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Explore the Importance of Patient Newsletters, Mobile Websites and Social Media Connections with Marketing Expert, Nitin Chhoda
Explore the Importance of Patient Newsletters, Mobile Websites and Social Media Connections with Marketing Expert, Nitin Chhoda
Denville, NJ (PRWEB) January 13, 2012
For those who believe newsletters are passé, think again. In an impersonal society where patients are often nothing more than a billing number, clients are demanding a personal touch from their service providers. Modern chiropractic newsletters are fun, colorful and elegant creations that inform and let patients know they’re being thought of, even when they’re not in the office.
An effective newsletter doesn’t have to require an enormous amount of time to create with chiropractic newsletter services such as Therapy Newsletter (http://www.therapynewsletter.com). Such systems provide automated publications that can be customized to reflect the needs of individual practices, and often include a full service marketing solution with email and mobile marketing capabilities.
A website is no longer a luxury for those who want to grow and expand – it’s a necessity. More than 87% of the population conducts an online search for the products and services they want before making an initial contact. They question, read reviews and consult with friends and family. A website provides the canvas upon which chiropractors paint a picture of their services and what they have to offer new patients.
A mobile website isn’t overkill, it’s essential for patients who use mobile devices to connect online. Traditional websites don’t display well on mobile devices, making the site difficult to navigate. Mobile sites are specifically designed to provide optimum viewing for devices other than desktop and laptop computers.
Social media is often the preferred method of contact for many younger patients who live connected lives. A social media presence offers the means to attract new patients through word of mouth advertising, increase the visibility of a chiropractic business, and manage brands and reputations. Negative content can be addressed immediately to prevent damage that can result in the loss of substantial revenues.
In today’s fast-paced world, it may be difficult to persuade younger patients to take the time to read printed text. Internet users want to be entertained, informed, and they want information delivered quickly. To accommodate this trend, Chhoda recommends chiropractors consider adding a video to their site. Videos provide an ideal solution that meets all three criteria. They can be created economically and offer the means to introduce patients to the practice and the services it offers.
Chhoda specializes in methods that help small and medium sizes businesses attract and secure new patients. From chiropractic patient newsletters and videos to websites and social media, his methods aid practices in bringing back the personal touch that patients demand, for appointment books that are always full – a sure sign of a thriving business.
Chhoda’s office can be reached by phone at 201-535-4475. For more information, visit the website at http://www.nitin360.com.
ABOUT NITIN CHHODA
Nitin Chhoda is a licensed physical therapist, a doctor of physical therapy, and a certified strength and conditioning specialist. He’s the author of “Total Activation: The New 5 Step Fitness Mantra” and “Marketing for Physical Therapy Clinics.” He’s been featured in numerous industry magazines, major radio and broadcast media, and is the founder of Referral Ignition training systems, Private Practice Summit, the Private Practice Formula and the Private Practice Mastermind group. Chhoda speaks extensively throughout the U.S., Canada and Asia. He’s the creator of the Therapy Newsletter, along with Clinical Contact, a web-based service that boosts patient arrival rates.
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Vocalocity Desktop Named Internet Telephony Product of the Year
Vocalocity Desktop Named Internet Telephony Product of the Year
Atlanta, Georgia (PRWEB) January 06, 2012
Vocalocity, the leading cloud-based phone service for small business, today announced its Vocalocity Desktop solution was selected as an INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine Product of the Year. The selection caps a phenomenal year of growth and accolades for the only VoIP communications provider devoted solely to small businesses and startups.
INTERNET TELEPHONY annually recognizes the most innovative products by bestowing its esteemed Product of the Year Award to the most deserving companies. Magazine editors honor IP communications solutions that demonstrate vision, leadership and attention to detail.
“I am happy to grant Vocalocity with a Product of the Year Award. The editors of INTERNET TELEPHONY have verified that Vocalocity Desktop displays quality and innovation plus provides real needs in the marketplace,” stated Rich Tehrani, CEO of TMC. “I would like to congratulate the entire team at Vocalocity for their commitment to advancing IP communication technologies.”
The tools of the Vocalocity Desktop help small businesses gain intelligence about their customers quickly by automatically pulling crucial information from an incoming caller. Vocalocity Desktop comes configured with free LinkedIn, Google Search, and Caller Locator plug-ins. Once downloaded, Vocalocity Desktop runs in the background on a Vocalocity customer’s computer. When an incoming call is registered, Vocalocity Desktop will automatically display information about a caller which is populated through the application’s various plug-ins. Vocalocity customers can instantly see a caller’s approximate location based on area code, the weather in that location, the caller’s information from Google, and his or her LinkedIn profile.
Vocalocity Desktop was one of many innovations announced last year including apps that allow Android and iOS devices to have command and control over the office phone system. Plug-ins like Microsoft Dynamics that extend large enterprise CRM functions to a small business environment are also available.
