ATLANTA, Ga. /eNewsChannels/ — CMI, a full-service marketing research company, has added two new professionals to its client solutions team. Bill Douglas has joined CMI in an account management role, and Valerie Deaton is the newest addition to CMI’s qualitative research team as a qualitative manager.

ATLANTA, Ga. /eNewsChannels/ — Ryan Kocher has joined CMI, a full-service marketing research company, as VP of analytics. Kocher will lead CMI’s analytical sciences team, where he will oversee all of CMI’s analytic service processes and offerings, and guides development of new solutions to help clients understand the decisions their customers make and why.

ATLANTA, Ga. /eNewsChannels/ — CMI’s Jean Fasching, vice president, and Laura Winn, vice president client solutions, will present ‘Where to Begin and End Your New Product Development Journey’ at LIMRA’s Marketing and Research Conference on May 31, 2012. CMI is a full-service marketing research company that serves clients in consumer and B2B markets, including insurance and financial services.

NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ — SKIM, an international market research agency, will kick-off a new series of free educational webinars for the U.S. market on May 10. Each value-packed webinar is designed to provide marketers, researchers, and product/brand managers with actionable insights they can put into practice in their own organizations.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. /eNewsChannels/ — Branded RV rentals have emerged as a cutting edge marketing tool and are becoming popular among companies looking increase their exposure and enhance their corporate identity. Florida based RV rental firm Allstar Coaches has been using vehicle wrap technology for years on its fleet of luxury motorhomes as it continues to grow its Corporate Events and Promotions sector.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ — Whether you call it publicity, media relations or hype, everybody needs it and John Scott G has been providing it for a decade. ‘Just by visiting the Internet, you have been influenced by our work,’ states the head of G-Man Marketing. ‘We create and publish media announcements, press alerts, video messaging, social networking communication, and what I call ghost marketing.’

BOISE, Idaho /eNewsChannels/ — iBacklinkPRO announced this week the release of a new backlink analytics software tool that identifies quality backlinks. Currently, it has no serious competition in the marketplace.

ATLANTA, Ga. /eNewsChannels/ — Donna Wydra has joined CMI to expand the company’s Consumer and Shopper Strategy solutions for manufacturers, retailers, and restaurants.

ATLANTA, Ga. /eNewsChannels/ — Jean Fasching, vice president for CMI, a full-service marketing research company, will present ‘Marketing Through Intermediaries: Simulated Conversations Put You In the Room’ during NewMR’s ‘Putting the ‘Qual’ in Qualitative Research’ Virtual Event on March 28.

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ — B2B Marketing Strategist and President of Dawn Westerberg Consulting LLC, Dawn Westerberg will be presenting ‘Adding Google+ To Your Marketing Mix’ for members of The Association of Strategic Marketing on Thursday, March 15, 2012.

ATLANTA, Ga. /eNewsChannels/ — CMI’s Mike Mabey, vice president, client solutions, and Jarod Ricci, senior manager, market analytics, Pfizer (NYSE:PFE), will present ‘Using Information-Seeking Behavior to Drive Segment-Specific Communication Strategies’ at the 2012 PMRG (Pharmaceutical Marketing Research Group) Annual National Conference.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ — Neotrope(R), a public relations, advertising and marketing firm established in 1983, today announced the recipients of the Non-Profit PR Grants Program for 2012. This year’s 10 recipients, selected from over 300 applicants, will receive approximately $50,000 total in pro bono services. Originally launched in 2000, the Neotrope PR Grant program has helped raise awareness for worthwhile causes all over the U.S. by providing public relations, news dissemination and online marketing, donated by Neotrope’s accredited staff.

GHENT, Belgium /eNewsChannels/ — NGDATA (www.ngdata.com) today announced that the company will raise capital to accelerate its growth activities in the United States and continue investments in the development of its big data management platform.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ — With the end of the world scheduled to take place later this year, G-Man Marketing (gmanmarketing.com) is partnering with its clients to offer special reduced rates in public relations, songwriting, audio mixing and mastering, radio advertising, graphic design, live music promotion, music distribution, and more.

