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TEC Helps Corona, a Global Ceramics Leader, Simplify its ERP Selection in Record Time

First Look and Driveitaway Integrate to Bring Fleet Inventory to Dealers Upstream

First Look, the pre-owned performance management and inventory optimization solution of INCISENT Technologies, and Driveitaway, the Corporation of Automotive Remarketing's online vehicle exchange platform, today announced that they have joined together to bring Driveitaway's upstream off-fleet inventory to First Look dealers.

Through this collaboration, First Look's inventory optimization system will identify the Driveitaway listings that best match each dealer's inventory needs. In this way, dealers can find up stream off-rental and off-lease vehicles that have the highest likelihood of turning more quickly and producing higher profits for dealerships that subscribe to First Look. Driveitaway lists off-fleet units upstream, before they are transported to a physical auction giving First Look dealers in fact a 'First Look' at the best units available.... (Continue reading)

SEO Company Reveals Benefits of Delayed Manual Directory Submissions and Launches Manual Submission Service

SEO company Inetzeal (http://www.inetzeal.com) has launched a new delayed manual submission service for Web directories. The "slow" submission service provides added benefits to website owners over all-at-once and automatic directory submissions, by avoiding the risk of submissions to irrelevant directories and link submissions being viewed as search engine spam if inbound links accrue too quickly.

The new delayed manual submission service offered by http://www.inetzeal.com not only avoids these issues but provides added benefits, such as only submitting to search engine friendly directories and directories with a higher Google Page Rank. With this service, website owners will have their site's URL added to 520 directories over a course of four months (65 submissions every 15 days). This manual submission service provides both general and niche directory submissions, hand-picked based on the niche of the client's site. The $145 price is low for the industry, and the time saved by the client versus doing the same manual submissions on their own is verified through the release of 8 reports over the campaign, detailing the work done and directories submitted to. Sample progress reports are available at inetzeal.com.... (Continue reading)

BurrellesLuce Partners with KnowNow to Expand Blog Monitoring Coverage

BurrellesLuce, the nation's leading media monitoring service, has dramatically expanded its blog monitoring coverage by entering into a partnership with KnowNow, a California-based comp 558 any that provides enterprise-class Web 2.0 solutions to track online blogs, news sources and other critical information.

"BurrellesLuce has been monitoring the media for over a century. We have a long history of employing the most current technology to ensure that the media monitoring services we provide to thousands of customers is both accurate and timely," explains BurrellesLuce senior vice president Art Wynne. "By using the technological resources that KnowNow provides, we are able to expand our media monitoring to over 40 million legitimate and active blogs. Once we receive the blog entries that contain our clients' keywords, our editors review each one for relevancy and then, as is always the case, transmit to our clients only the news that matches the intent of their search."... (Continue reading)

Search Engine Sproose.com Launches New Self-Voting Platform For Web Search

Sproose, an upcoming search engine with technology allowing users to rank the index of results, launched today a new voting platform inteface so users can easily rank their favorite sites. Former Netzero Executive, Bob Pack who helped raise its initial funding in 1998, founded Sproose.

Sproose uses a "human popularity voting" model where users can self- rank the index creating personalized search results. The more users that vote a site the further up in the ranking it goes.

"The new look is much more visual providing a total score of the voted sites and a ranking system that improves upon the algorithmic based order," says Bob Pack, CEO of Sproose. Users merely need to click on the "I like it" icon next to the search result and the index will refresh immediately moving that site up.... (Continue reading)

Lawyer Advertising Should Be Accurate According to New Article Available from Clifford Law Offices

In a new article available from Clifford Law Offices, Robert Clifford examines how the First Amendment clashes with the public's need to be accurately informed about the qualifications and experience of lawyers.

Attorneys have been allowed to advertise for the last 30 years, but states impose restrictions on exactly what they can and cannot say to ensure the public is not mislead. In an article that appeared in the Chicago Lawyer, 'Lawyer Advertising Should Be Accurate,' Robert Clifford, a nationally renown personal injury and wrongful death attorney, discusses lawyer regulation of advertising, keeping in mind that the integrity of the bar must be upheld.... (Continue reading)

Learn How to Increase Website Traffic with Traffic Drill

In an effort to help people learn how to increase website traffic, The Rhodes Brothers have launched Traffic Drill to the public, which can be found by anyone who's interested at http://TrafficDrill.com. Through Traffic Drill, The Rhodes Brothers show how entrepreneurs, small businesses and webmasters can quickly and easily increase website traffic.

