) October 22, 2008 -- L2, Inc., The Campaign Technology People, today announced that the newest version of Fuse™ is available through a new Channel Program for printers and creative agencies. The original software as a service (SaaS) for multi-channel, and cross media marketing is now available at recession-proof rates. Fuse delivers web-to-print, VDP, Email, and Personal URL campaigns, to give printers and creative agencies the immediate ability to become full service providers of digital services.

) January 27, 2009 -- L2, Inc., The Campaign Technology People, today announced the launch of a personalized demo site (http://www.1to1campaigns.com) for the Digital Printing Council's Web2Print Test Drive Center (http://www.w2ptestdrive.com). The Digital Printing Council is a special interest group of Printing Industries of America.

) June 21, 2009 -- With more and more consumers turning toward online media to read reviews and research products, magazines and print media are fast becoming a thing of the past. In order to reach consumers, companies now must move into the digital age, or they will be left behind. Blogs and word-of-mouth marketing is the new way to effectively market products and ideas to consumers and it's important to realize the power that influential bloggers have, especially blogs written by moms.

) September 21, 2009 -- FUSE are Linzi Stoppard and Ben Lee, the princess and prince of the rock violin world.

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With their original sound and approach FUSE are the most innovative string act around today. Pioneering a new method for a traditionally classical instrument while inspiring a new breed of electric violinists. FUSE are setting the bar.

) December 6, 2008 -- The world's first Web-to-TV talent show, "Make A Star," officially debuts Saturday, December 6th at 10:30 a.m. ET/PT on FUSE.

"Make A Star marks the beginning of a new era in entertainment, where the Internet and television are no longer separate, but linked," said Dr. Iman Foroutan, Chairman and CEO of Equal Chance Productions and Contest Factory, which created and developed the show. Dr. Foroutan and Contest Factory also own the patent to the online contest process. "This new show marks a major advancement in interactive entertainment and points to a new direction for the industry, when user-generated content will become an ever increasing part of television."

) March 26, 2009 -- Old marketing meets new marketing. OneIMS, a full-service marketing company located in Chicago, offers clients a revolutionary way to get more out of direct mail campaigns by utilizing Variable Data Printing (VDP) and Personalized URLs (PURLs). Research shows that most people depend on the internet and are more likely to respond to a direct mail campaign if the internet is involved. Their solution, 4PURL, is an innovative way that links the power of direct mail with the ease and convenience of the internet.

The new Sidekick 2008 from T-Mobile and distributed to the Deaf community by Fuse Communications www.fusewireless.com is loaded with functionality that that is creating a buzz with Deaf consumers.

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) October 27, 2008 -- It's American Idol meets YouTube - this fall, the first-ever Web-to-TV music talent show, called "Make A Star," will give amateur singers as well as unsigned and recently signed artists the chance to win international prominence and a $10,000 cash prize.

The show's producers are now calling on all singers and bands interested in competing to sign up now on the show's Web site (www.makeastar.com) in order to receive updates about the show and instructions on how to upload their videos. Video submissions begin in the first week of November.

) June 16, 2009 -- New Media Gateway, the industry's leading sales and marketing technology provider, today announced that its platform for managing multi-channel content is now tightly integrated with EmailReach, a comprehensive solution for delivering email over sixty-nine different platforms.

Level III Services, Inc., (Level III) a San Jose-based marketing solutions provider, is proud to announce the launch of Level III Media, expanding the scope of services available to clients. Steven Hua has been appointed to oversee the development of Level III Media. Joining Hua in developing the division into a full-service media entity are the designers of Quest Creative Group, acquired by Level III in July of 2008.
Offering a full service solution for marketing support is what lead us to our acquisition of Quest and the expansion of Level III Media. Today we can offer our customers reduced costs and quicker turn-aroundits a win-win. says William George, Jr., C.E.O of Level III Services, Inc..

) March 18, 2009 -- Datran Media, a leading digital marketing technology company, today announced that a Sony Rewards Loyalty Program email campaign powered by the company has won a Gold Award at this week's 2009 MarketingSherpa Email Excellence Awards. This news coincides with Sony's decision to license Datran Media's top-ranked marketing and monetization email platform, StormPost, and retain Datran Media for enterprise delivery and strategic consulting support for email and other digital initiatives.

) May 28, 2009 -- Platinum Direct, a North Dallas based marketing services provider, announced a significant win today in being selected by the 3rd Largest US Bank as their National Digital Print Partner.

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) February 17, 2009 -- Street Attack's latest campaign for the first-ever Best Buy @15 Challenge cracked the code on empowering youth, while providing a voice for socially minded teens through a digital and mobile platform. Ashoka's Youth Venture, a global network of young social entrepreneurs, and Best Buy Co., Inc selected 30 finalists from business plans submitted by active Youth Venture Teams across the country. Street Attack created a digital and grassroots marketing strategy to build buzz and encourage youth to log their votes.

