Industry
Tidbits
December 2006
Our Chief Editor, T. Smith, is
to return to Chicago after 7 month leading a Web Affiliate
Marketing and Strategic Marketing project in Prague, Czech Republic.
November 2006
Just Released: Download the Free
Power Point Overview of Hawks, Seagulls, and Mice with audio narrative
by Author Tim Smith. It has been prepared on the eve
of his return to Chicago after leading a 7 month project on Web
Affiliate Marketing and Channel Management.
October 2006
eComXpo: Keynotes Chris
Anderson, Wired Magazine and John Battelle, FM Publishing will hold
a conversation about "The Long Tail" . eComXpo is the
first online virtual tradeshow for eCommerce Marketers. It is an
easy, quick way to keep up with this rapidly evolving marketplace
including email, search, affiliate, regulatory, branding, advertising,
and technology trends and challenges. All the benefits of a top
tradeshow, without the costs, hassles, or travel that make traditional
tradeshows out of reach for 98% of participants. Also featured will
be our very own David Dalka, contributing writer to the Wiglaf Journal,
who will discuss Mobile Search Marketing. October 24-26, 2006 http://www.ecomxpo.com/
Septmeber 2006
Salesforce.com Delivers Salesforce
for Google AdWords - First 'Word to Close' Search Marketing
Service. Tightly Integrates Google and Salesforce.com for the Creation
and Placement of Ads, Dynamic Tracking of Results, Management of
Opportunities, and Closing of Deals. Dramatically Improves Efficiency
and Utility of Search Engine Marketing by Closing the Customer Loop
on Ad Placements.
www.salesforce.com/
American Chamber of Commerce in
the Czech Republic invites you to BusinessBriefing on “Market
Strategies of Hawks, Seagulls, and Mice” featuring Tim Smith.
Dr. Smith will examine the structures of business markets and the
strategies executives undertake within varying structures. Tuesday,
September 26, 8:30 – 10:30 pm, American Chamber Offices, Prague,
Czech Republic. Registration Required.
www.amcham.cz
Pricing is on a Winning Streak
is the theme of the PPS 2006 Fall Conference,
at The Venetian Hotel (All Suites) in Las Vegas on October 3rd-5th.
Prior to the PPS 2-day full conference, PPS will present four remarkable
Certified Pricing Professional (CPP) workshops. Attending any one
of them will boost your winnings in “The Corporate Pricing
Skills Games” you face everyday back at the office. You don't
want to miss this unique opportunity to hear the latest in Pricing
Strategy from leaders in the pricing profession.
www.pricingsociety.com/conferences.asp
Midwest Venture Summit 2006
will showcase the most promising Midwest companies looking for Series
A or later capital. Our last Summit (in May 2005) attracted more
than 360 institutional investors, angel investors, entrepreneurs,
management teams, business leaders, and media professionals. This
year's event promises to be even larger and more broadly attended.
November 1, 8 am – 4 pm, Chicago IL.
/www.illinoisvc.org/pages/midwest_venture_summit/27.php
August 2006
Hawks, Seagulls, and
Mice is Capturing Executives Attention
Hear the Tim Smith, PhD, author of Hawks Seagulls and Mice, Paradigms
for Systematically Growing Revenue in Business Markets and Chief
Editor of the Wiglaf Journal, present the latest research into what
works in business markets at one of these upcoming
forums:
- Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
presents Tim Smith’s Manage The Customer Buying Process,
Not Your Sales Process. Thursday, 7 September, 9 - 11 AM
Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, Chicago, IL, Registeration Required
www.chicagolandchamber.org
- Chicago GSB Sales Roundtable presents
Tim Smith’s Effective Selling throughout the Customer Buying
Process, Using the decision making needs prospects to refine your
sales process Wednesday, 13 September 6:30 – 8:30 PM. University
of Chicago Gleacher Center, Chicago, IL Registration Required.
chicagogsb.edu/alumni/roundtable/salesleaders/
- American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech
Republic invites you to BusinessBriefing on “Market
Strategies of Hawks, Seagulls, and Mice” featuring Tim Smith.
