Real Estate Investing Podcast Features Realtor and Landlord

Realtor and Landlord Featured on Real Estate Investing Podcast

Rob Howard a Knoxville, TN realtor and landlord joined the Voss' to discuss what to look for in what may soon be a hot rental market for investors.

Mooresville, NC, May 31, 2006 --(PR.COM)-- Get Real, The Real Estate Investing Show for the Rest of Us featured an interview with Rob Howard a Knoxville, TN realtor and landlord on the weekly podcast. Mr. Howard shared his personal experiences of investing in real estate in the Knoxville, TN area. His investing focus is the single family rental market. Get Real continues to add more features regarding investing in rental properties.

"The recent news I have seen points to a stronger rental market in many parts of the country. So many of our listeners have only thought buying, fixing and selling homes because they became interested in real estate at a time of soaring housing prices that made that feasible" according to Judson Voss, host.

Rob provided information about what to look for in a potential rental home and how to decide if a rental property is feasible from a cash flow standpoint. He also shared information about the Knoxville market.

Get Real is a weekly podcast providing a down to earth approach to real estate investing by featuring news, tips and interviews with many local investors from around the country along with experts in fields important to real estate investing education.

www.getrealrei.com

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Judson Voss
704-307-4476
getrealshow@getrealrei.com
www.getrealrei.com

Search Engine Marketing Experts Tell Businesses How to Succeed

 

Nashville, Tennessee Search Engine Marketing Experts Work Media Tell Businesses Exactly How to Succeed Online with New Internet Marketing Book

Nashville-based Work Media has released a new Internet marketing guide, "Aggressive Online Marketing Fundamentals: the Work Media Approach." The book is a high level primer on the various aspects of running an aggressive online marketing campaign. It touches on search engine optimization, pay-per-click campaign management, copywriting, blogging, email newsletters, linking campaigns, and more. While not going into great detail on the specifics of the various techniques, the book provides a foundation for prospective marketers to try various methods and engage in further research.

Nashville, TN (PRWEB) May 31, 2006 -- Jerry and Chris Work, founders of Nashville-based Internet marketing firm Work Media, have just released an Internet marketing guide titled "Aggressive Online Marketing Fundamentals: the Work Media Approach." The book is a high level primer on the various aspects of running an aggressive online marketing campaign.

Said Jerry Work, "We believe successful online marketing involves a combination of technology and direct marketing techniques. Companies also need to adopt a multi-pronged strategy, using many different techniques as necessary to drive targeted traffic to their web sites."

The book touches on numerous areas, including search engine optimization, pay-per-click campaign management, copywriting, blogging, email newsletters, and linking campaigns. While not going into great detail on the specifics of the various techniques, the book provides a foundation for prospective marketers to try various methods and engage in further research.

The book, which is approximately 16,000 words in length, is a free download from the Work Media web site in .pdf format.

For additional information, contact Jerry or Chris Work at 888-299-4837 or via email at email protected from spam bots.

About Work Media

Work Media consists of Jerry Work and his brother Chris Work, and various professional copywriters, designers, and programmers they work with on a project-by-project basis. The company specializes in implementing aggressive, multi-pronged Internet marketing plans. The Work brothers have experience marketing everything from highly-specialized service industries to multi-million dollar ecommerce sites.

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Jerry Work, Chris Work
Work Media
888-299-4837
http://www.workmedia.net

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Podcasting Network For Web Marketers

 

A Podcasting Network For Web Marketers and Technologists: Media Swamp Gaining Listeners, Attracting Advertisers

The Media Swamp Podcasting Network, a podcast hosting service and information network featuring original and syndicated podcasts and vodcasts available for download, has debuted at www.mediaswamp.com.

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) May 31, 2006 -– The Media Swamp Podcasting Network, a podcast hosting service and information network featuring original and syndicated podcasts and vodcasts available for download, has debuted at www.mediaswamp.com.

Currently focusing on Web 2.0, search marketing, web design, social networking and web development, Media Swamp expects to carry other genres of podcasts soon and has begun experimenting with podcasts produced purely for entertainment.

“As an interactive marketing professional, I advise clients on podcasting strategies and how to make the most of this medium,” said Giovanni Gallucci of Media Swamp, “so it seemed only fitting that I be able to steer them toward a safe and convenient place to host their podcasts.”

Live for a little over a month; Media Swamp is monitoring increasing traffic and download activity. Media Swamp is currently developing an advertising model in response to an increasing number of inquiries regarding sponsorship.

“We are in the very dawn of this medium,” said Dave Wilkie of Media Swamp, “and there are developments coming that will make podcasting a very attractive vehicle for advertisers. As always, the bottom line is the number of listeners, viewers or readers that you can show a potential advertiser. We believe Media Swamp will be a very cost effective way for businesses to reach targeted consumers, whether through ads on the site itself or within the podcasts.”

“Downloading a show has benefits to an advertiser over streaming,” said Gallucci, “and though we have plans to offer streaming voice and video casts soon, the attraction of downloading to an advertiser is the portability of the show. The user takes it with them and listens on their time. Maybe they listen two or three times. Maybe they email it to colleagues. The potential for exposure in that sort of viral model is unknown, but to start with, you must be able to show download numbers, and we’ve got the numbers already.”    

Media Swamp currently features the following shows: The AgencyCast, Cocoa Radio, KinetiCast, Mad Techie, Radio Free Babylon, and The Reach.

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Mortgage Consumers Are Closer To A Paperless Mortgage Experience

ditech.com Enhances Paperless Mortgage Experience for Consumers; eWelcome Provides Speed and Convenience to Mortgage Application Process

 

COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2006--Mortgage consumers are now another step closer to a completely paperless mortgage experience with new enhancements offered by ditech.com, a leading direct mortgage lender. With its eWelcome service, mortgage consumers throughout the United States can securely review, verify and approve mortgage documents via the Internet right up to closing - all from the comfort of their home or office. These enhancements move ditech.com consumers closer to a completely paperless mortgage experience.

 

eWelcome, an eLynx-powered service, adds a new element of speed and convenience to the mortgage application and approval process by allowing customers to receive and review mortgage documents at any time and from any location where they have an Internet connection. eWelcome speeds the mortgage process for consumers by avoiding the traditional delays of several days incurred in sending documents via mail or delivery service from borrower to lender.

 

Through eWelcome, ditech.com customers can opt to eliminate the need to receive paper statements, disclosures and similar documents, and instead receive a personalized email with a secure, password-protected link that allows them to access, download and eSign their application paperwork instantly via the Internet. Customers can then utilize eWelcome's e-delivery service to review and return proof of acceptance of disclosure documents such as the application, Good Faith Estimate and Truth-in-Lending. Since its inception in April 1, 2005, 56,000 ditech.com customers have opted to use an aspect of the eWelcome service. Based on this response, the company expects that more than half of its mortgage applications will be processed using eWelcome by June 30, 2006.

 

"We are excited to provide a paperless mortgage experience to our customers," said Mike McCarthy, general manager, ditech.com. "Our customers tell us that they value the speed, ease and convenience in the mortgage process, and value certainty at the closing table. We are proud to lead the industry by bringing our customers innovative products and services such as eWelcome that give them the control, speed and convenience throughout the mortgage process they demand. We look forward to continuing our drive towards a 100% paperless mortgage process, for both consumers and lenders."

 

In addition to simplifying the lending process, eWelcome provides customers with the added confidence of knowing that they are getting the rates they were promised with no hidden costs or fees. The final step toward a completely paperless mortgage process will be the implementation of compliance measures for the acceptance of electronic documentation across the mortgage industry. The traditional paper process will continue to be available to those consumers who prefer it.

