Friday, March 28, 2008

SMX Social Media Marketing Event

SMX Social Media Marketing is where internet marketers will learn to harness the power of user engagement. You'll be a master of social media marketing after attending SMX Social Media!

This show is for internet marketers who want to engage the unique and difficult-to-reach audiences at social media sites like Digg, del.icio.us, Facebook, StumbleUpon, Reddit and Wikipedia. These and other social media sites are serving new and fast growing audiences that want to discover information based on community interests, voting and sharing.

SMX Social Media Marketing will get you up to speed on social media and how to engage communities at social media sites in an appropriate and respectful manner. Don't miss out on the revolution!
Agenda Highlights:

SMX Social Media Marketing will explore current opportunities and future developments, offering both fundamental and advanced panels on topics including:

* Social Media Marketing Essentials.
* Linkbait - Chumming for Traffic on Social Media Sites.
* Extra! Extra! The Social News Sites.
* A Marketer's Guide to Social Bookmarking & Tagging.
* Effectively Leveraging Social Networking.
* Evangelist - The Marketer's Role in SMM.
* Wikipedia, Yahoo Answers & Answer Sharing.

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Vigster is a community and social network for video games fans of all categories

What Company Is Offering:
Vigster is a community and social network for video games fans of all categories. Whether you are a die-hard video games fan or lover of PC based video games, web/mobile video games or a fan of other gaming platforms, Vigster is the right place to be.

How It Works:
At Vigster they introduce gamers to their global community of video game lovers and provide them with the functionality to share their gaming passions and experiences by providing the functionality for them to access our massive collections of video games and other games related information, connect with peers, friends and meet new users that share the same gaming passion as themselves.

Anyone can join Vigster its free and easy to start with. Once registered, users can then begin to enjoy the Vigster Experience.

Unique Features:

Access a massive gaming related database with up to date information on video games.
Build virtual game shelves to express themselves and show their game collections.
Discover new video games and new gaming related information about games that they love.
Share their hands on experiences about games they have played with other members.
Rate, review, discuss and voice out their opinions on video games.
Play quizzes, submit quizzes on video games that they have played.
Learn from other users about their gaming tastes and preferences.

More at:http://www.vigster.com/

SmartyPig Is A Simple, Smart, Social Savings

What Company Is Offering:
SmartyPig is a simple, smart, fun way to save for a specific goal. SmartyPig allows you to invite family and friends to contribute to your account, gives you additional incentive boosts from top retailers who sell exactly what you’re saving for AND *4.30% (APY) interest on the money you’re saving. Simple, Smart, Savings. SmartyPig!

How It Works:

With just a few clicks, your account can be up and running, with you on the fast track toward realizing the goals you’ve set for yourself. How simple is it? This simple:1. Create Your Profile

Just the facts: Some information about you, and some about your bank for your FDIC-insured accounts. Safe, secure, and as easy as 1-2-3.

2. Establish a Savings Account & Goal

Now the fun part. Tell us what you want. A new kitchen, a dream vacation, holiday gifts without the hassle of debt? It can be virtually anything.
3. Meeting Your Goal

How much do you want to save? When do you need it? Just give us the particulars and we’ll suggest a monthly contribution that will be automatically deducted from your existing checking account or other designated funding source.
4. Friends and Family Can Help!

Let your friends and family help you save by making your account Public — or don’t, by keeping it Private. You decide. SmartyPig gives you the option to reach your savings goal faster than you could ever imagine by inviting your family and friends to help you save, all while keeping your personal information safe and secure. Birthdays, holidays, graduation? Forget the stuff you don’t want. Tell them to log onto SmartyPig.com and help you reach your goal. You can even grab the SmartyPig widget off your Account page and place it on your MySpace or Facebook page to give the whole world the opportunity to help you reach your savings goal.

5. Start Saving

Their bank’s computer talks to your computer and then your bank’s computer and suddenly… Voila! You’re safely and securely on the road to reaching the goals you sensibly set for yourself. We’ll also help you along with monthly e-mails (and e-mails when friends and family members chip in) showing you where you stand and encouraging you to keep up the good work.

More at:https://www.smartypig.com/

BankSwitcher is a tool to help you switch banks

What Company Is Offering:
BankSwitcher is a tool to help you switch banks by:
Analyzing your banking activity to find transactions that you'll need to switch (i.e., Direct Deposits, automatic payments).
Compiling instructions and forms to switch those transactions to a new bank — using our directory of over 1500 Billers and Depositors.
Creating your personal Switching Checklist (PDF format) that you can print and use when you find a better bank.

How It Works;
BankSwitcher looks at your banking activity to identify things you will need to do if you want to switch banks (e.g., change direct deposits and automatic payments). You progress through BankSwitcher in three steps:

1. Gather bank activity. BankSwitcher looks for items that will need to be changed when you switch banks, such as direct deposits and automatic payments.