Dr. Smith will examine the structures of business markets and
the strategies executives undertake within varying structures.
Tuesday, September 26, 8:30 – 10:30 pm, American Chamber
Offices, Prague, Czech Republic. Registration Required.
www.amcham.cz
VoIP Conference & Expo,
October 26 & 27, Illinois Institute of Technology
The VoIP Conference 2006 will bring together professionals and executives
from telecom service providers, enterprise solutions, local &
state government, regulatory organizations, equipment developers
and vendors, software developers, legal and policy specialists,
students, and more. Subject matter experts will offer technical
sessions, tutorials and vendor sessions. Businesses will have the
opportunity to exhibit their products and services.
www.cpd.iit.edu/voipconference06/
Google’s Next CEO May Have
Already Been Identified
The web has brought novel ideas for branding oneself into reality.
Good for the company, good for the employee also. Brazen claims
continue to capture audience’s interests. See www.nextgoogleceo.com
for more info.
Metering, Billing/CIS America
2007
Metering, Billing/CIS America consistently covers important topics
and up-to-date developments in the advanced metering, revenue management
and customer service developments and challenges facing electric,
gas and water utilities. The general sessions consist of presentations
from industry-elite speakers, and participants are also able to
attend educational tracks and workshops led by national and international
experts. The various tracks focus on timely issues such as smart
metering, demand side management, CIS, billing and other topics
that create a platform for utilities to find out more about the
latest customer management technologies and strategies. This event
equips utilities with the tools needed to ensure they are not left
behind in this ever-changing and dynamic industry.
7 - 11 May 2007, San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter,
San Antonio, Texas, 78205, Registration Required
www.meteringamerica.com
July 2006
PPS in Chicago
Professional Pricing Society presents
5 Certification Workshops in Chicago:
Pricing for Profitability, Effective Pricing Research, B2B Pricing,
Best Practices, Pricing Policy and Organization. July 12-14, 2006,
Chicago Westin O’Hare Hotel, Chicago, Illinois.
Registration Required at www.pricingsociety.com
Exact Target
ExactTarget's Summer 2006 Release contains a number of
new features to make our application even easier to use. Take a
look at how these enhancements are yet another stride in making
ExactTarget the most powerful force in on-demand email solutions.
For a complete overview of the new features and improvements, visit
www.ExactTarget.com
June 2006
BIGfrontier/Mobium Creative Group New Paradigm
Breakfast
Dr. Clotaire Rapaille presents: Culture
Codes: Why people
around the world buy as they do
Dr. Clotaire Rapaille is a French-born psychologist, now
an American citizen, who has become a marketing guru retained by
major Fortune 500 corporations worldwide. His work is based on the
idea that every culture has a "cultural unconscious" that
drives the behavior of its members. His task has been to unearth
our "cultural archetypes" (or Culture Codes) to reveal
the way they shape our attitudes today. His discoveries have helped
companies sell everything from coffee in Japan to cars in the U.S.
(most notably, he helped design Chrysler's distinctive PT Cruiser).
Like the landmark books Blink, Freakonomics, and The Wisdom of Crowds,
THE CULTURE CODE presents a new paradigm for thinking about why
we do the things we do. The revelations are no less than an explanation
of why Americans buy, eat, vote, and love the way that we do. Friday,
June 23, 2005, 7:30-9:30, The Merchandise Mart Conference Center,
Chicago, IL.
Registration Required at http://www.mobium.com/
TiE-Midwest Presents
“Capital Efficiency for Growing Businesses"
Unlike the days when venture capital was abundantly available,
the focus has turned to financial discipline. The phrase "Get
large or get lost" had been the wisdom of the boom days. Now
standard business models are back in with a greater emphasis on
profit over growth. A tight funding climate has retuned us to the
virtues of capital efficiency which, for many, has resulted in smarter
hiring decisions, picking the right customers and using technology
in creative ways to enable the business. Speakers include Mike Domek,
CEO of TicketsNow.com, Jason Fried, CEO of 37Signals, and Lucas
Roh, CEO of Hostway. Thursday, June 29 2006,
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Gardner Carton & Douglas LLP, Chicago,
Illinois.