As John S. Rhodes states, "If you can increase traffic to your web site then you can stay in business indefinitely. You can grow and thrive. Traffic Drill makes getting traffic simple."... (Continue reading)

Selectminds Releases Womenconnect Corporate Social Networking Solution

New York (PRWEB) July 18, 2007 –- SelectMinds, Inc., the leading provider of Corporate Social Networking (CSN) solutions, today announced the launch of WomenConnect™, a CSN solution designed specifically to network current and former women employees. CSNs are online, affinity-based social networks through which relationships can be leveraged for business value.

WomenConnect™ centralizes women’s initiatives and provides a secure, online community for women to share and solve work-life challenges. The solution also enables women employees and alumnae to learn about networking events, find mentors, discuss career advancement, learn about flexible job opportunities, and help understand how to return to the workforce if they have left. WomenConnect™ incorporates Web 2.0 functionality and streamlines women’s programs across the enterprise onto a single technology platform.... (Continue reading)

Dallas LASIK Expert Dr. James McCulley Qualifies and Lists with Trusted LASIK Surgeons

Trusted LASIK Surgeons announced today that James McCulley, M.D. has joined a select group of surgeons in its LASIK Surgeons Directory, a resource of information on refractive surgery for consumers looking to improve their vision. Dr. McCulley's practice serves the Dallas and Fort Worth metroplex, including Richardson, Plano, Arlington, Duncanville, Highland Park and surrounding communities.

LASIK Surgeon James McCulley of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center preparing the laser for a LASIK procedure... (Continue reading)

Pawn Broker Versus Stock Broker: Chicago Pawn Shop Reflects on the State of the Economy

"Want to know what's really going on with the economy? Visit a pawn shop," said Everyman's economist, Randy Cohen. "The pawn shop is the commodities exchange of the people."

It is the last day of the month, and Royal Jewelers and Loans is busy. Customers are queuing to pawn or sell such valuables as gold, diamonds, fur coats, and iPods. At times, the line runs the length of the show room.

Randy and his brother, Wayne, own Chicago's oldest pawn brokerage group. The business was started in 1900 by their grandfather, and now has three locations, with their flagship store, Royal Jewelers and Loans, at Clark and Congress, in the Loop.... (Continue reading)

Gold Key Solutions Launches Web-based Concierge Assistant

Gold Key Solutions, developers of The Concierge Assistant® hotel system software announced the launch of its Web-based Concierge Assistant guest service solution, CA Web, that puts the industry's leading concierge software system on a secure, online .NET delivery platform. The system is accessed from popular browsers including Internet Explorer, Mozilla and others. T 14cb he Concierge Assistant is used by over 400 full-service Ritz-Carlton, Marriott, Hyatt, Starwood, St. Regis, Four Seasons and other quality properties.... (Continue reading)

Registered Rep Magazine Reveals 'The 3 Dimensional Man'

Freelance writer, Tami Kamin-Meyer nicknamed Roey Diefendorf, C3DWP® the “The 3 Dimensional Man” for the June ’06 issue of Registered Rep magazine.

“It’s Not Just About the Money” is the title of the profile on Monroe “Roey” M. Diefendorf, Jr. What differentiates this financial advisor from the others is his unique approach to wealth management. As a fourth generation in his family business, Roey has transformed the company into a “total” wealth management firm, which includes not only planning for financial wealth but personal and social wealth too.... (Continue reading)

Creative Bride Introduces a Selection of Green Wedding and Event Planning Favors for Environmentally Conscious Brides

Creative Bride, an online wedding and event planning shop that features competitively priced and customizable bridal and baby shower, birthday, graduation, anniversary, and wedding favors, is pleased to introduce a handpicked selection of high quality, eco-friendly wedding favors that guests can enjoy long after the reception is over.

Wedding and event planning site adds eco-friendly favors to its growing selection of gifts.

From personalized wildflower seed packs and biodegradable wedding poppers to bamboo coasters, Creative Bride's extensive inventory of wedding and event planning favors helps eco-savvy brides go green regardless of their reception décor requirements. Both elegant and completely natural, Creative Bride's eco-friendly wedding favors allow brides to have just a touch of green or a blow-out eco-wedding bash!... (Continue reading)

Canaan Partners Closes $650 Million Fund, Canaan VIII

Canaan Partners, a multibillion-dollar global venture capital firm, announced today the closing of the $650 million fund, Canaan VIII. Consistent with previous funds, the new fund will focus on building next generation market-leaders in both the technology and healthcare sectors and brings Canaan Partners' total capital under management to $3 billion.

With a 20-year track record as one of the premier investors in innovative early-stage technology and healthcare companies worldwide, the creation of the new fund will enable the firm to continue its strategy of taking active and significant ownership positions in pioneering companies in the digital media, communications, enterprise, clean technology, biopharmaceutical, medical device and diagnostics sectors. In addition, the larger fund will facilitate Canaan's sustained, global expansion by committing up to 25 percent of the fund to international investments.... (Continue reading)

Sleep Walk: New Work by Amy Earles

San Francisco design store and gallery, Rare Device, is proud to present Sleep Walk: New Work by Amy Earles (http://www.pushedunder.com/). Her work will occupy the Rare Device gallery September 4, 2008 - September 30, 2008. A reception for the artist will be held Thursday, September 4, from 7 - 9 pm.