2. Choose what to switch. You select the Billers and Depositors you want included in your Switching Checklist based on the items compiled in Step 1.

3. Print your Switching Checklist. Then, BankSwitcher generates a printable document (PDF format) with everything you need to change banks. You can use your Switching Checklist whenever you want.

More at:http://www.bankswitcher.com/

Celltradeusa.com has developed the world's first cellular exchange place

What Company Is Offering:
Celltradeusa.com has developed the world's first cellular exchange place. Whether you want to walk away from your current contract as a Get Out member, or if you want to find an unbeatable deal as a Get In member, Celltradeusa.com has brought millions of cellular customer together to get out of stressful contract obligations, and to save big on their next cellular transaction.


How It Works:

Celltradeusa.com allows cellular customers to register a free user profile to list their remaining contract obligation. Other Celltradeusa.com members (Get In members) can browse and make contact with them. We then let the Get Out and Get In members follow through with the respective cellular service transfer of responsibility process.


Celltradeusa.com provides this service through an incentive based system that connects millions of cellular customers nationwide that want to Get Out with those that want to Get In.

More at:http://www.celltradeusa.com/

Vontoo is a market-leading provider of automated voice messaging solutions

What Company Is Offering:
Vontoo is a market-leading provider of automated voice messaging solutions. Their robust and flexible product offerings allow organizations of all sizes to leverage the power of voice in order to build brands, drive revenues, increase operational efficiencies and solve complex communication challenges.

How It Works:

When it comes to communication, nothing can compare to the power, excitement and authenticity of the human voice. Vontoo was founded with a clear mandate – to bring the power of voice marketing and communication to organizations eager to leverage its seemingly endless capabilities.

At Vontoo, they realize that seamless communication with your customers, partners and fans is critical to your success. Voice messaging offers an accessible, dynamic and cost-effective way to stay connected to your audience - whoever they might be.

Vontoo realizes that different organizations have different needs. As a result, Vontoo offers a choice of three voice messaging solutions specifically tailored to our customer's unique communication needs.Vontoo Products: Express ,Professional
Embedded.

More at:http://www.vontoo.com/

Biz Strategies, Inc--New Website Offers Valuable, Free Business Resources

What Company Is Offering:
Biz Strategies, Inc. is a full service on line consulting business. The company provides business management coaching that supports all facets of starting, growing and running a business. This includes putting business strategies, plans, tactics and processes in place to support taking your business to the next level, successfully.

Biz Strategies offers a number of free strategy guides, including "Business Management Coaching, Who needs it anyway" and "How to Identify, Form and Capitalize on Strategic Alliances". Both of these strategy guides offer process flow charts that will make it easier for business managers to understand the step by step process for growing their business. Additional free guides will be available in the near future.

In addition to the free guides the company is also providing one week of free consulting services on any business topic of your choice along with free bi-weekly management tips and tactics.

The Biz Strategy team is comprised of seasoned business professionals who have experienced allot within the industry. In addition to the team members listed on the web site, Biz Strategies is also finalizing a number of affiliate relationships with a powerful business law firm that will be able to support a number of legal tasks and questions for clients, and a strong funding professional in order to support various different types of funding strategies. This group has already worked together for many years and is going strong.

More at:http://www.bizstrategies.biz/

SchoolFinder,CollegeFinder,GlobalScholar

About:
1.SchoolFinder places K-12 school information at your fingertips, enabling you to search and compare public, private, charter and online schools. Compare and sort schools by name, location, grade level, type and school district. They also provide schools’ student information, test scores, parent ratings, reviews, and much more.

2.CollegeFinder places college information at your fingertips, enabling you to search and compare state, private, community and online colleges. Compare and sort colleges by degree, major, location, size, price and more. We also provide colleges’ programs, contact, admissions, financial aid, student, campus, athletics, alumni, faculty, rankings, reviews and related information.

3.GlobalScholar is an online education platform and community for parents, students and trusted educators. Parents and students can search, compare and purchase online tutoring and homework help from hundreds of independent teachers and tutors on the site. They have run a criminal background check on all of their tutors and confirmed they hold a four-year college degree or higher. This assures parents and students a safe learning environment taught by top notch tutors.

More at:http://schoolfinder.globalscholar.com/
http://collegefinder.globalscholar.com/
http://www.globalscholar.com/

RingBranch----Talk More Pay Less

What Company Is Offering:

It is a Personal Auto-Attendant and Call-Connection service that overlays on to your existing phone service. Just pick up your phone, call your RingBranch number and be connected to your contacts. There is no special software to download. All you need is a phone and a dial tone to use RingBranch.

