publish unified, agency-quality ad campaigns to meet today’s mobile and online diverging ad requirements in a matter of minutes. Create once, distribute across multiple screens.
Besides providing users a cloud-based CMS to organize their ad creative and assets (such as font and image assets) 4delite gives you direct access to image search engines like Flickr, Bing, Google Images as well as one of the world’s top microstock-photography agencies in the world: Fotolia. “A segment of our customers are agencies of all sizes. This integration with 4delite offers us the opportunity to be more tied to the workflow of our agency-customers, as well as gives us a strategic edge over our competition,” says Garth Johnson, EVP Fotolia North America. This August, users will get the added benefit of purchasing Fotolia assets through 4delite’s seamless API integration.
4delite also contains contextual site preview, which lets advertisers review and share (through link – see example here) their ads created in the 4delite platform within the context of the sites and phones where the ads will be served. This features makes it easier for advertisers to pitch to clients (or internal teams), prototype and produce their online and mobile ads within context. “In one of our concept review meetings with our client Keen, we showed the client a rich media prototype of an ad concept we wanted to test within the contextual site preview. The moment they saw the ad in context of a web site, the client wanted to run the ad immediately. I’ve never seen anything like it. We continue to use the platform today – couldn’t imagine going back,” John Trotter, Partner and Creative Director of Forty Forty Agency.
4delite technology can be licensed by major ad networks to allow enterprise customers to quickly create and place mobile and online ads. The company also offers enterprise packages on a monthly for agency seats. Already, the company has over 1500 registered users.
At a time when advertisers are still trying to reach their audience and drive revenue with tight budgets, the 4delite platform is the obvious solution. By using the 4delite platform, advertisers can both tighten workflows and save thousands of dollars without compromising quality creative. “We used to outsource hours and hours of flash work, but with 4delite we are able to work much more efficiently in-house and as a result we are able to realize the subsequent savings,” says John Trotter of Forty Forty Agency. No other platform provides the ease of use and powerful solution that 4delite offers advertisers who will have to invest in multi-format ad creative that can be delivered across platforms.
Since mid-April, the 4delite platform has generated over 1,000 registered users, including small business owners, internal creative teams, and small to mid-sized ad agencies. Currently, ads created in the 4delite platform can be viewed through the standard online web browser experience as well as through web browsers used on iPhones and iPads (Opera, Safari, etc.). By the end of the year, 4delite anticipates having integrated more placement APIs into its platform in order to streamline the display ad creation to placement process.
About 4delite
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Monday, 30 August 2010 00:00 |
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Succeed Adds Automated "Drip-Mail" Feature to its Popular Insurance Sales-Boosting Tool For Agents
New Addition Of The Succeed Sales Suite™ Makes It Even Easier For Insurance Agencies To Build New Customer Relationships And Stand Above The Competition
Wilsonville, OR (PRWEB) August 30, 2010 Succeed Management Solutions today announced the addition of a new drip-mail feature to its popular Succeed Sales Suite, an insurance sales and marketing tool for agents and producers. First introduced in September 2009, the Sales Suite provides users with a variety of tools and resources designed to make winning new business easier than ever. The new automated drip-mail feature adds to this ability by giving agents everything they need to easily connect with prospective customers and provide value-added services that differentiate them from competitors.
The new drip mail feature works with the Sales Suite’s Mail Center to act as an automated email campaign manager. Agents simply choose materials they want to send from the Sales Suite’s extensive bilingual safety library and then schedule email delivery to their prospects. Users can customize their email marketing campaigns based upon their desired schedule and frequency of the automated email deliveries.
Agents can easily add new prospects to the campaign as they find them, and the mail center does the rest, sending emails at the predetermined intervals. In addition, the user has the ability to run reports to see the status of delivered and scheduled emails.
“This has been a highly requested feature and we felt that adding this function to the Sales Suite without increasing the subscription fee was the right way to support our partners,” said Slade Crooks, SVP. “Now, there is no easier way to create valuable relationships with prospective new clients and provide services that will have you standing above the competition.”
The Sales Suite includes the Mail Center email campaign manager along with other prospecting tools and services including:
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Monday, 30 August 2010 00:00 |
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Chinese Drywall Complaint Center Says We Must Get All Knauf Tianjin Chinese Drywall In 2005-2006 Florida-Gulf States Subdivisions Identified-Now
The Chinese Drywall Complaint Center in the strongest terms possible is encouraging all homeowners living in 2005-2006 Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Southeast Texas subdivisions to get identified now, if they suspect their homes contain toxic Chinese drywall, or more specifically Knauf Tianjin Chinese drywall. The group has repeatedly warned homeowners in these states to get identified, if their home contains Knauf Tianjin Chinese drywall. Knauf Tianjin Chinese drywall was supplied by Banner Supply in Florida, and Interior Exterior Supply of Louisiana in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and the metro areas of Houston & Austin Texas, to both new subdivisions in 2005-and 2006, and also homeowners who were forced to repair their homes after Hurricane's Katrina, and Rita. The Chinese Drywall Complaint Center says, "our biggest fear is the makers of Knauf Tianjin will be the only toxic Chinese drywall maker to settle with completely innocent US homeowners in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana & Southeast Texas. If your home was built, or remodeled in 2005-2006, in these states, or areas, and if you have had repeated AC coil failures please call us immediately." For more information please call the Chinese Drywall Complaint Center at 866-714-6466, or contact the group via its web site at Http://ChineseDrywallComplaintCenter.Com
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Monday, 30 August 2010 00:00 |
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BNI-Misner Foundation Donates $1,000,000 to Charitable Organizations Worldwide
The BNI-Misner Foundation, BNI’s non-profit charitable program, is proud to announce that as of this year it has donated over $1,000,000 to charities around the world since its inception in 1998.