“Since our inception, we’ve had a vision to become the best communications provider to small business,” says Wain Kellum, CEO at Vocalocity. “This latest accolade from INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine is definitely a milestone toward reaching our vision and a testament to a very hard working and innovative team. We are enjoying the acknowledgement but realize the best is yet to come.”
In addition to receiving INTERNET TELEPHONY’s Product of the Year for 2011, Vocalocity was also recognized on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 – recognizing the fastest growing technology companies in the U.S. For the second year in a row, Vocalocity also earned a position on the Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The company also earned the Clean Air Campaign’s Telework Catalyst award for a successful teleworking program for employees and managers.
About INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine
INTERNET TELEPHONY has been the IP Communications Authority since 1998™. Beginning with the first issue in February of 1998, INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine has been providing unbiased views of the complicated converged communications space. INTERNET TELEPHONY offers rich content from solutions-focused editorial content to reviews on products and services from TMC Labs. INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine reaches more than 225,000 readers, including pass-along readers. For more information, please visit http://www.itmag.com.
About Vocalocity
Vocalocity is a cloud-based voice solutions provider with services and support especially tuned to help small businesses grow. Vocalocity ensures higher quality conversations through proprietary technology that differentiates its service from traditional VoIP providers. With cloud-based connectivity, businesses can work from anywhere while enjoying features that deliver large enterprise visibility and functionality. Vocalocity serves nearly 15,000 customers through its U.S.-based call center and provides features at half the traditional costs while never requiring a contract. The privately held company was founded in 2005, is based in Atlanta, Georgia, and merged with Aptela in 2011. For more information, visit http://www.vocalocity.com.
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EurekaMag.com Publishes New Reviews on Firefly, Synapse and Lotus
EurekaMag.com Publishes New Reviews on Firefly, Synapse and Lotus
Mannheim, Germany (PRWEB) December 29, 2011
The BioSciences Website EurekaMag.com publishes articles in all areas of the natural sciences including biology, agriculture, horticulture, forestry, geography, environment and health. Drawing from this pool of scientific disciplines, it publishes articles, reviews and insights on biological topics including those which have recently attained attention. While the BioSciences Research category contains over 36 million references, most of the reviews are included in the BioSciences Keyword Category, the BioSciences Keyphrase Category and in the BioSciences Reviews Category of the online science magazine. All content is now available on a user-friendly and fast Mobile m.EurekaMag.com Website.
The EurekaMag.com review of the firefly covers these winged beetles which chemically produce light from their lower abdomen. Light production in fireflies is due to a chemical reaction called bioluminescence. This process occurs in specialized light-emitting organs on a firefly’s lower abdomen. The enzyme luciferase acts on luciferin, in the presence of magnesium ions, ATP, and oxygen to produce light. The EurekaMag review expands on the firefly luciferin-luciferase system: ATP reacts with glycerol and glycerol kinase and crude luciferase produces a linear relationship between bioluminescence and ATP concentration. The firefly luciferase gene is extensively covered in this review due to the unique qualities of the firefly luciferase system allowed scientists to monitor regulated gene expression in real time in individual multicellular organisms. In one experiment a transgene was constructed in which ZP3 gene sequence was fused to the coding region of the firefly luciferase gene, and four independent lines of transgenic mice were generated. In another experiment where a plasmid in which the firefly luciferase gene was controlled by the human beta-actin promoter was introduced, luciferase activity was detectable for up to fourteen days in mouse skin and liver. A computer-generated burst of simulated firefly flashes was used to trigger a firefly flash burst. The authors of this trial found that the interflash interval in fireflies does not change its length, making it similar to the Southeast Asian synchronizer Pteroptyx cribellata and different from Pteroptyx malaccae, which can change its interval.
Eurekamag.com presents a review on synapses which are structures in the nervous system that permit neurons to pass an electrical or chemical signal to another cell. It covers the reception of functional innervation from specific spinal nerves by muscles. Recordings from muscle nerves during excitation of individual spinal nerves gave results similar to the tension recordings, indicating that even at early developmental stages muscle nerves do not contain substantial numbers of inappropriate axons. Most limb muscles or primitive muscle masses thus become functionally innervated at the same time with no clearly defined proximo-distal sequence of limb innervation. While the majority of the varicosities did not synapse on the muscle fibres, terminals containing small agranular vesicles occasionally formed specialized neuromuscular contacts. Other research has isolated a Caenorhabditis elegans gene, which encodes a meiosis-specific component of chromosome cores with some similarity to a yeast lateral element protein. Antibodies raised against the Caenorhabditis elegans gene localize the protein to condensing chromosomes in early prophase I and to the cores of both synapsed and desynapsed chromosomes. In RNA interference experiments, chromosomes appear to condense normally in the absence of detectable protein but fail to synapse and form chiasmata, indicating that the Caenorhabditis elegans gene is essential for these processes.
