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Host Of Orlando, Florida Business Seminar To Announce The Winner Of A $10,000 Coaching Package At Extreme Business Makeovers 2008, June 19-21. First 25 Contest Entries To Receive Free Tickets To The Event.

[Extreme Business Makeovers took my mind and the minds of the people in the audience to a different level because the quality of the experts they brought in and because of the quality of the content that they presented. This is truly the place to be if you want to build your business.

Orlando, FL (PRWEB) May 28, 2008 — The Success Mechanics (a division of Burg-Scott Communications, Inc.) today announces an essay/video contest to award a business makeover coaching package valued at $10,000. Contest entries are being accepted on or before June 9, 2008 and the winner will be announced at Extreme Business Makeovers 2008 on June 21, 2008.

Extreme Business Makeover 2008 Ticket

In addition to Bill Bartmann, who Inc. Magazine refers to as the “Billionaire Nobody Knows” and Bob Burg, co-author of the national bestseller “The Go-Giver” (www.thegogiver.com) , Extreme Business Makeovers 2008 features 12 additional business authorities – each addressing separate, vital areas of sales and small business success.

2007 attendee, Charles Thomas described the event, saying, “Anyone that’s interested in jump-starting your business, this is the best opportunity I’ve seen.”

Christopher Guerriero, of AutomaticBestseller.com and one of the Extreme Business Makeovers’ experts commented on last year’s event stating, “[Extreme Business Makeovers took my mind and the minds of the people in the audience to a different level because the quality of the experts they brought in and because of the quality of the content that they presented. This is truly the place to be if you want to build your business.”

Thom Scott, President of The Success Mechanics, commented on the contest, saying, “Each of the experts involved in Extreme Business Makeovers have an intense desire to help entrepreneurs and sales professionals transform their businesses to become more profitable and fun. This contest will enable more individuals to experience this powerful seminar AND it will provide the winner with a hands-on, one-on-one coaching program to help them create the changes they desire as rapidly as possible.”

To enter, contestants simply email a brief essay OR link to a YouTube.com or Viddler.com video clip that explains (1) what their business is, (2) how long they’ve been doing it, (3) how successful it’s been and (4) why they believe that they would be the best candidate for an Extreme Business Makeovers Coaching Program. Essays should be between 250 and 750 words and videos should be 1-3 minutes in length. Contestants should email their entries and complete contact information on or before June 9th, 2008 to thom@thesuccessmechanics.com.

The first 25 entries will receive a 2 ticket voucher (valued at $297) for the three day Extreme Business Makeovers 2008 in Orlando, Florida. Entries will be narrowed down to the top 10 by expert judges and the winner will be selected by the audience on the final day of the event – June 21st, 2008. Contestants are not required to be present to win and no purchase is necessary to win.

Event sponsors for Extreme Business Makeovers include: Small Business Television (sbtv.com); Perfect Networker (perfectnetworker.com); United First Financial (livefreeandclear.com); CommercialMaker.com; Hulett Environmental Services (bugs.com); GetMotivation.com; Success Magazine (SuccessMagazine.com); Aflac Central Florida (myfloridacentral.org); Fast Pitch Networking (fastpitchnetworking.com) and eLearning Zoom (elearningzoom.com)

Extreme Business Makeovers 2008 is being held near Walt Disney World on June 19-21, 2008 at the Caribe Royale Orlando (www.cariberoyale.com). For more information or to register to hear free event previews with the speakers, visit http://www.ExtremeBusinessMakeovers.com.
The world-class team of business experts and topics include:

• Michael Angier – Real Goals and Priorities – Making Things Happen
• Simon T. Bailey – Discovering and Releasing Your Brilliance
• Bill Bartmann – Becoming an Extraordinary Entrepreneur
• Bob Burg – Go-Give Your Way To Never-Ending Prospects
• Stephanie Frank – Win in Business Without Losing Your Mind
• Christopher Guerriero – Becoming An Instant Authority
• Josh Hinds – Great Seminar – Now What?
• Dr. Don Kennedy – 5 am And Already Behind
• Donna Krech – Never Ending Motivation
• Dave Lakhani – Beat Low-Price Competitors … In Any Economy
• Greg Rice – Overcoming Challenges by Thinking Big
• Bo Short – Attracting and Maximizing Profitable Teams
• Jimmy Vee and Travis Miller – Getting Business To Come To You

About The Success Mechanics:
The Success Mechanics is a division of Burg-Scott Communications, Inc. – a training company that is dedicated to providing immediately applicable, values-based tools and information to help entrepreneurs, small business owners and sales organizations and independent sales professionals improve both their profits and their quality of life.Principals of Burg-Scott Communications include national bestselling author and critically acclaimed speaker Bob Burg and former public company top Marketing executive and award-winning creative director, Thom Scott (www.coachthom.com).