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Monday, 30 August 2010 00:00 |
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Hard Times at Home Yield Record Crowd for InternationalLiving.com’s Live & Invest Overseas Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada
A faltering economy, high cost of living, skyrocketing health care costs, and political gridlock have combined to help sell out InternationalLiving.com’s annual conference on living and investing abroad, with a record 500 seats reserved for attendees heading to Las Vegas, Nevada, for the two-day event.
Baltimore, MD (Vocus) August 30, 2010 Hard times at home mean more Americans than ever are exploring the option of living better for less by moving abroad.
No one knows exactly how many people have already moved overseas looking for a lower cost of living, more affordable health care, lower property taxes, and better investments. But if attendance at InternationalLiving.com’s annual Live & Invest Overseas Conference is any indication, more will be joining them soon.
Registration for InternationalLiving.com’s only U.S.-based lifestyle conference of the year has set a record with 500 seats reserved for attendees, making the annual conference the largest event in the company’s 30-year history.
“Attendance at all our conferences has been rising,” says Jackie Flynn, Publisher of InternationalLiving.com. “Most of our half-dozen events each year take place outside the U.S., so we knew there would be some pent-up demand for our only U.S.-based lifestyle conference in September. But we didn’t anticipate filling every seat in our 500-seat Las Vegas venue and having to cut off registration weeks before the actual event.”
The Live & Invest Overseas Conference will take place at the Red Rock Casino, Resort, and Spa in Las Vegas, Nevada, September 17-18. Attendees at the two-day conference will hear first-hand from experts and current expats from around the world about the best places outside the U.S. to retire, relocate, or invest.
“We were gratified earlier this year when we had more than 350 attendees at our event in Quito, Ecuador,” says Flynn. “We knew that drawing that many people all the way to South America meant that interest was keen in the U.S. for ways to live better for less money and get better health care than is possible in the States right now.
“This record-setting interest in our Las Vegas event bears that out. If this interest in escaping the economic and political problems in the U.S. continues, we’ll have to find larger venues for our events.”
For 30 years, InternationalLiving.com has been providing information on how to live better for less in safe, healthy, and beautiful locations around the world. InternationalLiving.com helps readers and subscribers improve their quality of life will lowering their cost of living through the monthly International Living magazine, free daily email postcard from around the world, and through the website at www.internationalliving.com.
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Ignify Ranked for the Fourth Consecutive Year in Fastest 500 Companies List Recognizing Revenue Growth
Global Leader in eCommerce, ERP and CRM Solutions Places 394th Overall on the Inc 500 2010 List
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) August 30, 2010 Ignify, a global ERP, CRM consulting firm, eCommerce software provider and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner announced today that they have been named to the prestigious Inc. 500 list for the fourth consecutive year. The company ranked 394th overall for fastest growing business in North America. In addition to the Inc. 500 accomplishment, Ignify most recently ranked 71st nationwide and 3rd in Southern California in the Deloitte FAST 500 in 2009. In addition ranked in the 2010 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award Finalist and was ranked by the Red Herring Magazine in the North America’s Top 100 most innovative companies in 2010 in the Red Herring 100 North America 2010
Ignify’s continual recognition in these prominent rankings is exemplary of the company’s emphasis on its principles – strong teamwork, dedication to their business, and customer service. Ignify also places heavy emphasis on technological innovation and the ability to stay ahead of the curve in most sectors of the enterprise marketplace. Due to the increasing global demand for e-commerce, CRM, and ERP solutions, Ignify has continually experienced significant annual growth. For the year ending March 31st, 2010 - Ignify has seen year on year growth in revenues of over 35 percent; and a five year overall growth rate of over 1000 percent.
The Inc. 500|500 list awards the fastest growing private companies in the United States who have demonstrated steady revenue growth year over year. The 2010 Inc. 500|500 list measured revenue growth from 2005 through 2008. To qualify, companies have to be U.S.-based, privately held independent – not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies – as of December 31, 2008, and have at least $2 million in revenue in 2008. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy—America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs. Companies such as Microsoft, Zappos, Intuit, GoDaddy, Zipcar, Clif Bar, American Apparel, Oracle, and many other well-known names gained early exposure as members of the Inc. 500.
