Homeowner Guide 5 Tips for a Successful Home Remodel Released for Download


Arlington, Virginia (PRWEB) September 30, 2012

Northern Virginia home remodeling company Merrill Contracting & Remodeling, Inc. announced the release of the newest edition of its popular consumer e-guide to home remodeling. The e-guide 5 Tips for a Successful Home Remodel is now available free for homeowners to download at http://www.merrillcontracting.com.

The e-guide includes useful tips that help homeowners have better home remodeling experiences, such as the importance of selecting the right remodeling contractor. The homeowner e-guide to successful remodeling provides links to pages on the Merrill Contracting & Remodeling website where additional and more detailed information can be found, such as methods of setting home remodeling project priorities, specific questions to ask contractors and references, and red flags to look out for when selecting a remodeling contractor as well as other tips about remodeling.

David Merrill, president of Merrill Contracting & Remodeling commented Perhaps the single most important decision a homeowner makes that affects the success of a remodeling project and the nature of the home remodeling experience is the selection of the contractor they use. Its not always easy to determine what company will be best. Some of the secrets in our new e-guide, and articles they link to at our website, will help homeowners learn how to determine if the company they are considering for their remodel is right for them, their project, and their budget. Merrill also said, While our company only works in Northern Virginia our homeowners guide would be helpful to any homeowner in the country planning a remodeling project. The home remodeling tips we offer are universal.

Located in Arlington, Virginia, Merrill Contracting & Remodeling provides design build home remodeling services to homeowners in Arlington, Alexandria, Falls Church, McLean and other areas in Northern Virginia. The company provides architectural design and construction services for projects such as whole house remodels, home additions, kitchens, bathrooms, basement finishing, green remodeling, interior and exterior remodeling, as well as other home remodeling projects.







Younan Properties Announces Successful Refinance of Lakeside Square; Company Secures New Loan on Dallas Office Building


Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) July 31, 2012

Younan Properties, Inc., a full-service, national real estate owner and property manager of Class A office buildings in Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Chicago and Phoenix, announced that it successfully completed the refinancing of Lakeside Square in the Park Central district of Dallas. The new 10-year, fixed rate CMBS loan was closed on July 23.

According to Zaya Younan, Chairman and CEO, “The refinance of Lakeside Square takes advantage of the current favorable rate environment and reflects the market value of this Class “A” asset. The Central Expressway submarket where Park Central is located continues to show steady improvement with more than 100,000 square feet of positive absorption in the first six months of 2012. Overall, demand for Class “A” buildings continues to grow in Dallas/Fort Worth with more than 330,000 square feet of positive absorption in the second quarter. The new financing provides us additional resources for leasing and tenant improvement and positions this building as the premier office building in Park Central.”

The company recently announced to tenants that it is initiating a capital program to upgrade the existing building and add new lifestyle amenities. Phase One includes building a new fitness center, renovating the lobby and common areas, a wireless upgrade and an exterior landscape improvement program.

Younan added, “This latest announcement is a further example of our stated goal to realign and de-leverage our overall portfolio to 60%.”

Lakeside Square is one of the premier office buildings in Park Central and benefits from its impressive stature, modern architectural design and tranquil lakeside setting. Its reflective silver glass exterior and white marble lobby create a distinctive modern environment with classical touches. Within the building itself, Lakeside boasts a deli, car wash, conference center with wireless access and an adjacent six-level garage. With 85% occupancy, the 18-story, 403,120 square foot Class “A” office building is highly visible from every direction, within proximity to Dallas’ most prominent neighborhoods and steps away from Medical City. Park Central is a master-planned, mixed use development in the southern corner of US-75 and I-635, one of Dallas’ most heavily traveled intersections.

About Younan Properties

Younan Properties, Inc., is a privately held real estate investment and management company, specializing in acquiring and managing Class A office properties in strong growth markets throughout the United States including Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Phoenix. Known for its detailed, hands-on approach to improving operational efficiencies, while maintaining top building standards for tenants, Younan’s current portfolio consists of 19 office properties in five top metro markets. Younan is a fully-integrated real estate investment company with in-house expertise and resources in leasing, asset and property management, marketing, acquisitions, redevelopment, facility engineering and financing. For more information, visit http://www.younanproperties.com.







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eBooksCreated.com Passes 400 Successful eBook Writing and eBook Design Projects


Georgia USA (PRWEB) August 12, 2012

EbooksCreated.com is a company that was created on January 27 of 2009. They currently have thousands of satisfied customers who have purchased their eBook writing, eBook Design, and eBook Sales Page publishing packages. Michael Goudelock, the owner of eBooksCreated.com had this to say, I started this company in 2009 because I saw a need for entrepreneurs online who wished to start their own eBook business. We have helped various experts in industries such as law, cooking, internet marketing, and more. We have also helped up and coming entrepreneurs who wanted to get started in the eBook industry. Our focus has always been to provide low cost eBook creation services and to keep our clients 100% satisfied.

eBooksCreated.com hires high quality eBook writers that have been in the industry for 9+ years. They are experienced with various forms of writing. Their writers are 100% American – born and raised in the United States. They are fully capable of providing well-researched, original eBooks and it does not matter what topic it is. Clients simply tell the topic when they place the order and their writers take care of everything – if they have any questions, they will ask in order to make sure it is done right. Clients are allowed to provide a table of contents for the writers to follow or they can ask the ebook writer to create the table of contents for them. It can take a great deal of time to write an eBook and put it together. These writers spend their days writing eBooks for clients so that the clients can do other things that need to be done.