How It Works:

They give you a phone number. You can call this phone number at anytime, day or night, and through the Personal Auto-Attendant and call forwarding service that they provide, you will be connected to any of the phone numbers in your Friends and Family contact list. You can talk to them for up to 1,000 minutes per month. For those non-math types, that’s between 16 and 17 hours per month.You will be able to start using your RingBranch service immediately after you finish the online sign up, which only takes a few minutes.

You may designate from 1 to 3 different phone numbers that you can call your Auto-Attendant from. So, for example, you could reach your Personal Auto-Attendant from your mobile, work, and home number. Or your mobile, your spouse’s mobile, and your parent’s home phone. The point is that you can chose up to any 3 different phone numbers. You designate these numbers and are able to change them at any time from “My Profile”.

More at:http://www.ringbranch.com/

Agentek offers breakthrough communications technology that rapidly deploys mobile applications to large and small organizations got $8 million

What Company Is Offering:
Agentek offers breakthrough communications technology that rapidly deploys mobile applications to large and small organizations. Agentek serves field service in home repair, electronics, medical equipment, communications, utilities and office equipment.

How Much They Got From VCs:
Edison Venture Fund announced an $8 million investment in Agentek, headquartered in Alpharetta, GA. Joe Allegra, General Partner, and Dick Cook, Edison Director Network member, serve on the Board of Directors. Sever Totia, Principal, conducted Edison's due diligence.



"Edison was the clear investment partner choice," stated Jeff Jarvis, CEO. "Their value-add services and strategic guidance will assist Agentek to accelerate our growth."



"After tracking field service software for 20 years, Agentek is the first investment candidate to solve the speed, reliability and configurability challenges," stated Joe Allegra. "Van Nyugen, the founder and CTO, combines vision, creativity and persistence, and has assembled a top-flight CEO and management team." Sever Totia continued, "Customers praised Agentek's comprehensive applications, domain expertise and responsive support."

More at:www.edisonventure.com

Blekko --online search startup got Series B round funding

About Company:

Blekko is a search company founded by Rich Skrenta and his core team from previous company Topix and Netscape’s Open Directory. Blekko was founded halfway through 2007 and has already earned itself an angel round from Ron Conway’s Baseline Ventures and two ex-Googlers.

How Much They Got From VCs:

Blekko, a Redwood Shores, Calif.-based online search startup, has called down $925,000 of a $3.07 million Series B round. No institutional investors are listed, although angels include both Ron Conway and Marc Andreesen. The company is run by former Topix CEO Rich Skrenta.

More at:www. blekko.com

Morph Labs that leverages virtual infrastructure and open source technologies, has secured a $750,000 deal

What Company Is Offering:
Morph Labs is the leading enabler of Software as a Service (SaaS) that leverages virtual infrastructure and open source technologies to simplify the deployment, delivery, and management of web based applications.
Morph Labs uses virtual infrastructures including Amazon Web Services to provide a truly elastic environment for web applications that can be instantly provisioned and seamlessly scaled.

Morph Labs is a global company with headquarters in Cebu City, Philippines.

How Much They Got From VCs:

Morph Labs, the leading enabler of Software as a Service (SaaS) that leverages virtual infrastructure and open source technologies, has secured a $750,000 deal with CSK Venture Capital Co. Ltd., a Japanese investment firm, to complete a pre-IPO funding round of $1.5 million.

The funding has been led by Philippine-based AO Capital Partners Ltd., which has invested the other $750,000.

The investment is the first step in Morph Labs' Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), scheduled for the second quarter of 2008. Proceeds from the IPO will enable Morph to expand its operations, capitalize on the global demand for hosted software and the explosive growth of Software as a Service (SaaS), and fund SaaS incubation within its platform.


How Is Market Of That Kind Of Company:

Global demand for the design and deployment of SaaS is growing rapidly. Industry analyst firm Springboard indicated that the Asia-Pacific SaaS enterprise applications market alone amounted to $154 million USD in 2006 and would grow by 66% by 2010 to account for 15% of the total enterprise software market.

About VCs:
AO Capital Partners Ltd. is a member-company of the American Orient Capital Partners Group (AOCP Group). The AOCP Group provides high value added advisory services for the private placement of debt and equity capital, corporate restructuring, mergers & acquisition, and project finance.



In addition, the AOCP Group is involved in managing private equity funds for investments in Asian-based companies and has been involved as an advisor and/or investor in over 100 major transactions valued in excess of $10 billion USD in Asia. The senior management team of the AOCP Group has over 120 years of cumulative professional experience throughout the region. Along with its head office in Hong Kong, the AOCP Group maintains full service offices in the Philippines, Singapore, and in India.



About CSK Venture Capital Co. Ltd.

