In the world of Listbuilding, it’s as if Yahoo and Google decided to work together on a search engine: Internet Marketing Master Shawn Casey and his student, Listbuilding Jedi Tellman Knudson, are bringing their “forces” together to create the ultimate Listbuilding course to help new entrepreneurs conquer their fears and build their own ‘robotic moneymaking machines.’

Brattleboro, VT April 20, 2008 — It’s like a scene from Star Wars, the one we all wanted to see: where Luke Skywalker joins up with Obi Wan Kenobi and they put their lightsabers together and team up to side-by-side against Darth Vader to clear the way for the new generation of young Jedi Knights. Shawn Casey, best-selling author of Mining Gold on the Internet, and Tellman Knudson of Overcome Everything, Inc. have teamed up to create what they call the ‘Ultimate Listbuilding course’ — appropriately named after it’s future home on the Internet: Listbuilding.com. It’s purpose, they say, is to help the next generation of entrepreneurs quickly and easily build lucrative businesses online using the most respectable, proven and long-lasting of the internet skills: Listbuilding.

Currently in pre-launch, this giant of a Listbuilding resource is scheduled to launch this spring; and if pre-launch activity is any indication, it’s going to be simply huge. At press time, the services and materials they have distributed free of charge — including step-by-step videos on how to create a site, a 24-hour “Squeeze-A-thon” that helped over 200 business owners get their squeeze pages built, and tell-all reports on how Shawn and Tellman started their own multi-million dollar businesses — have received raving reviews.

Both Casey and Knudson have incredible rags-to-riches stories that prove anyone, no matter where they come from in the universe, can make this work. “I started my company on 50 bucks and a ‘Frankenstein’ computer that was built out of other broken machines and resold,” said Knudson. “The CD drive was hanging out of the front because it didn’t work unless I held it in my hand and shook it, and the fan was so loud I couldn’t make a business call in the same room as my computer.” In his desperate search to make a living online, he accidentally found a copy of Casey’s Mining Gold on the Internet. “At the time, I had no idea who wrote it or what it was really worth” says Knudson, “I was clueless, and going further in the hole each day. But I kept at it, hoping something, someday would work.”

Then, he got Shawn Casey on the phone for just twenty-two minutes–and things changed. “Shawn told me a few things–but one of them was I had to send out these nine emails all in a row, and I didn’t want to do it; but he was ‘the master’–so I did,” says Knudson. Because he trusted his teacher, Knudson made $800,000 in profit that year alone–his first year online. Now he owns a multi-million dollar company with twelve employees, but he’s never forgotten who helped him when he was in need.

Casey, who was practicing law in back in 1995, started in a small, cramped apartment in Pittsburgh during the summer–with no air conditioning in 100 degree conditions. “I was living in an efficiency apartment that had no furniture in it, except for a table, two chairs, and a sofa that the landlord had let me scrounge from the furniture left over from previous tenants that he had piled up in the basement,” said Casey. From this humble beginning, Casey rose to become CEO of a company that made the Inc. 500 list for two years running. Yet, feeling suffocated by the corporate rat race, he wanted something more.

Then he discovered the potential power of direct marketing on the Internet. He applied his expert skills from his corporate days to this new business-form, and quickly became a master of building ‘robotic moneymaking machines’ using the internet as raw material. Today, Casey is a multi-multi-millionaire, who often runs his business while vacationing in the Caribbean (which Obi Wan would certainly have made his headquarters instead of the desert if only he’d known about it).
In all seriousness, both Casey and Knudson live a life that most people only dream of. Tellman now lives in a million dollar mansion in the woods of Vermont and works from home as well.

Casey says their inspiration and goal for this joint project is to teach other people to do the same thing they did–in half the time. The course, which will be released sometime in late April, will follow on the heels of the pre-launch materials out for viewing now, including free training videos, reports and case studies (also on video) of their previous students, who have made their own dreams come true following the advice of “the Marketing Master and the List Building Jedi.”

