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SEO Agency SmartSearch Marketing Ranked Best Integrated Search (SEO & PPC) Company

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Boulder, CO (PRWEB) June 26, 2012

SmartSearch Marketing, a full-service search engine marketing agency, has been ranked as a top company in the Best Integrated Search (SEO & PPC) Company category by topseos.com. SmartSearch Marketing has been included in the top 30 ranking for more than 12 consecutive months with an overall score an impressive 92%. See SmartSearch Marketings complete ranking from topseos.com at http://smartsearch-marketing.topseos.com/.

SmartSearch Marketing is a full-service search engine marketing agency that helps their clients generate leads, acquire new customers, and position brands online through search engine optimization (SEO), pay per click (PPC) advertising, conversion and usability, website analytics, and local search.

Topseos.com, an independent authority on search vendors, completes an in-depth analysis of every vendor on the Best Integrated Search Company list by reviewing four key categories:


Vendor Processes
Keyword Selection
Internet Marketing Campaign Integration and Effectiveness
Cost Per Acquisition Minimization and Efficiency
Reporting

SmartSearch Marketings uniquely successful approach to search marketing, called Search Lifecycle Management, maximizes customers results from a prospects first search all the way through to customer acquisition and sale. SmartSearch Marketing serves both B2B ad B2C companies by offering comprehensive search solutions that include:


Strategic Planning
Search Advertising
Search Engine Optimization
Media buying and Creative Services
Website Usability
Landing Page Development
Conversion Improvements
Marketing Analytics

To learn more about SmartSearch Marketing, visit http://www.smartsearchmarketing.com.







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Titan Transfer, Inc. Acquisition of USA Cartage, Inc. is Facilitated by Transportation and Acquisition Advisors, Ahern and Associates

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Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) June 25, 2012

Ahern and Associates, Ltd., the nations leading trucking and logistics acquisition firm has announced an additional completed transportation acquisition. This time, the deal involves one of the nations premier midsized trucking and logistics firms in Titan Transfer, Inc. Titan recently contracted Ahern to assist them in acquiring specific assets of Williamsport, MD based, USA Cartage Company. USA Cartage is an asset based regional carrier which generates revenues of approximately $ 12MM to $ 14MM annually. As is the popular trend nowadays in transportation, Titan stated that the acquisition of USA Cartage broadens the service offerings of Titans Truck Load and Logistics Segment, while expanding the companys capacity and customer logistics.

Andy Ahern, CEO of Ahern and Associates, has been leading the charge within the transportation industry in assisting trucking, logistics and warehousing companies in acquiring businesses which either expand their regional footprint or broadens their service offering to customers. When called upon to assist Titan, Ahern quickly located an opportunity which met Titans expansion plans while melding with their corporate culture. As with many smaller carriers, the ownership at USA Cartage was looking for the perfect opportunity to sell, while staying on and becoming a part of a larger organization.

Working with Titan Transfer and Phillip Edwards and Tommy Hodges was an honor and I am truly fortunate to have had an opportunity to interact with both trucking executives. This is the third acquisition we have been able to assist Titan with and it was an excellent opportunity for both Titan and USA Cartage, explained Ahern.

As a result of the number of acquisitions the firm has been engaged in, Ahern and Associates has been at the center of 2012s movement within transportation towards consolidation. Over the last several weeks, Ahern announced numerous closings for companies such as Roadrunner Transportation, Echo Global Logistics and numerous private investors. Recently, Ahern announced an astounding, eight new clients seeking acquisition opportunities within transportation.

Its clear that companies who wish to not only survive, but thrive within the current landscape of transportation are making a strategic decision to acquire companies to expand their reach and provide a broader array of services to their customers.

About Ahern & Associates, Ltd.:

Ahern and Associates is North Americas leading trucking and transportation management consulting firm. The skilled consultants at Ahern and Associates specialize in mergers and acquisitions of trucking and logistics companies as well as the restructuring and evaluation of existing carriers that seek to increase operating efficiency and improve profitability. Since 1987, Ahern and Associates has aided hundreds of buyers in the acquisition of trucking and logistics companies throughout the U.S. and Canada as well as assisting many transportation and logistics companies in reducing their overall operating costs and increasing their profitability. For more information, please call 602-242-1030 or visit http://www.Ahern-Ltd.com

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NoveList and Library Journal Announce The LibraryAware Community Award

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Ipswich, MA (PRWEB) June 22, 2012

Library Journal is looking for libraries that are deeply engaged with their community and where the community is equally engaged with the library. A new award, the LibraryAware Community Award, will recognize those cities and towns and their libraries, or library systems, that have demonstrated their ability to make the community aware of what the library can do for themand have delivered on that promise. The award will be given by Library Journal and underwritten by LibraryAware, a product of the NoveList division of EBSCO Publishing.