Registration required at http://www.tie-midwest.org
PPS in Chicago
Professional Pricing Society presents
5 Certification Workshops in Chicago:
Pricing for Profitability, Effective Pricing Research, B2B Pricing,
Best Practices, Pricing Policy and Organization. July 12-14, 2006,
Chicago Westin O’Hare Hotel, Chicago, Illinois.
Registration Required at www.pricingsociety.com
One of our own, Gerry
Parran Launches Consultancy to Improve Sales Effectiveness
With over 28 years experience delivering value to leading
companies, including Hewlett-Packard, Deloitte & Touche Consulting
Group, Crowe Chizek, and James Martin & Co. / Headstrong, I
launched Sales Performance Advisors to assist sales organizations
overcome these difficulties and “create sales that are predictable
and permanent.” By examining organizations’ sales people
& management, sales processes, and sales programs, Sales Performance
Advisors leverages both proprietary and non-proprietary tools and
techniques to achieve the sales performance goals organizations
are seeking. Contact Gerry Parran, Sales Performance Advisors, at
708.428.5622.
www.salesperformanceadvisors.com
Exact Target
ExactTarget's Summer 2006 Release contains a number of
new features to make our application even easier to use. Take a
look at how these enhancements are yet another stride in making
ExactTarget the most powerful force in on-demand email solutions.
For a complete overview of the new features and improvements, visit
www.ExactTarget.com
CRM Without Compromise:
With Move to Hybrid Model, SAP Offers Customers More Deployment
Options and More Flexibility for Growth Without Disruption
ORLANDO, Fla., May 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a continuing
demonstration of its ability to revolutionize and lead the CRM market,
SAP AG (NYSE:SAP) today unveiled a CRM strategy designed to give
customers maximum flexibility in deployment options while continuing
to innovate and add important capabilities that help companies meet
specific business challenges in key industries. While announcing
its road map to migrate its entire CRM offering to its previously-announced
hybrid model by 2007, SAP also unveiled SAP CRM 2006s, the industry's
first hybrid on-demand/on-premise CRM suite, which offers new industry-specific
capabilities, full Web service-enabling and an easy-to-use interface
that is shared across on-demand and on-premise deployment options.
http://www.sap.com/solutions/business-suite/crm/newsevents/Press.epx?PressID=6250
Experian(R) Launches Advanced
Prospecting Solution for Multichannel Retailers
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Experian, a global
information solutions company, today announced the launch of Prospectvue,
a comprehensive, new prospecting solution allowing multichannel
retailers to target and connect with their best customers and prospects
by reducing campaign cycle times, providing greater insight to make
more profitable selections, and improving communications and accurate
measurement of responsiveness across the campaign process.
http://experian.global-pressoffice.com/documents/showdoc.cfm?doc=2194
Abacus(R) Unveils New
Brand at ACCM to Highlight Continued Focus on Delivering Innovative
Solutions for Data-Driven Marketers
CHICAGO, May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Abacus, a leading marketing solutions
provider enabling data-driven marketers to better create, build
and maintain profitable relationships with their customers, today
unveiled a new brand at the Annual Conference for Catalog and Multichannel
Merchants (ACCM). The unveiling marks the evolution of Abacus' role
in the direct marketing industry and underscores its commitment
to providing clients with innovative ways of using data, databases,
processing and analytics to reach full marketing potential.
http://www.abacus-us.com/News_and_Events/Press_Releases/default.asp?p=105
[x+1] Successfully Launches
Optimization Solutions in Japan
NEW YORK, May 10 /PRNewswire/ -- [x+1], powering marketing optimization
since 1999, today announced an exclusive agreement with spicebox,
inc. (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo), a leading Japanese interactive advertising
agency, to utilize its Progressive Optimization Engine (POE(TM)
Platform) to guide that Company's audience-based optimization efforts
going forward. POE(TM) is the industry's first automated decision
platform that segments audiences in real time, instantly providing
the right message content to qualified customers and prospects in
all areas of digital marketing.