“Fast growth at any time is a big achievement; fast growth during the past few years is just short of miraculous,” said Inc. editor Jane Berentson. “The Inc. 500 consists of these just-short-of miraculous companies, the ones that through ingenuity and ambition have increased revenue, hired employees, and grown fast in difficult economic times.”
“We greatly appreciate the recognition by such prestigious organizations such as Inc. Magazine and our entry into the fastest growing 500 for a fourth consecutive year,” stated Sandeep Walia, CEO of Ignify. “Our team is dedicated to analyzing industry trends and evolving our services to better meet business demands. Inc. Magazine’s recognition of our accomplishments is a great honor, and I couldn’t be more proud of my team’s continued commitment to innovation and service.”
Ignify will be receiving their award at the 29th Annual Inc. 500|5000 Conference & Award which will be held on September 30 – October 2, 2010 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Washington D.C.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, Ignify has offices in Phoenix, Silicon Valley, Nashville, Chicago, Toronto, Manila, Pune and Bangalore.
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Free Phone Number Finder Website Now Offers Multiple Reverse Lookup Providers and Google Maps to Enable People to Trace Phone Callers
For people who want to find the person behind a telephone call, text message or voice mail, a new reverse phone lookup service is finally making it possible to compare various service providers and perform reverse lookups.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) August 30, 2010 People who search for “Free Reverse Phone Lookup” on a search engine like Google, Bing or Yahoo, are often presented with thousands of Land-line or Cell Phone Lookup directories. These directory services provide caller information for both listed and unlisted mobile phone numbers through their Reverse Phone Search partners. The whole thing turns around once a Phone Lookup user visits these sites and gets a raw deal. So, FreePhoneNumberFinder.com has now integrated multiple phone directory databases from leading services to provide a familiar comparison shopping interface. Simply type in a phone number and freephonenumberfinder.com will find out what information and services are available from various service providers. Consumers can then make decisions based on the aggregated consumer ratings of the various providers.
Why is this service useful? Making sure to identify who is calling is an important part of keeping our families safe. Using a reverse phone number lookup service is one of the best ways to achieve this security and many people are finally using available online services like FreePhoneNumberFinder.com to investigate the mysterious phone calls and text messages. Using these easy to use web services is one of the best ways to see who is calling and what they want.
Also, using FreePhoneNumberFinder.com is a great way to catch and surprise a prank caller. In fact, the best way to find anyone behind any cell phone number, mobile phone number or landline phone number is to use a service like reverse phone finder.
FreePhoneNumberFinder.com is a “city wise” directory lookup service which utilizes comparison shopping of accurate and up to date services. An example for Reverse Phone Lookup for Los Angeles is available at Los Angeles, California Lookup. Upon reverse lookup, detailed phone owner data is shown that includes name of the cellular phone provider, and detailed area code and map information. Also shown are IP addresses of people who recently searched the phone number. Pick from one of the available providers and use the service to get the unidentified cell phone owner's details like full names, current address, phone network and a Google address locating map. Here is our video tutorial on Reverse Lookup - how to find the owner of a phone number.
FreePhoneNumberFinder.com can also be used to find sources of other critical information including:
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Healthcare Trends: Key Fitness, Nutrition, Health and Wellness Trends For 2011
Key healthcare trends like exercise snacks, dieting by addition, yoga therapy, and DIY healthcare start putting overwhelmed consumers back in control as CEOs of their own wellbeing, reports Leslie Nolen of The Radial Group.
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Antioch University New England Adopts Cutting-Edge, Comprehensive Responsible Purchasing Policy
Antioch University New England (AUNE) has adopted a groundbreaking responsible purchasing policy (RPP) to guide its procurement of goods and services. Unlike typical RPPs, which focus primarily on environmental standards, AUNE’s policy also emphasizes social justice criteria relative to accessibility, inclusion, ethical production, and local purchasing. Its aims are to ensure the health, safety, and inclusion of the AUNE community and visitors; reduce campus waste and greenhouse gas emissions; and strengthen the local economy by buying regional products and services. This is Antioch University New England's forty-sixth year as an institution of higher education.
Keene, NH (Vocus) August 30, 2010 In line with its commitment to sustainability and social justice, Antioch University New England (AUNE) has adopted a groundbreaking responsible purchasing policy (RPP) to guide its procurement of goods and services. While typical RPPs focus primarily on environmental standards, AUNE’s policy also emphasizes social justice criteria relative to accessibility, inclusion, ethical production and local purchasing.
The policy sets high sustainability and social justice standards whose aims are to ensure the health, safety and inclusion of the AUNE community and visitors; reducing campus waste and greenhouse gas emissions; and strengthening the local economy by buying regional products and services. AUNE’s Sustainability and Social Justice Committee will continually revisit the policy and update it based on in-house research and outreach.
To support AUNE purchasing decisions, the policy also includes detailed implementation guidelines that identify preferred product attributes and include a resource list of vendors with third-party certifications, such as ENERGY STAR, EPEAT, Quality Assurance International and TransFair USA. All phases in the life cycle of a potential product or service are considered, from material acquisition to manufacturing and distribution to disposal, including recycling potential.
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