WALLKILL, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ — Jonas Music Services announced its first ‘Worst Press Kit Contest’ with one selected winner receiving a custom designed press kit package worth $700.00.

NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ — Masterseek.com is a B2B search engine which provides businesses the ability to search for other businesses across the globe without the clutter often resulting from searches in consumer-based search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo. While Masterseek is primarily a B2B oriented search engine, it is also a convenient source for consumers searching specific businesses and it is believed a percent of Masterseek traffic is from consumer searches.

GAITHERSBURG, Md. /eNewsChannels/ — Interactive Market Solutions, Inc., the parent company for LeadStorm.com, a lead provider, announced today that its fourth quarter numbers were up 18 percent compared to the same quarter in 2010.

NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ — In what may prove to be a significant day in the development of B2B search technology, today Masterseek, the world’s fastest-growing B2B search engine platform, announced an important milestone: The business search engine giant has now reached 100 million business profiles.

TORRANCE, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ — Neotrope, a California based brand identity, internet marketing, and PR firm established in 1983, today announced it has expanded the deliverables of its 2012 Non-Profit PR Grants Program. All recipients of the 2012 program will now also receive up to $2,500 in additional services; specifically free online text and banner advertising on Neotrope(R) News Network sites. This brings the dollar value of the grant to each chosen recipient to $5,000, or $50,000 total value in donated services for 2012.

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ — Dawn Westerberg, president of Dawn Westerberg Consulting LLC and an authorized Duct Tape Marketing Consultant, will be presenting a session on Blogging, Twitter and Google+ at the Duct Tape Marketing Gathering 2011 conference in Kansas City, Mo., October 27 – 29, 2011.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. /eNewsChannels/ — Indeed, gone are the days of ‘one size fits all.’ Seeking to provide an unparalleled user experience and American made product offering, Magnets.com today introduced its newest division: American Business Card Magnets.

WAYNE, N.J. /eNewsChannels/ — The Ballantine Corporation announced this week the release of its latest direct marketing white paper: ‘The Four R’s of Green Direct Mail.’ It details how to reduce, reuse, recycle and respond.

ATLANTA, Ga. /eNewsChannels/ — Bill Salokar, vice president of business development at CMI, a full-service marketing research company, and Kimberly Cason, senior consultant at American Cancer Society, will share important research insights from the American Cancer Society’s highly successful ‘More Birthdays’ campaign.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ — A new book, ‘Why People Don’t Buy New Homes’ (ISBN: 978-0692014387), proposing a solution to improve the numbers of new homes being sold, has just been announced by Sales Superiority Publishing. Written by Steve Weston, a new home salesperson with 30 years experience, this book makes the case that it is possible for builders and their own salespeople to re-energize their sales efforts and improve their sales.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ — Neotrope is helping to ensure small businesses can manage their budgets and not cross their own debt ceiling when doing PR and promotion, by rolling back service pricing on Send2Press Newswire press release writing and targeted news distribution packages to 2008 levels.

NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ — To celebrate the launch of its new website, Fare Buzz – a leading travel company based out of New York City – is giving away several pre-paid rewards cards through their social communities.

LONDONDERRY, N.H. /eNewsChannels/ — If you have a video on your website, your company is 50 times more likely to land on the first page of Google than websites without video, according to Dr. Sharon Livingston.

ATLANTA, Ga. /eNewsChannels/ — Laura Winn Johnson, qualitative manager and ethnographer for CMI, a full-service marketing research company, will present ‘A 360 Degree Brand View: Identifying New Opportunities for Your Business’ during the NewMR Ethnography Virtual Event on May 25.

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ — Dawn Westerberg, president of Dawn Westerberg Consulting LLC, will be presenting at the Information Technology Alliance (ITA) Spring Conference. She will give two presentations ‘The Hub – Is Your Online House in Order,’ ‘How to Monetize Social Media: B2B Case Studies,’ and facilitating a hands-on lab with attendees interested in learning more about Twitter.

OCEANSIDE, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ — It’s one of the most creative forms of car advertising – Hijack Advertising. Take1ifyoudare.com, the brains behind the concept, is offering free gas to people who let them use their cars to show it off.