All Extreme Business Makeovers speakers are available for interview. Contact thom @ thesuccessmechanics.com to arrange.

Press passes are available for Extreme Business Makeovers 2008. Visit Extreme Business Makeovers for details.

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On May 21, Convio and ViaNovo hosted a panel discussion at the National Press Club entitled, “Converging Campaigns: How the Internet is changing philanthropy, advocacy and politics,” that addressed how the Internet, social media and technology are creating change in the nonprofit, advocacy and political arenas. Top executives and strategists from Facebook, Rock the Vote, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, ViaNovo, Convio and the online strategists for the Howard Dean and Bush/Cheney ‘04 presidential campaigns discussed the ways online communications and campaigns in all three worlds are converging in appearance and success. Panelists also shared lessons learned that will help organizations and campaigns better engage supporters today and in the future. A replay of the entire event is available at www.visualwebcaster.com/converging

What we are seeing is that we have to keep people motivated for the long haul. Campaigns are trying to tap into this sense of belonging, trying to tap into a sense that I am part of something larger than myself, part of a movement.

Washington DC (PRWEB) May 27, 2008 — On May 21, Convio and ViaNovo hosted a panel discussion at the National Press Club entitled, “Converging Campaigns: How the Internet is changing philanthropy, advocacy and politics,” that addressed how the Internet, social media and technology are creating change in the nonprofit, advocacy and political arenas. Top executives and strategists from Facebook, Rock the Vote, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, ViaNovo, Convio and the online strategists for the Howard Dean and Bush/Cheney ‘04 presidential campaigns discussed the ways online communications and campaigns in all three worlds are converging in appearance and success. Panelists also shared lessons learned that will help organizations and campaigns better engage supporters today and in the future. A replay of the entire event is available at www.visualwebcaster.com/converging

WHO:
Moderator:     Tucker Eskew, Founding Partner, ViaNovo
Panelists:
1) Adam Conner, Associate, Privacy and Global Public Policy, Facebook
2) Heather Smith, Executive Director, Rock the Vote
3) Brian Rubenstein, Associate Director, Nationwide Grassroots, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
4) Patrick Ruffini, Online Strategist (Bush/Cheney ‘04)
5) Nicco Mele, Online Strategist (Dean for President ‘04)
6) Vinay Bhagat, Chief Strategy Officer and Founder, Convio

According to the panelists, while the Presidential Election of ‘04 set new standards for using the Internet to raise funds, engage and empower constituents and drive advocacy, today those standards are being crushed by the success campaigns and nonprofits are having in 2008. By embracing new technology, as well as new and proven strategies, nonprofits, advocacy organizations and political campaigns are having more success online than ever before. Just as important, that online success is helping drive even more success for the traditional offline channels for engagement. Many current peer-to-peer fundraising tools, social media utilities like Facebook and mobile technologies like text messaging and the iPhone did not exist in 2004, but each are playing key roles in engaging constituents of all ages in 2008.

In setting the context for the discussion, moderator Eskew commented that, “Philanthropy to me, and I think some of our panelists will agree in some of the early discussion, can sometimes mean ‘donations’ and certainly that is a major factor, but not the only one. It is clearly a broader term in our view; involving all that human activity meant for the betterment of mankind. So we’ll talk about the ways organizing philanthropy, advocacy and political campaigns can drive that kind of action.”

In addressing the concept of empowering people to make a difference, Bhagat explained the social fabric of the Internet. “This concept of constituent empowerment is incredibly important, because the Internet is really all about a social fabric where people can communicate with each other. Savvy campaign organizations have realized that there is this social energy they can harness by empowering their constituents to reach out and create more support.”

Talking about how today’s youth are changing the face of politics and advocacy through their engagement, as well as their expectations for communication, Heather Smith shared insight into different ways Rock the Vote reaches people. The lessons could be applied to any organization or campaign looking to engage new constituents. “They (young people) are incredibly connected with each other because of new technologies and digital media,” she said. “This allows organizations like Rock the Vote to actually find young people where they are congregated, in an online setting, through their telephones, and give them the information so they can mobilize and engage their peers.”

Rubenstein spoke to how American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network is using online technologies and resources to drive offline actions to support a broad volunteer structure and engagement. “We empower ordinary people to do extraordinary things in the fight against cancer. So we are empowering our volunteers using these tools to reach them so they can begin to do the offline things that we believe still have a lot of influence with members of Congress.”

