Minneapolis, MN, November 30, 2006 — http://www.outsell.com - Outsell, the fastest-growing Internet auto sales and marketing firm, has announced a 255% year over year revenue growth, achieved in the third quarter of 2006.
Outsell is attributing its success to huge response from auto dealers for online marketing, email marketing, “Live Chat” and its Internet Business Development Center (BDC) service.
“During the third quarter, Outsell witnessed an incredible surge in dealer interest in our total Internet BDC solution,” said Mike Wethington, Outsell President and CEO. “Auto Dealers are attracted to our results-based partnership model where Outsell’s compensation is tied completely to the number and quality of units sold during the previous month.”
Outsell signed 20 new dealer clients in the third quarter for the Internet BDC service offering. The majority of these contracts were for a “total” Internet sales and marketing solution where dealers outsource the management and execution of all Internet sales and marketing activity. This includes the management of all third party lead providers, all Internet marketing initiatives and the initial pre-sales contact to prospective customers from all lead provider sources, including dealer website, manufacture and third party leads within 15 minutes of consumer submission of the lead.
Competition draws participants from 23 national law schools.
Minneapolis, MN (PRWeb) November 28, 2006 — www.adrforum.com — Stetson University College of Law, represented by Megan Lattz, Shannon McMahon, Sarah Olsen and Stuart Weissman, defeated eleven other law school teams in the second annual Arbitration Competition National Finals held in Austin, Texas, on Nov. 17-18. The competition was co-sponsored by the National Arbitration Forum and the ABA Law Student Division.
Each team argued in a mock arbitration that was judged by attorneys, National Arbitration Forum arbitrators and other nationally recognized arbitrators. During the mock arbitration hearings, four-member teams acted as lawyers and witnesses in an insurance coverage dispute involving a disaster. Students prepared and presented an arbitration case, including opening statements, witness examinations, exhibit introductions, evidentiary presentations and summations.
“The students really learn the nuances of case development, which is a difficult and crucial skill to master,” said professors Kelly Feeley and Roberta Flowers of Stetson University College of Law, coaches of the 2006 National Champion team. “Honing these skills in law school makes these students more attractive to employers who want new associates prepared for all areas of the practice. We are so pleased that this competition has been added to the ABA Law Student Division’s roster of competitions. Participation and success in the arbitration competition benefits students both during and after law school.”
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (PRWeb) November 21, 2006 — http://www.domain-disputes.com - The National Arbitration Forum recently issued decisions on three separate domain name disputes filed by Vin Diesel, Louis Vuitton and the New York Yankees during the month of September; each was settled within two months.
“The National Arbitration Forum has administered over 7,200 domain dispute cases to date,” said Curtis Brown, vice president of the National Arbitration Forum. “Arbitration has become the premier alternative to lengthy and expensive trademark lawsuits.”
All decisions were reached in accordance with the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
www.VinDiesel.com
On September 25, 2006, Vin Diesel the lead actor in The Fast and the Furious and other Hollywood movies filed a complaint electronically with the National Arbitration Forum asserting legal rights to the domain name www.vindiesel.com. The arbitrator found that the domain name was being used by the Respondent, L.M. Nordell of Sweden to display links to various competing and non-competing commercial websites that relate to the famed actor.
MN-based provider of quality power solutions, H.M. Cragg Co., chosen as master distributor for Eaton Powerware backup power products.
Minneapolis, MN — November 16, 2006 — www.hmcragg.com — H.M. Cragg Co., a MN-based provider of quality power solutions including Uninterruptible Power Systems (UPS), UPS Batteries, and PEM Fuel Cells, today announced its new role as a Master Distributor for Eaton Powerware UPS Products.
The newly signed agreement enables H.M. Cragg Co. to distribute Eaton Powerware products to resellers.
“H.M. Cragg Co. is excited to adopt its new role as Master Distributor of Eaton Powerware products,” said Paul Heggestad, President of H.M. Cragg Co. “H.M. Cragg Co. was very successful as an Eaton Powerware value-added reseller. Our deep understanding of the tools and information resellers need to succeed will help us to better serve our resellers.”
The following Eaton products will be available to H.M. Cragg Co. resellers:
300 VA - 18kVA Single Phase UPS
10kVA - 30kVA 3 Phase UPS
UPS Communications Options and Remote Notification
New Orleans, LA — November 10, 2006 — Real estate blog leaders, from Blogging Systems (www.bloggingsystems.com), head to the National Association of REALTORS® Conference in New Orleans to introduce their new book, Realty Blogging.
Realty Blogging provides proven and authoritative information on how to implement and maintain a blog in the real estate industry. The book provides real estate agents and brokers the knowledge and tools needed to increase profits through the use of a blog.
“A business blog is an essential marketing tool for real estate professionals to have in their toolbox,” said Richard Nacht, Founder of Blogging Systems. “Blogs provide a direct line of communication with prospects and have changed the way real estate relationships are initiated, nurtured and brought to sale.”