For more information about their upcoming series of trainings, destined to change the face of Internet Marketing, contact Kyle Battis, Affiliate Manager, or get more information at the ListBuilding.com website at eye-candy.ch

In January 2008, a revolutionary new website was launched that will forever change the biodiesel industry. Fillmore Fuels is the first biodiesel related auction website to hit the market. In today’s renewable fuel market, there is a great divide between the individual consumer or home-brewer and the large commercial businesses. Fillmore Fuels is leading the way in bridging that divide by not only establishing a marketplace for biodiesel related items to be bought and sold, but also by building a community where everyone can come together to share their knowledge and expertise.

Largo, FL March 20, 2008. Significant growth in the American biodiesel industry has left the door wide open for entrepreneurs to explore new ways to help shape the market. In January 2008, biodiesel enthusiast Wesley Fillmore launched Fillmore Fuels (www.fillmorefuels.com), the first community-driven biodiesel auction site. The website was designed to help both hobbyists and commercial producers quickly and easily buy and sell biodiesel fuel and related products and equipment. Thanks to its innovative business model, Fillmore Fuels is uniquely positioned to revolutionize the market by helping to: regulate regional pricing; maintain a high level of integrity between buyers and sellers of biodiesel; and facilitate the exchange of ideas in an evolving industry.

According to the Annual Energy Outlook released by the Energy Information Administration in 2007, consumption of biodiesel is expected to reach .4 billion gallons by 2030. Fillmore Fuels is the first on-line community dedicated to biodiesel fuel and related products, and the consumers, hobbyists and commercial producers interested in purchasing and selling them. This new auction site brings buyers and sellers together to engage in on-line commerce and to address pertinent issues related to the industry. Since gaining momentum, the renewable fuel industry has faced a number of critical issues, including regional pricing. By creating a dynamic environment in which buyers can find the products they need at prices they can afford, Fillmore Fuels hopes to help mitigate this problem. While the value of biodiesel fuel varies by region, consistent and competitive pricing is essential to the growth of the market.

“With profit margins at a minimum, the ability to resort to more affordable feedstock when available is priceless, and Fillmore Fuels provides this option,” says Wesley Fillmore, President. “In addition, it provides a means for local farmers, restaurants, and producers to sell their virgin vegetable oils or WVO to the highest bidder, thus increasing their profit margins and limiting the middle man and cost.”

Sellers who use the Fillmore Fuels website offer a variety of products and resources. The site is designed to easily facilitate the sale of feedstock, algae, fuel, processors, vehicles and more. Each product is accompanied by a detailed description, and potential buyers can ask sellers questions before placing their bids. To maintain the highest level of integrity in all transactions, buyers can rate and review sellers and their products, therefore holding sellers to a higher standard and further assisting buyers in their purchasing decisions. In addition to providing a mutually beneficial on-line marketplace for buyers and sellers, Fillmore Fuels is also one of the few websites where both hobbyists and commercial producers can network and share valuable resources and tips. Additionally, the website offers useful articles on a variety of topics including how to avoid scams and how to save time and money. There is no cost to join the Fillmore Fuels website. For more information, visit eye-candy.ch

“Foreign companies and entrepreneurs from countries with high tax rates or restrictive business environments are particularly attracted to Singapore. Clients from many Asian and European countries are fast recognizing the benefits of incorporating here.”

Singapore is becoming a top location for starting a business, reports AsiaBiz – a firm focused on company incorporation services in Singapore. The company reports its own recent success with Singapore’s business policies, and provides information for foreign companies and entrepreneurs seeking to relocate.

Singapore November 6, 2007 — With its latest tax incentives, pro-business policies, streamlined regulations and booming economy, Singapore is fast becoming the top location for global entrepreneurs and investors to incorporate a business, reports AsiaBiz, a firm focused on Singapore company incorporation and related corporate services.

“Today more than 26,000 international companies call Singapore home,” says Samir Malhotra, head of business strategy at AsiaBiz. “Foreign companies and entrepreneurs from countries with high tax rates or restrictive business environments are particularly attracted to Singapore. Clients from many Asian and European countries are fast recognizing the benefits of incorporating here.”