) May 8, 2009 -- Companies wishing to conduct PURL campaigns have been burdened by long term contracts, minimums, high setup and license fees, software and design limitations, and heavy training requirements. Businesses can now execute the most versatile PURL campaigns on the market using the new VDP Web® Online service without these limitations.

) January 9, 2009 -- The new direct mail services feature turnkey mailing services options including mailing piece printing, variable data imaging, bulk mailing pre-sort, and postage application. This turnkey solution provides customers with reduced time, hassle and cost benefits provided by using a single partner from design to mail stream. The My1Stop.com team provides the additional benefit of applying more than 30 years of direct mail services experience to each mailing services project they work with.

) May 28, 2009 -- Platinum Direct, a North Dallas based marketing services provider, announced a significant win today in being selected by Wells Fargo as their National Digital Print Partner.

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) March 10, 2009 -- BB Direct, a provider of quality mailing list data and direct mail solutions, introduces a new saturation email campaign solution to its direct mail marketer customers. Brian Berg, president of BB Direct says, "There's synergistic benefit to delivering the same message through multiple mediums." He explains, "as long as you make a strong offer, saturation email supporting a postal offer reinforces the product brand and increases the campaign response." The duel approach increases the chances of offer consideration through introduction and recall.

) October 1, 2008 -- Aprimo, Inc., a global provider of software for Enterprise Marketing Management (EMM), today announced that The Motley Fool, Inc. has implemented Aprimo's Enterprise Campaign Management to reduce the cost to acquire and grow its subscriber relationships.

) September 23, 2008 -- Alterian (LSE:ALN), the leading international integrated marketing platform provider, today announced the availability of Alterian Acquire, a new enterprise marketing offering tailored to large-scale, prospect-oriented marketers. Designed to allow marketers to replace disparate, costly legacy systems, with a single data infrastructure that combines importing, visualization, campaign execution, data mining and optimization, Alterian Acquire offers marketers increased speed, better flexibility and an overall lower total cost of ownership.

) October 19, 2009 -- Offering national advertisers a better way to leverage the telephone-based responses from their television, Internet and print campaigns, Telmetrics, the leading provider of advertising call measurement solutions, and TARGUSinfo, the leading provider of On-Demand InsightSM about prospects and customers, today announced that they have expanded their existing partnership to offer national advertisers a combined call routing and call measurement solution.

) October 28, 2008 -- World leading walking and cycling holiday specialist, HF Holidays, has chosen SAS® Marketing Automation software as the foundation for improving its marketing communications. SAS’ customer-centric marketing software will enable HF Holidays to create better targeted direct mail campaigns and e-newsletter offers to its customers, based on accurate customer data. Using SAS, the company aims to accelerate growth by an additional 5-10 percent within the next 5 years through better targeted mailings.

) September 10, 2008 -- Software Marketing Associates, Inc., continues steady business growth with the addition of its newest customer, Balmar, Inc. a full-service graphic communications firm, featuring offset printing, digital printing, mailing and fulfillment. With three facilities in greater Washington, D.C., Balmar is headquartered in Falls Church, VA.

"We needed a solution to meet our warehouse management needs," Pat Peyton, Balmar Partner and Technical Director says. "We found it was too difficult to connect the various systems we had installed and it took too much time to create customized solutions.

"In order for us to grow our business," Peyton added, "we needed a complete system. Pro-Mail was the system we chose."

) November 5, 2008 -- OneCommand, (www.onecommand.com), the nation's leader in preference-based, automated, multi-channel marketing, today announced that following the successful showcase of the company's new mobile marketing features at the 2008 J.D. Power Automotive Internet Roundtable, it is launching a national pilot to help further test the solution in auto dealerships nationwide.

) October 13, 2008 -- Aprimo, Inc., today announced it has entered into an alliance with Kodak's Graphic Communications Group to create a combined product portfolio for seamless, digital process that more tightly integrates brand owners with marketing and service providers.

We welcome the chance to work with Kodak to build out our shared vision of fully digitized multi-channel marketing

) August 24, 2008 -- iCan Benefit Group, LLC announces the launch of a new company iCan Media, LLC. As a member of the iCan Group family of companies, iCan Media is a full service media company that specializes in marketing, advertising, public relations, and branding solutions organized to create and coordinate brand imaging, lead generation, and client growth. The media team consists of both in house and contract specialists and offers wide ranging agency services from development and implementation through operations.

) October 28, 2009 -- Allegra Marketing & Print, a leading marketing company in Scottsdale, AZ, has been providing innovative marketing services and products to clients since 1982. Allegra Marketing & Print takes the time to learn about every aspect of their clients' businesses, including those with a need for niche marketing strategies.

