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Small business owners, internet marketers and business professionals are now more equipped to handle the marketing challenge of building a strong personal branding identity. In the ever changing business atmosphere a consistent and strong brand identity is vital. The primary problem that business professionals face is developing what their identity really is, and how to convey their identity into successful business tools such as business cards. The emphasis is placed primarily on business cards as they are a standard advertising practice that is often under recognized for its selling abilities. The business card must be professional and consistent with the business and person they represent.

Developing Relationships through Education And Mentoring (D.R.E.A.M.) a local nonprofit organization that provides assistance to at risk youth, is hosting a "A Night of Big Dreams" a fundraising event to be held Friday, April 13, 2007, at The Rococo Theatre in Lincoln, Nebraska.

TEB Media LLC (http://www.tebmedia.com), a leading provider of public relations and marketing services for small to mid-sized organizations, has announced it has acquired the assets of Lake-Effect Design LLC, a Wisconsin based provider of creative, affordable marketing solutions. Heather Blish, the founder of Lake-Effect Design LLC has joined TEB Media LLC as the Vice-President of Marketing. Financial terms of this transaction were not disclosed.

Flexta.co.uk has been selected to provide a series of SMS marketing campaigns on behalf of leading UK job board – theACCOUNTANCYjob.com – part of the TipTopJob.com global portfolio of recruitment websites.

The president and CMO of a Phoenix-based marketing and communications consulting company – Solutions Marketing & Consulting LLC – has recently been appointed to two international nonprofit positions. Elaine Fogel will serve as the chair of the American Marketing Association’s nonprofit special interest group, connecting almost 800 marketers working for, or serving, the nonprofit sector in North America. She is currently an officer of the AMA Phoenix chapter board.

Marketing expert Janice Jacobs has published a free ebook, entitled, “The Lousy Writer's Guide to Writing Persuasively,” available for download at www.LousyWriter.com. Inside, readers learn how to write persuasive promotional copy to convert browsers into buyers and boost company sales.

This week the Small Business Netcast’s panel, consisting of Daniel Jones, Heather Blish, Todd Lohenry and Susan Ray, converged in Oshkosh, WI at the Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce's Business Expo 2007 for their first recording in front of a live audance. During this week’s show, the panel discusses the benefits and drawbacks of participating in local business expos and larger industry trade shows.

On January 20, 2007, a proud Samuel Servedio announced to the world of his joining forces with network marketing superstar Sarah Smith from Matt & Smith Co. “I have been working closely with Sarah now for the past two years,” Samuel boasted, “and in that time she has brought so much flavor and originality to our team. I am proud to take her hand as my business partner.”

This week the Small Business Netcast’s panel, consisting of Daniel Jones, Heather Blish, George Roberts and Susan Ray, will be joined by Scott Orsulich who is the Commander-In-Chief of the Customer Service Army (http://www.customerservicearmy.com/). Mr. Orsulich will be discussing his company and how consumers can help businesses to provide “Medal Winning” customer service.

Winn Technology Group, a leading marketer of business-to-business technology products and services, recently announced at its monthly meeting that Sheri Mitchell is Employee of the Year for 2006.

This week the Small Business Netcast’s panel, consisting of Daniel Jones, Heather Blish and George Roberts, will guest produce the FeedBurner Podcast presented by FeedBurner (http://www.feedburner.com). The panel will discuss feeds and their importance for small businesses and users alike as well as discuss the services FeedBurner offers with Jake Parrillo, a member of the FeedBurner Publisher Services Team.

The fast-growth experts at Kolbrener were called upon to help PureSafety, a pioneer and leader in the development and delivery of online compliance and risk management training solutions, evolve their brand through a major acquisition.

This week the Small Business Netcast’s panel, consisting of Daniel Jones, Heather Blish and George Roberts, will be joined by Troy White who is the President of SmallBusinessCopywriter.com (http://www.smallbusinesscopywriter.com/). Mr. White will be discussing how to use text to effectively get your customers to buy.

This week the Small Business Netcast’s panel, consisting of Daniel Jones, Todd Lohenry and Heather Blish will be joined by the shows newest panel member, Susan Ray, who is the Director of Business Development for N-Centives Rewards Program (http://www.n-centives.com/).

This week the Small Business Netcast’s panel, consisting of Daniel Jones, Todd Lohenry and Heather Blish will be joined by Jeff Greene who is the Vice President of Sales for Simulated Environment Concepts Corporation (http://www.spacapsule.com/). Mr. Greene will be discussing their SpaCapsule dry water massager product and the unique marketing efforts his company uses to market their product to retailers. The panel will also explore the tools that are provided to new SpaCapsule retailers to help them effectively market their services.

This week the Small Business Netcast’s panel, consisting of Daniel Jones, Todd Lohenry and Heather Blish will be joined by Bill White who is the VP of Sales and Marketing for Roaring Penguin Software (http://www.roaringpenguin.com). Mr. White will be discussing their line of CanIt anti-spam products as well as the technologies they use to block spam from reaching their customers.

This week the Small Business Netcast’s panel, consisting of Daniel Jones, Todd Lohenry and Heather Blish will be joined by Michael Rabinovici who is the Co-Founder of Occasional Words (http://www.occasionalwords.com). Mr. Rabinovici will be discussing his company and how their services can help small business owners and employees conquer one of the most pervasive feats suffered by most people, public speaking.

Premiere Consulting launches a new service called “Support Solutions”. This will enable small business owners to have their own 24x7 call center without dealing with the hassles of developing support programs, hiring and training people, renting an office and leasing equipments. Event Organizers can also take advantage of this new service to have a professional and custom designed call center for seasonal events.

Politis Communications, a strategic communications agency, today announced the hiring of Jonathan Bacon and Kristofer Beldin as account executive and assistant account executive, respectively. Both Bacon and Beldin join the Politis team to provide support for new and pre-existing clients and assist with fresh business opportunities for the agency.

LBM, the fastest growing direct marketing company in the UK, has taken the first licence to resell the e-MSG email platform provided by the Marketing Innovation Group. The agreement will enable LBM to offer both B2B email prospect data and an email platform to enable its clients to effectively communicate with prospects and report on email campaigns.

On November 10, 2006, Samuel Servedio is set to launch his first major internet marketing and lead generation campaign utilizing the free internet marketing tools and live training that he has received from the Veretekk Marketing System. Samuel has been preparing this internet marketing and lead generation campaign for almost one week now. His campaign will be configured to promote his primary business the Predator Marketing System. “I have been using Veretekk’s lead generation and internet marketing technology now for about two months,” Samuel said, “and in those two months I have learned a wealth of information that I know is going to help me succeed with my Predator Marketing System.”

Successful home based business entrepreneur Jim Mack has launched a new web site, www.giantcashcow.com, which describes the top three reasons for home business failure. The Predator Marketing System has launched an ad campaign to help solve those issues.

21st Century Research recently compiled an E-mail list of editorial contacts in its " Top 100 Veterans and Military Personnel Publications". It is specifically designed for authors to promote their books and articles on military issues and experiences. More details in our blog: http://book-publicity.blogspot.com

The Marketing/Communications Special Interest Group of LifeScience Alley has invited Bruce Stasch, President of Apex Marketing Group to present on the topic "Blogging & Podcasting: Their Potential for One-to-One Communications".

After an initial trial of email Newsletters, the London Chamber of Commerce has taken the licence to use the e-Msg email platform and its web based iNews solution. The iNews solution has been developed by the Marketing Innovation Group as part of their ‘Intelligent Marketing®’ tool kit designed to help marketing and non-marketing people easily and effectively develop the value of their customers via the web.