Not only do they writing the eBooks, but they also put a great deal of attention into the eBook design. With the eBook, clients will receive a free cover page design. The fee includes professional eBook formatting as well. eBooksCreated.com also offers free revision. They will revise any chapters/areas that their clients believe needs to be fixed, without asking questions or arguing. eBooksCreated.com’s main goal is to make their customers happy.

eBooksCreated.com also can help their customers design the website graphics, write the sales pages, and go through everything necessary to publish their clients eBook online to make sales. They have published over 400 eBooks in PDF format, Kindle, Nook, and other online sellable formats. Their specialties includes website design, eBook cover design, sales page writing, Kindle formatting, Sales Page Videos, eBook Publishing, eBook payment processing experts, and more.

ABOUT eBooksCreated.com

eBooksCreated.com is a website that offers high quality eBook writing, eBook Design, and eBook publishing services. They have served hundreds of clients and are always happy to accept eBook orders. For more information, contact Michael Goudelock via email sales(at)ebookscreated(dot)com







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Survey Details the Keys for Successful SharePoint Adoption

Rockville, MD (PRWEB) August 01, 2012

Portal Solutions announced today the results of an AIIM Industry Watch report they co-sponsored titled, The SharePoint Puzzle Adding the missing pieces. With responses from 551 organizations, the report identified a lack of internal expertise, lack of strategic plans and resistance from users with respect to contributing and collaborating as the top three most prevalent business issues associated with Microsoft SharePoint. Most organizations are planning to increase or maintain the level of SharePoint spend on internal development, integration with other repositories, training, and third-party add-ons, over the next 12 months.

The study found that only half (51%) of organizations have achieved adoption rates of 75% or more (users using SharePoint at least once per week). With this low usage, it is clear that SharePoint is not being used to its potential.

One major issue is its lack of integration with other systems. 44% of respondents are using other Enterprise Content Management and Document Management systems alongside SharePoint. Whatever the reason for having multiple systems (and many are detailed in the report), these organizations will not likely abandon their investment in those technologies, making seamless integration with other systems critical to wider adoption.

Another key to successful roll-out is an effective planning process that includes a communication strategy to engage users. Governance is the most frequently cited technical issue while lack of expertise on getting the most out of SharePoint and lack of a strategic plan are the most frequently cited business issues.

Finally, there was a consensus around the functional gaps of SharePoint with mobile, search, workflow, and social being cited as the most disappointing gaps. To meet these shortfalls over half (54%) are using or plan to use third party add-ons.

Portal Solutions works with customers to overcome these challenges with a deployment methodology that emphasizes upfront strategic planning and providing technical expertise with the Microsoft SharePoint platform and overall ecosystem to address back-office integration and appropriate use of third-party applications, said Portal Solutions CEO, Daniel Cohen-Dumani. Based on our customer experience, the results were a reaffirmation of our approach to deploying SharePoint solutions with the ultimate goal being enthusiastic user adoption.

The research was underwritten by Adlib, Axceler, EMC, Kofax, Knowledge Lake, IBM, Igloo Software, OpenText, Portal Solutions and QorusDocs.

Portal Solutions will include additional insight on these findings and implications for organizations in a webinar this fall.

About Portal Solutions

Portal Solutions helps organizations share what they know and find what they need by connecting people, data, and content. The company focuses on what drives user adoption to create solutions that people love to use. For over 10 years, Portal Solutions has implemented SharePoint-based solutions across a wide variety of industries and user environments. Our services span the project lifecycle to include Advisory Services, User Experience Services, and Implementation Services. http://www.portalsolutions.net







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Law Firms Struggle with New Paradigm: Successful Firms Embrace Corporate Model


Denver, CO (PRWEB) June 06, 2012

In recent years, law firms have been faced with new economic and business realities. The old model of the institutionalized law firm wherein each lawyer takes turns managing the firm, is being trumped by the reality of changing attorney-client arrangements and the growing necessity of paying careful attention to support staff development. Many firms are learning that they are in need of an employee development plan just as much (and sometimes even more) than their corporate counterparts.

There is an onset of increased mergers, downsizing, and a new model of partnerships with like-minded businesses, in order to offer a variety of services to clients, who are looking for complete solutions versus simply the services of one or two attorneys. These include accounting services, project management support, temporary CEO assignments, and strategic business planning services, potentially all under the umbrella of one law firm.

The core challenges in making this transition include developing competencies in staff members that have not been previously addressed, such as taking personal responsibility for outcomes, learning successful communication tactics, finding new ways to handle conflict, paying attention to behavioral styles, and managing not only a single role in the firm, but also self-management with respect to the entire firm and long-term career planning.

Law firm employees are now being asked to interact and work successfully with a variety of professionals, and increase their personal effectiveness in order to help their firms make the transition to the new paradigm that offers a variety pack of services along with new and flexible arrangements.

Employee Development Systems, Inc. is now providing programs, such as Increasing Personal Effectiveness that help firms address the core issues they have encountered in these new situations, and shows all the law firm staff employees how to perform more effectively with each other and with outside communication.

Specifically, the Increasing Personal Effectiveness program is being utilized by law firms to successfully instruct employees in the importance of personal accountability, help them develop professional competencies, and develop an understanding of how behavior impacts personal and professional effectiveness, specifically in the legal setting.

About Employee Development Systems, Inc.

Employee Development Systems, Inc. is a Colorado-based professional development firm that was founded in 1979 and offers employee development, management development, leadership and professionalism courses and accompanying behavioral style assessments, surveys and other tools. Employee Development Systems, Inc. provides services worldwide to Fortune 500 clients as well as small to medium-sized businesses.

The organizations mission is to enhance the interpersonal skills needed to perform at a more productive level, to develop a workforce that adapts to change, and is creative and innovative and to make the client organization the employer of choice. This is accomplished through establishing trust, building relationships and fostering behavioral change. Employee Development Systems, Inc. training and development initiatives address employee engagement, multiple generations in the workplace and the ramifications of social media and collaboration.







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