AsiaBiz has found success with the country’s attractive business policies. The company is helping increasing number of overseas entrepreneurs and small-to-midsize businesses establish a presence and relocate to Singapore. “The common theme of our clients is that they are all entrepreneurs. On the same day, we could be helping an American hardwood supplier, a hedge fund manager, and an authentic Indian restaurant owner to incorporate and relocate to Singapore,” Malhotra says.

In a recent joint survey by the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation, Singapore was rated as the world’s best place for incorporating and doing business. Earlier this year, the Republic of Singapore implemented attractive tax exemptions for small-to-mid size companies and further reduced the overall corporate tax rate in Singapore to 18 percent. According to various reports and statistics, Singapore consistently ranks as one of the most competitive and profitable places for business investors.

Singapore owes its stability and economic growth to a sound legal system and clean government, according to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew who was speaking at the opening of the annual International Bar Association conference recently. The Institute for Management Development (IMD) World Competitiveness Yearbook has consistently ranked Singapore in the top two positions since 1997 under the Legal Framework component.

AsiaBiz notes that the growing number of global entrepreneurs and foreign companies incorporating in Singapore is confirmed by business service providers such as accounting, corporate secretarial and legal firms in Singapore, increasing between 20 to 50 percent since last year.

Singapore’s relaxation of its immigration policies is also designed to facilitate the relocation of foreign entrepreneurs and professionals, according to AsiaBiz. This is done through programs such as Entrepreneur Pass.

“In addition to investing heavily in infrastructure and human capital to meet global competition, Singapore is focusing on developing Singapore into the ‘talent capital’ of the global economy,” Malhotra says. “This is good news for those looking for low taxes, a clean regulatory system, high quality of life and a lucrative place to incorporate and base their business.”

For more information about AsiaBiz and its Singapore incorporation services, visit www.asiabizsetup.com.

About AsiaBizSetup
Based in Singapore, AsiaBizSetup is the leading provider of incorporation and related services to foreign companies and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit us at eye-candy.ch

Samuel Babarinde, 24 years old founder of Super Eye Spex, an online optical store, will be donating prescription glasses worth $200,000 to the people of Darfur Sudan in April 2008.

Toronto, Ontario January 19, 2008 — Samuel Babarinde, 24 year old founder of Super Eye Spex, an online optical store, will be donating prescription glasses worth $200,000 to the people of Kenya in April 2008.

Babarinde has been following the crisis going on in Africa for many years. He has always known that something had to be done in order to help the less fortunate in that part of the world.

Therefore, He decided to start an online charity store where people can purchase high quality prescription glasses for lower prices. With the help of the online store he raised over $100,000 which he is now using towards the cause.

Importance of Our Eyeglass Donation to Africa

• Over 1 billion people in developing countries need eyeglasses but cannot afford them.
• Over 4 million pairs of eyeglasses are thrown away each year in North America.
• 25% of the global population needs eyeglasses.
• In Africa, 50% of children in institutions for the blind would be able to read normal or large print if they had eyeglasses
• The price for glasses in Benin and other African countries can exceed three months’ average salary

For additional information on (24 year old entrepreneur donated prescription glasses worth $200,000 to the people in Kenya) contact “Sam” at sam @ supereyespex.com or visit www.supereyespex.com.

ABOUT SUPER EYE SPEX – Super Eye Spex is the cheapest online optician. Despite the fact that we are a new company, we offer the latest and newest arrivals on the internet. Due to low expenditure and discretionary buying means we can offer you the best deals around.

So far, we estimated that we can and will save the public over $8 million on their glasses. This is why: In 2004, the average cost of a pair of glasses bought at leading chains like Hakim was $200. Now you can get quality glasses, custom made to your precise prescription for a flat rate of $25.00 complete.

Our main interest is to make our customers happy simply by offering them exactly what you asked for according to how they want it and also by donating eyeglasses to the less fortunate in the developing world.

