Trish Owens wins Tiffany Key Ring in drawing held by Blogging Systems after announcing new real estate marketing tool at Brand New Day Conference 2006.
Princeton Junction, NJ – May 31, 2006 – www.bloggingsystems.com – Blogging Systems, the leader in real estate blog services, today announced the conclusion of their Key to Success Campaign with the drawing for a Tiffany Key Ring.
Trish Owens from Montague Miller and Co., a real estate firm in Charlottesville, Virginia was announced as the winner. Trish Owens is an Associate Broker and V.P. of Relocation & Business Development who has been in the real estate industry for 23 years.
The Key to Success campaign was developed to place real estate brokers in the drivers’ seat of their sales success. Blogging Systems is dedicated to empowering real estate brokers to increase brand awareness and sales through online real estate marketing.
Blogging Systems’ flagship blog service, Community Publisher, is a real estate blog that real estate brokers host in order to offer news and information to the local community.
Package, product and environmental testing laboratory, DDL Inc, opens an additional environmental testing laboratory to meet increased demand for testing services.
Minneapolis, MN, May 31, 2006 — http://www.testedandproven.com/ - DDL, a leading package, product and environmental testing laboratory, is expanding into a second environmental testing laboratory.
The facility, in Eden Prairie, MN, will act as an overflow as the company expands, allowing the widely recognized thought leaders in the field of package, product and environmental package testing to take on more projects and respond to an increase in demand.
“The new environmental testing laboratory will allow us to take on 25% more environmental testing projects per year,” said John Hart, CEO of DDL Inc. “This also frees up more space in our main testing lab, allowing us to increase the number of other DDL package, product and material testing projects.”
Environmental testing involves exposing a package or product to controlled temperatures and humidity in order to reproduce the conditions that the package/product is expected to survive in its transportation, storage and operating life. After exposure, the package or product is assessed for damage.
PRINCETON JUNCTION – May 25, 2006 – Blogging Systems, http://www.bloggingsystems.com, the leading real estate blog solutions company, that positions Realtors and brokers as vital to their communities, recently presented during the 4th Annual Luxury Real Estate Brokers Retreat in Beverly Hills to share the value of online blogging for luxury Realtors.
As a result of the overwhelming interest, from luxury Realtors, in leveraging online Weblogs (Blogs) as a real estate marketing tool, Blogging Systems is deploying a series of real estate blog educational Webinars.
“Online blog marketing is a natural fit for real estate firms, brokers and agents of our Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate network,” said Scott Rudolph, Director of Business Development. “These professionals have poured a lot of time and energy into building the finest, most successful Websites and are continually employing innovation to maximize their effectiveness.”
The first of two webinars covering the benefits of a real estate blog will be “5 Benefits to Deploying a Luxury Real Estate Blog”. The webinar will cover:
• Generating Real Estate Leads via a Blog
• Building Brand Awareness - Allowing prospects to gravitate toward a trusted brand
• Gaining a competitive advantage over competing real estate agents and companies
Minneapolis, MN, May 25, 2006 — http://www.watermarklearning.com – Watermark Learning, a leader in business analysis, project management training and skill development, is responding to a recurring dilemma facing project managers and business analysts – how to gather business requirements for a reluctant client or sponsor?
Watermark Learning Co-Principal, Richard Larson, PMP, will deliver a presentation on business requirements analysis at the upcoming Delivering Project Excellence event in Scottsdale, AZ, June 5 – 7, 2006.
“Obtaining customer requirements is one of the most difficult stages of project management,” said Richard Larson. “Oftentimes, customers are reluctant, unavailable or simply unable to define their business requirements.”
Larson will directly address this common dilemma facing project managers and will provides tips on how to respectfully question key stakeholders about their real needs and provide recommendations that best meet their business objectives.
In his presentation “Want to Be a ‘Star’ in Requirements Planning?” Larson will share a set of professional interviewing techniques to help project managers and business analysts properly gather business requirements.
These techniques will include:
• How to summarize your findings & recommendations
• How to feel good about asking questions
• How to get stakeholder buy-in and interest
Warranty Offer Extended 30 Days Following Overwhelming Response at Upper Midwest Telecoms 44th Telecom Operations Conference (TOC) & Showcase
FARGO, ND – Telecom Operations and Conference and Showcase - May 18, 2006 – www.hmcragg.com – H.M. Cragg Co., the leading provider of quality power solutions including Uninterruptible Power Systems (UPS); Standby Batteries & Power Electronics; and Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cells, today announced they have extended the dual warranty promotion an extra 30 days for C&D Technologies’ Sageon power system and msEndur batteries following its popularity at the TOC Showcase.
When both power systems are purchased, H.M. Cragg Co. is offering a manufacturer’s 5-year limited warranty on the Sageon Power System, which is 3 years longer than a typical Sageon warranty, and a 10-year limited warranty on the msEndur batteries, which is 3 years longer than a typical msEndur battery warranty.
H.M. Cragg Co. representatives, deeply knowledgeable of Telecom power needs, demonstrated both the Sageon and msEndur at the Telecom Operations Conference and Showcase at the Holiday Inn in Fargo, North Dakota, May 9 -11, 2006.