 

Consumers can choose to receive, approve and return all documents electronically; to receive documents electronically, and print, approve and return paper copies; or to receive, approve and return all documents in paper format. Homeowners interested in learning more about how ditech.com uses the electronic signature process can visit their website at www.ditech.com.

 

About eLynx
eLynx, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, enables businesses to improve workflow and deliver dramatic cost savings by automating paper-intensive processes that quickly integrate with your existing business systems. The company's innovative solutions ensure compliance with evolving industry regulations and standards, while maintaining data electronically throughout the document lifecycle. The nation's top financial services enterprises rely on eLynx to communicate with customers and collaborate with business partners quickly, securely and reliably. For more information, about eLynx visit www.elynx.com. It's time to Enter the World of e.

 

About ditech.com
Founded in 1995, ditech.com(R), based in Costa Mesa, Calif., a business unit of Residential Capital Corporation, a leading real estate finance company, which is an indirectly owned subsidiary of General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC). ditech.com delivers excellent customer service along with the security of being part of one of the largest mortgage companies in America. Ditech.com offers the consumer a variety of products, including first mortgages, variable equity lines of credit and no closing cost equity seconds. The online capabilities allow the customer to communicate with knowledgeable loan agents from home, work or on the road.

 

Residential Capital Corporation is a leading real estate finance company, focused primarily on the residential real estate market in the United States, Canada, Europe and Latin America. Our diversified businesses -- GMAC-RFC, GMAC Mortgage, ditech.com, GMAC Bank, GMAC Real Estate GMAC-RFC Securities and Homecomings Financial -- cover the spectrum of the U.S. residential finance industry, from origination and servicing of mortgage loans through their securitization in the secondary market. We also provide capital to other originators of mortgage loans, residential real estate developers, resort and timeshare developers and healthcare companies. Residential Capital Corporation is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC). For more information about our company, visit https://www.rescapholdings.com.

 

Contacts
ditech.com
Stephen Dupont, 952-857-6643
stephen.dupont@gmacrfc.com

GMAC-RFC
Source: via Business Wire

 

Headquarters: Minneapolis, MN
Website: http://www.gmacrfc.com
CEO: Bruce Paradis
Employees: 4,300
Organization: Private

Consumers File Class Action Lawsuit Against Used-Car Dealer

 

Los Angeles Consumers File Class Action Lawsuit Against Used-Car Dealer Drive Time For Allegedly Leaking Their Private Financial Information to Unauthorized Third Parties

Several Los Angeles-area consumers have filed a class action lawsuit against used-car dealer Drive Time, formerly known as Ugly Ducking, for allegedly leaking their credit applications, which included their social security numbers and other private information, to unauthorized outside parties. Cheryl Long, an Individual, on behalf of herself and all others similarly aggrieved by defendants’ conduct as alleged herein v. Drive Time, a California Business Entity; Ugly Ducking, a California Business Entity, et al., Case. No. BC 352 692.

La Crescenta, Ca. (PRWEB) May 31, 2006 -- Many Los Angeles-area consumers shopping at Drive Time (formerly known as Ugly Ducking) for used cars usually have filled out credit applications containing all of their confidential financial information, including name, social security number, employment information and home address. These consumers assumed that Drive Time would keep these credit applications under lock and key and not leak them to anyone outside of Drive Time.

In connection with an investigation of a different case involving alleged misconduct by auto insurance brokers, the La Crescenta, California firm of Brennan, Wiener & Associates (“BWA”) alleges that Drive Time had, for some years, leaked these confidential credit applications in large numbers to insurance brokers for the purpose of placing auto insurance. The affected consumers had no idea that this was happening.

“My clients are understandably outraged,” commented Robert F. Brennan, lead counsel for the plaintiff class. So far, Brennan has collected several files from the insurance brokers with Drive Time credit applications in them. “With the Choicepoint scandal and so many other related instances, businesses which get a consumer’s social security number must learn to keep it safe and secure, under lock and key and accessible only to authorized personnel. They can’t be spreading around this information, even if it does make money for them directly or indirectly. The opportunity for identity theft and for other misuses of a consumer’s personal information is just too great in this day and age.”

The class members have filed a class action in the Los Angeles Superior Court, Cheryl Long, an Individual, on behalf of herself and all others similarly aggrieved by defendants’ conduct as alleged herein v. Drive Time, a California Business Entity; Ugly Ducking, a California Business Entity, et al., Case. No. BC 352 692.

Brennan offers some tips on making sure that your private financial information does not get spread about by corporations or stores to which you provide it. “First, there’s nothing wrong with asking exactly how the information will be protected before you provide them with the information. At a minimum, such information should be kept under lock and key and should be accessible only to key personnel and not to any low-wage temporary worker who happens to be passing through. Consumers are entitled to have corporations or retail companies agree in writing to keep confidential information private and secure.

“Since this situation usually comes up in connection with loan applications, I frequently advise my clients to simply go to their own banks and get pre-approved loans before shopping for major items. That way, there’s no reason to even worry about the whole dealership financing shell game. There are so many hidden charges and fees in many dealer financing deals that it’s almost always best just to go through your own bank. Then there’s also the greater chance that your information will be kept safe and secure.”

Brennan also points out that any consumer’s personal data is still subject to theft, even from otherwise secure locations. “There’s simply no foolproof way to entirely protect your personal information. 21st-century consumers must learn about handling consumer credit disputes as part of their basic financial information. It’s no longer a luxury; it’s a necessity.”

Brennan’s website, www.socalcreditdamage.com, gives consumers the tools for handing identity theft and false credit reporting situations.

About Robert F. Brennan: Robert F. Brennan, Esq. and his firm, Brennan, Wiener & Associates, 3150 Montrose Ave., La Crescenta, Ca., handle identity theft and wrongful credit report damage cases for residents of Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange and Ventura Counties. Brennan, Wiener & Associates have a track record of successfully cleaning up credit reports and also of obtaining compensation for their clients. Mr. Brennan is well known for taking this fairly technical area of the law and breaking it down into its simplicity so that anyone can themselves, without the assistance of an attorney, clean up derogatory marks on their credit reports which do not belong there. When consumers find themselves unable to clean up their credit reports on their own, that’s where Brennan, Wiener & Associates steps in, to ensure that the wrongful derogatory marks get cleaned up and to ensure that the consumers so affected receive adequate compensation.

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Self Directed IRA Investments Seen As Growing Trend

IRA123.com Complements Growing Trend with Self Directed IRA Investments

 

Investing in real estate, businesses, franchises, tax liens, and more with an IRA (Individual Retirement Account) is becoming a growing trend. IRA123.com (www.ira123.com) is happy to announce that BusinessFinance.com has recognized that trend and they have listed them in their Business Funding Directory which provides resources for entrepreneurs seeking financing.

 

Portland, OR, May 30, 2006 --(PR.COM)-- Investing in real estate, businesses, franchises, tax liens, and more with an IRA (Individual Retirement Account) is becoming a growing trend. IRA123.com (www.ira123.com) is happy to announce that BusinessFinance.com has recognized that trend and they have listed them in their Business Funding Directory which provides resources for entrepreneurs seeking financing.

 

“Both IRA123.com and BusinessFinance.com complement each other very well,” says Robert Hubbard, Founder and CEO of IRA123.com. “We provide a simplified approach to setting up an IRA so you can invest it into your business, and BusinessFinance.com can now provide alternative funding options to entrepreneurs in need of capital.”

