) September 17, 2008 -- MotiveQuest LLC today released its Telco Brand Advocacy study linking web buzz to cellular market share as a part of the MotiveQuest and Adage Brand Advocacy Series.

) November 3, 2009 -- Chicago-based Marcel Media, a prominent strategic online and interactive marketing advisory firm, announced its 4th Annual Educational Seminar: Web Strategies That Really Work. Tailored to senior level marketing and other business professionals who are responsible for their organizational web strategy, the half-day conference will offer networking opp

) October 1, 2008 -- Predictify, an online prediction platform that adds an interactive, forward-looking dimension to the news, has partnered with Rock the Vote, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to engaging young people in politics, to launch the $100,000 Election Showdown. The Showdown, a prediction challenge based on a series of questions about the upcoming presidential election, provides a forum for participants to research, discuss and predict the election in key states and win a portion of the $100,000 prize pool.

) September 23, 2008 -- Samepoint.com has been tracking millions of conversations, taking place across hundreds of thousands of the most influential blogs and social media sites.

These conversations are being continuously monitored for mentions of the four candidates. Comment scores for each candidate are dynamically updated. The combined scores are based on actual comment count, and not on sentiment of those comments.

) September 3, 2008 -- According to Chriss Barr of Palm Beach Feng Shui in West Palm Beach, Florida, feng shui (pronounced fung shway) can predict the winner of the 2008 presidential election.

The winning ticket

Feng shui is an ancient Chinese science used most often to create harmony and balance in homes and offices. But it can also be used to determine what opportunities and challenges are in store for you, too.

) April 24, 2009 -- INetU Managed Hosting (www.inetu.net) completed its fifth annual customer service survey and the results are in. INetU has achieved a satisfaction rate of 96.5%. More revealing, INetU earned a Net Promoter Score of 58, which is nearly 50% higher than recognized industry leaders.

Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a key customer service metric, defined by the percentage of customers likely to recommend a company to others (promoters) subtracted from the percentage of customers unlikely to do so (detractors).

Other results from the survey:

) October 16, 2008 -- The 2008 Presidential election is being fiercely contested by Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama. Both candidates are using the Internet to help their campaigns woo volunteers and campaign contributions. But who has the better Website?

President of the United States

The Web Marketing Association has been judging Websites through their annual WebAward Competition for Website development since 1997. More than 18,000 site evaluations have been tabulated during that period and they took up the task of evaluating both candidates Websites.

) October 3, 2008 -- A poll taken by Sta.rtUp.Biz (www.SUp.biz), a social networking website for small businesses, surveyed 1,237 U.S. small business owners asking them who they will choose for the next president.

Obama leads by 11 points

The poll, that took place Sept. 25-Oct. 1, showed that 52% were for Obama. McCain had 41% and 7% were undecided.

Sta.rtUp.biz also allowed its member base to voice their opinion on the election. Over 200 small business owners posted their comments on the matter, and here are a few of their voices:

) October 2, 2008 -- Eaagle Software launched a website today that allows individuals to voice their opinion about what needs to be addressed by the U.S. presidential candidates. The U.S. Elections website asks the question, "What should be the candidate's top priority for America?"

http://www.eaagle.com/uselections

) October 4, 2008 -- With the presidential 2008 election being so close, getting key votes in before Election Day can make or break key swing states. Traditionally, there have been many barriers to using absentee balloting as a strategy. Typically, only highly organized campaigns with large budgets could take advantage of wide-scale absentee voting. Presidential campaigns invest thousands of dollars to implement GOTV (get out the vote) absentee ballot strategies. However, campaigns with limited resources and political parties and organizations wishing to increase voter participation could do little to use technology to impact absentee ballot. Until now.

) December 2, 2008 -- Today, Sprout (www.sproutinc.com), the premier platform for developing and managing creative engagement marketing campaigns, announced that Island Def Jam Music Group used Sprout Mixer to develop and launch a new online engagement campaign targeted at Ludacris fans to raise awareness for his new album, Theater of the Mind.