Website: www.supereyespex.com

Provided by gh consulting – gordian hense

See, Click and Transform: Latest Version of Bling! It Grants Individuals and Small Businesses Operating Mac Systems the Confidence and Credibility to Compete on the Global Market and Raise Sales, Click-Through-Rates and Sell Stagnant Inventory

San Francisco, CA January 16, 2008 — Vertus, the graphics and imaging software division of Heligon, a technology business specializing in image data interpretation, today unveiled the Macintosh-compatible version of Bling! It, its recently released deep-graphic image-editing tool that quickly and easily transforms product shots to create maximum online sales impact. Since its initial launch, Bling! It users, even those without any prior image editing experience, have found that the software helps raise the achieved sales price of their products and increases the click-through-rate over standard thumbnail images. By giving product images a “shot-in-the-studio” look and feel, Bling! It creates images which attract more attention from buyers, helping sellers achieve higher prices for their products and move previously stagnant inventory. The software is available for live demonstrations throughout Macworld Expo 2008, January 15-18, in the Vertus booth #W-4231.

By combining complex technology with easy-to-use tools, Bling! It empowers any user to strengthen and embellish product images thanks to capabilities previously available only to seasoned image editing professionals. With Bling! It, Mac users can unlock their creative potential without having to master complex and intimidating image editing programs such as Photoshop. With just a few clicks and the guidance of Bling! It’s intuitive balloon tips, users can seamlessly replace a standard image background with a more appealing backdrop and add features such as drop shadowing, highlight effects and logos. The sheer speed realized with Bling! It enables even the novice user to produce product images up to four times faster than with any previously available solutions.

“Bling! It enables anyone to create high quality product shots capable of competing with studio-shot professional product images. We’ve received numerous comments from customers that have “Blinged” their product shots, that they have realized as much as a 20% increase in their achieved product price,” said James Carr-Jones, president and CEO of Vertus. “With businesses of all sizes and industries offering products through e-commerce outlets, the entrepreneur that makes the best impression online ultimately generates the most sales. Bling! It enables even the most casual seller to optimize potential revenue and increase profits by making products truly stand out from the ever-growing crowd without the need to master Photoshop or other complicated imaging programs.”

For anyone interested in generating supplemental income online or through auction sites like eBay or Amazon, Bling! It provides the ability to create professional quality product shots that rival or surpass the competition. From the occasional eBay user to the small business looking to improve its website images and compete with larger rivals, Bling! It can improve product images making them standout from the competition, often helping to sell previously stagnant inventory.

“I recently downloaded the software and have been working on my images non-stop since then,” said eBay India Power Seller Runa Laila, who operates the eBay store Hypnosis, which specializes in Indian clothing and jewelry. “In a rather short period of time, I am already seeing some of my items which were stuck with me for quite a long time getting sold off immediately upon uploading some beautiful photos recreated with the help of Bling! It.”

Bling! It Features

Bling! It identifies and traces the key edges within an image to extract the product from its background, making this once complicated task as easy as painting by numbers. Users can select from a variety of professional backgrounds available in the Bling! It library or customize one, optimize the shot with a few clicks on the easy-to-use tools menu, and the new professional product image is complete. Bling! It also automatically optimizes an image size, resolution and data weight (kilobytes), for an e-commerce site or preset online auction sites.

With Bling! It’s “Paint Away Viewer” feature, users see their product shot evolving in real-time. As the product is extracted and set into the new background, users are able to visualize the final image as it is created. The “Paint Away Viewer” also shows real-time edits, as users employ various image optimization tools available with Bling! It. With these tools, users can:
― Sharpen product appearance without hiding a product’s characteristic imperfections
― Add drop shadows to provide a depth-of-field to the image
― Use the “Highlight Brush” to lift the image highlights to create a “shot-in-the-studio” feel
― Enhance product resolution independently from the background to make the product really stand out
― Embed a logo to make product shots even more professional
― Adjust the edge blending between the product and the background to preserve the warm feeling of a sweater or the furry softness of a teddy bear
― Customize the position, size and rotation of the product relative to the new background with the easy-to-use handling points
― Optimize the final image for use on various preset e-commerce sites such as eBay or Amazon

Bling! It was created as a cost effective alternative for the online seller and small business. With a suggested retail price of $49.95, the software is affordable for even the most casual user.