 

IRA123.com turns what is typically a complex process into a simple three step process. They provide the resources and the knowledge necessary to allow anyone to setup a self directed IRA. A self directed IRA is also known as a checkbook IRA, which means your IRA funds are put into a checking account, so you can write checks for your investments.

 

“Our goal at IRA123.com is to simplify the complex into an understandable framework. We're strong believers that once complexity is reduced, uncertainty will be minimized, and people can start to take charge of their retirement future with a Self-Directed IRA,” says Hubbard.

 

The two websites, www.ira123.com and www.businessfinance.com, offer articles related to IRA investing. For further information on how you can invest your IRA into business, real estate, tax liens, and more visit www.ira123.com, or you can call 503-484-5626.

 

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IRA123.com
Robert Hubbard
503-484-5626
info@ira123.com
http://www.ira123.com

Turn Your Cell Phone Into A Coupon!

 

Quickpons.com Launches New Advertising Method that merges Coupons, Cell Phones and the Internet

Quickpons, Inc. is launching a new Internet based service for consumers that will allow them to send coupons to their cell phones as text messages. There is no charge to consumers and businesses can join the service for free during the beta period.

Tampa, FL (PRWEB) May 30, 2006 -- Quickpons, Inc. is launching a new Internet based service for consumers that will allow them to send coupons to their cell phones as text messages. There is no charge to consumers and businesses can join the service for free during the beta period.

Businesses post special coupon offers on the website, such as “20% Off Your First Order”. Consumers arrive at the website seeking bargains. Once the consumer has located an offer that they wish to take advantage of, they simply click and send the offer as a text message to their cell phone. The merchants honor the text message on the cell phone as if it were a printed coupon.

The advantage to consumers is obvious, no more cutting out small paper coupons that often go forgotten and unredeemed. Quickpons, Inc. believes that this will be the new preferred method by which consumers will seek discounts. “I invented this service because I would usually forget to bring coupons with me, but I always have my cell phone”, says Glen Wheeler, President of Quickpons, Inc. “I also think many consumers will want to try it out just because it is so unique.”

Businesses benefit because studies show that consumers who use coupons spend more than those who don't. Also surprising is the fact that Americans in the upper income brackets are more likely to use coupons.
Text messaging is a growing trend among cell phone users. By merging the Internet, text messaging and consumers looking to save money, Quickpons, Inc. plans to bring those consumers together with businesses eager to oblige. The site is set to launch on June 16th with the Beta period ending that day. Businesses seeking further information should visit the website at www.quickpons.com.

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Free Early Case Assessment of Electronic Information

 

MetaLINCS Offers Corporate Legal Teams and Law Firms Free Early Case Assessment of Electronic Information

Early Knowledge from E-Discovery Analysis Software Drives Early Action and More Favorable Case Outcomes

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) May 29, 2006 -- MetaLINCS™, a leading provider of E-Discovery software, today announced the availability of a trial offer that provides corporate legal teams, law firms and government agencies a free early assessment analysis of their electronic data pertaining to any legal matter. Qualified organizations can submit up to 10GB of electronic data for automated review and receive a customized Early Case Assessment Report of key results within 5 days. A sample report based on analysis of the Enron email database can be found at www.metalincs.com/promos/freeAssessment.html.

The free service specifically targets attorneys, investigators and litigation support professionals who desire a way to find key evidence in electronic information that is dramatically more reliable, timely and cost-effective than the current approaches to E-Discovery, which are almost entirely manual. Today's predominant best-practice methods for E-Discovery are dominated by service providers that employ a small army of people to collect, process and comb through electronic information. Not merely expensive, the service provider approach to E-Discovery is error-prone, time-consuming, and provides very limited visibility into the significance of the information discovered.

"The E-Discovery component of most legal matters and investigations come with short deadlines, which puts companies and law firms under tremendous pressure to produce information that can help them quickly assess their exposure and begin to build a case strategy," said Ramon Nunez, CEO of MetaLINCS. "Today's manual E-Discovery processes are too slow and tedious to allow for a fast, comprehensive understanding of the information at hand. Early case assessment enables legal teams to find and drill down on the most relevant case material during the earliest stages of a case and demonstrates the power of early knowledge."

E-Discovery is now the most costly component of the legal and investigatory process, and as it grows in complexity, the associated costs and risks continue to soar. The ability to assess cases at their earliest stages can reduce overall e-discovery costs by as much as 75%. Early assessment can also lead counsel to conclude that 80% of the data they processed is irrelevant, not requiring further examination. Such early insight can inform initial strategic decision-making and drive more favorable case outcomes.

Organizations that take advantage of the MetaLINCS' offer will receive a customized Early Case Assessment Report, featuring in-depth analysis results in the following areas:

Related Concepts – MetaLINCS provides a related concept analysis based on the keyword list you provide. This helps identify additional words and phrases that are relevant to the case.
Thread Analysis – For each of your keywords you can also see a list of the top email conversations involving that keyword. This analysis can help create a context for understanding each keyword and the people involved.

Social Network Analysis – Social Network Analysis shows the communication patterns of key individuals during critical time periods. These analyses reveal individuals you may not have known about or initially considered important to the case.
More information about this MetaLINCS free offer can be found at www.metalincs.com. Users can also register for the free Early Case Assessment by calling 1-800-221-6382.

About MetaLINCS eDiscovery Application
The MetaLINCS E-Discovery application offers corporate attorneys, investigators and litigators the most comprehensive E-Discovery review and analysis software available. The platform combines a patent-pending guided discovery process with a unique visual representation of the relationships between people, events, time, documents and communication patterns. This approach allows users to quickly gain an understanding of electronic information in context, which leads to more successful investigations, mitigates compliance risks, and reduces discovery and litigation costs.

About MetaLINCS
MetaLINCS is a leading provider of Electronic Discovery software. The company's flagship product, the MetaLINCS E-Discovery application, drives early and accurate case assessments by guiding users through the discovery process and suggesting new areas for analysis. Corporate attorneys, investigators and litigators are able to make better decisions earlier, boost discovery productivity, and ensure discovery consistency across cases. The MetaLINCS eDiscovery application is the first commercial software to visualize relationships between people, events, time, documents and communication patterns. Founded in 2003, MetaLINCS is a privately held company located in Mountain View, California and has received venture financing from ArrowPath Venture Capital, Newbury Ventures and Rembrandt Venture Partners. For more information about the company, visit www.metalincs.com.

MetaLINCS is a registered trademark of MetaLINCS. Any other marks used in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of the manufacturers or marketers of the products with which the marks are associated.

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Text Message Spam By B Targets Those That Opt-in With A

 

Reach Customers Right in their Pockets

Promotions via text message offer the most powerful advertising medium ever invented. The author bases this on the fact that 70% of all promotional text messages are opened and read.

Philadelphia (PRWEB) May 25, 2006 -- Advertisements on key chains are hot. Those are the little plastic membership key tags to Acme, Blockbuster, or a local gym.

What a powerful advertising medium this is. It’s right in the owner's pocket and he or she sees it every time they get into their car, arrive at the office, or come home.

Now, imagine if that key tag brought relevant and changing information to you every day. Imagine if that information was timely. Now, imagine that key tag beeped every time information arrived.

And, oh yeah. There are 214,175,214 of them in the United States.

Imagine the cell phone. The ubiquitous cell phone.

According to Frost & Sullivan, over 70% of all promotional text messages are opened and read. Compare that to email where less than 3% of all promotional email messages are opened and read. After all, how many more Viagra ads can we all read?