) May 26, 2009 -- Satmetrix, the Net Promoter® company and the leader in customer experience programs, today announced its inclusion in JMP Securities 2009 report, "Hot 100: The Best Privately Held Software Companies." The JMP Securities report profiles the top one hundred leading private companies in the software industry as identified by the software research team at JMP Securities, a San Francisco-based investment firm.

) April 25, 2009 -- The Alliance for Biking and Walking, formerly known as Thunderhead Alliance, has launched a new website to address their mission to create, strengthen and unite state and local bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations. The Alliance is a national coalition of state and local bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations working in unison to break down the barriers to safe bicycling and walking in North American communities.

) November 19, 2008 -- OBAMA ONLINE: How eBranding Helped Win the Presidency has just been published as an eBook. The eBook focuses specifically on the way Barack Obama's campaign utilized "eBranding," a sophisticated form of emarketing, to help a relative newcomer to national politics win the U.S. presidential election.

The eBook discusses "Brand Obama" and the campaign website. It also covers the campaign's use of email and viral marketing, social networking (including the grassroots networking and volunteer site, "MyBarackObama.com"), online advertising, video games, and mobile marketing. Actual examples of all of these media are shown in the eBook. The eBook concludes with lessons that all marketers can learn from the Obama campaign.

) October 29, 2008 -- Bizpain.com, the world's first job blog, has been polling visitors with the question about "who is better for your job security, John McCain or Barack Obama?" Poll responses to date indicate 61% are in favor of John McCain and believe he is better for their job security than Barack Obama.

) October 29, 2008 -- The Weather Channel Interactive today launched a new online resource of weather information affecting the 2008 presidential election. Available at www.weather.com/election, users can find out what the weather will be along the campaign trail for the major party presidential candidates, at local polling locations across the country, and in battleground states on Election Day.

) October 27, 2008 -- Americans who use their mobile phones to surf the Internet are much more likely to support Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama over Republican candidate John McCain, according to an unscientific survey of likely voters conducted jointly by Zogby International and Jump Tap.

The survey was conducted from October 7-24 via an ad banner campaign running across the Jump Tap premium mobile ad network of popular mobile websites including Fox Mobile Entertainment and major newspapers within the Verve Wireless network such as the Miami Herald and Sacramento Bee. The poll will continue tapping the pulse of mobile voters' pre and post election. Over 68% of viewers who responded to the "vote" ad banners completed the 10 question survey.

) July 14, 2009 -- Marketers will learn how to harness Obama-style Social Media to increase sales in a new webinar on Wednesday, July 22 at 11AM PDT sponsored by Zuberance, the leading online Word of Mouth marketing company. Zuberance is located in a former Obama campaign office in Silicon Valley. To register for the webinar, go to http://www.zuberance.com/webinar.

Much has been written and said about how the Obama campaign masterfully used Social Media to mobilize Obama Advocates. However, months after the last vote has been counted, Team Obama continues to energize supporters using Social Media to advocate the President's political agenda.

) April 6, 2009 -- Apogee Inc., manufacturer of AV and computer related products, is releasing the Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter. Along with the HDMI adapter, there are two other new adapters that will convert the Mini DisplayPort to VGA or DVI. The Mini DisplayPort adapters will be the first products released under the new Kanex™ brand by Apogee Inc. MacBook users with mini DisplayPorts can now rejoice for easy connectivity to any HD TV. With this new adapter, consumers can now connect their new MacBooks without the pain of getting another DVI to HDMI adapter to connect to their HD TV.

Kanex Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter

) November 6, 2008 -- On Tuesday, October 21st, 2008, JoinTheDot™ hit the streets of Los Angeles for their What's Your Message to the Next President? campaign. Visiting a range of locations throughout the city, they captured the hopes of the people in preparation for the November 4th presidential election.

JoinTheDot

) September 24, 2008 -- McCain and Obama have both touted their willingness to use the Internet to attract a new generation of voters, and Debate.com is offering them the opportunity to do just that. Debate.com, the first online debating community, has challenged the two candidates to a series of 3 online debates to include the following topics: 'Domestic Oil Drilling,' 'The Role of the U.S. Military in Today's World,' and 'Taxes and How to Boost the Economy.'

