DrivingSales Announces Winner of Inaugural Auto Dealer Strategy and Best Practices Contest

Salt Lake City, UT (PRWEB) July 30, 2008

DrivingSales, the auto industry's original online community and social networking site, today announced the winner of its inaugural Strategies contest. Strategies and other best practices are an essential part of the DrivingSales experience, as members of this fast growing automotive community get the opportunity to demonstrate their expertise and benefit from the shared knowledge of their peers. Members who posted strategies competed for the best rating from fellow members, in a fun competition for sharing best practices. Nathan Scripps, Director of Sales for Jumpstart Automotive Media, submitted the winning sales strategy, entitled "The Long Spiff."

The winning submission challenges dealers to think long-term about spiffs for sales people. Instead of strictly focusing on short-term daily, weekly or monthly sales, Scripps proposes incentives that reward staff members for repeat and referral business. In this way, sales people begin to view customers as life-time clients, rather than just one-time sales. (Visit http://www.drivingsales.com for the complete strategy.) For posting the winning strategy Scripps will receive a new MacBook Air laptop.

Web Marketing Association Names Best Web Sites in the Investment Industry During 2006 WebAward Competition

West Simsbury, CT (PRWEB) October 4, 2006

http://www.webaward.org -- The Web Marketing Association is pleased to announce the investment-related Best of Industry Winners for the 10th annual international WebAward Competition, the Internets premier Web site award competition.

The investment and finance industries represent significant categories in the WebAward competition including Best Investment Website, Best Mutual Fund Website and Best Credit Union Website among many others.

Web sites are extremely important to company success in the investment industry because both individuals and companies crave the ability to track their money online. Being able to do so gives investors peace of mind, said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. Investment companies benefit from the independent evaluation and recognition of their online efforts provided by the WebAward competition allowing them to make changes to better benefit end-users.

Investment websites entered in the WebAward competition are judged on the following seven criteria:

College Students Have Saved Over $46 Million on Textbooks at Best Book Buys(R) Over Last 10 Years

La Canada, CA (PRWEB) July 25, 2007

Best Book Buys(R), a leading online comparison shopping service for books and a service of Best Web Buys(tm), announced today that college students and consumers have saved more than $ 46 million compared to suggested list price over the last 10 years by purchasing their textbooks and books through BestBookBuys.com. Ten years after launching one of the first comparison shopping sites for books, the company also reported that the average savings on each book has increased from 31 percent five years ago to 53 percent today.

"Buying textbooks has become such a struggle for college students today due to their ever escalating costs and many students are taking the alarming step of choosing not to get their books as a result," said Steve Loyola, founder and president of Best Web Buys. "We hope students continue to adopt searching for the best possible deals they can find on their textbooks. We are extremely proud that we have helped save students millions of dollars on their textbooks and made their education a bit more affordable."

According to the College Board's recent reports Trends in College Pricing 2006 and Trends in Student Aid 2006, costs for tuition and fees at four year public colleges are up 35 percent from five years ago after adjusting for inflation. And according to the Government Accounting Office, since 1994 the price of textbooks has increased at nearly four times the rate of inflation. Students spend on average about $ 900 on textbooks annually, representing 17.5 percent of tuition and fees at four year public colleges and 8 percent at private institutions.

"I have been buying my textbooks online through Best Book Buys since high school and have saved hundreds each year," said Elizabeth Smith, a college sophomore at the University of California at Irvine. "It's really easy to use their service. Once I have my book list I just plug in the ISBN number and instantly find out where to get the best deal. The key thing is to not procrastinate and to look for my books early online to make sure I get the best deal possible."

Price Comparisons Demonstrate Dramatic Savings

A search for three college textbooks titled Marketing Management (ISBN 0130336297), Computer System Architecture (ISBN 0131755633), and Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm (ISBN 0131538411) illustrate the savings that Best Book Buys offers. These three books have a combined list price of $ 420.73. A search today at Best Book Buys finds these same books selling for $ 261.70 new, $ 56.03 for international editions and $ 20.60 used. This amounts to a savings of 95 percent (used), 87 percent (international) and 38 percent (new) off the list price.

About Best Web Buys

Best Web Buys first made a name for itself 10 years ago with the launch of one of the first online price comparison sites -- Best Book Buys(R). Best Book Buys has been helping college students from more than 1500 colleges across the nation find the best prices for their new and used textbooks since 1997. Best Web Buys' five product specific sites -- Best Book Buys(R), Best Music Buys, Best Video Buys, Best Bike Buys and Best Electronic Buys -- compare prices, shipping and availability of more than five million titles and items at hundreds of online stores and thousands of Alibris, eBay, half.com and Amazon marketplace sellers. Steve Loyola, a former Jet Propulsion Laboratory computer scientist, founded the company.

Editors Note: Best Web Buys, Best Book Buys, Best Bike Buys, Best Electronic Buys, Best Music Buys and Best Video Buys are trademarks of Best Web Buys. All other trade or brand names mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.