http://www.xplusone.com/index.html
May 2006
Heidi Miller Interviews James
Berger
CHICAGO, May 2006 – Heidi Miller of Diary of a Shameless
Self Promoter and Heidi Miller Presents interviewed James T. Berger
on marketing and entrepreneurship in DSSP #48. Subscribe to this
breakthrough podcast at:
http://heidimiller.libsyn.com/index.php?post_year=2006&post_month=05
BIGfrontier Snags Top Honors at
The 2006 Communicator Awards Award of
Excellence received for "Making Sauerkraut Sexy" campaign
Chicago, IL - April 20, 2006: BIGfrontier was just awarded
a 2006 Award
of Excellence from The Communicator Awards for its "Making
Sauerkraut
Sexy" campaign, conducted for the Frank's Sauerkraut brand.
The Award of
Excellence is the highest honor given out by The Communicator Awards
and
BIGfrontier was selected from an international pool of over 5,000
entries. Other 2006 award winners include Burson-Marsteller, Porter
Novelli the PRSA and Weber Shandwick Worldwide, among others.
http://www.bigfrontier.com/pages/9/index.htm
DHSoft Launches Customer Chemistry
Business Unit Specializing in Predictive Analytics
HERNDON, Va., April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- DHSoft, a provider
of business- critical IT services and solutions, today announced
the formation of its new Customer Chemistry business unit. Officially
unveiled through the launch of its Web site on April 7, Customer
Chemistry provides a full suite of predictive analytics solutions,
including predictive modeling and analysis, operational and business
intelligence systems integration, and ongoing operations and maintenance
support for predictive analytics systems.
http://www.customerchemistry.com/news_launch.htm
Efficient Frontier Launches Paid
Search Solution for Small to Mid-Size Marketers
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Efficient Frontier,
the leading provider of search engine marketing (SEM) solutions
release Efficient Frontier Express. Unlike other managed services
that merely offer analytical tools and leave the decision-making
process up to the user, Express provides an automated solution that
selects and automatically bids on the optimal keyword prices for
the client. Built on Efficient Frontier's patented, data-driven
portfolio technology based on Wall Street analytics, the application
uses advanced statistical decision-making processes to determine
the most effective keyword bids relative to the client's budget
spend and business metrics.
http://www.efrontier.com/efficient_frontier/marketing/images/efpr_xprss_042506.pdf
Kontera Launches ContentLink(TM),
a Market Innovative In-Text Advertising Solution
SAN FRANCISCO, April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Kontera, the leading
developer of In-Text Advertising Solutions for web publishers and
advertisers, announces the launch of the ContentLink(TM). With ContentLink(TM),
Kontera continues their tradition of market innovation by supporting
any online content type, including user generated, and by launching
the industry's first automated In-Text Advertising Solution with
bidding for placement -- the ContentLink(TM) Ad Center.
http://www.kontera.com/default.aspx?id=17
IndexTools Launches Professional
Services Group
NEW YORK, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- IndexTools, a market leader
in on-demand Web Analytics, today announced the launch of its Professional
Services Group, which will provide best practices, deployment and
end-user training to the company's worldwide customer base. With
the growth in global online marketing estimated to reach $26 billion
by 2010, marketing performance management is clearly a defining
characteristic of successful organizations.
http://www.indextools.com/index.html
DoubleClick Announces Launch of
DART Adapt for Publishers
NEW YORK, April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- DoubleClick, a leading
provider of digital advertising technologies and services, today
announced the North American launch of DART Adapt for publishers,
an innovative optimization solution designed to maximize the performance
of online advertising campaigns. DART Adapt combines sophisticated
modeling and adaptive technology to dynamically optimize campaigns,
enabling publishers to increase their return on inventory while
helping their advertisers to reach their campaign objectives. DART
Adapt-enabled publishers can gain competitive advantage in serving
advertisers, by automatically matching ads with the audience that
will deliver the greatest return for either branding or direct response
goals at any given moment in time.
http://www.doubleclick.com/us/about_doubleclick/press_releases/default.asp?p=541
Ingram Micro Launches Full-Service
Marketing Communications Agency for Channel Partners
SANTA ANA, Calif., April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Helping manufacturers
and solution providers grow their business, leading technology distributor
Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE:IM) today announced a new in-house, full-service
channel marketing communications agency -- Channel Marketing Services.