The EurekaMag.com review of Lotus covers the aquatic perennial plant commonly cultivated in Southeast Asia for its edible seeds and rhizomes. The review covers “snow lotuses” which have been used as famous traditional Tibetan medicine to treat different diseases for many years. Due to intensive collection and trading of “snow lotuses” these important alpine plants have been endangered. Classification of Lotus based on their nucleotide sequences is another topic of the review. The authors identified 652 nucleotides and comparison of their pairwise sequence indicated that ITS sequence divergence ranged from zero to six percent among Korean lotuses and ranging from nine to twelve percent between Korean and Chinese lotuses. Variations in sequences were attributable to substitution such as transition and transversion or deletion events. Based on dendrogram inferred from ITS sequences, Korean lotuses and a Chinese lotus were definitely divided. All nine used lotuses were diverse, although they differed between themselves by the quantity of genotypes. The statistical processing showed 55 individual genotypes in a group of 81 examined strains, which denoted a high discriminative potentiality of the typing system. On the basis of the cluster analysis, the genotypes were shared between eleven main groups. The strains belonging to one genotype group were found to originate, nevertheless, from one natural focus.
The Science Magazine EurekaMag.com was launched in November 1998 as the online version of the French science magazine “Eurêka – Le magazine des sciences” published since 1995. During the past decade, it has emerged as a comprehensive aggregator of information on biology, on the applied life sciences agriculture, horticulture and forestry, on the earth sciences, on the environmental sciences, and on the health sciences.
The Science Magazine has recently been accredited by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology with the Internet Content Provider (ICP) Number 10204677. The site delivers its content through a number of RSS feeds including a “Most Shared Content” RSS Feed and an @EurekaMag Twitter account. The @EurekaMag Twitter account currently features 46,520 tweets and 888 followers. The site also provides an EurekaMag.com portal for mobile viewing at m.eurekamag.com. The Global Alexa Traffic Rank of Eurekamag.com is currently 779,933. The online traffic can now also be watched in real time using a EurekaMag.com “Life Traffic Feed” and a “Real-Time View”. The site accepts advertisements through the Google AdWords system.
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Diana Hoffman and the Healing Talk Radio Show Makes Home Station Change to KHQN in Utah and Syndicates Internationally to A2Zen Talk Radio Station in Canada.
Diana Hoffman and the Healing Talk Radio Show Makes Home Station Change to KHQN in Utah and Syndicates Internationally to A2Zen Talk Radio Station in Canada.
Salem, Utah (PRWEB) December 29, 2011
Diana Hoffman, Licensed Professional Counselor, Trauma Recovery Specialist, Hypnotherapist and host of “Healing Talk” radio show, announced today that she will be moving her live radio program to a new terrestrial station,KHQN at 1480 AM in Utah and syndicate to A2Zen.FM station on the internet in the new year.
The Healing Talk radio show hosted by Diana Hoffman will broadcast live at 12 noon Mountain Time weekly.
Healing Talk radio has aired weekly for the last two years on KSRR radio of Orem Utah. Throughout its two seasons Diana Hoffman has broadcast on a variety of topics on the cutting edge of the psychological sciences, demonstrating new techniques live on the air, interviewing national experts, reviewing books, and summarizing current research. Her program places particular emphasis on dynamic trauma therapies, nurturing and attachment in relationships, mental and emotional self-help techniques, couples communication, self-hypnosis skills and state-of-the-art research on the brain.
Diana indicated that she is making the move because KHQN 1480 AM radio offers both terrestrial broadcast radio and simulcasting on global internet television. A2Zen.FM offers global internet listener ship. Diana indicated that she is making the move because A2Zen radio offers both broadcast radio and global internet radio, and has a listener ship that is ideal for the call-in segment of Healing Talk Radio.
“The Healing Talk radio show is intended to give people the resources to create lasting wholeness within themselves, to overcome the effects of traumatic events, to repair and rebuild their relationships, and to understand some of the very unique, potent and less known healing approaches that have emerged in recent years,” said talk radio host Diana Hoffman. “Both KHQN and A2Zen offer a perfect venue for all of these objectives.”
Listeners can continue to listen to Healing Talk as they have in the past, or they can view the video streaming on their computers or smart phones. KHQN AM and A2Zen FM both archive the programs. Listeners and viewers are encouraged to submit questions and comments during the live show via text messaging, twitter, or Facebook, through http://www.utahvalleylive.com and A2Zen.fm.
The Healing Talk Radio program will continue to stream daily on current syndicated Internet radio stations Planetary Streams Talk Radio, Web Campus World Wide Radio, and SHOUTcast.com. Diana Hoffman posts research cited in the show, guest information and links to additional resources at the Healing Talk website, http://www.healingtalkradio.com.