This award will illuminate the value that communities throughout the United States and Canada derive from their libraries and highlight the outcomes of work by librariesthrough the development of effective programs, services, partnerships, and communicationsthat result in better communities and an increased understanding of how libraries contribute to a communitys well-being. The award will demonstrate why libraries deserve the resources necessary to deliver services that result in healthier, more prosperous, and more engaged cities and towns, says LJ editor-in-chief Francine Fialkoff.

NoveList Vice President Duncan Smith says the community is as vital to the success of any library as libraries are to successful communities. We want to live in communities where people see themselves as part of the future, as part of the solution. We want communities where the spirit of inquiry is alive, where not only the librarians and library staff but the citizens themselves embrace self-directed learning. It is in the public library where a community extends its capacity to imagine.

The LibraryAware Community Award will be given annually to a community of any size and its library during National Library Week. It will be presented to the city or town officials and the library director. The city or town will receive a plaque identifying it as a LibraryAware community. The winning library will receive $ 10,000, with second place receiving $ 7500, and third place receiving $ 5000. The first winners will be announced in June 2013 and the winning library will be featured in an article in Library Journal that same month.

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The LibraryAware Community Award will go to a library whose community is aware of, and recognizes, the librarys role:

EBSCO Publishing and SirsiDynix Sign Partnership Agreement to Enhance Discovery for Mutual Customers

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Ipswich, MA (PRWEB) June 22, 2012

A new agreement between EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) and SirsiDynix will provide mutual customers with easier access to the databases, e-journals and other e-content end users are looking for. EBSCO and SirsiDynix will work together to allow EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) to be seamlessly integrated into SirsiDynixs eResource Central solution. The plan also calls for a refined approach to the integration of eBooks on EBSCOhost within the SirsiDynix experience.

Growth in E-books and Discovery

The desire for a single search experience is taking center stage, and EBSCO and SirsiDynix have come together to enhance the integration of their respective services, focusing on improving discovery and delivery of content, especially e-book material. This partnership will enable mutual customers of EDS and SirsiDynix to leverage the EDS search engine and eBooks on EBSCOhost functionality from within the SirsiDynix eResource Central system. In addition to discovering the extensive content available via EDS, SirsiDynix customers who own or subscribe to eBooks on EBSCOhost will be able to identify which e-books are available and check them out. Checkouts will be integrated with physical holdings, and users will be able to launch EBSCOs e-book viewer directly without additional authentication.

EBSCO Publishing President Tim Collins says both EBSCO and SirsiDynix see e-books and discovery as important growth areas for libraries. There is no question that e-books are a growing part of our business and the business of libraries. We anticipate e-book adoption to continue at a rapid pace along with the growth of discovery services. This partnership allows us to provide libraries with ways to deliver their valuable content to users using the systems they know and trust. Its a powerful combination of systems and content with a tremendous level of convenience for customers and users who dont have to re-invent their workflow.

Bill Davison, CEO of SirsiDynix, believes the EBSCO/SirsiDynix alliance brings something truly unique and valuable to the library industry. We are thrilled at the prospect of bringing together the worlds leading providers of electronic content and integrated library software. Libraries will now be able to seamlessly merge their physical and electronic resources and provide access and options to users that, until now, has simply not been available.