Bling! It can be purchased at Bling! It Homepage.

System Requirements

Previously available for PC use only, the latest version of Bling! It is now available for the Macintosh operating systems. Minimum requirements are:
― PowerPC® G4 or G5 or Intel® processor
― Mac OS X v.10.3.9, or 10.4.9 or later
― 512MB of RAM
― 250MB of available hard-disk space

About Vertus
Vertus is the graphics and imaging software division of Heligon, a technology business specializing in image data interpretation. Heligon’s groundbreaking technology uses complex algorithms to mimic the way the eye and brain perform visual processing so that
complex shapes and colors can be recognized within images. Heligon licenses its technology to market leaders in industries including design and graphics, printing and video. More information on Vertus can be found at: Vertus Homepage.

Website: www.blingit.us

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Organic search engine traffic is often considered to be the holy grail of traffic sources. It is free, plentiful (depending on your niche), and Internet users across the globe use search engines. However, as any seasoned website owner can attest, search engines can be as fickle as a teenage girl.

One day you are Number 1 and the search engines love you. The next day your site has been nonchalantly pushed to page 47. No rhyme or reason or “Dear John” letter. In order to balance out these inevitable downgrades, it is equally important for site owners to master the art of link building.

Link building is defined as locating other targeted sites in your niche, and either exchanging links with them, or having them link to you. The latter of the two – one way links – are considered to be the most ideal option amongst link building professionals.

Obtaining links from other sites basically gives you targeted traffic. And in many cases, links from other sites can last forever. Because of that aspect, it is important to incorporate this tactic into your overall online marketing plan.

The following are some of the suggestions to construct effective link building strategies.

Put some link bait on the hook. Link bait is marketing lingo for – “create content that will absolutely, positively compel other site owners to link to you.”

It is typically an article or a blog post that has a definite “WOW!” factor. What creates that “WOW!”? You can put together a huge list of helpful resources for people in your niche. Better yet, go beyond the name of the site and the URL and include a comprehensive description. Tell why you like the site, or how it is going to help your site visitors the most.

Purchase text links. This is probably the most frequently used link building strategy. This is also one of the fastest ways to generate one way links without breaking a sweat. There are many directories that specialize in matching text link buyers and sellers. These directories are good because you were find a number of sites to choose from in almost any category. Plus, you can read reviews from other text link buyers in your niche.

Obtain blog reviews. A simple way to build links to your blog is to get blog reviews. The concept is basic. Someone reviews your blogs content – you get a link.

Blog reviews are great because someone is actually giving specific details about your site, rather than just one line of text (which is what you will get with text links).
If you do a search for “blog reviews” you will find several sites offering the service. Depending on the site, you may or may not have to pay for the review.

As you can see, link building is not hard. It does require time and commitment. But the payoff – increased targeted traffic – makes it well worth the effort.

–About–
KC is a Search Engine Optimizer and Internet Entrepreneur. He also shares his experience on how to earn passive income in his blog. He also owns a popular SEO site that provides affordable SEO services. He is the owner of a Free CSS layouts site as well.
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IndexTools (Inc.), leading provider in the web analytics industry today announced its new Partner Alliance Program. The new program aims to strengthen current partnerships, and expand the number of agencies and entrepreneurs’ businesses that share IndexTools’ commitment and wish to benefit from a flexible, innovative and highly customizable web analytics solution.

New York, NY May 23, 2007 — IndexTools (Inc.) www.indextools.com, leading provider in the web analytics industry, today announced its new Partner Alliance Program. The new program aims to strengthen current partnerships, and expand the number of agencies and entrepreneurs businesses that share IndexTools’ commitment and wish to benefit from a flexible, innovative and highly customizable web analytics solution.

“Increasing partner share is vital to continuing our expansion worldwide,” said Dennis Mortensen, COO of IndexTools. “The Partner Alliance Program offers a material win-win for everyone – our partners, their accounts, and of course the growing community of IndexTools users around the world.”