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BDlot Video Converter R.I.P. Steve Jobs Edition - Best Prayer from LotSoft

Chengdu, Sichuan (PRWEB) October 13, 2011

The world has lost a visionary! To remind people what a brilliant life transformed by this giant, LotSoft, a promising software developer, has announced its BDlot Video Converter R.I.P. Steve Jobs Edition as its humble prayer. This is world widely the only nonprofit software designed as heartfelt condolence.

No words can adequately express our sadness at Steves death. All LotSoft can do is bringing about BDlot Video Converter R.I.P. Steve Jobs Special Edition as our heartfelt condolence, said Alex Lee, CEO at LotSoft, We hope our humble prayer would remind the world what a greatest treasure has gone.

Visit LotSoft Facebook to send best prayers: http://www.facebook.com/LotSoft

How does HE Change the World (Quote from President Barack Obama): By building one of the planets most successful companies from his garage, he exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity. By making computers personal and putting the internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only accessible, but intuitive and fun. And by turning his talents to storytelling, he has brought joy to millions of children and grownups alike.

Alex Lee, CEO at LotSoft, continues: In the memory of our visionary and creative genius, we redesigned our BDlot Video Converter and empower it to help people play and watch all SD / HD videos upon Apple iDevices, like iPhone 4, iPad, iPod touch (The most successful gadget products ever).

Download this program at: http://www.facebook.com/LotSoft?sk=app_208195102528120

Nonprofit and Open to All: as a memento on users desktop, BDlot Video Converter R.I.P. Steve Jobs Special Edition is thoroughly free, nonprofit and does not require any registering info. More detailed information about this program can be found at: http://www.bdlot.com/

About LotSoft:

LotSoft, (http://www.bdlot.com/ ) a leading multimedia software provider, specialized on Blu-ray/DVD/Video conversion and backup solution since the foundation in 2006. The company has delivered its professional and innovative applications to more than 8,000,000 satisfied customers all over the world, especially, in USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, etc.

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Ontela's Dan Shapiro Named Best Mobile Company CEO

Seattle, WA (PRWEB) July 28, 2008

After spending six months courting every well-networked investor and early stage venture firm, CEO Dan Shapiro had succeeded in raising exactly zero dollars for Ontela Inc, the wireless startup he co-founded in 2005. Despite the resounding silence from professional investors about the company - headquartered in his basement - Shapiro was undeterred.

"We knew we had a great product; everyone from wireless executives to coffee shop baristas told us they needed it," recalled Shapiro. "We were burning to get this solution in to the market. It was just a long, slow climb to convince investors to see the value as well."

That was three years ago, and today investors are not so hesitant about Ontela's prospects as a company. This spring Ontela announced a Series B investment round of $ 10.3 million led by Steamboat Ventures. The enthusiasm comes during a tremendous year for the Seattle wireless startup. Ontela has announced the resounding success of its first carrier customer, Cellular South, and followed that with carrier launches on Alltel, Cincinnati Bell, and nTelos. This was followed quickly by recognition from the CTIA for having the "Best mobile entertainment/social networking application" in an international contest that culminated at the CTIA 2008 conference.

The weeks leading up to VentureBeat's MobileBeat 2008 conference were exciting, as a poll of VentureBeat readers put Ontela on the short list for an award. It was a dramatic awards ceremony starting with Ontela being named "Top 10" and then culminating with Shapiro being named as mobile's "Best CEO". The panel of industry experts awarding the Tesla Prize stated that Ontela was notable for "setting its sights on selling to carriers, pursuing them with single-minded focus, and succeeding."

When asked about the ingredients to his success, Shapiro reported, "That's easy - I've got a team and a product that make me look good! If it wasn't for them, we'd still be in the basement."

Ontela has 35 employees and is hiring fast. The company is now located in Seattle's historic Smith Tower.

About Ontela:

Ontela provides technology infrastructure to wireless carriers that allows consumers to unlock the photos in their camera phones. Currently available on carrier networks including Cellular South, Alltel, Cincinnati Bell, and nTelos, PicDeck technology allows consumers to automatically save their photos to their PC, email address, and/or favorite imaging web sites. Ontela is backed by Steamboat Ventures, Oak Investment Partners, Hunt Ventures, and Voyager Capital and headquartered in Seattle, WA. For more information, visit http://www.ontela.com.

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Web Marketing Association Names Best Web Sites in Faith-Based Industry as Part of 2006 WebAward Competition

West Simsbury, CT (PRWEB) October 4, 2006

http://www.webaward.org -- The Web Marketing Association is pleased to announce the faith-based Best of Industry Winners for the 10th annual international WebAward Competition, the Internets premier Web site award competition.

The faith-based entries in the WebAward competition are still relatively new having only been added in 2004.

Faith-based websites play an important role in society and have the opportunity to stand out from both competitor websites and websites in general when well-designed, said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. Faith-based websites can leverage the valuable feedback provided by WebAward judges and become an industry powerhouse on the Net.

Websites across all industries are judged on the following seven criteria:

MyReviewsNow Shop at Home Showcases the Best Web Hosting Providers

(PRWEB) September 04, 2011

MyReviewsNow Shop at Home announces its affiliation with HostGator, a leader in the web hosting industry offering multiple services from blog posting to dedicated servers.