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ — Being recognized for its commitment to providing superior technology solutions to small and medium-sized businesses, Dawn Westerberg Consulting LLC has joined Information Technology Alliance (ITA), a highly regarded group of top VARs, CPA firms and technology product/service providers.

SEATTLE, Wash. /eNewsChannels/ — Soundrangers, an award winning game audio studio, announces the release of its popular online sound effects library on hard drive. The Soundrangers Sound Effects Library has been inspired by years of custom sound design for video games and has been used for years by industry leading companies.

COLUMBUS, Ohio /eNewsChannels/ — Tammy Katz, CEO of Katz Marketing Solutions, will present ‘Be Prepared: How to Survive and Thrive during a Media Crisis’ at the Mid-America Food Processors Association’s annual meeting on March 9, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Midwest food company leaders will attend the meeting to discuss emerging trends in food marketing.

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ — Social networks and online marketing portals continue to pop up all over the World Wide Web. However, according to Simon La Barrie, CEO of Open4Sale.com, few are designed with the user in mind.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ — California PR firm, Neotrope®, is honored to make World Savvy its third chosen recipient for 2011 of its semi-annual Non-Profit PR Grants Program. With this commitment, Neotrope aligns itself with World Savvy’s mission to educate and engage youth in community and world affairs.

CLEVELAND, Ohio /eNewsChannels/ — Mr. Ray Michaels, founder of Localization, LLC, has recently announced that despite sluggish economy performance, the demand for translation and language services has held up.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ — On Monday, January 31st on Cala, journalist Ismael Cala will interview Ravi Singh, a young Indian marketing guru who has been behind several digital political campaigns around the world.

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ — Dawn Westerberg Consulting LLC, an integrated marketing and public relations services firm based in Austin, Texas, announced today it has been retained by e2b teknologies, a business CRM/ERP software and consulting services company based in Ohio.

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ — Dawn Westerberg Consulting, an integrated marketing services firm based in Austin, Texas, announced today it has been retained by Oasis Solutions Group, a business management software consulting firm based in Louisville, Kentucky.

KIRKLAND, Wash. /eNewsChannels/ — Today LTC Financial Partners LLC (LTCFP) reveals one of its marketing secrets: ‘electronic business cards’ that supply an agent’s name, address, and phone number, just as old-fashioned business cards do, but with a difference. The electronic variety ‘can’t be misplaced, and they establish credibility by providing helpful, detailed information,’ says Jonas Roeser, of LTCFP.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ — The 2011 GSMI Mobile Marketing Strategies Summit will educate businesses on the most advantageous, cutting edge, tactics in mobile marketing. Whether your business needs are B2B or B2C, this conference has it all. Combining hands on workshops with speakers who are experts in their field sharing the best practices in practical formats, GSMI’s Mobile Marketing Strategies Summit can’t be missed.

WAYNE, N.J. /eNewsChannels/ — The Ballantine Corporation remains on the cutting-edge of direct marketing trends. Its latest addition to its growing collection of direct marketing reports is, ‘Direct Marketing Trends for 2011 – Marketing with a Technological Upgrade.’

ATLANTA, Ga. /eNewsChannels/ — Four of CMI’s marketing research experts were featured speakers at industry and university educational events in November. CMI is a full-service marketing research company dedicated to industry thought leadership, education and professional development in its field.

NEW YORK, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ — CheapOair, a top 10 online travel booking site, announces the launch of its first ever television campaign today. The 30-second ads feature the tag-line ‘Get There for Less,’ an expression of the company’s commitment and brand promise to put quality and value first for smart shoppers who continue to demand the best of both.

ATLANTA, Ga. /eNewsChannels/ — Christina Liao, vice president, marketing science for CMI, a full-service marketing research company, will present a pathway modeling approach to understanding factors that influence consumers’ decisions to renew insurance products. Liao will explain how companies can use results from pathway modeling to develop strategies to convert single line customers into buyers of multiple products.