The new Partner Alliance Program provides three different levels for agencies to work together with IndexTools:
• Strategic Alliance Partner – for companies with a stable client base and committed demand for analytics
• Key Alliance Partner – for businesses with an expanding client base and growing demand for analytics
• Authorized Partner – for entities new to analytics seeking to broaden their commitment to analytics

IndexTools’ current partners and newcomers alike will benefit directly from an array of new partner program features:
• Training and consultancy by in-house experts in Professional and Best Practice Services that will guide partners through business requirement analysis, deployment and performance optimization.
• Ready access to a full suite of marketing materials and sales tools developed specifically for Partners.
• Aggressive remuneration and lifetime commission structure.
• An open-door client management center where partners can monitor and manage their clients’ web analytics usage and access extensive product information to buoy client relationships.

“Web analytics has become a strategic factor in our approach of our clients and campaigns. We needed to provide our clients with an exceptionally customizable web analytics solution. This does not stop with a piece of software; it requires a partnership that exceeds the client-supplier level. IndexTools enables us to go beyond client expectations and as a Strategic Alliance Partner we benefit from IndexTools’ lead generation, marketing support and superb implementation services,” said Michiel van Gaalen, CEO of Leads2Business.

Charlie Holbech, Head of IndexTools Partner Division, sees tangible benefits rolling out the Partner Alliance Program, “What we have built over the past four years is a global matrix of more than 200 active partners in 25 countries. This incorporates major agencies and sector leaders, web design firms and online marketing companies covering every possible market vertical. With the Alliance Program our footprint can only continue to grow.”

More information about IndexTools Partner Alliance Program: at IndexTools Partner Program .

About IndexTools
IndexTools offers a highly customizable and scalable analytics platform for companies’ online marketing activity in each phase of the customer lifecycle. With IndexTools Web Analytics and Bid Management, businesses gain accurate, insightful and timely intelligence about the effectiveness of their online marketing.

IndexTools’ services have boosted the online performance of more than 3000 clients worldwide, including Tesco, Vodafone, PriceRunner, and Jamba.

IndexTools serves its worldwide client base directly and through a network of more than 200 local partners in over 25 countries around the globe. IndexTools was founded in 2000, operates from New York City, US and have an extensive Technology Development Center in Budapest, Hungary EU. IndexTools’ competitors include Webtrends, Visual Sciences (WebSideStory), Omniture and Coremetrics.

Netlog secures €5 million in venture capital funding

London April 25, 2007 — As of today, brands wishing to target the lucrative 14 – 24 year old market across Europe can do so by advertising on Netlog, Europe’s fastest growing social network. Netlog operates a number of local-language social networking sites reaching 17 million users across Europe. These sites, which have grown rapidly in popularity in recent months, allow users to connect with people of similar ages and from the same region, in their own language. Netlog previously operated under a range of brands, including Facebox in the UK.

Lorenz Bogaert, CEO and co-founder of Netlog said, “We have been thrilled with the rapid adoption of our localised European sites. Europe is all too often treated as a homogenous market. Our service recognises the diversity across Europe and is the only social networking site catering to a variety of languages and cultures.”

The creation of the first truly pan-European social networking environment gives advertisers an extremely flexible way to target specific demographics and countries.

The launch of Netlog coincides with the company raising €5 million of funding from leading European venture capital firm Index Ventures. Index has an excellent track record of investing in successful consumer Internet companies such as Betfair and Skype. Skype’s founders, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom of Atomico, are among a select number of co-investors in Netlog.

The funding and venture capital support will allow the company to accelerate the roll-out of additional sites in more languages and territories and to further build up its commercial operations. The company already operates profitably under a dual model of user payment and advertising.

Within six months of its launch in autumn 2006, Netlog (then Facebox) became a Top 100 site in the Alexa internet listings, a database of information about web sites that includes traffic rankings. The website now receives over 2 billion page views per month.

Sites currently operate in the UK, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Italy and Romania. Further expansion is planned in the near future.