HostGator is a world-leading provider of web products and services including web hosting and assisted sitebuilding. Since its beginnings in 2002, from Chairman Brent Oxley's dorm room at Florida Atlantic University, HostGator has gained a stellar reputation for service and integrity. The company now hosts 5 million domains, about 1% of the world's internet traffic.

In 2011 alone, HostGator garnered 8 top industry awards, including Best Free Website Transfer, Best Small Business Hosting, and the Code of Conduct Award by Web Hosting Search. For anyone looking for a service that provides an excellent product and lives by the highest industry standards, this is the place.

With climate change an increasing concern, HostGator switched to 36% more energy efficient servers and now purchases renewable energy certificates representing 130% of the electricity used to both power and cool all of their shared and reseller servers. At HostGator, integrity is not just a word. It's a way of life.

Web Hosting Services

This award-winning company provides easy and affordable web hosting. Plans feature unlimited web disk space and bandwidth and a guarantee of 99.9% uptime. Whether hosting a blog or an online store, HostGator customers never have to worry about air time. Each plan comes with a 45 day money-back guarantee.

Beginners are often puzzled by the complexity of site building. To make web hosting virtually trouble free, the company provides a free site builder with every account. Included in each plan are 4,500 free site templates with 52 scripts that can be instantly installed. The intuitive and simple control panel makes creating and maintaining a web site much easier.

That's just the beginning. Once an account is opened, technical support is available 24/7 via phone, web chat or email. Questions are answered promptly. Problems are solved quickly to the customer's satisfaction. The founder and current chairman himself stands behind the company's technical support.

For those with existing web hosting sites they would like to transfer, nothing could be easier. WebGator charges nothing for this valuable and time-saving service. The customer can instantly install over 75 applications with just one click. These include the popular WordPress blogs, Joomla and Dupla Hosting for professional CMS solutions, and Magento Hosting for on-line stores

Web hosting plans start at the incredibly low $ 3.96 (reflects 20% off for first month), which allows 1 domain. Another $ 2.40/month buys a plan with unlimited domains, and the $ 10.36 (reflects 20% off for first month) business plan provides a toll-free telephone number.

Reseller Hosting Plans

Entrepreneurs interested in setting up reseller hosting with unlimited domains, sub-domains and email accounts should look into the Reseller Hosting Plan at HostGator. These accounts provide all the features of more basic plans, plus free data transfer for up to 30 sites. Client management and billing software are also included for seamless operation of an independent business.

Reseller plans start at $ 19.96 for the first month and $ 24.95 thereafter for the Aluminum Plan with 50 GB of disk space. Four plans are available, including the unlimited Diamond Plan for $ 99.95/month (now $ 79.96 for the first month).

Dedicated Servers

For the busy entrepreneur, nothing beats having a dedicated server for complete control. These plans start at $ 174/month for 2GB DDR3 memory and extend to the monster 8 GB DDR3 memory for $ 374/month. Dedicated servers all come with a free cPanel, 2 X 250 hard drive, 10 TB bandwidth, and 5 dedicated IPs. They also include all the features of Reseller Hosting Plans.

HostGator also holds Safe Harbor certification that enables American and European businesses to comply with data protection laws in both areas. Look no farther for a web hosting company that provides a unique, valuable and award-winning service.

For further information regarding web hosting, please visit MyReviewsNow Shop At Home.

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Web Marketing Association Names Best University Web Sites in 2006 WebAward Competition

West Simsbury, CT (PRWEB) October 4, 2006

http://www.webaward.org - The Web Marketing Association is pleased to announce the University named Best of Industry Winner for the 10th annual international WebAward Competition, the Internets premier Web site award competition.

Higher Education websites represent a unique category in the WebAward competition. University sites have to be at the top of website design, technology and ease of use in order to attract prospective students to their institution.

Web sites play an extremely important role within universities, said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. Not only do they have to attract potential students but they also have to satisfy the faculty, staff and incredibly Internet savvy student body.

University websites entered in the WebAward competition are judged on the following seven criteria:

Web Marketing Association Names Best Web Sites in Blogging Industry as Part of 2006 WebAward Competition

West Simsbury, CT (PRWEB) October 4, 2006

http://www.webaward.org - The Web Marketing Association is pleased to announce the Best of Industry Winner for Blogging during the 10th annual international WebAward Competition, the Internets premier Web site award competition.

Blogs offer extremely dynamic content and can represent a human voice for a large organization, said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. Blogs lead the way with unique benefits such as highly evolved interactivity and RSS Feeds that other static websites need to follow.

Blogging Websites, which made their first appearance as a category at the 2006 WebAwards competition, were judged on the following seven criteria:

Miami International Fashion Week Celebrates The Best In Fashion With Impressive Series Of Shows And Events

Miami (PRWEB) March 31, 2010

Miami International Fashion Week, the largest Latin American and international fashion event in the U.S., has wrapped up its 12th annual event with the ever-fabulous Miami Moda & Music Awards