Sleep Walk, a hauntingly sweet and sometimes sinister collection of gouache paintings, pencil drawings and paper dolls by Amy Earles, focus on the thoughts behind the artist's closed eyes: "the mind wandering, the quiet, travel the overcast and dusk." With her work, Amy hopes to give her audience a view into see their own stories.... (Continue reading)

Health Monitoring Systems Extends EpiCenter™ Surveillance Service Coverage to 2.5 Million Nevada Residents

Health Monitoring Systems (HMS) announced an agreement with the Nevada State Health Division that will extend the coverage of the EpiCenter surveillance service to include the 2.5 million citizens of Nevada. The adoption of EpiCenter by Nevada brings the population covered by the service across the United States to 23 million.

HMS will work with the State Health Division to connect sixty healthcare facilities, hospitals and urgent care centers, to the service.

"We are delighted to partner with the Nevada State Health Division. This relationship is particularly exciting, as it expands on the close relationship we have had with the local health department in Washoe County, Nevada." said Kevin Hutchison, HMS President and CEO.... (Continue reading)

Major Cigar Distributor, Mike's Cigars, Introduces Daily Specials on Featured Cigars

Mike's Cigars, the Bay Harbor mega store in Miami, Florida, recently introduced and launched a new promotion of daily specials on featured cigars and other top-quality cigar accessories. The Daily Special is a single item active for just 24 hours (weekdays only) that can be viewed each day on the main website. Some of the specials include single cigars, cigar packs, cigar samplers, cigar accessories, or a combination; all of which are either discounted way below retail price or include a free gift with each purchase, like extra cigar packs or a cigar accessory. Mike's Cigars is offering the Daily Specials on top cigar brands like Bauza, Don Diego, Fuente, Avo, Punch, Licenciados, Oliva, Perdomo, Camacho, Rocky Patel and many others.... (Continue reading)

InteractiveVoices R'ecognized in Web 2.0 Top 200

Web 2.0 services are characterized by their simplicity, specialization, and universal accessibility. One such company, InteractiveVoices, the #1 voiceover marketplace, is so clearly defined and easy to use that nearly anyone can incorporate their services into their lives and business activities.

Journalists from around the world, including bloggers on the Internet, are writing about InteractiveVoices, introducing a new trend that turns finding a voiceover talent into a fun and easy task. By going directly to the source of the talent, savvy business people are saving time and money with the added bonus that they also get to personally select the best voice for their organization.... (Continue reading)

Broward County Based Credit Union Earns Recommended Ratings for Safety and Soundness

Tropical Financial Credit Union, one of the largest credit unions in Florida, was recently recommended among the top rated credit unions in Florida from BauerFinancial. This rating is based on detailed financial reporting submitted to the government four times a year, which BauerFiancial then takes and converts it into a star rating. The ratings of credit unions and banks are between zero and five with five being the strongest, TFCU received four stars.

Tropical Financial Credit Union has branches in Palm Beach, Broward and Dade Counties. Members have been utilizing the credit union for 73 years, and have had full access to traditional banking products such as mortgage loans, free checking accounts, CD's and other investments. TFCU is very proud of the credit union ratings offered and continues to strive for excellence in business and individual customer satisfaction.... (Continue reading)

Andnetwork.com seeks to provide improved news coverage for Africans

The launch of African News Dimension's (AND) Andnetwork on Sept. 1, 2005, will soon launch a ground-breaking, fresh approach to news on the African continent, becoming the first-ever comprehensive multi-media distributor of African news and information about Africans, by Africans and for Africans.

www.andnetwork.com was born out of a need to give an authentic voice to African issues on the world news stage. For too long, the continent has seen its people, its achievements and its struggles misrepresented on the world news stage, which, dominated by Europe and America, has failed to understand the complexities of a continent that is rich in diverse cultures.... (Continue reading)

TEC Helps Corona, a Global Ceramics Leader, Simplify its ERP Selection in Record Time

Corona, one of the largest conglomerates in South America, specializing in ceramic and tile products, recently engaged the services of Technology Evaluation Centers Inc. (TEC) (http://www.technologyevaluation.com), the leading resource for enterprise software, to help evaluate its existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems against top solutions in the market. TEC's best-practices methodology and decision support system, eBestMatch™, enabled Corona to confidently select in record time a standardized ERP solution for all of its operations--without anyone having to leave the office.... (Continue reading)