Gold Ridge Opens Again, Solomons Mines -- Solomon Islands (SI)

Tanning Is Out, Light Skin Is In

BEVERLY HILLS, CA (PRWEB) September 29, 2006 - There is an increasing demand for skin whitening products with most local and international cosmetic companies coming up with a variety of skin whitening products. While tanning has always been in vogue among white-skinned people in a large number of countries, ‘the white is beautiful’ syndrome is fast catching up. Due to colonization, skin whitening is also in demand in several regions of Latin America and Africa, where the original inhabitants desire fair skin associated with Caucasians.

ChangeWave Investings Tobin Smith to Discuss 2005 Stock Market Outlook on Corporate Strategies with Tim Connolly" Sunday, January 2nd at 9:05 P.M. ET

Tobin Smith, Chairman of ChangeWave Research, will appear Sunday night, January 2nd at 9:05 pm ET on Corporate Strategies with Tim Connolly." Toby will discuss current energy markets and most important specific companies of interest to investors in the New Year. Recent guests have included Celgenes CEO John Jackson, Landrys CEO Tilman Fertitta, John Murphy, Mario Gabelli, former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt, former Compaq CEO Eckard Pfeiffer, Money Manager Louis Navellier, and many others. Listeners may call in questions live and toll free to Tobin and Tim Connolly at 1-866-606-TALK (8255). The Business Talk Radio Show may be heard on KSEV AM 700 in Houston, on over 375 affiliate stations nationwide listed at CRN1 www.cableradionetwork.com, or on the Internet at www.businesstalkradio.net. This hour of Corporate Strategies with Tim Connolly" is hosted by Tim Connolly of Corporate Strategies Merchant Bankers (www.corporate-strategies.net). Noted Economist Mike King of Princeton Research provides live technical analysis for the show.

Toronto SEO Expert to Address Las Vegas Web Conference

Alan K'necht, a prominent SEO expert and the president of K'nechtology Inc., a Toronto search engine optimization and search engine marketing company, is scheduled to address Web Builder 2.0 on Monday, December 4, at Cesar Palace Las Vegas.

K'necht's address, entitled "Measuring Success: Using Web Analytics to measure ROI" will dive into the new breed of Web analytic tools that allow users to measure the success of changes to a Web site, search engine optimization efforts and online and off-line marketing efforts. During his address, the SEO expert will leverage his extensive knowledge of SEO, marketing and web development to teach attendees how to measure their success and how to learn where within their site there is room for improvement.

New Children's Book Helps Parents to Easily Teach Their Kids Critical Safety Skills

Every year thousands of children are injured, stolen, abused or killed in preventable and avoidable incidents. Even though parents realize how important it is for their children to learn and remember critical safety skills, they often don't know how to initiate the necessary training.

Because of this, Child and Family Safety Expert, Julie Joyce has created a children's book that parents can read to their kids to initiate a discussion on safety. This new children's book, "What Should You Do ? (Safety Tips For Kids)" speaks to kids about some of the most dangerous situations that they could encounter and teaches them what they should do in those situations.

It’s Beginning to Smell a Lot Like Christmas – New Designer Fragrances and Colognes Available at DiscountFragranceCenter.com

(PRWEB) November 19, 2007 – DiscountFragranceCenter.com, an online retailer of name-brand designer fragrances and perfumes, is gearing up for the online Christmas shopping season with the addition of new colognes and an option to order discontinued or hard-to-find fragrances online.

“If a visitor can not find a particular fragrance not listed on the site, company representatives will help locate the specific product,” said Delores Darden, founder of DiscountFragranceCenter.com. “We just wanted to make the Christmas shopping experience easy and convenient for our online users this holiday season.”

New Operator Can Provide Truly Private Virtual Postal Addresses

For many years travelers or small businesses have trusted their mail with Commercial Mail Receiving Agencies to maintain their privacy. Numerous providers have sprung up over the past few years claiming that they can protect their user’s privacy and provide quality services. Unfortunately, they can not always guarantee this.

Private Postal Services http://www.private-services.com have just released their public version of their Postal Mail System. Their new system will allow anyone from around the world to have their own virtual address, which will ensure total security and privacy. Private Postal Services operate under S M Tech Ltd, which is 100% solely based in New Zealand.

D'Angelo Undertakes Major TV Advertising Initiative with the Help of Big Papi, David Ortiz

D'Angelo Grilled Sandwiches will take its message to the TV airwaves with Red Sox DH David Ortiz for the first time in its three-year relationship with the slugger. The commercial, created by Boston-area ad agency Boathouse Inc., stars Ortiz and D'Angelo's talking, life-size Steak and Cheese sandwich following Big Papi through his daily routine. The ad's message is that the D'Angelo Steak and Cheese will follow you throughout the day until you satisfy your craving for it. The commercial will air for the first time on Thursday, May 17 throughout the Boston and Providence DMAs on all the major networks and cable TV stations, including NESN.