CSK Venture Capital Co. Ltd., a pioneer of Japanese Biotech VC, is a member of the CSK Group, Japan's largest independent IT service provider. CSK Venture Capital Co. Ltd., is engaged in the investment and nurturing of venture companies in Japan and overseas, focusing on IT and Life Sciences; establishment and management of partnership funds; IPO and management consulting; corporate matching, business alliance support, and M&A intermediary; and trustee services regarding investment businesses.


More at:www.mor.ph

ReputationHQ----Tools to make it easier for you to build and keep a reputable name, a reputable company, and the respect of the world at large

What Company Is Offering:
ReputationHQ has built tools to make it easier for you to build and keep a reputable name, a reputable company, and the respect of the world at large, it’s as simple as that.

How It Works:
ReputationHQ searches for your companies name across millions of websites.Each article is pulled into your reputation manager automatically every 10 minutes for easy digesting, searching and collaborating. Posts are filtered and rinsed which makes for for minimal spam.

It’s a Private, Social Network Around Your Company
This is what separates ReputationHQ from the pack. It’s one thing to find information about your company online, but what do you do when you find it? ReputationHQ enables powerful collaboration on each post.

Add comments and follow a conversation, get email notifications when new comments are added and manage your comment subscriptions.

Rate posts that were particularly helpful or even really negative. This allows users a quick glance at important posts.

Tag posts for later assignments, for example: someone in your department is assigned to only work on posts that are tagged ‘negative’. Or you can tag them as ‘follow up’ or ‘cool’ for easy separation and organization.

More at:http://reputationhq.com/

Workcircle is a job search engine

What Company Is Offering:
Workcircle is a job search engine. They search jobs from job boards, agencies and employers across the UK to help you find the job you want, fast.

How It Works:

When you search jobs on Workcircle we check 645,982 UK job vacancies to see which best match your needs. And if you don’t find your dream job straight away, they can send you email alerts when they get new jobs that suit you.
If you advertise jobs (if you’re a job board, recruitment agency or employer), then Workcircle can help jobseekers find your site. Visit www.workcircle.com/signup to trial Workcircle for free.

Workcircle was founded by recruitment veterans Simon Appleton and Tony Jewell. They pioneered the high-volume, low-cost model with our previous site, and now they're exploiting the latest technology to build an even better way to find employment.

More at:http://www.workcircle.com/

gethuman---The voices of millions of consumers who want to be treated with dignity when they contact an enterprise for customer support

What Company Is Offering:

The gethuman movement was created from the voices of millions of consumers who want to be treated with dignity when they contact an enterprise for customer support. Their goal is to convince enterprises that providing high quality customer service and having satisfied customers costs much less than providing low quality customer service and having unsatisfied customers.

More at:http://gethuman.com/

Tricks a website's headers, into thinking that you are google so you can see the content you want.

What Company Says:
Have you ever been googleing something, and you see exactly what you need in the preview, but when you click the link it doesnt show you what you want to see?
This is because the owners of the site are trying to trick you into buying something, or registering. It's a common tactic on the internet. When Google visits the site, it gives something called a "Header". This header tells the site who the visitor is. Google's header is "Googlebot". The programmers of the site check to see if the header says "Googlebot", and if it does, it opens up all of its content for only googles eyes.
Now, all we have to do is trick the site's headers, into thinking that we ARE google. That's what this site does. See the How to use box to the right for instructions on usuage.


How to use:

1) First, find the URL of the site you want to visit. It can be found in the "Address" bar of your internet explorer.

2) Copy the URL to the clipboard, you can do so by holding down Ctrl, and pressing C. Or right click, and select Copy.

3) Paste the URL in "Enter URL" box above. DO so by holding down Ctrl, and pressinv V. Or right click and paste.

3) Click Go, and you're all set.

More at:http://www.avivadirectory.com/

Let rentBits help you find your perfect rental home

What Company Is Offering:
rentBits is a search engine for rental listings. They offer a consumer search experience that is simple, fast and comprehensive. The rentBits index includes hundreds of thousands of single family home, condo and apartment for rent listings from major rental sites, associations and property management websites - and they continue to crawl new rental listings every day!


How It Works:
rentBits strives daily to make all rental data and information as useful as possible when you look for your next rental home or apartment. To that end, rentBits offers a next generation vertical search engine focused exclusively on helping you find your ideal rental residence. They are 100% dedicated to redefining and streamlining the way rental properties are found on the web. At rentBits, they are committed to the following mission:

Offer the best consumer search experience for rentals on the web. Through our clean user interface, they deliver the most intuitive, fast and relevant consumer search experience for available rental homes, condos and apartments.

Provide the most comprehensive index of available rental properties. Their vast index of available rental properties allows consumers to see the freshest, most complete rental listing data. rentBits' crawling technology ensures that consumers find the perfect rental property, in the right location, at the right price, with the right amenities - every time!
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More at:http://rentbits.com/