About SirsiDynix

SirsiDynix connects people with knowledge at more than 23,000 libraries around the world. Through library management technology and search and discovery tools, libraries using SirsiDynix technology bring relevant resources and the power of knowledge to their users and communities. SirsiDynix technology is architected to be open, scalable and robust, offering a complete solution out-of-the-box, and unparalleled flexibility through APIs and web services. Complemented by the most experienced training, consulting and support staff in the industry, SirsiDynix helps libraries create tomorrows libraries, today. http://www.sirsidynix.com

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New Report Head-Up Display (HUD) Market (2012 2017) by MarketsandMarkets

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(PRWEB) June 22, 2012

According to the market research report Head-Up Display (HUD) Market – Global Forecasts & Analysis (2012 2017), By Technologies, Components & Applications published by MarketsandMarkets (http://www.marketsandmarkets.com), the total Head-up display (HUD) applications market is expected to reach $ 2.91 billion by 2017 at a CAGR of 24% from 2012 to 2017.

Browse more than 78 tables and in-depth TOC on Head-Up Display (HUD) Market – Global Forecasts & Analysis (2012 2017), By Technologies, Components & Applications.

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Head-up display has transformed from CRT-based to LED-based one; and then optic waveguide-based and now MEMS-based scanning laser HUDs are planning to enter the HUD market. MEMS scanning laser HUDs are the most advanced products and can project the image with better resolution and more clarity. Pico projector has increased the quality of the image. MEMS-based pico projectors are very compact and can be adjusted into a small place as well. Voice recognition, gesture control, and 3D are the latest trends in HUD. Substitute technology such as HMD is a big restraint for HUD.

HUD was introduced in early 1940s but it was used on mass level in military aviation after World War II. In 1990s, most commercial airlines started using HUD. Today HUD is an integral part of military and civil aviation sector. Similarly, HUD is more than two decade old technology in automotive. However, off late, it has started gaining popularity and cars OMEs have launched their HUD-featured models. Many car OEMs are likely to follow them and we will see more models in near future. So far it is projected as a feature of hi-end cars like luxury cars and sports car. Furthermore, HUD is likely to be a part of mid segment cars. With large volume of mid segment cars, Head-Up Display Market will grow rapidly and this will transform into the huge market. Apart from North America and Europe, APAC and ROW will also provide large market for HUD.

On aircraft avionics systems, HUDs typically operate from dual independent redundant computer systems. They receive input directly from the sensors (pitot-static, gyroscopic, navigation, etc.) aboard the aircraft and perform their own computations rather than receiving previously computed data from the flight computers. On other aircraft (the Boeing 787, for example) the HUD guidance computation for Low Visibility Take-off (LVTO) and low visibility approach comes from the same flight guidance computer that drives the autopilot. Computers are integrated with the aircraft systems and allow connectivity onto several different data buses such as the ARINC 429, ARINC 629, and MIL-STD-1553.

Typical aircraft HUDs display airspeed, altitude, a horizon line, heading, turn/bank and slip/skid indicators. These instruments are the minimum required by 14 CFR Part 91.

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KPMGs Chicago Office Gets New Managing Partner

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Big4.com, the premier social networking forum for professionals and alumni of Accenture, Andersen, BearingPoint, Capgemini, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers PwC, reports there will be a new managing partner at KPMGs Chicago office effective July 1.

Big4.com reports Patrick Canning will oversee the expansion of audit, tax and advisory services for KPMGs Chicago area practice. KPMGs Chicagos Office is the firms second largest office, with more than 1,850 partners and employees. Canning succeeds Phil Rohrbaugh who has announced his plans to retire in 2012.

Canning recently led KPMGs opening of a satellite office in Cambridge, Massachusetts solely dedicated to serving emerging technology and life science companies adding to his experience in serving global businesses. Big4.com reports that he has also worked with venture capital and private equity firms and their portfolio companies.

He joined KPMG in 1981 and was admitted to the partnership in 1990. He is also a member of the firms Emerging Business Opportunities Council.

About Big4.com

Big4.com is the accounting, tax, consulting and IT professions premier resource, and has been exclusively focused on Big Four firm professionals and alumni for 10 years, providing high quality content, connectivity and commerce. The Big Four Job Board offers fresh job opportunities clients include the worlds leading companies. Big Four News covers key news, developments, events, survey results, press releases and appointments. The Big Four Blog provides opinion and insight on recent and key developments, news, happenings, management changes, regulations, acquisitions and capital market activities. Big4 Video is a professionally produced news covering key global developments in this space.

Big4.com has a strong presence on key social media platforms:

Youtube: Big4Video is a professionally produced weekly news magazine.