Targeted at U.S. manufacturers and fast-growth solution providers,
the new agency offers clients a complete lineup of channel-centric
advertising, marketing and PR agency services.
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=98566&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=841487&highlight=
April 2006
Heidi Miller Interviews Smith
on Hawks Seagulls & Mice
CHICAGO, April 2006 – Heidi Miller of Diary of a Shameless
Self Promoter and Heidi Miller Presents interviewed Tim J. Smith
on his upcoming book Hawks, Seagulls, & Mice: Paradigms for
Systematically Growing Revenue in Business Markets. You can hear
it online at DSSP.
http://heidimiller.libsyn.com/index.php?post_year=2006&post_month=03
eBay Exec Joins Slack Barshinger
to Lead Agency Expansion to West Coast
CHICAGO, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Slack Barshinger, a leading
U.S. business-to-business integrated marketing communications (IMC)
agency, is establishing a California office to be headed by Jay
A. Fiore, a nationally known business marketer who has headed marketing
for eBay Business since early 2003.
http://www.slackbarshinger.com/pages/press.html
Diebold Promotion Helps Customers
Enhance Brand, Market Branch Products
NORTH CANTON, Ohio, March 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- More than
116 financial institutions across the United States and Canada have
harnessed the power of Diebold's Agilis(R) software to enhance their
brands and bolster promotion of branch products at Diebold's Opteva(R)
ATMs. A recent offer from Diebold, Incorporated (NYSE:DBD) enabled
customers to utilize ATM screens created by the company to communicate
marketing messages and personalize greetings to ATM users.
http://www.diebold.com/whatsnews/HTMLscreens.htm
Microsoft Increases Investments
in System Builder and Distributor Channels
REDMOND, Wash., March 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp.
today continued to outline investments in its system builder and
distributor partner ecosystem, laying out three broad areas where
the company continues to increase benefits to help its partners
succeed. The benefits help system builders and distributors become
more competitive in the marketplace by providing them with resources
and tools based on their needs. The company highlighted successes
with new programs such as a campaign to promote PC purchases from
local system builders and a co-marketing program to assist system
builders in marketing and advertising activities.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/mar06/03-08SystemBuilderPR.mspx
Online Industry Code Lookup Service
Enables Direct Mail Marketers to Target Specific Industries
SEATTLE, March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Direct marketing professionals
can use a free online service that increases marketing campaign
success by providing accurate direct mail and e-mail lists of buyers
in specific industries. Developed by Marigold Technologies, provider
of custom business mailing lists, the new service allows visitors
to reference Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes for
precise business-to-business marketing mailing lists.
Web site: http://www.marigoldtech.com/
Soffront Unlimited Competes With
Salesforce.com Unlimited, Providing Similar Enterprise Solution
at Half the Cost
FREMONT, Calif., March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Soffront(R) Software,
Inc., a leader in mid-market CRM, today announced Soffront Unlimited,
a new offering that packages all of Soffront's modules into a single,
cost-effective solution. Soffront Unlimited provides enterprise
users with the full power of Soffront CRM for one low monthly cost
-- ninety-five dollars per user in a hosted, ASP environment.
http://www.soffront.com/
March 2006
Update on Strategic Business Marketing
Book Hawks, Seagulls, & Mice
CHICAGO, March 10 -- Hawks, Seagulls, & Mice: Paradigms for
Systematically Growing Revenue in Business Markets by Tim J Smith,
your Chief Editor of the Wiglaf Journal, is currently undergoing
the production process and should be released in Spring, 2006. Further
details, including excerpts, exhortations, and excitement, are trickling
out online.