ATLANTA, Ga. /eNewsChannels/ — CMI, a full-service marketing research company, will be speaking and participating in a variety of sessions at IIR’s The Market Research Event in San Diego, CA on Nov. 8-10, 2010. In addition to presenting a new segmentation methodology, CMI will be extensively involved in the Segmentation Symposium, chairing, and moderating the sessions.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. /eNewsChannels/ — While many may argue that print is a dying breed, the staff at Write Away, Inc. begs to differ; you just need to work all the angles. And, that’s just what they did. PRAWNC recently recognized Write Away as the winners of its Online Marketing-Social Media category at a recent award ceremony.

ATLANTA, Ga. /eNewsChannels/ — Depth Public Relations (DepthPR), an Atlanta provider of public relations and marketing strategies for the mortgage lending and financial services industries, has pledged its financial support in a fundraising challenge presented by document preparation vendor International Document Services at the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) 97th Annual Convention and Expo.

WAYNE, N.J. /eNewsChannels/ — Ballantine Corporation, a leading, full-service direct marketing production firm, announced this week that they have added a new client service to its roster – imprinted promotional products.

COLUMBUS, Ohio /eNewsChannels/ — MBA Focus, the leading provider of business recruiting tools that help corporations source the world’s top MBA school student and alumni talent announced the selection of Katz Marketing Solutions to provide brand marketing and strategic planning services. The agreement will further strengthen MBA Focus’ market position with its partners and customers.

ATLANTA, Ga. — CMI has begun offering a new proprietary Decision Pathway Modeling Simulator that enables its clients to evaluate the potential impact of hypothetical strategic business decisions and competitive scenarios. This new desktop application puts Decision Pathway Modeling insights in the hands of clients, furthering CMI’s commitment to delivering research that drive results.

AUSTIN, Texas — Dawn Westerberg, president of Dawn Westerberg Consulting LLC, will present two sessions on marketing strategy employing social media and online marketing for nonprofits at the Fourth Annual High Road to Success Conference to be held in St. Louis, MO, October 20-22 2010 for nonprofit professionals.

QUINCY, Mass. — Advertising, branding and design firm PowerFlite Communications has launched the next stage of its comprehensive brand introduction campaign for Windsor Place of Wilmington, a premium assisted living residence in Wilmington, MA. Beginning with developing the name and core identity, PowerFlite’s original campaign included everything from radio, print, and sales kits.

ATLANTA, Ga. — Inc. magazine has ranked Integrative Logic 1,967 on its fourth annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy-America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs.

AUSTIN, Texas — Dawn Westerberg, president of Dawn Westerberg Consulting LLC in Austin, is one of a growing group of entrepreneurs nationwide selected to participate in John Jantsch’s Duct Tape Marketing Authorized Coach program.

PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Palm Harbor-based internet marketing consultant Len Dozois will launch Your Internet Marketing Show on Saturday, August 7, 11 a.m. to noon on WTAN-AM 1340, Clearwater, Florida, and WDCF-AM 1350 Dade City. Live show audio and video will be streamed at YourInternetMarketingShow.com.

ATLANTA, Ga. — Integrative Logic, a leading full-service, integrated database marketing provider, announced the addition of Delia Cyra as the company’s Director of Media Strategy. ‘I am extremely pleased to announce that Delia Cyra joined the Integrative Logic team on July 15 as Director of Media Strategy,’ said John Gardner, president and CEO.

TORRANCE, Calif. — Neotrope, a California based marketing firm, recently ‘adopted’ Children Awaiting Parents and the Starlight Children’s Foundation. To celebrate, throughout July 2010 as part of the adoption program, when a donor gives $50 or more to either charity they will have the opportunity to issue a free national online press release through Neotrope’s Send2Press(R) Newswire service, which is syndicated worldwide.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — 4 Styles Enter-Active Systems, a division of JAF Industries, recently released an interactive tool that allows potential consumers to preview books and other products in a manner that appeals to all four learning styles: auditory; kinesthetic; visual and reading/writing.