Empyrean Management Group CEO Michael Kalinsky Set to Kick Off HR Conference Speaking Tour

Michael Kalinsky, a leader in the HR and Recruiting industries and the President/CEO of Empyrean Management Group, Inc., was recently chosen to share his industry expertise as a presenter at three upcoming conferences for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the leading association of Human Resources Management professionals.

The three-city speaking tour is scheduled to kick off on September 21st. The conferences, dates and locations are as follows:

2007 SHRM Nebraska State Conference (September 20-21, 2007)

Speaker Session on September 21st from 12:30-1:30 pm

Qwest Center in Omaha, NE

www.shrm-ne.org/conference.htm

Online Success Blueprint Workshop Reveals Internet Marketing Secrets Implemented by only 3% of Top Web Marketers

Alexandria Brown built her empire online. Known as the ezine Queen, she's implemented internet marketing techniques, virtual team building and savvy business skills to earn over 2 million dollars, online, in just one year. Recently she offered a three day intensive training in Los Angeles, California.

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Lisa Manyon, Professional Copywriter and Marketing Strategist invested in the Online Success Blueprint Workshop to support her World Wide Web marketing efforts. Manyon owns Write On ~ Creative Writing Services, LLC. located in Lewiston, Idaho. Manyon utilizes the internet to connect with a global market and serves clients in the United Kingdom, Bali and throughout the United States.

Manta Launches Free Facebook Ads Credits for Small Business

Manta.com, the fastest growing business information site on the Internet, has launched an ad credit program that helps Manta members promote their businesses on Facebook through Facebook Ads.

Facebook Ads allow business owners to precisely target their marketing messages to an active audience of 200 million people on Facebook. By using Facebook Ads, businesses gain a new channel for engaging with current customers and driving new business.

"The Manta community will enjoy the visibility that their business can achieve utilizing this new program. It's another benefit for our growing membership," said Pamela Springer, CEO of ECNext, which runs Manta.com. "Joining forces with Facebook is a natural extension of providing additional advertising options to more than 11 million monthly visitors, the majority of whom own or work at a small business."

Businesses May Be Under-Reporting 80% of Their Social Media and PR Traffic by Not Tracking 'View-Through,' According to Tealium

Tealium, a provider of high-end, results-oriented Web analytics integration and consulting, today announced the results of a new study revealing that businesses are grossly under-counting their social media and PR traffic by not measuring "view-through" traffic.

According to the study, only 20 percent of visitors to web sites from social media and public relations are the result of a direct click. The remaining 80 percent are from "view-through,", which measures traffic from Internet users who come to a site after viewing a piece of social media or online PR content that either did not contain a direct link to the site, or did not acquire the user as a result of a direct click from the content.

FORE! Jewelry of Sweden Endorses Golf Sensation Zakiya 'Z' Randall to be an Official Wearer

The FORE! Jewelry Organization have endorsed Zakiya Randall mononymously known as "Z" to become an Official Wearer.

"We are pleased to have such a fine and talented young golfer associated with our jewelry" states executive team at Fore! Jewelry. "Fore! Jewelry is looking forward to an exciting and long term relationship with Zakiya "Z". Her uniqueness, style and elegance fits right in with FORE! Jewelry image. Both FORE! Jewelry and "Z" represent the love and beauty of golf. What could be better".

Zakiya "Z" Randall Golf Sensation

Zakiya Randall was born in the Washington,D.C. Metropolitan area and now resides in Atlanta,Georgia. She recently commented, "I'm really excited about being part of the FORE! Jewelry family. FORE! Jewelry is exquisite, timeless and beautiful, it was perfect for me. I am looking forward to wearing this playful and fascinating jewelry.

Doll House Miniatures Online Community is No Small Scale Venture

If you're into Doll Houses, Toy Soldiers or Model Trains, then you're probably no stranger to the search engine called My Miniatures.com. My Miniatures is an online community and vertical portal, which is a topic-specific search engine; type in "furniture" and it searches only for miniature doll house furniture. The miniature search engine currently has in its database links to nearly 2000 doll house or miniature related sites, more than 200 miniature clubs, and numerous show listings.

My Miniatures.com is an online community free to its visitors filled with links, galleries, show listings and classified ads.

Former Physics College Teacher Teaches Students to Milk 'Moolah' From Niche Blogs

A former Physics college teacher left his teaching profession in 2004 when he realized he was making more money in one month online than he did teaching kids about Newton's law of gravity and Einstein's theory of relativity.