About Netlog
Netlog was founded in 2003 and operates online community platform specifically targeted at the European youth. Netlog has more than 17 million members throughout Europe with sites currently available in eight languages – English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Dutch, Italian and Romanian. The Company is headquartered in Aalst, Belgium where it has 20 employees and leverages a network of translators and community managers across Europe. The Company was a Red Herring Europe 100 award winner in 2007. For more information, please visit corporate.netlog.com

About Index Ventures
Index Ventures has been active in technology venture investing since 1996. The firm is dedicated to helping great entrepreneurial teams in the information technology and life science sectors build their companies into market-defining global leaders. The firm has offices in Geneva, London and Jersey. Index Ventures is an active investor in the consumer internet sector and investments of note include Last.fm, the online social music revolution and Stardoll, the celebrity doll dress up site for girls. Other landmark investments include Betfair, the world’s largest betting exchange, Skype, recently sold to eBay and Genmab, one of the largest antibody companies in the world. For more information, please visit www.indexventures.com

Over 130 speakers share real-world applications and experiences on May 20-24 at the 3rd annual Semantic Technology Conference, May 20-24 in San Jose, California. This year’s event will be the largest event ever dedicated to the business of semantic technologies and the semantic web. Semantics is a hot industry sector – a $2 billion per year market and projected to grow to over $50 billion by the year 2010. Leading analysts have estimated that 35-65% of our System Integration costs are due to Semantic issues. Featuring over 24 case studies and more than 600 attendees, this gathering is attracting IT, research and business leaders alike.

San Jose, CA April 11, 2007 — Wilshire Conferences today announces the 3rd annual Semantic Technology Conference, May 20-24 in San Jose, California. This year’s event will be the largest event ever dedicated to the business of semantic technologies and the semantic web. Featuring over 130 expert speakers, 24 case studies, and more than 600 attendees, this gathering is attracting IT, research and business leaders alike.

With semantics and the semantic web at the center of the next phase of the Internet’s development, pioneers such as Oracle, Raytheon, MetLife, Time Inc., Cleveland Clinic, Sandia Labs, US Air Force, NASA and TopQuadrant, along with many others spanning numerous industries, are uniting to educate attendees. The conference will touch on the basics of how the semantic web is being built using metadata, XML microformats, the W3C standards RDF and OWL, and other existing components. Presentations will focus on the newest technologies and applications-including SOA, ontologies, semantic integration, semantic queries, natural language extraction and semantic wikis-but on how these developments are already being used by businesses to generate revenue as well as save time, improve knowledge management, and reduce costs.

Agenda highlights include two Keynote panels. The first explores the practical aspects of Delivering Business Value with Semantics and includes senior technical and business executives from Oracle, Yahoo!; Garlik; NASA and the Object Management Group.

The second Keynote features a candid conversation with Entrepreneurs and Investors who are Building the Semantic Technology Industry. Mills Davis of Project 10X moderates, with panelists John Giannandrea, of Metaweb, Nova Spivak of Radar Networks Mark Greaves of Vulcan Inc., Nicholas El Baze of Partech International, and Bradley Allen from Siderean.

Describing the conference agenda, Tony Shaw, President of Wilshire Conferences, said “We’re delighted with the caliber of industry leaders the conference has attracted, both on the speaker faculty as well as in the audience. SemTech is definitely the place to meet the people who are bringing semantic technologies to the world.” Additionally, he is optimistic about the commercial opportunities semantic technology is providing: “In a few years we’ll take all this embedded semantic meaning for granted – we’ll expect systems to be lot smarter. This is merely the beginning of a long-term build-out of semantic capability.”

In addition to the world-class educational sessions, the Semantic Technology Conference boasts a comprehensive presence of exhibitors unveiling the latest semantic innovations. Organizations including Oracle Corporation, TopQuadrant, Metatomix, JustSystems, FourthCodex, and Siderean Software demonstrate the advanced commercial capabilities of their latest products.

For more information about the world’s largest and most authoritative conference on the commercialization of semantic technology, please visit the conference website.