) July 28, 2009 -- United Kingdom based, Internet Infrastructure and Media Solutions provider Aventure Host (http://www.aventurehost.com) has announced the availability of a fully managed, hosted email marketing solution.

Considered to be one of the most advanced email marketing platforms available in today's market, the service is primarily focused at businesses who have a need to send out emails on a regular basis, to communicate with existing customers or as part of a marketing campaign to attract new customers, or follow up on potential sales leads.

Tombstone Cards (OTCBB: TMCI) software development division, Tombstone Technologies, today announced it has started beta testing of its proprietary software OIEPrint 2.0, a powerful online editing tool that gives the power of professional design to the average user through the easiest-to-use customization software in the industry.
OIEPrint 2.0 stands to change the way the printing industry interacts with its clients, said Neil Cox, Tombstone chairman and CFO. Were excited to be in the beta test phase of this very powerful software. Clearly, version 2.0 allows our clients to take advantage of explosive growth in mass market demand for online customization tools being fueled by increased high-speed Internet access penetration.

) October 15, 2008 -- Digital Fuel®, the leader in IT Service Management (ITSM) solutions, today announced that Communisis (LSE:CMS), a leading marketing services and print manufacturer, has selected Digital Fuel's ServiceFlow Service Level Management software solution to automate key service management processes.

) February 17, 2009 -- Aprimo, a leading provider of software for Enterprise Marketing Management (EMM) and ExactTarget, a leading provider of on-demand email and one-to-one marketing solutions, announced that they have partnered to integrate ExactTarget's email messaging services into Aprimo’s Multi-Channel Campaign Management applications.

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Analyze-It Technologies, with its state-of-the-art business intelligence software Analyze-This, is now venturing into handling database process management, where in we would be able to provide end-to-end solution to our clients right from handling and managing their databases, database planning, database cleansing, data de-duping, data re-engineering, data massaging and cleansing and providing beautiful reports in both grid and graphical formats.
Analyze-This is a powerful, fast and easy-to-use analysis and visualization application designed for analysts and marketers. Analyze-This harnesses customer and transactional data from any touch-point or channel across your organization to create, build and maintain your customer insight and customer intelligence.

) September 3, 2008 -- Taradel LLC, known throughout the printing industry for its low-cost flyer printing program, today unveiled a sweeping transformation of its web site. The new web site is designed to reflect today's printing industry, a customer-centric landscape built on innovative ideas, products, and design services that meet the needs of both small and large businesses.

) March 4, 2010 -- AdJuggler Inc., the industry leader in high performance, SaaS-based digital ad management systems, announced today that a significant upgrade release to its flagship AdJuggler® Publisher Solution (APS) and AdJuggler® Network Solution software services. Version 7.0 of each solution is now available for leading digital publishers, portals, and ad networks.

) February 7, 2009 -- Even when Print Audit was a small home basement operation, offering outstanding customer service was a top priority. A decade later, with offices now spanning five continents, the print management solutions company has remained dedicated to its core competency, from regularly collecting customer feedback to having real people greet callers in lieu of automated voices. This week, the company released customer survey data that suggests that their commitment to excellent customer service produces results: those using Print Audit's products and services rated the company's technical support at 93 percent over the past six months.

) October 8, 2008 -- Small to medium-sized business owners are saying no to large, often impersonal agencies in favor of smaller, boutique shops capable of delivering a high quality product, superior customer service and a personal touch - often at more competitive prices. In fact Stellar Concepts is now offering complete advertising campaign packages for their clients saving them 30-40% over the larger advertising agencies.

Stellar Concepts and Design, a Ft. Lauderdale -based advertising, commercial printing and multi-media firm, is loyal to its small- to medium-sized customer base; and the feeling is mutual.

) January 20, 2009 -- In a newly added article entitled, "Tracking Direct Mail Marketing is Imperative to Gain Direct Mail Results," Print and Mail Services .com explains why tracking is a key component in any direct mail marketing campaign. With accurate tracking, a business can hold the direct mail marketing company it has partnered with accountable. It also provides businesses with valuable information which will allow them to create successful marketing campaigns in the future.

) September 9, 2008 -- Maxymiser, the online content optimisation specialist, today announces an extension to its existing product portfolio with the launch of its new email optimisation software.

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) June 28, 2009 -- Zrinity, Inc., a leading provider of commercial-enterprise solutions for marketing and transactional email, announced today that Franklin Covey Training and Consulting--the global pioneer in leadership training, effectiveness consulting and productivity tools--is standardizing its email marketing programs on Zrinity's on-premise platform.

Franklin Covey Training and Consulting implemented Zrinity to centralize and manage the email communications of its 1,000-plus global sales reps. Sales reps were using multiple outsourced email service providers to send out sales communications, making it impossible to manage and enforce corporate communication policy.