The man is Brandon Hong, a well-known infopublisher and internet marketer. Brandon created a stir in the online community when he advocated the idea of using blogs to create passive income streams and to get high ranking positions for keywords on the search engines.

Brandon has written and published several best selling courses such as "Marketing Rampage with Blogs & RSS", "Marketing Rampage with Podcasts" and "Wordpress Videos" that teaches online business owners strategies of using blogs, rss & podcast as a form of marketing tool to gain new leads, clients and for growing their business.

New Report Sizes Canada's Growing Card Market

The most recent report from Mercator's International Advisory Service provides an update of Canada's general purpose card market. The report presents an overview of the current state of the Canadian payment card market, an analysis of recent market trends and metrics, a discussion of EMV compliance, and a review of contactless payment and new products and reward programs.

Bordering the world's largest general purpose card market, the Canadian card industry is increasingly vibrant and diverse. Since their introduction, credit and debit cards have become the preferred methods of payment for many Canadian consumers. Canadians are amongst the most frequent general purpose card users in the world. There were more than 101 million cards in circulation across the country in 2006. Canada's card market continues to grow, with consumers and merchants seeking new payment products that offer more efficient and secure ways to make transactions, encompassing new technologies and service features.

Local Shopper & The Children's Home Each Win $250,000 in Advertising

The Perfect Pitches have been given and two companies each walked away with a $250,000 advertising package grand slam. Our two grand prize winners are:

Business-to-Business category: Local Shopper www.localshops1.com

Business-to-Consumer category: The Children's Home www.childrenshome.org

Here is what the winners had to say:

"We are absolutely thrilled at this amazing opportunity to let the world know about LocalShops1.com. We know this will help not only us, but all the awesome independent businesses in the Tampa Bay area. It's all about supporting each other to get us through the recession and thriving in the future. Thanks to Malcolm Out Loud for organizing this, and to all the sponsors! We are so very grateful."

- Ester Venouziou, Founder, Local Shopper/LocalShops1.com

Lifeclinic International to Acquire Controlling Interest in My Health Rewards

Lifeclinic International, Inc., the world's leading manufacturer and distributor of automated blood pressure monitors and health testing stations, intends to acquire My Health Rewards. The transaction will enable Lifeclinic and My Health Rewards to deliver additional value to their shared constituencies of national retailers, employers, and marketers - all of whom share a common goal of improving the health of the country.

Cutting Edge Health Station Technology; Lifeclinic LC600

My Health Rewards is a simple solution encouraging consumers to "know their numbers" (minutes of exercise, steps, blood pressure, glucose, etc…). It shifts dinner conversation from "eat more broccoli" to "what everyone did" that day to live a healthier life.

Two New Sites Offer Ultimate Exclusivity in the Online Dating and Business Networking Sectors

Luxury dating and socializing site Diamond Lounge blends cutting-edge design and advanced technology with unparalleled exclusivity. Less that 1 in 4 applicants are accepted for membership (based on the quality and suitability of their proposed profiles) and the site already boasts an eligible membership base including A-list celebrities, actors, models, CEOs, doctors, lawyers and entrepreneurs from right across the globe.

London based entrepreneur, Arya Marafie, founder of the Diamond Lounge said: -

Positive Actions Owner is New President-Elect for New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners

Positive Actions' owner, Rosemarie I. Strawn, MBA, was recently installed as President-Elect for The New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners (NJAWBO) at its annual conference in Atlantic City. In this role, Ms. Strawn is the chair of NJAWBO s Women's Business Center (WBC) in Hamilton.

Ms. Strawn is a motivational speaker, corporate trainer and published author. A dynamic speaker, Ms. Strawn has over 15 years experience in team productivity improvement. She has integrated her strong managerial and technical expertise to develop comprehensive training solutions. She has been interviewed on TV, talk radio shows and by several journalists for her expertise in improving team productivity. She has been a national panelist for work/life balance forums, was appointed by the Mayor to the Piscataway Industrial Advisory Commission and appointed by the Board of Chosen Freeholders to the Middlesex County Workforce Investment Board. Ms. Strawn is the Immediate Past President of the NJAWBO Middlesex-Somerset Chapter.

Ms. Strawn is a graduate of New Jersey Institute of Technology and has her MBA from St. Peters College. She has also completed PhD Studies (ABD) from Stevens Institute of Technology. Ms. Strawn enjoys water sports, running, swimming, tennis and dancing. She is happily married to Mark Strawn who is her biggest encourager and supporter for her business, Positive Actions, www.positiveactions.com.