About Wilshire Conferences:
Wilshire Conferences, Inc., headquartered in Los Angeles, California, sponsors and organizes educational conferences for information technology professionals, primarily in the areas of data management and application development. Wilshire Conferences enables industry leaders, professional peers, and technology experts to interact and share best practices on the most effective ways to implement IT.

More 2007 programs from Wilshire Conferences include:
* Data Governance Conference, June 25-28, San Francisco, CA
* Service Oriented Architectures for Data Management (SOA), August 21-23, San Francisco, CA
* Information and Data Quality Conference (IDQ), September 24-28, Las Vegas, NV

Please visit the Wilshire Conferences website for a description of these educational conferences or to sign up to receive announcements of future events.

MyEvent.com is different than most Internet companies. The business does not rely on advertising for revenue, and it has real earnings. This notion would seem counter intuitive to the hordes of start-ups that are following the web 2.0 philosophy of building a community, and hopefully one day being able to monetize their business through advertising. MyEvent.com provides a valuable service to its members for a fee and recently celebrated its 5th anniversary online.

Montreal, QC April 11, 2007 — MyEvent.com is different than most Internet companies. The business does not rely on advertising for revenue, and it has real earnings. This notion would seem counter intuitive to the hordes of start-ups that are following the web 2.0 philosophy of building a community, and hopefully one day being able to monetize their business through advertising. MyEvent.com provides a valuable service to its members for a fee and recently celebrated its 5th anniversary online.

According to company president Rob Hirscheimer, the fact that the company is profitable and does not draw any revenue from advertising is not a coincidence. “Making money from advertising on a community website is almost impossible. The first problem is that it is not easy or cheap to become extremely popular to the point where you have millions of unique visitors a day. Moreover, even the biggest community websites (Myspace, Youtube) that have huge traffic have been unable to make money by displaying ads next to their content. We made the decision from the beginning to offer value to our customers and charge a fee for the service.”

MyEvent.com is the leading provider of do-it-yourself event websites on the Internet. The company allows anyone to create a professional website with no technical skills, for events such as class reunions, family reunions, weddings, and any milestone event.

A MyEvent.com website acts as a communications hub where everyone can view details of events, maps, hotel information, and much more. The website tools allow the user to manage guest lists, send broadcast emails, accept registrations, and sell tickets (by credit card) right on their website. There are also fun features such as photo albums, quizzes, polls, a guest book, music, video, and many other great features.

MyEvent.com attracts new customers through search marketing, an affiliate program, and the “Holy Grail”, word of mouth. “When customers use our service, 99% of the time they are thrilled! They tell us they could not have had such a successful event without the website they created using MyEvent.com. Happy customers love to tell their friends about a positive experience, no matter what business you’re in,” Hirscheimer said.

It took three and a half years of development and patience to get to the point where the company’s revenues surpassed its overhead. Over the years the company has found ways to add value to the service and add revenue streams at the same time. The company is continually releasing new features to enhance the user experience. Most recently this list has included a family tree builder, a custom form builder, message boards, and many other great features that don’t come with the average website.

One of the elements to the company’s success has been making the service accessible to everyone. Anyone that can surf the Internet is able to build an incredible website on MyEvent.com. They just fill in forms and click on buttons. 90% of the users have no technical experience, and the other 10% use the service because they could never have so many special features if they tried to build a website on their own. A standard membership on MyEvent.com is $9.95 per month and a premium membership is $14.95 per month. There is a 7-day free trial with no credit card required.

According to Hirscheimer, “we are currently in another bubble where a lot of venture capital is pouring into community websites that hope to make money one day through advertising. The fallacy is that if you build a community website that has a lot of traffic you will eventually become profitable. The truth is that although some community sites manage to get a lot of eyeballs, most of these visitors are not willing to pay to be a member of that community. In addition, these community sites are not delivering meaningful leads to advertisers because people become immune to the ads. A better endeavour for entrepreneurs would be to develop websites that have a valuable service or content that people are willing to pay for. Maybe they’ll be calling that Web 3.0.”

Web Site: www.MyEvent.com