No doubt, the massive offshore spamming that has occurred in the email world has made email marketing ineffective. Similar spamming has not occurred in the area of text messaging, at least not yet. The carriers are diligently policing text message spam and advertisers are understandably reluctant to spam when the recipients may have to pay for receipt of the text message or count the message toward a finite amount of prepaid monthly texts.

Just 15% of the over 36 billion text messages sent in 2005 were deemed promotional messages, according to The Yankee Group. This means that a promotional message to an opt-in list will stand out.

But, how does one obtain an opt-in list?

“I like to think of it as A+B=C,” said Bob Bentz, Co-Owner of Advanced Telecom Services (www.advancedtele.com) . “Advertising agencies and consumer product companies use the ‘A’ to establish a database of opt-in users through an interactive promotion such as a sweepstakes or contest then provide the ‘B’ with ongoing value-added text message blasts. The ‘C’ then becomes the successful promotion.”

Bentz gave an example of a cosmetic product offering a contest to win a free makeover and weekend at a health spa via text message. All entrants in the contest would then be opted in to the database. Those consumers in the database would receive two text messages per week with a makeup tip and a product discount from the cosmetic company.

“The fact that over 70% of promotional text messages are opened and read is a phenomenal statistic,” added Bentz. “With channel flipping and competition on a print page, surely television, radio, and newspaper cannot say that any where near 70% of its audience actually ‘gets’ the advertising message.”

The New York Times said it best. “The cell phone is the most personal and immediate medium ever invented.” The success of promotional text messaging is proving just that.

By Anthony Wayne
Text Message Blog (www.textmessageblog.blogspot.com)

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Company Name: ADVANCED TELECOM SERVICES
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XML Content and Final Package Labeling For The Pharmaceutical Industry

 

ThinSpring Presented “SPL Downstream – XML Content and Final Package Labeling” To The Pharmaceutical Packaging And Labeling Committee (PP&LC)

ThinSpring, a leading provider of XML-based solutions such as SPL Server™ and the FDA’s Electronic Labeling Information Processing System (ELIPS), has presented “SPL Downstream – XML Content and Final Package Labeling” to the Pharmaceutical Packaging And Labeling Committee (PP&LC). The presentation was given by Ron Celeste, CEO of ThinSpring, on May 8, 2006, in Forth Worth, Texas.

Forth Worth, Texas (PRWEB) May 26, 2006 –- ThinSpring, a leading provider of XML-based solutions such as SPL Server™ and the FDA’s Electronic Labeling Information Processing System (ELIPS), has presented “SPL Downstream – XML Content and Final Package Labeling” to the Pharmaceutical Packaging And Labeling Committee (PP&LC). The presentation was given by Ron Celeste, CEO of ThinSpring, on May 8, 2006, in Forth Worth, Texas.

Structure Product Labeling (SPL) and Product Information Management (PIM) deal specifically with the submission of labeling content to the regulatory authorities for approval. Once that content has been approved, the PP&LC members need it to produce the physical labeling that goes on the drug product containers, inner cartons, outer cartons, and shipping containers. XML data file formats are new to this community, and there is a need to focus on style and presentation. Packaging engineers have to consider challenges such as an aging population and a novel design for single dose packaging. They are used to working with binary file formats such as Quark, Illustrator, PDF, and encapsulated post script. The presentation addressed the concept of using one XML-based content repository to serve multiple purposes including regulatory submission and finished package labeling. This transition requires an initial focus on education, training and process redesign.

The United Stated Food and Drug Administration (FDA) currently uses ELIPS as a part of the process to internally validate SPL submissions from pharmaceutical manufacturers. The FDA made SPL mandatory as of November 3, 2005. Shortly after that in December of 2005, the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) saw the first use of its PIM system.

For more information, go to the ThinSpring website or contact Ron Celeste at (908) 595-2145. For access to the presentation, go to the ThinSpring website and click on “Request Access to PP&LC Presentation.”

About ThinSpring:
ThinSpring, founded by former pharmaceutical and medical device professionals, specializes in XML-based Web service solutions, integration and data conversion. ThinSpring has used its industry expertise to develop a dynamic XML engine, MatriXML™. This patented XML technology is the basis for SPL Server™. ThinSpring’s solutions have gained acceptance as an essential, collaborative application-development platform for FDA regulated companies. ThinSpring’s core team manages technology and regulatory consulting divisions that support its clients’ operations throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and South America. ThinSpring headquarters is in Bridgewater, New Jersey, with offices in California and North Carolina. More information about ThinSpring and ThinSpring SPL Server™, can be found on their website at: http://www.ThinSpring.com.

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Canadian Privacy Training Programs

 

PrivaTech Launches Customized Canadian Privacy Training Programs

PrivaTech Consulting has designed Canadian privacy training programs that build privacy awareness. These customized privacy training sessions can be directed to senior executives and privacy officers, or employees of an organization, and focus on privacy law developments in Canada and avoiding corporate privacy breaches.

(PRWEB) May 25, 2006 -- PrivaTech Consulting is making privacy training a top priority. PrivaTech’s clients are quickly realizing that privacy training is a sound business investment.

PrivaTech has designed a privacy training program for privacy officers and senior executives to assist them in:
•    understanding the implications of recent privacy commissioner decisions;
•    overseeing an effective privacy impact assessment based on generally accepted privacy principles; and
•    developing privacy risk management plans.

PrivaTech has also redesigned its employee privacy training programs to build privacy awareness. Most privacy breaches involving the loss, misuse, unauthorized access or unauthorized disclosure of personal information are due to employee mistakes. Employee mistakes can be costly…but they are avoidable. PrivaTech’s privacy workshops and seminars give employees a clear understanding of their responsibilities through department specific training, practical tips and case studies that employees can relate to.

“PrivaTech took the time to truly understand our business before launching a multi-level privacy training program within our company, involving senior executives, department managers and front line staff. The results were spectacular – employees are empowered with the ability to make informed decisions that better protect the sensitive personal information we hold”, says Louise Turgeon, Privacy Officer and CFO of ESI Canada Inc. “After the first round of training, privacy issues were being identified and brought to the forefront before they resulted in bigger problems, reducing our cost of doing business.”

“Every organization is at a different stage with respect to their privacy compliance initiatives. Our goal is to develop a culture of privacy within the organization so risks can be quickly identified and managed”, says Fazila Nurani, founder of PrivaTech Consulting.

For more information on PrivaTech’s privacy training visit http://www.privatech.ca/privacy-solutions/workshops-seminars/index.cfm?WT.mc_id=pr0506

PrivaTech Consulting, based in Toronto, Ontario, specializes in advising private and public sector organizations on compliance with Canadian privacy laws. PrivaTech’s consultants and lawyers also write articles for PrivaTalk, a leading monthly privacy newsletter published by PrivaTech.

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Press Contact: Fazila Nurani
Company Name: PrivaTech Consulting
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Estate Planning For The Intangibles

 

Modern Day Estate Planning For The Intangibles

Ronald E. Hudkins, U.S.Army, SFC, Military Police Corps. (Retired) and President of American Industry Maintenance (AIM), LLC at AssetProtectNow.com address the importance of intangible digital assets in ones modern day estate planning considerations.

Denver, CO (PRWEB) May 25, 2006 - Every state has statutes and mechanisms in place that deal with disposal of tangible assets whether the deceased had a will or not. According to Ronald Hudkins, a leading expert in the field, families might fight over who gets the house, the cars, the stocks and the cash, but there is generally no question about where such property is located. Ronald Hudkins of AssetProtectNow.com offers advice on the subject.