Yet the pace of technology and opportunity continues to move swiftly, often causing organizations and campaigns to wonder which applications and technologies to use.

“Convergence is confusing; four years ago on the Dean Campaign, YouTube, Facebook and podcasting did not exist,” said Mele. “The dramatic change in media consumption and communication habits over the last decade, especially the last four years, feels like it is accelerating and reaching more and more people in weirder and odder ways. For any nonprofit, political campaign, corporation even, you have to figure out who is your audience; how do you reach them; engage them; advance the goals of your organization?”

While many people see the highly visible political campaigns and believe they are leading the convergence, Ruffini shared insight into how political campaigns are following nonprofits; “What we are seeing is that we have to keep people motivated for the long haul. Campaigns are trying to tap into this sense of belonging, trying to tap into a sense that I am part of something larger than myself, part of a movement.”

Other key topics from the 90 minute discussion included:

• Engaging current and potential supporters
• Need for micro-campaigns/micro-targeting
• Importance of an effective online presence
• Use of multi-channels
• Empowering constituents and volunteers
• Value of mobile technology
• Power of young people

The event panelists agreed that the basics of email marketing and having a strong Web presence are no longer just “nice to have.” They are imperatives for all campaigns and organizations. But with limited dollars and resources, organizations need to partner with vendors and strategists that can help them engage constituents to help create a movement around their candidate, cause or mission. As Convio CEO, Gene Austin summed it up “While celebrating world-altering communications technologies and success, we must also strive to share lessons learned and expertise as a country so that together we can change the world. That’s what “Converging Campaigns” is about; to help expand the conversation, to share ideas and prepare for the future.”

Individuals interested in participating in the event discussion can do so at the Convio blog, www.connectioncafe.com

About Convio
Convio is a leading provider of on-demand constituent relationship management software and services to nonprofit organizations to enable nonprofit organizations to more effectively raise funds, influence public policy and support their missions by leveraging the Internet to build strong relationships with constituents. The Company’s online constituent relationship management, or eCRM, solution includes a suite of on demand software modules for fundraising, advocacy, email Marketing and Web content management complemented by a portfolio of best-in-class consulting services.

Convio’s clients include American Red Cross, American Diabetes Association, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Sierra Club, Susan G. Komen Foundation, and National Public Radio. For more information, please visit www.convio.com

About ViaNovo
ViaNovo is a leading management and communications consultancy that specializes in the high-stakes positioning of corporate and not-for-profit clients from a branding, sales, crisis, regulatory and legislative perspective. The firm’s clients include some of the world’s most recognized brands, leaders and organizations.

ViaNovo’s principals have worked on several winning U.S. presidential elections, on the White House Staff, and on Capitol Hill and have shaped strategies and campaigns for CEOs, corporations, foundations, governments, candidates, and presidents. The firm has offices in Austin, Washington, D.C., Dallas and Monterrey, Mexico. For more information, please visit www.vianovo.com.

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WEBWIRE – Thursday, May 22, 2008

ARMONK, NY – May 2008: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today released a new study which reveals 80 percent of consumers would prefer a service provider that gave them more choice in the applications and services available on their mobile device. The study, titled, “Go mobile, grow” produced by IBM’s Institute for Business Value points to how consumer demand for customization and personalization will drive innovation and open standards in the mobile marketplace.

The mobile web provides people with access to the Internet anytime and anywhere. The market for mobile Internet services is estimated to reach US$80 billion by 2011, with increasing usage expected to fuel growth in both the provision of services and mobile Internet advertising.(1) At the same time, the number of mobile Internet users worldwide is projected to approach 1 billion, a 191 percent increase from 2006 and a compound annual growth rate of 24 percent.(2) The ubiquitous availability of IP wireless broadband and more affordable advanced smart phones will change the way companies around the world operate and relate to their customers, employees and partners.

IBM surveyed nearly 700 consumers around the world on their preferences regarding the mobile internet. 69 percent of consumers reported they want devices that are open to personalization and configuration of applications.

The IBM survey found the mobile web will increasingly be used for utility and transactional services. For example, nearly 60 percent of consumers are interested in banking via mobile devices. Other utility services include e-mail, instant messaging, stock trading, news and information and general browsing. Also, entertainment applications are growing in popularity with the IBM study finding 53 percent of consumers interested in mobile TV and 45 percent interest in buying music via mobile devices.