) July 13, 2009 -- A new report published today by Razorfish, one of the largest digital marketing companies in the world, indicates that about 33 percent of consumers are not connecting with brands on social networks -- creating a large, untapped audience for marketers willing to adapt to the social world. Fluent: The Razorfish Social Influence Marketing Report urges marketers to change the way they build relationships with consumers by abandoning one-way messaging and engaging with them on an authentic, personal level.

) November 24, 2008 -- The Poynter Institute, a school for professional journalists and media leaders, has announced it will publish a collection of newspaper front pages commemorating the election of Barack Obama, with an introduction by "Doonesbury" creator Garry Trudeau. "President Obama: Election 2008" will showcase 75 front pages selected for their geographic diversity and demographic importance to the election as well as for an interesting marriage of words and images. The book, priced at $14.99, will be published in partnership with Andrews McMeel Publishing and will be available before Christmas. A hardcover edition will be available for $24.99. Profits from sales will help subsidize Poynter training.

Several million viewers expected to see candidate related videos on October 28 (McCain/Palin) and October 29 (Obama/Biden); Dailymotion home page will be dedicated exclusively to candidate related videos. Channels - from Politics to Family to Animals - will feature candidate videos. (PRWeb Oct 27, 2008)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1511314.htm

) July 21, 2009 -- Health Advocate™, the nation's leading independent healthcare advocacy and assistance company, announced today that Thomas Masci, Jr., CFO and cofounder, has been named the winner in the Philadelphia Business Journal's 2009 CFO of the Year Award in the medium company category.

Thomas Masci, Jr., CFO and cofounder of Health Advocate, Inc.

) October 30, 2008 --
Social media buzz about Democratic presidential candidate Barack
Obama far outpaces that of Republican John
McCain and appears to be much more favorable. Those are the findings
of a Prime Buzz survey conducted by Prime Visibility
(PrimeVisibility.com), a rapidly growing integrated online marketing

) May 7, 2009 -- Ralph Benko, a Washington-based populist Republican human rights advocate, is using an atypical approach to create book sales for his new book, The Websters' Dictionary: How to Use the Web to Transform the World. (The Websters' Press, 2008.) Benko is promoting sales by giving the eBook edition of his book away at no charge.

The Websters' Dictionary

) September 26, 2008 -- Short Fuze today announced the release of a new downloadable content pack for their 3D animated moviemaking software, Moviestorm. The pack features new sets and characters with a decidedly US Election theme. Boasting new character models of Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, the pack also includes look-alikes in the guise of Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin and President George Bush. Also included are an Oval Office set, TV Studio, Press Room and even a re-creation of Governor Palin's Alaska office.

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) August 4, 2009 -- Marketers can cost-effectively reach and influence millions of consumers and business decision-makers via the "Advocate Channel," according to a new report issued today by Zuberance the leading Word of Mouth company.

Advocate Reach Chart

The "Advocate Channel" combines Word of Mouth - the world's most trusted form of communications - with the reach and scale of the Social Web. The Advocate Channel leverages unpaid Advocates, consumers and business buyers who frequently recommend brands and products and are the most trusted source of information, to deliver relevant content and offers.

) October 3, 2008 -- On Tuesday, Ad Age says McCain's ahead. On Wednesday, Adweek claims Obama the clear leader. AdGooro says it more or less a dead heat.

They're not talking about traditional voter polls - they're talking about search marketing and advertising, one of the most significant pieces of both parties' campaign strategies in this election.

There's no question that this election has been dramatically shaped by the power of the internet, but how has search advertising impacted each campaign?

) November 8, 2008 -- "Election Day 2008 proved to be the biggest one-day draw for The Drudge Report (www.drudgereport.com). People were glued to their computer screens to get the most current news on their candidates," said Intermarkets CEO Kevin Lucido. "The real winner of the election is new media as demonstrated by the huge number of online visitors." More than 2.2 million unique visitors accessed the site on Tuesday.