“On the other hand, Hudkins said, many of the questions surrounding intangible digital assets are just beginning to be asked, much less answered. Estate planning in the information age raises a whole new set of issues that just didn’t exist even as few as ten years ago.”

“When a person dies, for example, who inherits the computer files, the web pages, blogs and emails? More complicated yet, how are online bank accounts, stock holdings that exist entirely in digital media, or the rights to an exclusively online business to be handled? The proliferation of online businesses and the world’s propensity for doing paperless business means that digital holdings very often have considerable monetary value. What if nobody knows your passwords or your various usernames? Do your digital assets just disappear into the ether? Can your online business be seized and sold to pay your creditors? These are important matters to consider in our modern times,” Hudkins said.

Hudkins further stated, “The dynamic nature of Internet transactions makes their inclusion in a will eminently impractical. User names and passwords change, new businesses are created, new stocks are e-traded, and new email accounts come into being. Changing a will, or adding a codicil, every time your online dealings change is not at all feasible.”

He likewise advised, “Even though the law governing digital assets is unclear, largely because it hasn’t yet been written, there are ways to protect those assets and make sure your heirs are able to locate and use them.”

“First, keep a master list of all your online dealings, complete with urls, user names and passwords,” Hudkins said. “The list should include items like domain names, where they are registered, and when they need to be renewed to keep the business name and Internet location. Put this particular information on paper, update it every time something new is added or something old deleted, and keep it in a safe place with your other important business papers, preferably in a safety container.”

Hudkins also advised, “Make sure your attorney or your estate executor is aware of the list, even if you don’t want it opened until after your death. Instruct your executor or attorney as to when the list is to become available to your heirs – for example in the case of serious illness in the event that someone needs to take care of online business transactions in your stead. Such instructions may or may not be legally binding, but chances are your instructions will be followed, as a matter of moral obligation.”

“If you have a prosperous online business, online bank accounts, e-trade accounts, or other valuable digital assets, those need to be figured into your estate planning,” Hudkins said. “Otherwise, your heirs may be stuck with a messy situation and many unexpected expenses, or even legal challenges to deal with – problems that your estate planning was initially designed to protect against.”

About Ronald E. Hudkins;
Ronald Hudkins is a retired U.S. Army Military Police member that was assigned as a staff researcher.     He has coordinated with military and criminal investigators, set on court marshals and worked closely with the Staff Judge Advocate Generals Office (JAG). He has a keen sense of legal matters - their interpretation, initiatives and guidelines.     For imperative financial planning needs he suggests his book “Asset Protection and Estate Planning for All Ages.” He offers a Free Newsletter at his web site: http://www.AssetProtectNow.com. The site includes an article directory for edification and has recently established a new Forum for consumer discussions, debates and concerns.

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Free Directory of all Attorneys in the US

 

LegalDirectoryServices.com Launches a Free Directory of all Attorneys in the United States

www.LegalDirectoryServices.com launches a free directory of all Attorneys in the United States. This easy to navigate breakdown of over 925,000 listings is probably the fastest way to find an appropriate attorney in any of all 50 states.

Westbank, BC (PRWEB) May 23, 2006 -- www.LegalDirectoryServices.com launches a free directory of all Attorneys in the United States. As a starting point we have entered the name and firm's contact information for all the legal Attorneys we could find.

The listings are categorized by Area of Law and then by State and then by City.

This easy to navigate breakdown of over 925,000 listings is probably the fastest way to find an appropriate attorney in any of all 50 states. We hope we have everyone in our directory - if not then an attorney may add their free listing to our directory at www.LegalDirectoryServices.com by joining our site at no cost and publishing their listing.

We have included as much information as we could to make the listings useful to potential clients and other attorneys who may need to refer a client based on their listed Area of Law and location. We believe that this valuable venue will enhance the business prospects of all attorneys as it provides even more exposure to potential clients than any local advertising could ever do for them.

If an attorney feels that they would like an enhanced listing that would move their listing to the top of our alphabetical list of lawyers in their city then there is a very low fee of $50.00 per year to have a "Featured Listing" at the city level in your area of law. This fee is used to support the costs of operating and promoting this free directory.

We feel strongly that our directory will be an instant hit with clients and attorneys as it provides a level and affordable field of both free listings and reasonably priced enhanced listings that each attorney can add and edit at will. We have provided security measures that ensure that only the attorney who owns a listing can edit their own listings.

Please visit our legal services directory at www.LegalDirectoryServices.com and see how easy it is to find an appropriate lawyer in your city. If you are an attorney then take a look to see if your listings are already in our directory. If they are and we have your email listed in the directory then we will be emailing you your login details in the next few days. If your email address is missing, you can register with us and claim your listings so that you can have control over them in our directory.

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Press Contact: Gerry Bakker
Company Name: LegalDirectoryServices.com
Phone: 250-768-2677
Website: http://LegalDirectoryServices.com

Carnival of Nonprofit Consultant Clowns Created

 

New Blog Carnival Gives Nonprofits Best of Free Consulting Advice Online

Nonprofit organizations now have a simple way to find the best free advice that consultants are offering to them online via blogs – the new Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. Each Monday, the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants will present seven of the best blog posts of the previous week. More info is available at http://www.writing911.com/carnival

Lexington, NC (PRWEB) May 24, 2006 -- Nonprofit organizations now have a simple way to find the best free advice that consultants are offering to them online via blogs – the new Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. Each Monday, the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants will present seven of the best blog posts of the previous week. Topics will include everything from fundraising and management to communications and technology. The first edition will be published June 12, 2006.

Nonprofits interested in reading the carnival editions can subscribe by going to the Carnival’s homepage at http://www.Writing911.com/carnival. The page features an RSS feed, as well as an email subscription option. Subscribers will be notified when a new edition of the carnival is available and where it can be found online. An archive of all of the editions will also be available on the page.

Consultants interested in contributing to the Carnival can visit the home page at http://www.Writing911.com/carnival for information on how to submit their blog posts for consideration each week, starting June 5. They can also join the contributors’ mailing list to get reminders about deadlines and themes. Consultants who add the Carnival’s logo to their blog will be added to the permanent blogroll (list of links) on the Carnival home page.

Blog carnivals are a fast-growing tool for Web users who want help wading through the blogosphere. They are often compared to magazines or journals, because they are formatted as editions with annotated links to articles. “Blog carnivals have been a useful way for bloggers to increase their traffic and participate in communities that discuss issues they are passionate about,” says Brad Rubenstein, CTO of Blog Carnival (http://blogcarnival.com), which helps bloggers organize and promote blog carnivals. “The bloggers who host and contribute to carnivals form online communities related to topics as varied as finance, law, cooking, and sports. Blog Carnival looks forward to serving the not-for-profit community along with the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants," says Rubenstein.

The Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants is organized by Kivi Leroux Miller, president of EcoScribe Communications and Writing911.com. “The quality of advice that consultants are offering through blogs is incredible, but it’s hard for nonprofits to find that advice and to sort through it regularly,” says Miller. “The Carnival will help solve that problem by providing the best of the consultant blogs each week.” It will also provide consultants with a new way to market themselves and to build their own professional networks, says Miller.