ATLANTA, Ga. — CMI, a full-service marketing research company, has been ranked the sixth fastest growing market research firm in the U.S. The annual rankings are compiled by Inside Research, publishers of the Honomichl Top 50 List of U.S. Marketing Research Organizations. CMI’s U.S. revenues grew by 124 percent between 2004 and 2009. CMI is one of only two companies in the top six spots that generated industry-leading growth without acquiring another company.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Neotrope and its Send2Press service recently ‘adopted’ Starlight Children’s Foundation as its premier charity program recipient. Throughout the month of July as part of the adoption program, when a donor gives $50 or more to Starlight they will have the opportunity to issue a free national online press release through Neotrope’s Send2Press Newswire service.

AUSTIN, Texas — In tough economic times, advertising dollars are held more tightly than gold. So it’s newsworthy when a company not only invests, but takes risks, to promote its business. Now MDS Advertising, an Austin ad agency, is winning the confidence of ROI-conscious companies with breakthrough creative that’s returning more than its weight in results-it already earned an industry award.

ATLANTA, Ga. — CMI has been ranked #42 on the 2010 Honomichl Top 50 list of the United States’ largest marketing research organizations – up from a #45 ranking last year. Companies appearing on the list are ranked by annual revenues for the preceding year. CMI reported revenues of $15 million, an increase of 6.4 percent from 2008.

WAYNE, N.J. — The Ballantine Corporation has announced that they will be exhibiting at upcoming trade shows including Digital Marketing Days, the Bridge Conference, and the PIMA MidYear Meeting. Ballantine is a direct marketing production company with services including direct mail, copy and design, email marketing and personalized URLs.

ATLANTA, Ga. — CONIX Systems, Inc., a leading international provider of payment processing solutions to the financial services industry and a pioneer in the creation of post-Check 21 exception management tools, has retained Depth Public Relations, an Atlanta, Georgia, provider of public relations, internet search visibility, and marketing strategies for the mortgage lending and financial services industry.

ATLANTA, Ga. — John Gardner, president and CEO of Integrative Logic, a leading full-service, integrated database marketing provider, will moderate a session at the Eye for Travel Marketing Strategies Conference in Miami on June 2-3, 2010. Gardner will lead a discussion on how to use intelligent, triggered communications approaches to engage, motivate and sustain relevant guest interest, and in turn boost conversions and customer loyalty.

ATLANTA, Ga. — Depth Public Relations, an Atlanta, Georgia, provider of public relations, Internet search visibility and marketing strategies for the mortgage lending and financial services industry has signed Comergence Compliance Monitoring, a leading provider of third-party originator (TPO) monitoring and due diligence solutions based in Orange, Calif.

ATLANTA, Ga. — Integrative Logic, a leading full-service, integrated database marketing provider, earned a 2010 Atlanta Marketer of the Year (AMY) Award from the Atlanta Chapter of the American Marketing Association for Differin.com. The 2010 AMY Awards are open to corporate and agency marketing professionals in Georgia.

WAYNE, N.J. — Direct mail continues to be one of the most effective ways to reach a targeted audience. In addition, choosing the right vendor can make or break a direct mail campaign. So, this week the Ballantine Corporation announced that they are offering their expertise in a newly-released white paper that focuses on how to make the best vendor choice.

ATLANTA, Ga. — CMI, a full-service marketing research company, has added three new professionals to its project management team: Alisa Hamilton as senior project manager, and Matt Orenstein and Nicole Stover as assistant project managers. CMI is a full-service marketing research company that creates competitive advantages for clients by turning research data into strategic insights and recommendations that drive business results.

ATLANTA, Ga. — CMI, a full-service marketing research company, is pleased to announce the addition of JD Woods to its client services team. Woods will be responsible for managing key accounts in the insurance and telecom industries, supporting account executives for new business development, and assisting project management staff.

LONDON, U.K. — The pharmaceutical industry is facing unprecedented challenges on many fronts – a slew of patient expiries, a lack of blockbusters in the pipeline to replace the patent expiries, decreasing growth in many major markets, generic competition, constantly changing regulatory and competitive environment rendering old tools for analysis obsolete, increased pressure on CEOs to deliver shareholder growth resulting in budget cuts, downsizing, and less than optimal results.