About “Healing Talk” Talk Radio Show: The Healing Talk Radio Show explores the best of current research in emotional and relationship healing. Host of the weekly “Healing Talk” Radio Show, Diana Hoffman is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Trauma Recovery Specialist at LightSpring Counseling in Salem, Utah. Contact: healingtalkradio(at)gmail(dot)com or visit the website, http://www.healingtalkradio.com.
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MySpace Founder Confirms November Request For SEC To Investigate in Wake of Resignation by The New York Times CEO
MySpace Founder Confirms November Request For SEC To Investigate in Wake of Resignation by The New York Times CEO
New York, NY (PRWEB) December 20, 2011
MySpace Founder Brad Greenspan confirmed today in the wake of the resignation by The New York Times Company CEO Janet L. Robinson, 61, president and chief executive officer since 2004, announced Friday December 16, 2011, that a formal complaint and request for a full investigation was made in November to the Board of Directors. In addition, the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) has confirmed to the MySpace Founder the agency has received evidence submitted on November 23, 2011 and forwarded such complaint to the Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA) to review potential violations by the NYT CEO or other executives of Sarbanes Oxley Statue 802 and/or Federal Racketeering Violations including Obstruction of Justice under File # HO-00178048-HO
Mr. Greenspan is also the largest shareholder in Brown v. Brewer a current 6 year Class Action Federal Securities Fraud and Antitrust case against News Corp and Intermix related to the 2005 Acquisition of Myspace.com. The Class Action case 2:06-cv-03731 is ongoing in Federal Central District in Los Angeles before the Honorable Judge George King. Most recently, Mr. Greenspan has filed for 25+ summary judgement counts on behalf of the Class of over 5000 public shareholders after winning an initial Summary Judgement ruling in June 2010. The MySpace Founder has also filed a Rule 701 Damage Valuation that establishes damages of over $ 32 billion dollars for Security Fraud and over $ 96 billion with antitrust claims including both a Clayton Act Section Eight Violation for Interlocking Directors and 2 Sherman Act Violation claims.
“Its incredibly important to have publicly traded media companies follow Federal laws including Sarbanes-Oxley statues, ” said the MySpace Founder “Equally important is an unfettered and uncorrupted free press in America that does not collude against Whistleblowers. I am hopeful and fully expect the Directors of the New York Times to report out on their internal investigation into the matter including working with the SEC if appropriate to bring to light any corruption or improper arrangements with other media companies which may have existed under the former CEO Janet Robinson.”
According to court documents, the MySpace Founder initiated contact with both The New York Times Company Directors and SEC providing significant evidence of an unusual suppression of certain story topics including cutting off coverage of the Brown v. Brewer Federal Class Action case after the New York Times Newspaper reported out on the case in July 2010 after an article was written by Gretchen Morgenson titled “Bidder Beware” covering Judge King’s June 2010 Summary Judgement. The New York Times also refused to contact The MySpace Founder after being supplied evidence that Mr. Greenspan was a victim of Computer Hacking/Intrusion by News Corporation which can be viewed in the pleadings before Judge King including the Motion of Summary Judgement, Motion for 60(b) Fraud upon the Court, & Motion for Intervention viewable at below link:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/74858285/December-5-2011-Motion-Approval-96-Billion-Damage-Report-Consideration-on-60b4-Motion-Void
The latest Brown v. Brewer Court docket can be seen here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/75578171/News-Corp-AntiTrustSecurities-Fraud-Docket-RPT-12-8-11-California-Central-District
The Rule 701 Damage Valuation Report can be viewed at below link:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/74858285/December-5-2011-Motion-Approval-96-Billion-Damage-Report-Consideration-on-60b4-Motion-Void
Judge George King’s June 2010 Summary Judgement Ruling can be viewed at below link:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/33263784/2010-6-17-Federal-Judge-George-King-Rules-against-defendants-who-sold-Myspace-to-fox
About The New York Times Company
The New York Times Company, a leading media company with 2010 revenues of $ 2.4 billion, includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 15 other daily newspapers and more than 50 Web sites, including NYTimes.com, BostonGlobe.com, Boston.com and About.com.
About Brad Greenspan
With over 15 years of related experience, Brad Greenspan is a successful Internet entrepreneur and investor. He is the Founder of MySpace and he is regarded as one of the pioneers of the social networking sector. Brad’s portfolio of start up and early stage companies has covered a broad range of sectors including: Big Fish Games (gaming), Borba Corporation (neutracuticals), Fluid Music (music), Draths (clean technology),BroadwebAsia, (Asian focused online entertainment), and Live Universe (online entertainment).
