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In an age of online advertising, search engine optimization and the elusive goal to be on the front page of Google's results, it's interesting to note that 71% of travelers 'often' look at the messages on roadside billboards and 37% report looking at a billboard ad every or 'most' of the time they go past one. The numbers are staggering, with 72% of billboard viewers frequently or sometimes stating they shop on their way home from work, and 68% frequently or sometimes make their shopping choices inside their automobile.

In the inaugural post of their new guest blogger series Mod Chronicles, the team at Mod Girl Marketing releases an article focusing on mainstream media exposure. The post, written by public relations manager Loolwa Khazzoom, gives businesses 3 tips for getting covered by mainstream media.

Launch Link Building has released an amazing, article marketing software designed to help online business owner’s article marketing campaign more successful!

AM:PM Hotels, a leading provider of market intelligence on the hotel sector in the UK & Ireland, has launched a new online database of hotel closures. The AM:PM Hotel Database now incorporates details of more than 22,500 hotels with over 1 million rooms covering the past, present and future of hotel supply in the UK & Ireland. This includes over 6,000 hotel closures, the majority of which were independent and 2/3-star on closing.

Founded by Bob Reina in 2007, Talk Fusion operates on a simple premise that delivers a message directly to its audience, be it an individual or a group, by enabling videos to become attachments to emails. This Video Email Product now comes as Video Blog, Video Auto Responder, Video Share, E-Subscription Form, Video Conferencing and Fusion Wall, a business and social networking site that uses 3D technology.

The online industry is rapidly changing. From service oriented websites to retail websites every business is trying to compete against swift competition in the industry. What online businesses both big and small need is strategic internet marketing techniques, search engine optimization, Pay Per Click advertisements, Social Media Marketing and the related advertising and marketing activities to stay ahead in business. UVWD or Ultraviolet Web Design is one such company that offers these services to businesses, which wish to improve their online presence, earn more customers, improve their sales and ultimately gain more profits. One can become market leaders by popularizing their businesses online.

For those who want to reach a great audience for their product and business, Inprint brings one of the best opportunities to cash on the effectiveness and bundles of benefits of print advertising. Inprint has recently published an infographic by the name of “Why Print” which uses current statistics to explain people why print ads should be utilized by them as their top means of advertising.

The Countess Group, an internationally recognized strategic marketing and communications consultancy, announced today that its VIP Partner Loyalty Club membership has grown to over 1,100 businesses and non-profit organizations.

Universal Funding Corporation welcomed six new clients that commenced invoice factoring programs in August of 2014. The factoring lines totaled $2 million dollars.

1SEO.com, a leading digital marketing agency, is pleased to announce they have created a free WordPress plugin that aids websites in their keyword research efforts. Developed on September 2, 2014, the plugin has seen over 3,800 downloads in less than a month. The plugin was created to assist business owners and internet marketers around the world with their long-tail keyword research efforts.

When it comes to executing a successful event, there are several different factors to consider.  Not only does an event planner need to be organized, but they also have to have successful communication techniques and marketing skills.  Many companies, organizations, and families use event planners to plan charity events, product release events, weddings, tradeshows, and much more.  Now event planner, Nicole Palumbo , is offering her skills she has acquired over the past decade to plan and execute successful events in the greater New York City area.

HelioPower, Inc., an integrated energy solutions provider based in Murrieta, CA has announced it will be hosting a local hiring event for its Inland Empire location. The on-site event will occur at 25747 Jefferson Avenue, Murrieta, CA 92562 on Thursday October 9th between the hours of 7:00 AM and 4:00 PM Pacific Standard Time.

Pakseoexpert a leading SEO Company in Pakistan which has over 100 employees and who helps small businesses achieve success online through web development, search engine optimization and now through social media marketing, are pleased to announce their new affordable social media packages.

When companies engage in marketing a common question gets raised: "what is our marketing budget".

In 2013, the Candy Crush Saga app game is expected to reach a gross revenue figure of $240 million. Ranking in as the current number one app in the World (AppData) an approximate 44 million people have downloaded the popular app with a reported 6 million users engaging every single day.

In a time before the Internet, people extensively used flyers and stick-on advertisements to promote their small businesses. But these marketing strategies might not bring the same effect today. It is necessary to keep up with the changing times.

These misconceptions can be one of the biggest barriers while planning, scoping, estimating, and executing your next responsive project. So, here is our effort to bust 8 common responsive web design myths: #1: Responsive design has to be all about mobile:

Since humans are social beings, partnerships between individuals and businesses have always been and remain commonplace, so what makes this new partnership stand out from the crowd, and how will it help you and your business?

Sponsortag.com is pleased to announce that member advertisers can run sponsored ads on the Sponsortag network and be sure of quality traffic and visitors to the advertiser's website or organization. Advertisements are distributed to top quality web pages, which are within the audience category for the web advertiser. There are multiple formats for advertisements, including in-text, interstitial, catalog, and standard text and banner adverts.

In true emergencies where every passing second can make the difference between life and death, dialing 911 might not be fast enough to save a child drowning in a pool, prevent permanent brain damage in a stroke victim or stop a heart attack from becoming fatal. Putting aside medical emergencies for a moment, today’s violent world with crazed gunman shooting people in schools and offices, a split second can save a life when trying to reach the police. That’s because one’s ability to call 911 is only as fast as they can reach for a phone.

The convincing prowess and influence of the media has long helped people and businesses equally to buy and sell respectively. The existence of various forms of media can be dated far back to the Egyptian era or to that of Mesopotamian civilization in the form of town criers who made public announcements. But with time, various changes in the lifestyle of people and influx of societal customs; businesses saw the shift from word-of-mouth media developing into print media. Today almost billions of print media campaigns are circulating in the world and nearly tones of advertisements and commercials are played on the radio and the television.

84444 is pleased to announce that they’re offering a “Texting Tuesday” webinar on October 7th 2014 at 2 p.m. which will provide helpful text message marketing tips. For those who don’t know a ton about text message marketing, Bob Bentz—President of ATS Mobile and the brand 84444—will be supplying some strategies and best practices for text message marketing during this webinar.

Local business, Reinvolve, is pleased to announce the launch of a new campaign designed to help a local Colorado Springs small business that is struggling because of low rankings on local online searches.

iHerb is the number one online marketplace for supplements and natural organic products. This marketplace is by far the best place for sourcing such things, and oftentimes people are so surprised by the affordable prices that they buy in bulk and often end up spending more than they would have done anyway. This creates a paradox in which individuals need to save money on bargains, but fortunately there is a solution near at hand. Codes X Coupons has released a new pair of discount codes that can help take the edge of any purchase.

For businesses, a social media presence needs to move beyond vanity to utilize this “great leveraging tool”. Social media can give smaller local businesses the opportunity to even out the playing field with larger brands by reaching out to their client base. The professionals at Mod Girl Marketing, a boutique online marketing firm, have published five creative ideas brands can use to stand out among the competition.