| Ashley Schachner Joins Amplify Sports and Entertainment as Account ...
NEW YORK, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Amplify Sports and Entertainment, LLC (www.ampfirm.com), specialists in strategic sponsorship consultation, activation, and measurement analysis, today announced the addition of Ashley Schachner as account director. Schachner brings 10 years of experience developing, selling and executing strategic-based solutions to drive corporate initiatives through high profile sports and A-List Entertainment marketing platforms. "Ashley brings Amplify a wealth of experience including concept development, sponsorship negotiations, program management and promotional marketing for marquee brands in the music and sports industries," says Michael A. Neuman, President of Amplify Sports and Entertainment. "We welcome Ashley to the team and are eager to apply her broad expertise to our clients." Prior to joining Amplify, Schachner served as an Account Manager for IMG Consulting, a premier sports and entertainment agency, where she managed a team responsible for developing Verizon's sponsorship marketing strategy, contract negotiations, exclusive content acquisition, and activation plans.
XanGo Makes History with 'Online INVASION' on XanGo.TV; Record-Setting ...
XanGo.TV broadcasts the XanGo lifestyle. Video episodes include business tips, recruitment advice and engaging stories from the field," said Digles. Since its launch, traffic to XanGo.TV is far surpassing projections with visitors worldwide ranging from the company's distributors to prospects exploring opportunity with XanGo. The company is currently hosting the XanGo.TV Awards competition to recognize the best entries. During Online INVASION, XanGo executives launched Share It, a global recruitment campaign and introduced the much-anticipated XanGo Single, a 1 oz. sampling version of XanGo(R) Juice ideal for travel and sales pitches. As the XanGo Single was announced, an interactive on-screen button linked viewers to another window where they could place their first order for the product.
Seasilver USA Announces Industry-Exclusive Coupon Program
Seasilver USA is expanding its unique manufacturer-funded product-giveaway coupon program to support its Independent Associates, reward customers, and provide an incentive to try the product and use the convenient automatic reorder program. Carlsbad, CA (PRWEB) June 25, 2006 -- Seasilver USA, manufacturer of Seasilver®, the fastest selling Liquid Nutritional Supplement in history, announces a unique manufacturer-funded product-giveaway coupon program to support its Independent Associates and Distributors. Seasilver revolutionized the nutritional and home-based business fields 13 years ago when its proprietary blend of sea vegetables, rainforest herbs, aloe vera, and fruit juice exploded into the marketplace. Another Seasilver® first was nationwide radio infomercial promotion program for a network marketing company, which achieved tremendous name recognition, converted listeners into happy customers, and made millions of dollars in immediate and residual income for its Independent Business Associates, though some people who heard about Seasilver® on the radio refer to it as Sea Silver or even C Silver.
HIT Appoints Funtastic as Australian Distributor for New Thomas Toy
HONG KONG, January 10: At this years Hong Kong Toy Fair, HIT Entertainment named Funtastic as the Thomas & Friends Trackmaster distribution partner for Australia. Funtastic will oversee the transition from the Thomas & Friends Motor Road and Rail track system to a brand new play system called Trackmaster, due for launch in 2009. Funtastic will also continue to distribute the Tomy Thomas & Friends preschool range. The company has been a HIT licensee for more than ten years. Funtastic has been an integral part of our success and growth in the Australian market and this appointment is reflective of Funtastics enormous contribution, said Peter Byrne, the executive VP of worldwide consumer products at HIT Entertainment. With an exciting new track system, we look forward to working with Funtastic in taking the Thomas & Friends brand to a whole new level.
Pyramid Saimira acquires UK-based Aurona Technologies
Mumbai, Jan 24 Entertainment firm Pyramid Saimira Theatre today said it has acquired UK-based Aurona Technologies for an undisclosed amount.
The company said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange that it has acquired a majority stake in the video games and interactive entertainment software company and the new entity would be known as Pyramid Saimira Production Services Ltd.
"We are extremely happy to announce this strategic acquisition of Aurona Technologies Ltd. This marks the entry of Pyramid Saimira in the high-growth, high-margin animation and gaming industry," Pyramid Saimira Group Managing Director P S Saminathan said.
The group has access to a huge content library and would be able to cross-exploit the content properties. The acquisition brings not only the existing knowledge and customer base, but also high quality management bandwidth, with international exposure, he added.
Warren Buffett, Ponzi pyramids, and Albania
Warren Buffet is the most successful money manager in recorded history. In January 1990, one share of his Berkshire Hathaway fund cost US$8,350. Today, it is worth about US$137,000. This works out to an average return rate of about 17 per cent per year. No one else has ever produced such large returns for so long. A return of 10 per cent per month works out to 314 per cent a year. This is over 18 times Warren Buffet's historical average. A sporting equivalent to this would be scoring 18 times as many goals as Pele. Ponzi Pyramid Schemes Here are word-for-word excerpts from two Wikipedia articles. Nothing has been changed or added. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_scheme) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponzi_scheme#What_is_and_is_not_a_Ponzi_scheme) "A pyramid scheme is a non-sustainable business model that involves the exchange of money primarily for enrolling other people into the scheme, usually without any product or service being delivered.
Silicon Mountain Releases Next-Generation Smart Media NAS Appliances
BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Visionman Computers ("Visionman"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Silicon Mountain Holdings, Inc. and manufacturer of servers, workstations and notebooks for small business and home users, today announced the availability of their second generation NAS appliances. These Smart Media storage and management devices make it easy for any family, user group or business to organize, share, access and protect their digital assets including: music, video, digital libraries, photographs, business records and confidential data. The new VisionVault Smart Media NAS appliances integrate a low-power, system-on-chip ARM CPU with an embedded Linux operating system to deliver flexible, secure, high-speed file services via an advanced SATA II interface.
Slide-show software spotlighted
Flypaper's Web site also will feature an online community where users can upload presentation templates they build with the software and sell them to other users, he said. Flypaper "is a great example of a technology that is shaking up the market landscape," said Carla Thompson, a senior analyst at San Francisco-based technology research firm Guidewire Group. Thompson helped screen applicants for the semiannual DEMO conference. Flypaper's faces a mammoth competitor in Microsoft Corp., whose successful PowerPoint program has for years been the relied-upon software to create presentations. But its founders say their product taps into a different market because it lets users create more elaborate presentations and easily put them on the Web. Jim Allsup initially reviewed the product because he was interested in investing in the company.
Wild Card/Vacation Day 11 of 12
Only two more shopping days until I return to the final days of the City Council campaigns. Then, we'll have fun taking apart the campaigns. Any dirt yet? Any mudslinging. You know, the good stuff. Or is everyone behaving? My wife is now looking over my shoulder -- literally -- so I have to pretend that I'm just checking ball scores. See ya in two days. Here's Wild Card ... .
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