Twitter: twitter.com/big4 has 9,000 followers.

LinkedIn: The Big Four Alumni and Professionals group is the largest corporate and alumni group with 85,000+ members.

Facebook: The Big4 fan page has 5,500 fans at facebook.com/big4page.

Xing: The Big Four Alumni and Professionals group has 1,450+ members.

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Irvine, CA (PRWEB) June 21, 2012

Irvine, CA, June 20, 2012, AppSolutely, Inc. developers of vablet, an iPhone, iPad, iTouch and Android file management platform, has launched a new application called Signage. Ideal for marketing campaign deployment and conference content management, Signage is a playlist platform that can loop product or advertising media on iPads and tablets or on HD displays using an iTouch.

According to a new market research report from Global Industry Analysts Inc. the marketing arena worldwide has witnessed dramatic transformation over the past few years, with a decline in traditional print advertisements in newspapers and static outdoor billboards and the global digital signage market should hit nearly $ 14 billion by 2017.

Signage is a supplemental technology to the vablet mobile file management system, geared for enterprise organizations. Both app products, vablet and Signage, are complementary systems and ideal for sales and marketing departments.

Signage works in three basic steps: 1) create the media using video or JPG images; 2) upload the media to the user accounts admin console on the web and set the play schedule in hours, days or months; 3) push the playlist out to any number of devices to run as scheduled.

The playlist functionality of Signage extends the enterprise file management system of vablet because the platform enables a sales person to switch out of playlist mode to a manual presentation file, with more detailed product information, on the same device.

A unique benefit of Signage is that the media runs locally on the device, without the need for a Wi-Fi or 3/4G signal for playback. Additional features beyond the multi-media display format include: interactive sales demos, lead generation, and analytical data on file usage, such as customer interactions with the content.

The intention of the vablet platform is to provide flexible and convenient access to content for all departments of an enterprise organization. explains Michael Ames, COO. So with the acceleration of tablet devices in business environments, Signage enhances the productivity of these devices with the added benefits of customer engagement and brand awareness.

vablet also plans to offer strategic marketing and media design as an optional service to their Signage customers.

The complete system was a success for Seoul Semiconductor at the recent LightFair event, the world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference, held in Las Vegas on May 9-10, 2012. “We were looking for a solution to achieve a paperless, multi-media experience. The vablet features were impressive and offered a seamless interface,” explains Brian Wilcox, VP North America. “Our sales team and customers found the vablet experience to be very intuitive and convenient. The added benefit of vablet providing custom media design helped us streamline implementation so we could focus on the customer experience. We are deploying Signage and vablet as standard tools for our daily sales process.”

Another vablet customer, Vendavo, also used the Signage solution at their annual Summit, on June 23, 2012, in Chicago. Exhibitors were equipped with the new iPad, along with their individual collateral and lead generation tools powered by vablet. The Signage app was an intentional strategy by Vendavo to leverage technology in order to achieve a completely paperless experience for both exhibitors and customers.

Integration with the leading CRM provider, SalesForce.com, enables further efficiency of the sales process.

Signage by vablet is currently available to download from iTunes and for Android devices through the Appaloosa appstore.

About AppSolutely, Inc.

Based in Irvine, California, AppSolutely, Inc. is a leading technology innovator. Their flagship app, vablet, is a new container technology providing secure file access, document distribution and digital signage solutions for iPad, iPhone and Android users. Their enterprise-grade application is uniquely driven by a push format, providing content management solutions that work directly with devices in addition to the convenience of a cloud. For more information, call 1.800.615.4296 or go to http://www.vablet.com.







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G20 summit yields useful commitments to euro reforms, better framing of global choices: CIGI experts

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Los Cabos, Mexico (PRWEB) June 21, 2012

The Los Cabos G20 summit resulted in an important commitment by Europe to reform its troubled banking system. At the same time, the summit marked a useful movement away from a false debate about austerity versus growth, and toward a more useful global political conversation about balancing of prudence versus generosity.

These are the findings of G20 experts from The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) who attended the Los Cabos summit June 18-19, 2012. They present their views in new post-summit commentaries posted at CIGI’s website, http://www.cigionline.org.