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Press Contact: Kivi Leroux Miller
Company Name: WRITING911.COM
Phone: 336-499-5816
Website: http://www.writing911.com/carnival

Self-Scheduling Appointment Website

 

New Website Fills Business Appointment Books 24/7

NextAvailable.Com is the first appointment self-scheduling site that uses a search engine to promote service providers. Consumers are drawn to the site looking for the next available appointment for a wide variety of businesses in any U.S. city. By allowing clients to self-schedule and confirm instantly, businesses attract new clients, keep existing clients happy and cut both admin time and expense.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.(PRWEB) May 24, 2006 -– A new web site, NextAvailable.Com, which debuted in February of this year is a sign of the times for business owners. The site allows busy consumers in every U.S. city to search for and self-schedule the “next available” appointment for businesses of all types. The Next Available® search engine connects consumers and businesses by appointment, and services the growing community of online consumers who either cannot or will not plan ahead.

Developed as a result of continuing consumer trends, the site provides an innovative online forum for businesses and consumers to meet – “in the now.” Customers with urgent service needs are an important source of revenue and goodwill to business owners, and a potential loss to businesses that appear to be unavailable. The site also addresses an often-overlooked source of revenue for businesses: travelers and temporary residents.

“As consumers we expect to book our appointments the same way we book flights and hotels,” said Bonnie Garvey, President of NextAvailable, LLC. “NextAvailable.Com provides the low-cost essential toolkit for businesses to meet consumers’ online scheduling and time management demands.”

How It Works
The service works like this: Using a simple web interface, businesses post appointment availability online, along with a detailed business profile to attract newcomers. Consumers use the search feature on the site’s home page to find appointment openings by date and time. Consumers can search for both the Next Available® appointment starting in the next 15 minutes, or up to 30 days in advance. The search engine returns a list of all businesses with appointment openings that meet the consumer’s criteria. After browsing the profiles of available businesses, consumers self-schedule appointments on the spot. Established clientele can also bypass the search engine to do business directly with their preferred providers.

According to Nielsen’s NetRatings, as of February 2006, 74% of Americans use the Internet, and those users average 30.5 hours online per month. According to a March 2006 special issue of Time, over 95% of affluent Americans made a purchase online in 2005. And the trend is growing. The next generation of consumers promises to be even more tech reliant.

NextAvailable.Com promises businesses an increase in new customer activity, improved goodwill among current customers, and a decrease in administrative time and costs. According to site subscriber Christine Trice, owner of Brown Bag Botanicals pre-natal massage, “I no longer have to worry about lost business due to a missed phone call. My admin time has dropped while bookings have increased.”

Pricing and Availability
At a base price of $20 monthly, businesses can get online and appear in availability searches quickly. Pricing includes a one-page unique website with free video upload and placement in the Next Available® search engine. Retail and non-service based businesses can also use the site to meet internal time management needs. Businesses can sign up online from the site’s home page.

NextAvailable.Com, owned by NextAvailable, LLC, also provides a free survey feature where consumers and businesses can sound off about the site. The company hopes that open communication with the public will help to maintain its pulse on current trends.

For more information, visit the web site at http://NextAvailable.Com.    

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Company Name: NextAvailable, LLC
Phone: 916.419.4178
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Mobi: It's a Top-Level Domain and It's A Handheld Device

Route1 Launches Mobi Next Generation Remote Computing Solution at DEMOmobile 2004

 

Mobi extends new and existing applications over wireless networks without any changes to current infrastructure or user experience

 

NEW YORK, and TORONTO, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Route1 Inc., the Agile Computing Company, today announced the launch of Mobi, a data and voice handheld with a virtual desktop that lets users connect securely to their office and enterprise computing resources over any network. Route1 unveiled its new product at the exclusive DEMOmobile 2004 conference held this week at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines in La Jolla, California.

 

"Route1 has reinvented mobile and remote computing with Mobi," said Chris Shipley, Executive Producer, DEMOmobile. "Its Seamless Workspace design allows Microsoft Windows users to cross wireless and wired networks with persistent, secure, real-time access to desktop and network resources without having to bulk up with any applications, middleware or data on the remote or host."

 

Easy to Use Seamless Environment
Using integrated hardware, software and network service, Route1 provides fast, easy and secure access to a Microsoft Windows computer desktop or a blade server, including all files, applications, and network resources from a Mobi device running Microsoft Windows Mobile, CE, XP or XP Tablet. Since remote users are running a desktop and applications they are used to, there is
no special IT support or training required. In addition, the environment is "locked down" behind the corporate firewall providing corporate level protection to potential viruses and malicious payloads.

 

Lets Employees be Mobile, Not Corporate Data

 

Designed to enhance security in managing the mobile and remote workforce, Route1's Seamless Workspace(TM) architecture requires the host to establish connectivity with Mobi, thus ensuring remote users comply with existing security policies and processes. Its MobiAgent(TM) software and MobiNet(TM) service support multiple factors of user authentication coupled with digital certificates and SSL tunnels for all end-to-end communications that are encrypted using a FIPS 140-2 approved crypto set.

 

Unlike browser-based remote access offerings, MobiNet defeats 'man in the middle' network attacks and MobiAgent leaves no shadows or data traces on the remote.  Since data and applications actually reside behind the firewall, administrators don't have to worry about potential loss or theft.  Mobi's connectivity can also be managed to ensure connection only when authorized.

 

Outstanding Performance
Mobi provides a consistent user experience over GPRS, CDMA, WiFi, Ethernet or dial up connections.  Route1's intelliRoam(TM) technology keeps users persistently connected, switching between networks while managing sessions even in the middle of document edits. MobiNet uses a peer-to-peer architecture to deliver performance that lets users connect live to their office and enterprise computing resources at speeds equivalent to those of a LAN as bandwidth permits.

 

"With remote workers using multiple devices to stay productive, companies have resorted to distinct infrastructures of middleware, VPNs, and synchronization just to keep them connected and secure," said Cheryl Currid, President Currid & Company. "Often the IT management costs are higher for these outworkers than for personnel at head office. The opportunity to reinvent mobile PC-based computing is huge as enterprises badly need a new solution."

 

A survey conducted last year by AT&T/Economist showed that 54% of enterprise employees worked from home on a regular basis. It was revealed that this number will increase to 80% by the end of 2005.  In a May 2004 survey of chief information officers, UBS Investment Research found that close to 60% planned to increase the number of remote access users at their companies by 10% or more over the next year. Today, IT administrators are faced with multiple configurations to support. They struggle to enforce tighter security policies and privacy standards while increasing accessibility.

 

"The paradox with mobile and remote computing is that it's immobilizing organizations," said Andrew White, Route1 CEO. "At a time when regulators are demanding higher standards in security and confidentiality, managers are being forced to rethink the risks that worker mobility poses to their information security.  Mobi provides a strong ROI by driving corporate governance and privacy compliance, enabling new standards in security risk management, and significantly reducing IT costs, while improving outworker performance."

 

Easy to Deploy with Significant Cost Advantages
Route1 provides a single data and voice solution that makes other mobile platforms unnecessary.  Mobi can be quickly and securely rolled out across a dispersed organization without the usual increase in IT infrastructure and management costs.  The Company estimates Mobi delivers at least an 80 per cent cost advantage over hosted VPN services and a 150 per cent saving over in-house SSL VPNs. Cost advantages associated with information security and privacy compliance risks are not factored in these comparisons.

 

About Mobi and Availability
Mobi is available in handheld and tablet models for road warriors, day extenders, telecommuters, teleworkers, and other mobile employees. The Mobi will cost approximately US$500 and the Executive and Fleet tablet models will sell for about US$1500. MobiNet access will be an extra monthly charge through a preferred wireless service provider.  Route1 expects to ship Mobi by the end of 2004.  The Company is also providing a reference design for other manufacturers to ship devices which can be certified for use with MobiNet.