http://www.wiglafjournal.com/HSM/AdvancedPraise.htm
TiE-Midwest presents "Harnessing Innovation"
The panel will explore a 3-way discussion on
issues such as the merits of dynamic thinking, incremental improvements
vs disruptive breakthroughs, the talent quotient, risk assessment.and
innovation myths. Don't miss this discussion featuring: Michael
Ferro, CEO ClickCommerce; David Kalt, CEO OptionsXpress; Mohan Sawhney,
Professor Kellogg School of Management. Monday, April 10 2006 6:00
PM - 9:00 PM , Chicago, Illinois. To register please go to
http://www.tie-midwest.org
ISM Announces Winners of Top 15
CRM Software Awards for Enterprise and Small & Medium Business
Solutions
BETHESDA, March 21, 2005 – The maturing Customer Relationship
Management (CRM) industry is making several major shifts including
an expansion of wireless capabilities and implementations increasingly
coming in-house. ISM announces the CRM trends for 2005 along with
its annual Top 15 Software Awards in Enterprise and Small &
Medium Business (SMB) categories.
http://www.ismguide.com/www/newsevents/?pageid=pressreleases&press=20050321
“Commonwealth Capital
Advisors’ Financial Architect® System is the Alpha and
the Omega of any Company’s Financial Strategy.” Charles
Dreher, CEO CCA International.
(PRLEAP.COM) CHICAGO, February 10, 2006 —- Commonwealth Capital
Advisors has become the advocate for the entrepreneur by specializing
in assisting start-up and early stage companies raise seed, development,
and expansion capital through the issuance of securities. The amounts
can range from $100,000 to $20,000,000. The capital raising process
can be done by the entrepreneur through the use of CCA’s revolutionary
patent-pending Financial Architect® System software template
programs or they can hire Commonwealth Capital Advisors to complete
the process. The Financial Architect® System is designed to
save entrepreneurs 90% of the cost of creating a securities offering
document.
http://www.commonwealthcapital.com/main/PR-Yahoo-20060207.php
McGuireWoods Mergers with Gordon
& Glickson
McGuireWoods LLP, one of the 100 largest law firms in the
world, announced that its merger with Gordon & Glickson LLC,
a Chicago-based law firm internationally known for its information
technology practice, has been completed. As part of the merger,
McGuireWoods has launched a new Technology & Business Department
that will be chaired by Mark L. Gordon, formerly the managing partner
of Gordon & Glickson. http://www.mcguirewoods.com/news-resources/item.asp?item=1647
Growing PPC Market Means New Challenges
for Search Engine Marketing Firms
CHICAGO, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Fierce competition for top
position among search engines' sponsored links is pushing businesses
like Whoast Inc., a burgeoning search engine marketing firm based
in St. Charles, Ill., to offer clients unique ideas and creative
technology.
http://www.whoast.com/media/press/20060208.php
Travel Ad Network Selected to
Represent Impression-Based Inventory
NEEDHAM, Mass., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- TripAdvisor.com(TM), the
largest global travel information and advice destination on the
web, today announced plans to launch graphical advertising. The
company has retained the Travel Ad Network (TAN) as the exclusive
advertising representative for this new offering.
http://travelad.net/content/view/32/72/
Trivalent Solutions Becomes an
Authorized Reseller of Sage CRM
CHICAGO — Trivalent Solutions, an innovative, Chicago-based
process improvement firm, enters 2006 with a new suite of services
designed for companies seeking to boost customer service quality,
build better customer relationships and create a best-in-class sales
force. As part of that initiative, the company announced it is now
an authorized reseller of Sage CRM, an award-winning wireless and
Internet-based customer relationship management (CRM) software system
that provides enterprise-wide, continuous access to vital customer
information.
http://www.trivalentsolutions.com/news.php?itemid=2
Online Lead Generation Tactics Headline First
in a Series of HR Marketing Best Practices Reports From HRmarketer.com
CAPITOLA, Calif., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- By merging the best elements
of public relations and marketing, human resource suppliers gain
a vital new tool for unprecedented media and customer visibility.