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Monitor and Protect Those New PCs with PC Pandora Computer Monitoring Software
Monitor and Protect Those New PCs with PC Pandora Computer Monitoring Software
Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) December 16, 2011
With only a few shopping days left for the holiday season, there is no doubt the big gifts have been purchased. In today’s high-tech world, kids are living digitally, and, subsequently, topping their wishlists with dreams of netbooks, laptops, and cell phones. Bottom line: a lot of high-tech toys are sure to be unwrapped this December. Pandora Corporation, the maker of PC Pandora computer monitoring software, is reminding parents to be smart when giving teens and tweens their own PC this holiday season.
“What parents tend to forget is that these high tech toys are a doorway between your child and the rest of the world,” explains Leasure. “Remember, that door swings both ways. It is absolutely imperative that parents have a tool in place to monitor who their child is talking to online, how they are interacting with others and how they are representing themselves on the Internet.”
Over the last decade, times have changed dramatically. While it is still not the best idea to let a child have their own computer and Internet connection, it is an unavoidable reality in 2011, due to the amount of school work requiring a computer and the increased pressure from peers to be socially active online. Leasure says parents must adopt to the times and step up the parenting game. New rules must be enforced and questions should be asked; discussions should be held and computers must be monitored.
“As you get ready to give them the ‘big gift’ this year, make sure it is outfitted with proper parental control and monitoring software,” says Leasure. “Tools like our PC Pandora make it easy to find that safe, happy medium between teens being able to freely use the Internet socially, and parents not being left in the dark about their child’s online activity.”
PC Pandora is computer monitoring software that records all user activity on a computer. First-rate monitoring capabilities take sequential snapshots of everything that happens on the computer, allowing parents to see first-hand everything their child does both on and offline. Details of user activity , including websites visited, social network activity, instant messenger chats, peer-2-peer files shared, keystrokes, programs accessed, Internet search queries and more, are made available in text-based files and easy-to-read charts. In less than 10 minutes, parents can verify their children are using their new toys safely or uncover a situation that needs parental attention.
“PC Pandora is essentially a DVR for your child’s computer,” says Leasure. “If your child is talking to strangers on social networks, creating and maintaining multiple social network profiles, visiting websites you don’t approve of, downloading illegal music and movies, or falling victim to or – even worse – acting as a cyberbully, you will know about it if you are monitoring their internet activity.”
In addition, the built-in IRIS feature can send the text-based data files right to a parent’s email, and the PC Pandora LIVE! add-on allows parents to check screenshots and adjust parental controls though a secure web login. Both are invaluable features for working parents who can’t always be home when their kids are online.
Leasure adds: “Conversation, education and awareness are essential, but a child with an Internet-connected device can still lead to unwanted and potentially harmful situations. That’s why it’s important to monitor what they are doing with those very powerful tools you place in their hands.”
As a special promotion for the holidays, the company is offering the software at half of the normal retail price. The sale is already on and will continue through New Year’s Day 2012. Visit http://www.pcpandora.com for more details.
About PC Pandora: Pandora Corporation was formed with one goal – to help our customers monitor, control and protect their families and themselves online. First released in mid 2005, PC Pandora monitoring software has been constantly upgraded to industry-leading specifications and has received accolades from users, reviewers and even school districts and law enforcement agencies, who use the program to help in the day-to-day supervision of the children and citizens they are charged with protecting. The company website devotes space to helping parents by providing them with 18 Tips to Safe Surfing and Pandora’s Blog, where current news in the world of online safety is discussed regularly. In addition, the Pandora Corp. has made the PD Pandora Internet Safety Symposium available to schools and law enforcement as a free resource for spreading internet safety awareness to parents. Over the past few years, PC Pandora has vaulted into a leadership position for parental control software by boasting a combination of features that are unparalleled in the monitoring industry. In 2010, Version 6.0 was released, again widening the spectrum of coverage and protection offered by the program. Concurrently released with 6.0, the web-based PC Pandora LIVE! service affords parents the ability to keep their kids safe from anywhere at anytime. PC Pandora computer monitoring software is also now available through the Pandora Corp. store at Amazon.com and on and on Facebook!
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‘State of Mind’ Invades Los Angeles for the Holidays
‘State of Mind’ Invades Los Angeles for the Holidays
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) December 15, 2011
Sven Michael Davison’s recently published novel “State of Mind” will be invading the streets of Los Angeles this holiday season. The iconic, scarred head from the book’s award winning cover has been making the rounds in publications and on the internet since October of 2010. Look for the head in collectible poster form in the streets of other cities throughout 2012.
“I’m not sure who thought of it first, but I’ve seen the back of a bald head used for advertising anything from fragrance to Banks over the course of 2011.” Noted the book’s author, Sven Davison. “I’m happy to be a part of a trend.”