Readers of Realty Blogging will learn proven strategies for blogging in the real estate industry including:
-brand building
-competitive differentiation
-community networking
-lead generation
At the National Association of REALTORS® Conference, real estate professionals can learn more by attending the session about blogging in real estate entitled ‘Blogs in Real Estate: Another Lead Source?’ where Richard Nacht is a panelist.
When: November 11, 2006
9am-10.30am
Where: Morial Convention Center, Room 268
New Orleans, LA
Minneapolis, MN, November 9, 2006 – http://www.evolvingsol.com – Evolving Solutions, a leading IT storage architect providing data on demand and storage consolidation, recently helped mobile communications firm, PeopleNet, address an impending data storage challenge.
PeopleNet offers its customers carrier class uptime. Due to unprecedented growth in recent years, PeopleNet decided to relocate its datacenter to a Tier IV Data Center. PeopleNet evaluated the capabilities of its current storage providers and decided to engage a company with experience in Network Appliance storage and datacenter moves – Evolving Solutions.
“Evolving Solutions understands that a datacenter glitch can mean catastrophe for a company,” said Larry Letsinger, Solutions Sales Executive, Evolving Solutions. “Part of our service is offering the customer peace of mind.”
Due to the critical nature of the data being moved, Evolving Solutions brought in two IT storage architects to backup the data, power off the systems, assist with preparing the systems for the move and bring the systems back on line after the move.
“With everything that was going on it was nice to be able to leave our most important asset in the hands of Evolving Solutions!” Said Jim Lowell, VP of Software at PeopleNet, “Everything went well and we are now enjoying the benefits of our new datacenter in St. Paul.”
“Customers electing to add netZentry received more control and extra security on a targeted individual server basis from denial of service attacks,” said Todd Abrams, President of Layered Technologies (LT). “Layered Technologies decided to provide netZentry’s DDos offering after viewing the additional protection power customers could utilize. We urge LT customers to exploit this valuable extra defense.”
netZentry’s DDoS protection software, CleanTraffic, is the cornerstone of Netzentry’s Partner Program. CleanTraffic carefully tracks each DDoS attack at every stage of the attack and an automated email report is immediately sent to the customer being affected. Email notifications consist of a visual report that documents:
• Attack detection
• Attack mitigation
• Specific mitigation actions taken
CleanTraffic allows service providers and enterprises to defend tens of thousands of their clients and servers against threats in a customized manner, at a low total cost of ownership.
Blogging Systems CEO, Richard Nacht, participates in real estate blog session at national conference.
New Orleans, LA — November 7, 2006 — Real estate blog services leader, Blogging Systems (www.bloggingsystems.com), introduces blogging to REALTORS® in a new way this week at the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) Conference in New Orleans, LA.
As part of the Blogs in Real Estate Session, Blogging Systems developed an event blog to provide attendees with a practical application in which to become familiar with the medium.
“The NAR blog offers REALTORS® an opportunity to test drive blogging while joining the on-going conversations relating to NAR,” said Richard Nacht, Founder of Blogging Systems. “REALTORS® who try blogging, like it and understand its benefits can take the next step and integrate blogs into their real estate marketing mix.”
Nacht, who is a speaker on the ‘Blogs in Real Estate: Another Lead Source?’ panel is dedicated to educating attendees on the benefits of real estate blogging which include:
-building brand awareness
-generating real estate leads
-gaining a competitive advantage over other agents/brokers
Nacht plans to contribute to the session by explaining how blogs have changed the way real estate relationships are initiated, nurtured and brought to sale.
Writing Assistance’ focus on technical writing proves a solid strategy after 73 percent growth over 2005.
Minneapolis, MN — November 2, 2006 — www.writingassist.com — Writing Assistance, Inc, the leading contract technical writing firm, has been named a Twin Cities Business Journal Growth 50 firm.
Writing Assistance, ranked number 46 in the 2006 Fast 50, has experienced 73.49 percent growth in 2006 over the year 2005.
“Writing Assistance’ focus on technical documentation, in particular software documentation, plays a large part in our continued success,” said Scott Hartmann, President of Writing Assistance. “Our ability to remain focused on our core strengths has enabled us to become a leader in the technical documentation field and therefore gain more business.”
Writing Assistance contract technical writers are highly versed in the technology industry and offer documentation including:
Richard Nacht, CEO of Blogging Systems, Presents on Real Estate Blogging to Audience of Real Estate Professionals
Princeton Junction, NJ — November 2, 2006 — www.bloggingsystems.com - Blogging Systems CEO, Richard Nacht, was a presenter at the 2006 Leading Real Estate Companies of the WorldTM regional meeting held in San Francisco, CA in late October.
The meeting attracted brokers and relocation professionals from across the region and country, who gathered for timely educational workshops, brainstorming sessions and networking opportunities.
Nacht presented information on real estate blogging, a topic of great interest to real estate and relocation professionals.
Nacht’s session was part of the larger meeting program, which gave leading real estate and relocation professionals an opportunity to discuss strategies to deal with a changing, more stable real estate market and how to best meet the real estate needs of all types of buyers and sellers – from the growing numbers of consumers using the Internet in their home search to the powerful Baby Boomer market.
Also featured was the launch of The LeadingRE Institute, the network’s new educational initiative for sales associates.