That's the conclusion of "HR Marketing Best Practices: Marketing
PR that Works," the first in a series of marketing best practices
reports from HRmarketer.com, the no. 1 marketing and media visibility
service for companies selling to HR decision makers and employee
benefit brokers.
http://www.hrmarketer.com/home/press_02082006.htm
iCrossing, Inc.(TM) Launches Breakthrough Mobile
Advertising and Search Unit - mCrossing(TM)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- iCrossing, Inc., the digital marketing network driving the future
of advertising, today announced the launch of a new strategic business
unit mCrossing(TM), a dedicated mobile advertising and search service.
The new business unit will allow clients to extend their marketing
reach and brand presence with user experiences designed specifically
for mobile devices.
http://www.mcrossing.com/
February 2006
Strategic
Marketing Book for Business Markets Hawks Seagulls & Mice to
be Released in Spring 2006
CHICAGO, February 7 -- Hawks, Seagulls, & Mice: Paradigms for
Systematically Growing Revenue in Business Markets by Tim Smith,
PhD, your very own Chief Editor of the Wiglaf Journal, is scheduled
to be released in Spring, 2006. Pre-release reviews by industry
leaders describe it as "powerful", "systematic",
"comprehensive", "concise", and a "must-read".
Look for details at the Wiglaf Journal. http://www.wiglafjournal.com/
American Utility Week 2006: 23
- 27 April, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, GA
The 2006 American Utility Week will bring together 1000+ key decision-makers
from the North American utility industry. This unique platform will
provide key strategic insights on the technologies and trends shaping
future electric, water and gas utilities. Through the integration
of three leading events - Metering America, Billing/CIS America
and UtilityPlus+, as well as partner events, the American Utility
Week will offer the premier platform for the industry to explore
the future.
http://www.spintelligent-events.com/us-auw2006/en/
Are You Getting the Bang Out of
Your Marketing Dollar?
NEW YORK, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- 24-7PressRelease.com, a leading
provider of press release distribution services, announces release
of their version 2.0 software providing an array of enhancements
for their clientele. http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/
Salesforce.com Delivers the AppExchange
and Winter '06, Heralding the Arrival of The Business Web
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Salesforce.com
(NYSE:CRM) , the technology and market leader in on-demand customer
relationship management (CRM), today welcomed the on-demand community
to The Business Web. Announcing the general availability of the
salesforce.com AppExchange, the world's first on-demand platform
and directory, and Winter '06, the 19th generation of its industry-leading
family of on-demand CRM solutions, salesforce.com is unleashing
the power of the on-demand community, and ushering in a new era
of innovation, collaboration and freedom for on-demand business
on the Web. http://www.salesforce.com/
January 2006
IC Stars looks
forward to seeing you at their Annual Stakeholders event on January
16th at Bin 36, 339 N. Dearborn at 10am, children are encouraged
to attend. If you have not already done so, you can purchase tickets
online via:
http://www.icstars.org/stakeholders/.
The Great Chicago Debate
Join TiE Midwest for our kick-off to the 2006 program
year held on Monday, January 23 at Gardner Carton & Douglas
LLP. Chicagoland is home to a number of varying initiatives to support
entrepreneurs. The groups that provide assistance are well positioned
to comment on the current state of entrepreneurship and what is
needed to create more success stories in our region. This session
will help clarify how the different initiatives fit together and
also discuss where some gaps may still exist.
http://www.tie-midwest.org
Event Marketing Industry Changes Quantified
ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- To help exhibitors better
understand the market forces and significant trends affecting their
trade show program, Skyline and Tradeshow Week magazine have published
four White Papers on trends impacting the following key industries:
Manufacturing & Industrial; Medical & Healthcare; Information
Technology; Professional & Business Services.
http://www.skyline.com/
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