Davison had conceived the cover and the tag line “your thoughts are not your own…” many years before the book “State of Mind” was completed. Derrick Abrenica, a graphic artist and designer who had recently moved to LA from Washington DC, is responsible for converting the idea into the award winning cover design. Abrenica is also responsible for all the other ancillary graphics in the “State of Mind” universe.
The photograph was taken by the author of one of his friends. “A buddy of mine swung by my place on his way to the outlet malls in Camarillo. I shot him against a white lamp shade and a white door. Derrick definitely had to use some magic to get the cover to look as brilliant at is does,” Davison said.
“State of Mind” is a cautionary tale that examines the loss of freedom in a classic post-industrial dystopia. Jake Travissi, a fallen hero, is given a rare second chance at redemption. The price? Volunteer to have a computer chip implanted in his brain and join Homeland Security’s experimental Enhanced Unit.
Davison wrestles with many of the most compelling themes of cyberpunk genre today: Should we embrace every technological advance without question? Should humankind blend itself physically with machines? What does freedom really mean? All of these questions are answered within a vivid tapestry where the boundaries between the virtual world and the real world have dissolved.
“State of Mind” is a finalist and winner of two Dan Poynter’s Global eBook Awards.
“A thoughtfully composed piece of cyberpunk that will please readers of both science fiction and noir.” – Kirkus Reviews
“Davison’s Los Angeles is pulpy- vibrant, an unforgettable wasteland. State of Mind is the world of the near future, the horrible synthesis of human desire and the technology to make it a reality. – ForeWord Reviews
“An intelligent, thought provoking, cinematic post-cyberpunk thriller and a great read.”
Antony Jones, sfbook.com
“This book deserves to go directly to the ‘Top Ten Best Sellers List.’” – Deb Shunamon, Reader Views.
“There are some crazy twists and turns in this novel and the end? One word… WOW. It totally blew me away. There are plenty of shocking, hanging on the edge of my seats moments.” – Alice Bola, girls just reading
“State of Mind” is a tense, thoughtful and well-paced sci-fi tale drawn from Davison’s life, imagination and his experiences with technological innovation. – Pod Cast Interview by Bryan Reesman http://www.bryanreesman.com/blog/tag/sven-davison-state-of-mind/
Sven Davison was raised in Denver, graduated NYU with a bachelor’s degree in film, and has worked as a trailer copywriter at Paramount Pictures and a staff screenwriter for several other smaller production companies. Davison currently oversees the linear content and menu production at 1K Studios, which is employed by most major motion picture studios.
For more information visit http://www.stateofmindbook.com
STATE OF MIND
By Sven Michael Davison
Published by Bedouin Press
$ 25.95 • (389 pages) • 6 x 9
Hardcover with dust jacket • ISBN: 978-0-9666149-2-3
eBook $ 4.95
Publication date: 2011
http://www.stateofmindbook.com
To request a review copy or to schedule an interview, contact: Jeannine Patton
info(at)bedouinpress(dot)com
(310) 748-8731
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E-Signature Pioneer Spearheads Silanis? New SaaS Business Unit, e-SignLive?
E-Signature Pioneer Spearheads Silanis’ New SaaS Business Unit, e-SignLive™
Montreal, QC (PRWEB) December 14, 2011
Silanis, the leader in enterprise e-signature solutions with the largest e-signature deployments, announces that long-time CTO Dr. Robert Al-Jaar has taken on a new challenge and will head the company’s award-winning e-SignLive™ SaaS business unit as Executive VP of Online e-Signature Services. As such, he will focus exclusively on leading Silanis’ multi-tenant online signing service, effective immediately.
One of the few true pioneers of e-signatures, Al-Jaar has held multiple, pivotal leadership roles at Silanis over the past 11 years, spanning R&D, professional services, cloud operations, customer support and product management. A technology visionary, his commitment and competitive drive have contributed to Silanis’ lead position in the enterprise e-signature space. To this point, Al-Jaar led the development of the industry’s first web-based, zero-client e-signature solution, which evolved into Silanis’ flagship product, the e-Sign Enterprise Platform™. He was also key to ensuring the success of all of Silanis’ top tier enterprise customers, including the entire US Army with its 1.4 million users, as well as the largest consumer lending implementation of e-signatures to date.
“There are only a handful of people in the world with Robert’s e-signature experience. Asking him to take responsibility for this new growth area represents our commitment to make the security, electronic evidence and reliability of our enterprise platform accessible to any size organization,” said Tommy Petrogiannis, Silanis founder and president. “As the online signing service segment grows beyond simple e-signature solutions, regulated industries will require robust offerings. Markets that traditionally would not adopt SaaS models are turning to us because of one-of-a-kind features like our patented Process Reviewer™.”
Differentiating e-SignLive from all other SaaS signing solutions, the Process Reviewer provides ironclad legal enforceability by capturing electronic evidence of exactly what occurred during each step of the signing transaction, so that organizations can easily and reliably reproduce that evidence even years later.