The Sageon Power System offers Telecom companies:
•Simplicity
-reduced on-going maintenance and repair time with front access design
-reduced time to implementation with plug-in modules that eliminate inter-wiring
New entity creates larger mediation and construction base of operations for the dispute resolution administrator
LOS ANGELES and MINNEAPOLIS, MN (PRWEB) May 16, 2006 — The National Arbitration Forum and Hart ADR, founded by Ross R. Hart, Esq., have recently joined together to better serve the dispute resolution needs of the California construction and real estate industries. This strategic partnership will allow parties with construction and/or real estate related disputes to access an experienced panel of arbitrators and mediators and will create a more efficient resolution process. The merged entity is now named FORUM Dispute Management.
FORUM Dispute Management will leverage Hart ADR’s specialized panel of construction arbitrators and mediators and the National Arbitration Forum’s state-of-art case management system and its ability to customize specialized ADR programs.
“This partnership seemed like a natural fit,” said Ross Hart. “The National Arbitration Forum’s administration services are exemplary. By joining together, we can offer clients an experienced panel and stellar case management. It is a win-win for those in need of efficient and effective dispute resolution.”
New Real Estate Blog offers industry networking, links to conference and events, access to the Real Estate Dictionary of Real Estate Words and Terms, online discussion opportunities with industry leaders offering critical information that savvy real estate pro’s shouldn’t do business without.
PRINCETON JUNCTION – May 11, 2006 – Blogging Systems, http://www.bloggingsystems.com, the leading real estate blog solutions company that positions realtors and brokers as vital to their communities, today announced, in association with RealtyU, the launch of a new industry blog; RealBlogging, http://www.realblogging.com.
Real Estate marketing tools are often perceived to be more abundant than properties in today’s competitive real estate market. The difficulty for many real estate professionals is gaining a clear understanding of which real estate marketing tools will generate the most leads and glean the highest percent of closings.
For this reason, a group of leading real estate brokers, agents, authors, speakers and leaders are posting their knowledge about various real estate marketing tools and how they can impact real estate professionals.
Richard Nacht, Blogging Systems ceo, for example, has recently posted an easy to understand explanation of Real Simple Syndication (RSS) news feeds. After reading his post, savvy real estate professionals should understand the importance of including an RSS feed as part of their web promotions strategy.
The growing dominance of the Internet is driving more and more people online. Marketers therefore should be changing their marketing tactics and budget appropriately to accommodate this shift in the consumer mindset.
Companies that deploy Public Relations can take their marketing programs to the next level by integrating Search Engine Optimization, online PR and other interactive marketing tactics.
Misukanis & Odden implements an integrated marketing program for DDL, a package testing laboratory. Since beginning this program in 2004, DDL has seen the following results:
Beaverton, OR, May 9, 2006 — http://www.pacificsecuritycapital.com – Pacific Security Capital, a vertically integrated real estate services company, has announced its plans to construct a new community in the premier PGA West area of the Coachella Valley, CA.
Pacific Security Capital acquired the last 42 acres of land at PGA West and has partnered with award-winning architect, Mark Sheurer and GMA International, an internationally recognized land development consulting firm to design EdenRock, a Tuscany village style community. Upon completion, Pacific Security Capital expects EdenRock to be valued in excess of $200 Million.
“We expect EdenRock to attract second home buyers from all over Southern California and the Pacific Northwest,” said Louis Swart, President of Pacific Security Capital. “EdenRock will be a high quality development that will have long lasting real estate value and will be a credit to the PGA West community.”
Pacific Security Capital plans to build 292 high-end homes at EdenRock using 3 product types:
• 88 Courtyard Homes (between 1600 & 2500 sq ft)
• 81 Manor Homes (between 2300 & 2800 sq ft)
• 128 Village Homes (between 1100 & 2300 sq ft)
Former Minnesota Vikings Executive Vice President will oversee legal and business operations for dispute resolution administrator.
Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) May 9, 2006 — http://www.adrforum.com — The National Arbitration Forum (FORUM), one of the nation’s largest providers of out-of-court dispute resolution services, has hired Michael Kelly as its new chief operating officer and general counsel. Kelly is responsible for managing the company’s operations and legal affairs to position the FORUM for anticipated future growth in the dispute resolution industry.
In 2005, disputing legal parties entrusted the FORUM to resolve legal claims worth more than $3 billion. Fueled by several years of large-scale growth, the company moved to larger headquarters in Minneapolis and opened offices in New Jersey and California. The increasing growth, in terms of revenue and national operations, prompted the need for the COO position. Kelly is the first to hold this position with the FORUM. Prior to Kelly, operational oversight was handled by the FORUM’s managing director and board of directors.
“We’ve seen the number of legal claims we resolve annually triple over the past three years,” said Ed Anderson, managing director of the FORUM. “The board recognized we needed to bring on operational talent to best position our organization for the future. Mike understands the legal intricacies of our business and brings the expertise we need.”