“Clearly the same market forces which empowered consumers to choose personal computers that were open and enabled them to customize their applications are at play in the mobile web marketplace” said Dr. Sungyoul Lee, Global Consulting Leader, Electronics Industry, IBM. “Our survey found 60 percent of consumers do not have a specific brand preference when using mobile Internet services. With consumers clamoring for choice, the marketplace will need to innovate around open platforms and models to build loyalty”

Markets around the world will adopt the mobile web differently. In mature markets, IBM consultants predict the Mobile Web will extend and complement the personal computer. While in emerging markets like India and China, consumers are skipping their first PC purchase and going straight to high-end mobile platforms that deliver the same service. IBM consultants also predict that in semi-literate populations, people will use low-cost mobile phones, whose user interface will be voice-based, which will greatly expand their connectivity to people and data.

Implications and Recommendations for Mobile Device Makers
The IBM study, points to a number challenges which Mobile Device Makers (MDMs) will face in the “Era of the Mobile Web” In particular, competition with established Internet brands looking to the mobile web as a source of potential revenue poses a huge challenge. Also, existing business relationships and channel conflicts will be a major obstacle as MDMs could be perceived as threats to offerings by their network partners and impact the core device business of MDMs.

“These challenges from portal players and mobile network operators will force MDMs to compete where they excel most by delivering innovation that wows consumers” said IBM’s Dr. Lee. “Mobile device makers, confronted by numerous challenges to growth and profitability, need to develop new avenues to expand their core offerings. At the moment, the mobile internet market is still somewhat fragmented. But it is unlikely to stay that way for long. The time to act is now”

Based on the consumer survey results and further analysis by IBM industry consultants, the IBM study identifies a number of factors which will help MDMs secure market share in the mobile internet space. Namely, a focus on driving their design and business models based directly on consumer insights will be vital. Also, the development of a participation in a standards-based, open ecosystem for devices and services will be a boon for innovation.

To take advantage of the opportunities offered by the mobile Internet, the study says many MDMs may need to transform from device-driven to service-driven. This may require changes in Marketing and brand perception, partnership strategies, content delivery and management, as well as revenue models. This transformation in business model will also require a scalable and cost-efficient infrastructure that enables them to rapidly ramp up services. This may include looking at the benefits of partnering with a third party (e.g. outsourcing partner, system integrator, etc.) in order to bring in the necessary expertise, while still keeping the costs low.

Handset sales have reached saturation point in emerging markets therefore compelling MDMs to move to higher end devices that enable more services. This could bring a double boost to earnings and revenue as it raises the average device price point and provides MDMs a cross sell opportunity to high margin services.

As part of its ongoing consumer research efforts, IBM has the full report “Go mobile, grow” available at this IBM website.

In addition to working with clients on mobile web initiatives, IBM is making major investments in software, hardware, services and partnerships related to the mobile web. IBM Research has a number of projects in its labs focused on bringing simple, easy-to-use services to the millions of people in the world who have bypassed using the personal computer as their primary method of accessing technology, and are instead using their mobile phone to access the web, conduct financial transactions, entertain themselves, shop and more. Additionally, IBM has opened several worldwide telecom solutions labs focused on research and development in areas related to the mobile web. For more information, visit www.ibm.com/press/mobileweb.

IBM Survey Methodology
The online survey conducted by InstantSurvey was fielded among a representative sample of 680 adults in USA, Germany, China, India and Japan the first quarter of 2008. The results can be considered statistically significant at the 95 percent confidence level and have a margin of error of +/- 0.0138 points.

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Boynton Beach, FL – Developmental Performance Consultants (DPC) reports some homework needs to be done before jumping into either the Reverse Funnel System (RFS)or the Wealth Funnel System (WFS) as there are major differences between the two. The RFS is geared toward creating instant success vs. the long-term sustainable success/growth one will achieve with the WFS.

The WFS and Derrick Harper’s team of marketing education experts walk people through the step-by-step educational process needed for long-term growth no matter what the niche. Go to: http://www.youtube.com/MastersInMarketing

Starting any business requires Capital; however, the RFS requires an $8,300 investment vs. the WFS investment of $2,050.

Education, Training, and Knowledge are what separate the WFS from the RFS. The RFS makes the sale and leaves the business owner to discover the rest for themselves. The WFS is constantly evolving and passing the information onto their clients.

Developmental Performance Consultants compares the similarities between beginning golfers having the desire to learn how to play golf and the start up of a new business.

The RFS golfer spends $8300 on golf equipment and heads for the golf course with absolutely no training. They play a few times, hit a few good shots, really more bad than good, and soon become frustrated and gradually the desire to pursue the game any further diminishes BECAUSE SUCCESS PERPETUATES MORE SUCCESS
AND FAILURE TENDS TO PERPETUATE MORE FAILURE unless something changes.

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President
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561-628-7354
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nancystuart@bellsouth.net

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