 

About Route1
Route1 enables "systems to follow users" within a seamless computing and connectivity paradigm that provides outworkers persistent, remote access to office and network computing resources, wherever they are. The Company's remote computing solutions empower dispersed employees while helping organizations become more agile and run more securely and profitably. Route1 is based in Toronto, Canada with offices in New York, NY.  Visit http://www.route1.com for more information.

 

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Copywriter's Ad Blog Doesn't Suck

 

Copywriter’s Ad Blog Stays Fresh, Attracts Business Worldwide

It’s a fact: most blogs fizzle after just a few months. What, then, has kept John Kuraoka’s Ad Blog going for more than three years? In a word: success.

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) May 24, 2006 –- John Kuraoka is not a name that rolls trippingly off the tongue (according to his Web site, it’s pronounced “koo-rah-oh-kah”). But Kuraoka’s Ad Blog, started back in February 2003, has helped give him a national and even international business presence.

Kuraoka is a freelance advertising copywriter and creative director based in San Diego, California. His Ad Blog focuses on the creative side of advertising, branding, and marketing. But, he frequently veers off into social commentary, particularly when writing about a pet topic: advertising aimed at children.

What has kept Kuraoka’s Ad Blog fresh for more than three years?

“Advertising!” he answers. “Advertising today is in a state of constant invention and re-invention. You can’t be in this industry – really in it – and not stay fresh.”

“I’m in the trenches every day,” he says. “I’m a copywriter, not a commentator. I get paid to create advertising, not follow it or explain it.” As a perverse result, his Ad Blog follows and explains advertising very well.

Kuraoka is no newcomer to advertising or blogging. He has 23 years in the advertising industry, and has maintained his family’s weekly online journal since 1998. He keeps blogging partly because, as a writer, it’s in his blood and partly because it brings him business.

“I just finished a project for a company in Lucerne, Switzerland. I’ve had clients in the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Israel, Japan, South Korea, and Costa Rica. Here in the U.S., I’ve had clients in a dozen states, scattered across all the time zones.”

“The power of the web puts my portfolio on your desktop, whether you’re in Paris or Peoria. But the power of the blog puts me there in-person. A blog conveys voice and personality. It gives me the chance to build rapport.”

“And it’s rapport, not contact,” he says, “that’s the first step to a sale.”

You can read Kuraoka’s views on advertising and copywriting, with new entries almost every business day, at http://www.kuraoka.com/adblog.

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Realtors Revel, Rally 'Round Real Estate Blogging Systems and RSS

Real Estate Leaders Unite at Official Real Estate Blog Site - Blogging Systems, in Association with RealtyU Partner, Launch New Real Estate Blog, www.RealBlogging.com

New Real Estate Blog offers industry networking, links to conference and events, access to the Real Estate Dictionary of Real Estate Words and Terms, online discussion opportunities with industry leaders offering critical information that savvy real estate pro's shouldn't do business without.

Princeton Junction, NJ, May 11, 2006 --(PR.COM)-- Blogging Systems, http://www.bloggingsystems.com, the leading real estate blog solutions company that positions realtors and brokers as vital to their communities, today announced, in association with RealtyU, the launch of a new industry blog; RealBlogging, http://www.realblogging.com.

Real Estate marketing tools are often perceived to be more abundant than properties in today's competitive real estate market. The difficulty for many real estate professionals is gaining a clear understanding of which real estate marketing tools will generate the most leads and glean the highest percent of closings.

For this reason, a group of leading real estate brokers, agents, authors, speakers and leaders are posting their knowledge about various real estate marketing tools and how they can impact real estate professionals.

Richard Nacht, Blogging Systems ceo, for example, has recently posted an easy to understand explanation of Real Simple Syndication (RSS) news feeds. After reading his post, savvy real estate professionals should understand the importance of including an RSS feed as part of their web promotions strategy.

"BloggingSystems is extremely pleased to, in association with RealtyU, be launching www.RealBlogging.com, the Official Real Estate Industry Blog, at such a critical time period for real estate professionals," said Nacht. "The site is intended to provide balanced views and to be a forum for all real estate professionals to discuss all aspects important to the industry."

One of the top real estate performers in the nation, Ralph Roberts, is heavily participating on www.RealBlogging.com via a series of important posts designed to educate real estate pro's about real estate fraud.

To participate in industry leader blog posts visit www.RealBlogging.com.

To learn about setting up your own real estate blog visit www.BloggingSystems.com.

About Blogging Systems
Blogging Systems positions realtors and brokers as vital to their communities by enabling them to provide critical local information via the flagship CommunityPublisher blog tool. Affiliate Publisher enables companies wishing to ally themselves with realtors, such as mortgage companies, attorneys, title companies, etc., the ability to set up and maintain a sponsored web site. RealtyPublisher is the broker version of CommunityPublisher and the TeamPublisher blog product offers groups and multi-users an effective instrument for team collaboration and project management.

For more information about how to add a blog to your real estate marketing tools, visit: www.BloggingSystems.com or call: 800-985-BLOG (800-985-2564)

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Jolina Pettice
952 400 0349
jpettice@misukanisodden.com
www.bloggingsystems.com

Real Estate Professionals Get Another Website Provider Choice

iHOUSE Web Solutions Announces Enhancements to its Websites for Real Estate Professionals

 

Several major enhancements to iHOUSE websites for real estate agents and brokers enable iHOUSE clients to select from an expanded selection of customizable design options. They are also able to broaden their online listings exposure, do more thorough traffic analysis, and benefit from a more robust email solution that streamlines their daily business communications.

 

Oakland, CA, May 19, 2006 --(PR.COM)-- iHOUSE Web Solutions, a division of CIS Data Systems™, Inc., and a leader in real estate web site design, hosting, and online marketing services, announced an expansion of the features and functionality of its iHOUSE template-based websites for real estate professionals. Dozens of new, customizable designs are now possible with the new layouts and graphic elements that have been added to the image library. Expanded business functionality includes email enhancements, more online listings options, and advanced website traffic tracking capabilities.

 

“To strengthen our position as the premier online marketing solution for real estate professionals, we have greatly expanded the iHOUSE website design choices as well as the practical business functionality, at no additional cost to our customers” says Paul Sheng, CEO. “We are especially pleased to offer our new webmail service, iMail, because this vital communications tool has a major impact on their daily business operations. And its functionality now rivals Google’s gMail.”

 

The iHOUSE iMail service now provides 1GB of capacity for each webmail account and also includes a new spam-blocker that allows a user to mark certain mail as “spam” or “not spam,” which trains the filters for that particular mailbox.  The spam blocker service uses best-in-class technology, effectively blocking over a 1 million spam messages each day. Additional iMail features include HTML-enabled editing capabilities, receiving notifications on computer desktops when email is received, the ability to check other email accounts from iMail, and the ability to have messages automatically highlighted when received from certain individuals.

 

In addition to its basic traffic reports,  iHOUSE has also recently launched a new Traffic Analyzer report that offers more advanced traffic tracking capabilities. Key features enable customers to review daily and monthly traffic statistics for the entire website, define the reporting period to be viewed, and track page-specific traffic. Users can also see the online origin of their web site visitors—direct entry, bookmarks, search engines and links from other sites—as well as which search engines have recently indexed their sites. Updated every eight hours, this data will assist iHOUSE customers with their online marketing initiatives.

 

“Adding these features, along with the ability to easily post listings on Yahoo!, Oodle, and Trulia real estate search engines,” continues Sheng, “makes an iHOUSE website a very powerful online marketing tool for real estate professionals.”
 
