Leading Western Wear Vendor Recognized for Streamlined Order Fulfillment Process and Timely Connections with Retail Trading Partners
Minneapolis, MN - May 28, 2008 – SPS Commerce, the leading provider of SaaS EDI services, today announced that its customer, Arena Brands, has been named to Apparel Magazine’s inaugural Top 50 Innovators list. Named among global retailers and vendors, Arena Brands was recognized for its decision to outsource its EDI to SPS Commerce, benefiting from rapid connections to its trading partners, integration with its Oracle system, and an automated order fulfillment cycle that eliminated days from its delivery.
“We are pleased to be honored by Apparel Magazine and extend our appreciation to SPS Commerce, which has provided Arena with an outsourced EDI service that has exceeded my expectations,” commented Keith Ritchie, Corporate IT Director at Arena Brands Inc. “Using a standardized format to integrate with our Oracle solution, we can quickly add new trading partners without taking time or resources away from other IT projects. While the technology is superior, the best part about partnering with SPS Commerce is their people. By outsourcing to SPS Commerce, Arena has been able to improve our productivity and enhance our supply chain relationships.”
The new online tool revolutionizes the AV Industry by offering the ability to visually configure products; build and save parts lists; and specify mounts and accessories!
Minneapolis, MN. - May 2008 – www.chiefmfg.com – Chief Manufacturing, the industry leader in projector, monitor and flat panel TV mounting solutions, is excited to announce the launch of its latest web innovation – the MOUNTBUILDER™ Product Configurator for Projector Mounts, Flat Panel Mounts and Accessories.
“We are often told by customers that we offer so many mount accessories and applications that it’s hard to know which accessories to choose for each application,” said Laurie Englert, Director of Marketing. “With the goal of making this easier for the customer, the team went to work and came up with this incredible concept. We’ve shown it to customers and they are thrilled to get a visual tool of the many different options.”
MOUNTBUILDER is an online tool that will revolutionize the way mounts are selected and specified. Users go to the Chief website and walk through a logical sequence of steps for building a mount configuration that visually appears before them on their computer screen. Drop distance and weight capacity are automatically calculated as parts are added. A parts list is also generated, with the ability to edit parts and quantities. The tool allows users to log in and create a password so they can save configurations for proposals or future jobs.
Outsourced EDI Services Delivers Improved Supply Chain Visibility to Suppliers and a Competitive Advantage to Kamino
Minneapolis, Minn., April 9, 2008 – SPS Commerce, the leading provider of SaaS EDI services, today announces that its partnership with Kamino International Logistics, a leading 3PL in North America and worldwide, has successfully teamed SPS’ outsourced EDI capabilities with Kamino’s global supply chain solutions for small and medium-sized American enterprises importing and selling goods to major retailers such as Wal-Mart, Target and other U.S. retailers.
Today, Kamino offers vendors a flexible, outsourced logistics solution to the traditional fixed costs of physical, company-owned warehouses as well as global visibility into their supply chain using SPS’ SaaS EDI services to ensure data compliance with their retail customers.
By partnering and outsourcing Kamino’s EDI department to SPS Commerce, Kamino is able to provide competitive and flexible solutions to its 3PL customers. Electronic documents such as purchase orders, advance ship notices (ASNs) and UCC 128 barcode label data can now be sent to thousands of supplier/retailer combinations with ease and confidence of data integrity.
Blogging Systems adds Agentopolis, Kinder Reese and REALTOR® Association of Greater Miami and Beaches to its list of clients, expanding blogging’s footprint as a strategic business decision.
Princeton Junction, NJ (PRWEB) July 31, 2007 — www.bloggingsystems.com — Blogging Systems Group, the leading provider of blog and social networking technology, adds 2 new companies and one of the nation’s largest Realtor Associations to its client roster.
Blogging Systems, spearheaded by Founder and CEO Richard Nacht and VP of Business Development Paul Chaney, offers a unique blogging platform that includes a variety of social networking tools enabling real estate professionals to communicate directly and personally with customers, prospects, employees, and website visitors.
This is done via a variety of methods - all of which are included for a single reduced fee:
• Company & Branch Office Blogs
• Agent Co-branded Marketing Blogs
• Company Intranet Blogs and Social Networks
One of the new additions to Blogging Systems’ client portfolio includes blogs. real estate blogs, blogging, social media, real estate associations, online marketing, blogging, internet marketing, online public relations, public relations, business, entrepreneurs [Agentopolis, America’s largest interactive real estate agent directory, allowing consumers to find, rate, compares and instantly contact real estate agents anywhere in the US.
Chaney, VP of Marketing for Blogging Systems, to address Inman attendees regarding blog ads, sponsored links and other strategic approaches to monetizing your blog
Princeton Junction, NJ - July 19, 2007 - www.bloggingsystems.com - Paul Chaney, VP of Business Development for Blogging Systems, will participate in a panel at Bloggers Connect held in connection with Real Estate Connect San Francisco 2007. The panel convenes on August 1st, at 9.15am to discuss the objective of and strategies for monetizing blogs
“Blogs are an important part of the Internet landscape and for those who have a mature blog there are various next steps to increase the impact of the blog,” said Chaney. “I’m excited to speak to Inman attendees about strategies for taking their blogs to the next level, including the strategy to monetize.”