James Haley, Director of the Global Economy program at CIGI, notes that “the G20 Los Cabos Leaders Declaration and Los Cabos Growth and Jobs Action Plan have some very encouraging elements for those concerned about the prospects for the global economy.”

Most important, Haley writes, is the commitment by the euro area members to close the “yawning gap” between their capital market integration and the institutional arrangements required to support that integration. Haley also lauds commitments by the US to avoid sharp fiscal cuts that could hamper growth, and by China to let the markets play a larger role in its currency exchange rate.

Andrew F. Cooper, a CIGI Distinguished Fellow, states that “the image of the Los Cabos G20 being dominated by the debate over growth versus austerity is misleading in many ways.”

Rather, Cooper writes, the real debate is over the calls for fiscal prudence as seen in the positions of Germany and Canada, regarding financial support to European countries with a high standard of living and the need for continued generosity to developing and deserving poor countries; and the Los Cabos summit may have helped shift this global political conversation.

Other CIGI experts will also weigh in with analyses of the Los Cabos summit over the next few days. Watch CIGI’s website for these new commentaries.

To arrange interviews with James A. Haley, Andrew F. Cooper or other CIGI G20 experts, media are invited to contact Communications Specialist Declan Kelly at +1.519.885.2444, ext. 7356 or dkelly(at)cigionline.org.

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The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) is an independent, non-partisan think tank on international governance. Led by experienced practitioners and distinguished academics, CIGI supports research, forms networks, advances policy debate and generates ideas for multilateral governance improvements. Conducting an active agenda of research, events and publications, CIGIs interdisciplinary work includes collaboration with policy, business and academic communities around the world. CIGI was founded in 2001 by Jim Balsillie, then co-CEO of Research In Motion (RIM), and collaborates with and gratefully acknowledges support from a number of strategic partners, in particular the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario. For more information, please visit http://www.cigionline.org.

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Rmg and Mil Speck Announce Engagement to Build Waste Oil Refinery

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Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) June 20, 2012

Renewable Manufacturing Gateway (RMG), a non-profit organization acting as the catalyst for regional job creation and economic development in the clean technology and renewable energy industries, has signed a Letter of Engagement with Mil Speck Re-Refining Oil Company LLC (Mil Speck) to jointly develop a motor oil re-refinery.

Mil Speck will recycle used motor oil in an environmentally friendly manner in a new custom-designed plant that is expected to start operations in the fourth quarter of 2013. Oil gets dirty, but it never wears out, says Mil Specks founder and Chief Executive Officer Carl Greene.

The new re-refinery will have a capacity to process 25 million gallons of used motor oil per year and to produce vacuum gas oil, base neutral and asphalt flux. Mil Speck will utilize a state-of-the-art technology designed by Sequoia Global Inc. The technology has a proven industry record of producing the highest product quality and yielding the greatest economic return for re-refiners of motor oil.

NEPC Selects InvestorForce for Performance Reporting

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Conshohocken, PA (PRWEB) June 19, 2012

InvestorForce, Inc., the leading provider of performance reporting and data intelligence tools for institutional investment consultants, is pleased to announce an agreement with NEPC, LLC, one of the worlds largest independent investment consultants. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and with six additional offices across the U.S., NEPC provides investment consulting services to 309 clients with over $ 665 billion in total assets under advisement.

InvestorForces fully integrated platform will bring significant efficiencies to our performance reporting process, supporting our clients diverse reporting needs and allowing us to grow and scale our business in a cost effective manner, said Dan Kelly, Chief Operating Officer of NEPC. InvestorForces product vision aligns very nicely with our strategic goals, and we look forward to leveraging products such as InvestorForces Manager COLLECT to speed and automate the collection of account-level performance data and holdings directly from money managers.

InvestorForces end-to-end solution streamlines a consultants reporting process from data collection through to report production, delivering unparalleled efficiencies and flexibility.

We are thrilled to have NEPC join our growing client roster, said Jim Morrissey, CEO of Conshohocken, Pennsylvania-based InvestorForce. NEPC has been a leader in the institutional investment consulting space for more than 25 years, and we look forward to providing advanced analytics, data intelligence and decision support tools to support NEPCs delivery of the best possible investment decisions to both their traditional and discretionary consulting clients. The firms are also planning to work together to integrate enhanced risk measurement solutions into the InvestorForce platform.