"This election also showed that news readers are pulling away from increasingly biased, old media--TV and newspapers--and gravitating toward Web-based news sites for targeted and quality information," said Lucido.

) June 3, 2009 -- Dan Sharp, SEO Technical Manager at Guava, is to appear on the BBC's Politics Show presented by Jon Sopel on Sunday 7th June. The show will be broadcast on BBC One at 11:00am.

Dan will be discussing the importance of the internet to politics, especially in relation to the rise of social media - and how it might develop in the future. He will talk about Barack Obama's pioneering online marketing campaign leading to his presidency, with comparison to British political parties and their use web as a communication tool surrounding the European Parliament and Council Elections.

) October 1, 2008 -- Customers at Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor in Santa Clarita, a suburb of Los Angeles, are casting their votes for President and Vice-President by selecting an ice cream sundae made of a combination of the favorite flavors of each political duo. After five days, Senator McCain leads by 43 sundaes

The Obama-Biden sundae is a combination of Senator Barack Obama's mint ice cream combined with Senator Joe Biden's favorites of chocolate and vanilla. There are mounds of hot fudge, whipped cream and it's topped with two American Flags and a Farrell's pig bank complete with red lips.

) July 22, 2009 -- KeywordDiscovery, the world's most advanced keyword research tool available, announces a more powerful Keyword Analyze tool to help online marketers optimize their web sites, increase pay per click campaign results and maximize search engine lead generation. KeywordDiscovery compiles keyword search statistics from over 200 search engines worldwide, and now offers more in-depth analysis data to further qualify keyword performance from the major search engines including; Google, Yahoo, MSN's Bing and Ask.

) January 19, 2009 -- Dealer.com (www.dealer.com), the leading provider of online marketing solutions for the automotive industry, today announced that the company's restructured proactive account management program has significantly contributed to a higher level of customer service and increased loyalty. As a testament to the effectiveness of the new account management structure and services, Dealer.com ranks at the top of the rigorous Net Promoter® Score (NPS) survey of customer service in the nation's software industry, scoring in a higher range than software powerhouses such as Adobe Systems. Many large Fortune 500 companies rely on the NPS score as an indicator of customer loyalty and future success.

) April 1, 2009 -- The CompTIA (Computing Technology Industry Association) is the voice of the world’s information technology (IT) industry. Its members are the companies at the forefront of innovation; and the professionals responsible for maximizing the benefits organizations receive from their investments in technology. CompTIA is dedicated to advancing industry growth through its educational programs, market research, networking events, professional certifications, and public policy advocacy.

) September 29, 2008 -- Senators McCain and Obama have committed in writing to answer the 14 questions young Americans choose as most important to them in The Walden University Presidential Youth Debate, including for the first time two questions from 13-17 year-old "Future Voters." 13-35-year-olds can submit questions at http://debate.waldenu.edu until Monday, September 29, 2008 at 3 p.m. (EST), and then help choose the final questions on Tuesday, September 30, 2008.

Walden University Presidential Youth Debate

) October 21, 2008 --
Amidst plenty of final stretch speculation about a possible “Bradley
effect” in the American presidential race,
Resource Interactive’s online survey1
of digital millennials’ views on the two
candidates shows age playing a more important role than race. The
so-called Bradley effect, which allegedly could eliminate several points
in Barack Obama’s growing lead over McCain due
to latent racism among voters, seems an unlikely outcome among
millennials, who comprise the most racially diverse generation in
American history: one in three is not Caucasian. When participants were
asked to describe each candidate in three words, 60% of respondents
noted McCain’s age (“old”)

) June 4, 2009 -- MatterMeter.com is a free place for consumers to say what brands, services or people matter and don't matter. It is also provides a social forum to applaud brands and services that are coming up with real improvements, and to criticize those that are just not listening to consumers.

MatterMeter.com takes conventional social media and puts a twist on it by building relationships strictly by opinion. MatterMeter.com allows you to view other people's opinions about different products and/or services. When someone has an opinion that is interesting, you can follow and connect with that person on an ongoing basis.