Since 1986, iHOUSE Web Solutions, a division of CIS Data Systems, Inc., has provided real estate professionals with technology and Internet tools to build their businesses.  Through continued, successful designs of user-friendly real estate agent websites and other products for real estate web site promotion, the company has built a network of over 10,000 customers, and maintains IDX data feeds with nearly 300 MLS’s nationwide, representing nearly two-thirds of all listings in the U.S. Its web marketing solutions include iHOUSE websites, IDXPro MLS search and email service, MarketReach email marketing solution, VTShowcase virtual tour manager, and ConnecTel toll-free communication service. Headquartered in Oakland, California, iHOUSE Web Solutions can be reached by phone (Toll-Free) 866-645-7702, email info@ihouseweb.com, or by visiting its website at www.ihouseweb.com.

 

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CIS Data Systems, Inc.
Sylvia Todor
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www.ihouseweb.com

Attorneys Get Help Covering Their Assets

 

Asset Protection Seminar - Free for Attorneys

The Asset Protection Institute is sponsoring two free, 3-hour CLE seminars on Asset Protection. June 14, 2006 in Beverly Hills and June 15, 2006 in San Francisco.

(PRWEB) May 19, 2006 -- The Asset Protection Institute, and conjunction with Rochdale Offshore, presents two, free, CLE programs on Asset Protection. Each program will qualify for 3 hours of CLE credits for attending attorneys.

The program will feature such renowned asset protection attorneys as Jacob Stein and Robert Klueger, two of the best known speakers on the subject of asset protection. The program will focus on protect assets from plaintiffs, lawsuits and creditors in an effecient and ethical manner.

The program will be held on June 14, 2006, at 5:30 pm at the Peninsula Hotel, Beverly Hills, and on June 15, 2006, at 5:30 pm at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco. Dinner will be served.

Attorneys and CPAs interested in attending should email

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Company Name: Asset Protection Institute
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Don't Ever Change Babe...!

Don't Change - Why You Should Avoid Organizational Change 
 
Arlington, VA - May 15 2006 - Financial advisor, Kay R. Shirley quoted in The Washington Post (5/7/06) said that many of her client’s portfolios have been destroyed by pride. “There’s this ‘I’m different’ feeling. . . People see mistakes others have made, and they think they’re immune or it’s not going to happen to them. I advise my clients to, when they’re considering an investment, double your emphasis on the negative and halve you’re your interest on the positive, and see if your judgment would be the same.” Now she tells me.

 

This advise – which comes from the relatively new field of behavior economics -- can teach us something about leading change.

 

Consider this: only about one-third of all major changes in organizations actually are worth the effort. Most people I work with can tell you exactly why most of these changes fail. It’s resistance – and they can tell you why resistance comes up and how it destroy us otherwise decent ideas. And yet, they somehow believe that they can ignore what they know about resistance and make this change work.

 

I like Shirley’s suggestion. The next time you or I consider a major change we could ask ourselves: what if the worst that could happen was actually twice as bad as we imagine – and what if the benefits were only half of what we anticipate? Would we go ahead? Or might these simple questions cause us to slow down and examine this change more closely. I didn’t think so, but I thought it was worth a shot.

 

Rick Maurer
author of Beyond the Wall of Resistance, Why Don't You Want What I Want?, Building Capacity for Change Sourcebook, and advisor to organizations on leading change 
 
(rick@beyondresistance.com)
Maurer & Associates
Arlington, VA  
Phone : 703 525-7074
Fax : 703 525-0183 

Will Gunsmiths Join Lawyer Banker Relationships?

Lawyer Banker Relationship: A LawBiz Special Report 
 
Venice, CA  - May 15 2006  - Edward Poll, principal of LawBiz Management Co., announces the forthcoming publication of The Lawyer-Banker Relationship: A LawBiz Special Report. This second in a series of Special Reports on topics of practical and major importance to the effective and profitable management of The Business of Law®, will be released on or before July 1, 2006. Those who order the book before June 15, 2006 will receive a 20% discount from the purchase price of $29.00.

 

Howard Putnam, former CEO of Southwest Airlines and author of Winds of Turbulence, introduces the Special Report, by declaring: “Banks are looking for profitable new niches and law firms and banks are natural allies in this new competitive world. Ed Poll’s Special Report provides attorneys with straightforward information to understand the in’s and out’s of how to build a mutually beneficial relationship with one of the most important players in any business equation, Your Banker.”

 

The Lawyer-Banker Relationship offers guidelines on how lawyers with sole practices, small firms or mid-size firms can build mutually beneficial and effective banking relationships that are critical in helping any law firm become a more successful business. Topics covered include choosing a bank and banker, establishing creditworthiness, securing a loan, managing cash and trust accounts, and using merchant banking and other bank services efficiently.

 

“With our first Special Report on Business Competency for Lawyers, LawBiz began a new kind of book,” Poll states. “It’s intentionally condensed to 60 pages, an easy thirty-minute read for any busy lawyer on the go. The content is practical yet sophisticated, and provides basics for managing and running a successful law business without getting into too many nitty-gritty details, numbers, and long examples.”

 

Poll adds that future Special Reports will address other areas of practical and significant importance to the effective and profitable management of The Business of Law®, including work-life balance, disaster preparation and recovery, and setting legal fees.

 

Ed Poll is a leading authority in the field of law practice management and the Principal of LawBiz Management Co., a firm that consults with and coaches lawyers and law firms throughout the United States, Mexico, Australia and England. Poll is a Board Approved (SAC®) Coach to the Legal Profession. For more information, contact Ed Poll at edpoll@lawbiz.com or call (800) 837-5880; also, please see http://www.lawbiz.com and http://www.lawbizblog.com. He is the author of several best-selling books on the topics of law practice management, including his new book, Selling Your Law Practice, released in September 2005. (http://lawbiz.com).

 

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Fraudsters Target Home Buyers and Home Sellers

Home Buyers and Sellers Find Wolves at Their Doors 
 
Appleton, WI - May 15, 2006 - Beware of the wolf in sheep’s clothing, promising to make home ownership dreams come true – especially if you’re strapped for cash or wishing to be charitable while also trimming your tax bill when selling a home. Mortgage fraud is on the rise, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), with reported cases quadrupling from 4,225 reported cases in 2001 to over 17,000 last year.

 

There are several tactics used when perpetrating home buyer and seller fraud. Common scams involve such characteristics as:

 

• Creating an illusion that by using their services, you will receive a larger-than-average tax deduction.

 

• Over-inflating housing prices and then offering kick-backs of cash;

 

• Convincing you that you can afford a more expensive home than you really can, which increases property taxes, their commission, and the amount you need to borrow;

 

• Addition of extra charges, credit insurance, encouragement to borrow more money, offers to refinance, or an interest-only payment structure with an often shocking “balloon” payment at the end (where you need to pay the entire original cost of the home at once or lose your home);

 

• Presenting one loan structure when selling you the loan, but then substituting different, less than advantageous terms when signing;

 

• Asking you to prepare a tax return showing higher income or fewer deductions than you really have. Don’t do it!

 

According to Kevin C. Huston, enrolled agent with Blue Ridge Tax Advisors Inc. in Asheville, NC, "It is common for the ultimate mortgage-holder to request copies of the tax returns you filed with the IRS. If these numbers differ from the tax return you used when applying for a loan you could end up in jail for either mortgage fraud or for tax fraud. The mortgage-holder will have already been paid their commission, so don't expect them to defend you," added Huston.

 

Not only do these scams often put the buyers in over their head financially and cause many to later lose their homes, but one type of scam leads sellers