While e-SignLive has been available for a year as an integrated offering with IBM’s industry-leading LotusLive™ enterprise collaboration service, last week it was launched as a direct online service at http://www.e-signlive.com. Among the numerous mid-market businesses using e-SignLive are banks, insurance companies, governments, consulting firms and more. One such customer, Signature Mortgage, began using e-SignLive in October 2010. According to founder and CEO Bob Catlin, “As a small regional operation, we did not have the budget or IT resources to build, purchase or support the types of electronic signature solutions that larger national competitors were investing in. We turned to Silanis Technology for help when we heard they were bringing electronic signatures to the cloud as an online service. Because there was no hardware or software to purchase, integrate or deploy with e-SignLive, we were up and running within 48 hours. We’ve increased our loan volume by 35%, and we earn more per loan because we save on time-consuming paper processing, and travel and courier costs. And our customers think it’s great. Fully servicing customers over the web is no longer a luxury, it’s a necessity.”
e-SignLive won the IBM Lotus Award for Business Transformation Through Cloud Computing at the 17th annual IBM Lotus Awards in January 2011.
About e-SignLive™
e-SignLive™ is a premier online electronic signature service targeted primarily at the mid-market, small businesses and government organizations that are regulated and compliance-driven, where security, legal evidence, auditability and trust matter. The same e-signature technology trusted by the US Army and the world’s largest banks and insurance companies is now available online, anytime, anywhere, and at a friendly price. Choose e-SignLive when signatures matter to your business™.
About Silanis
Silanis is the most widely used e-signature solution in the world, processing over 600 million documents annually. Since the company was founded in 1992, our solutions have strengthened the business processes of thousands of organizations including 3 top North American banks, 5 of the top ten insurance companies and the entire US Army, among others. Companies and government organizations around the globe depend on Silanis to accelerate business transactions, improve customer experience and reduce costs while improving compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. Silanis’ on-premise, cloud and SaaS e-signature solutions eliminate manual, paper-based processing and enable e-commerce and e-government transactions to be electronically executed from start to finish.
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AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Gets Super-Strong Extended Battery by Mugen Power
AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Gets Super-Strong Extended Battery by Mugen Power
(PRWEB) December 07, 2011
Mugen Power (http://www.mugen-power-batteries.com), producer of high performance batteries for portable electronic devices, today released a new extended battery for AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II (HLI-I777XL). HLI-I777XL successfully increases standard capacity from 1650mAh to 3200mAh. This significant increase solves the critical problem of smartphone users. The customers are now able to enjoy more of the functionality provided by smartphones without recharges.
HLI-I777XL is a Lithium-ion based battery. Lithium-ion based batteries have found widespread popularity in all kinds of consumer electronics because of their high energy to weight ratios, lack of memory effect , and low discharge when not in use. HLI-I777XL has 94% more capacity than the standard battery, making it especially suitable for heavy users. It is designed to provide longer battery life with higher quality for power-hungry consumers. Furthermore, same as the other Mugen Power products, HLI-I777XL is also exceptionally reliable. All of Mugen Power products have undergone vigorous QA procedures and have CE and RoHS approval. Mugen Power is known to have lowest return rate in the industry.
“We care about our customers and listen to them. We have noticed that they are suffering from battery life shortage and cannot fully enjoy the functions brought by smartphones. This time we are happy to provide our customers this powerful extended battery with decent quality. HLI-I777XL for AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II is designed to help our customers better utilize their smartphones by improving their batteries performance. We believe this battery can solve the battery shortage problem and improve customer satisfaction” says Alice Yang, marketing manager at eTrade Asia Ltd.
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Mugen Power is the worldwide leading brand of high performance batteries for portable electronic devices. Mugen Power means Performance and Quality and delivers a full spectrum of high quality products for PDAs, smartphones, digital cameras, camcorders, MP3 players, portable DVD players, notebooks, UMPCs and Personal Media Devices.
Mugen Power batteries have better performance (higher capacity) and reliability (longevity & safety) than other brands. The superior performance improves run time, often doubling that provided by the original brand replacement. The superior quality results in longer battery life and better protection of the powered device.
All Mugen Power batteries also undergo vigorous QA procedure, resulting in Mugen Power achieving the lowest return rate in the market. All Mugen Power batteries are CE and RoHS Certified.
NOTE FOR EDITORS: Mugen Power 3200mAh Extended Battery for AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II is available on request to editors of computer magazines and bloggers who will to write a review of the battery.