Hosted by Inman News, Real Estate Connect is the premier executive gathering for everything related to real estate, technology and digital media. This year’s event will draw upwards of 1500 mega-agents, top brokers, technologists, opinion leaders, entrepreneurs, decision makers, press, analysts and investors from across the country. RE Connect SF ‘07 takes places August 1 - 3 at The Palace Hotel in downtown San Francisco.
Rural Illinois Domestic Car Dealer, Bill Walsh Automotive Group, closed more units than any month previously recorded.
Minneapolis, MN — July 12, 2007 — Outsell, LLC (www.outsell.com) — the fastest growing Internet auto sales and marketing company in America — helped move an Illinois car dealer from 17 unit sales-a-month to close to 90, in only 4 months, with its Total Internet Sales and Marketing solution.
Bill Walsh, Jr., Bill Walsh Automotive Group set a new land speed sales record, blowing by his original goal in no time.
“I told Outsell that I wanted to hit 50 units per month by our one year anniversary,” said Walsh. “We hit 84 units in March 2007, just four months into our agreement with Outsell. Our new goal is 100 units-per-month by year end!”
Thanks to Outsell’s unique suite of services, Bill Walsh dealers:
Went from selling 17 units in December 2006, to 84 units in March 2007- a 394% increase. They sold close to 90 units in May 2007.
Increased their gross on vehicle unit sales.
Experienced a 114% increase in net profit from the Internet department, beating their previous best month by 52%.
Blogs, from Blogging Systems, help broker owners take advantage of the growing number of consumers who want to engage with the companies from which they request services
Princeton Junction, NJ - July 12, 2007 - www.bloggingsystems.com - Blogging Systems Group, the leading provider of blog technology to the real estate industry, recently released a new whitepaper helping broker owners leverage blogs as part of their marketing and communications strategy.
“Blogging Systems is dedicated to helping broker owners engage customers via new methods,” said Richard Nacht, Founder & CEO of Blogging Systems. “No longer can companies rely on top-down, command-and-control communication. Rather, companies must enter into conversations with customers allowing them equal time and blogging does just that.”
According to Blogging Systems, companies have the opportunity - by engaging with customers - to reach the customer’s network as well. It’s important that companies empower their customers/prospects to pass along vital company messaging to their network on behalf of the company.
Blogs provide the broker owner/agent the ability to:
-grow their prospect list
-create long-term customers
-establish customer referrals
-increase brand awareness
-share their local expertise
Broker Owners can begin this messaging transition with a variety of blogging platforms from Blogging Systems which include:
With expertise in social media and blogging, Blogging Systems Group’s CEO, Richard Nacht, has been included in the prestigious nonprofit think tank.
Princeton Junction, NJ — June 28, 2007 — Richard Nacht, a social media, social networking and blog technology expert, announces that he has been named a Research Fellow and advisory board member of the Society for New Communications Research. The SNCR is a global, nonprofit think tank dedicated to the advanced study of new communications tools, technologies and emerging modes of communication, and their effect on traditional media, professional communications, business, culture and society.
“It is an honor to be included among the many industry leaders who contribute to the SNCR,” said Richard Nacht, CEO Blogging Systems Group and co-founding partner of Nacht & Chaney Social Media Consulting. “I am excited to leverage the data gathered from our work to help the industry further understand the effectiveness of new media.”
Nacht’s experience in Internet business development combined with his social media experience empowers clients to extend their messages into target audiences. Tools that Nacht’s companies leverage as effective methods for communications and marketing on the Internet include:
Richard Nacht, CEO of Blogging Systems, to address attendees regarding the company’s success in creating Community and Social Networks for a variety of verticals.
Boston, MA — June 21, 2007 — www.bloggingsystems.com — Blogging Systems Group, an innovator in implementing social networks for community and professional uses, is presenting its unique approach to social networks at the Red Herring East Conference in Boston June 26-28, 2007.
Red Herring East brings the best from across the Eastern Seaboard including respected industry leaders who gather in a dynamic forum for lively conversations and penetrating questions about the business of technology, innovation, and opportunity. Red Herring East offers the highest level in networking and financing opportunities, and features the region’s key players and most promising companies.
“Blogging Systems is very excited to present its social networking platform and services to the constituents attending the Red Herring East event,” said Richard Nacht, Founder and CEO of Blogging Systems. “Blogging Systems is dedicated to educating companies, organizations, associations and others on the unique opportunity to leverage social media and blogs as a way to engage and inform their target audience.”
Blogging System clients include Fortune 500 companies such as Boston Scientific and Toyota.
Through content creation and management, social networking, user management, syndication and more, Blogging Systems helps Real Estate Associations expand their reach into key audiences
Princeton Junction, NJ — June 15, 2007 — www.bloggingsystems.com - Blogging Systems Group, the leading blog technology provider, helps real estate associations improve their communication and collaboration with members and provide their members with new marketing tools.
“The Internet is fragmenting the delivery of media, marketing and communication making it more difficult for associations to get their message out to stakeholders,” said Richard Nacht, Founder of Blogging Systems. “Blogs and social media are the newest and most effective communication medium allowing associations to connect to their target market in a new way.”
Blogs provide a low-cost, high-results tool for association collaboration, community building, competitive differentiation, marketing, sales and customer relations management (CRM). They have a uniquely effective track record for results as they can put a human face on business leaders, products, services, and other issues which enhance the value of the association.
Recommended Blog Solutions for Associations include:
Staff, Officer, Committee and Member Intranet Blogs