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BizCloud: How to Avoid Paying Too Much for CRM
BizCloud: How to Avoid Paying Too Much for CRM
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) November 30, 2011
Customer relationship management (CRM) software software has become increasingly important in today’s hyper networked age. According to Destination CRM, the CRM market grew at a 6.2 percent rate in 2010 (to hit a total of $ 16.5 billion) and expects a 7.6 percent rise through 2011. While much of that growth has been in the Software as a Service (SaaS) sector, companies also continue to invest in on-premises CRM solutions. Most SaaS CRM solutions are fairly inexpensive, at least for the base software, but add-on features, deployment, training, and support costs can quietly increase the total cost of a CRM solution. Of course, on-premises solutions aren’t without their own significant costs.
Companies looking to reduce their CRM costs — or considering the purchase and deployment of a new CRM solution – can start by asking themselves these five questions:
Is an on-premises solution necessary? Even though an on-premises CRM software package may have a cheaper sticker price, it’s likely more expensive in the short run… as well as in the intermediate and long run. On-premises CRM software typically does not incur any sort of monthly fee like SaaS products do, but it does incur significant infrastructure and operating costs. The server and network equipment, power, and maintenance costs will usually exceed the subscription and support costs of most SaaS packages. There are certainly reasons why a company may choose an on-premises solution — for example, specific security concerns, networking issues, or integration with an existing IT framework – but companies should not automatically assume one is better than the other.
Are all those add-ons and features necessary? SaaS sales representatives often try to wow customers with marketing presentations on all the bells and whistles available for their software. Some of these are integrated with the core package, but others cost extra. Sometimes these features have a direct cost; sometimes they’re limited to more expensive professional or enterprise editions.
Will expanding upon and developing the CRM solution be necessary? Many SMBs could likely use major CRM vendors’ products out of the box with minimal configuration or add-ons. On the other hand, enterprise-level corporations may find themselves sinking huge amounts of money into development to create custom solutions that work with a given CRM product’s API. If an SMB overreaches and purchases a complex solution, that can obviously result in significant overspending. On the other hand, larger businesses may find themselves spending more on trying to customize a particular product to fit their needs than if they had started with a simpler platform based on a more developer-friendly platform.
Does the business already function in a particular vendor’s ecosystem? This question is straightforward. A Microsoft business should probably give Dynamics a hard look. An Oracle one should consider Oracle CRM On Demand. If a business is built on Linux and has no shortage of developers, then the open source Sugar CRM may be a good fit. Having all of a business’s major software solutions operating within the same ecosystem can significantly reduce support, training, maintenance, and integration costs.
Has the company shopped around? CRM shoppers may wrongly assume that enterprise-ready CRM solutions developed by established companies all cost around the same amount for any given feature set. In reality, that couldn’t be further from the truth. As an example, the top versions of Salesforce and Microsoft’s Dynamics CRM offer a similar feature set at a substantially different base price: $ 195/month for Salesforce versus $ 59/month for Dynamics CRM.
Once a company has settled on its CRM solution, its IT department can take a number of steps to reduce its long-term CRM-related costs.
1. Excellent training from the start is non-negitable. Training takes time and money, but it almost always pays for itself again and again. There’s little worse than investing thousands of dollars on a CRM solution only to watch it sit unused by employees unfamiliar with it — or even worse, used improperly by untrained employees such that it actually decrease business process efficiency.
2. CRM solutions should integrate with back office systems. Many CRM products offer little in the way of functionality once a sale is made. But CRM can be much more than this, especially with the advent of social CRM features that assist with continued contact and social networking between businesses and customers.
3. CRM solutions must be administered. While the maintenance and support costs of an SaaS CRM product are dramatically less than those of an on-premises solution, companies should still assign someone (or even a small team, depending on the size of the company) to administer its CRM system. This may not be a full-time job, but it’s still an important one, and will result in overall cost savings in the long run.
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Bizcloud Network is a technology media company with a strong focus on delivering top industry news and producing reviews of Web, Mobile, Digital and Cloud Computing products and services. The site offers insights into rapidly-developing world of Social Media and its connection to modern business. Bizcloud Network sees the tremendous value of implementing innovative technologies to enhance business processes and its team of expert writers accordingly creates the content that speaks to its target audience of business and IT professionals and decision makers.
Bizcloud Network has a strong fan base and a growing number of followers on major Social Media Sites, including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google+. It was founded in 2007 as a Media Branch of BizCloud, a leading cloud computing and SaaS service provider. The company is based in San Francisco, California, and has offices in Europe and Asia.
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Based in San Francisco, California, with offices in Europe and Asia, BizCloud® (http://BizCloud.net) focuses on technology and cloud innovations that assist businesses with Sales, Marketing, Operations and Engineering solutions customized to individual business needs. BizCloud® has mastered the art of integrating cloud-based services to deliver cost effective outcomes for business owners that enhance efficiency, customer satisfaction, and revenue. BizCloud® utilizes the latest breed of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS) products to pass on tremendous value to clients. BizCloud is a registered trademark.
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