Dovarri, Inc., a new breed of Sales Force Automation (SFA)/Customer Relationship Management (CRM) provider, has named Sanford Group as its marketing partner.

The usability of Dovarri’s newest, customizable, and mobile CRM solution, version 6, has impressed the likes of sales guru Jeff Gitomer, Hewlett-Packard, and the University of Houston’s prestigious Bauer College of Business, along with 1,000 other customers, who now use it to manage their own sales force. Dovarri has selected Sanford Group, with its history of successful product launches, to propel their new product line and their company to the next level of success.

WaterPartners International (WPI) today announced a $4 million grant from the Agora Foundation to bring clean water to the world’s poorest communities, furthering WPI’s mission to break the cycle of water-related diseases that claim about 5 million lives annually worldwide.

The gift is one of the largest single private grants to a non-profit group focused on the world water crisis and was spearheaded by philanthropist Wynnette LaBrosse, the founder of Agora, a donor-advised fund at Peninsula Community Foundation near San Francisco. In 2004, Agora gave $1 million to launch WPI’s WaterCredit Initiative, a unique program providing access to financing for the world’s poor so they can build and own sustainable water systems.

NAPW, National Association of Professional Women, is pleased to welcome Amy Greeson, a featured member to the organization as of 01-10-08. Amy Greeson is the President and Founder of Healing Seekers, a company whose mission is to produce a series of documentaries which are devoted to the exploration of health and healing traditions found in indigenous cultures and rainforest's around the globe.

Amy Greeson, a pharmacist, educator, lecturer, author and world traveler, hosts this unique and fascinating series that will highlight the connection to modern day medicine and treatments along with the significant environmental issues which are affecting our world today. Amy is also the co-founder and co-host of the internet talk show; Global Healing. Being a member of the NAPW will expose Amy and her work to other members giving her work recognition. For further information on NAPW and its members, please visit www.napw.com.

SocketLabs, Inc., the leading provider of on-premise high volume marketing and transactional email delivery solutions for the Microsoft Windows platform, announced today that, Fantasy League, Europe's leading provider of fantasy games, has chosen SocketLab's Hurricane Assembly Server and Hurricane MTA Server as the cornerstone of its in-house email marketing system.

Fantasy League has established itself as the premier supplier of online fantasy sports, music, film and finance games in Europe. As they have expanded they realized that the existing in-house email solution was ineffective at meeting white-label client needs and at communicating with current and lapsed users to drive subscription activity on its own-brand games. They determined that an ongoing and effective email marketing effort would yield the highest return on investment for generating new subscribers and for servicing their clients.

Roffe Swayne, an independent firm of Chartered Accountants in Surrey with a 75 strong team, has reported a 20 percent improvement in efficiency within the first month of rolling out BigHand Digital Dictation in August this year.

With the high replacement and maintenance costs of their outmoded analogue tape system in mind, Jeremy Rogers, IT manager, was pleased to move to BigHand3, an award winning digital dictation workflow solution developed and customised for accounting firms. The firm recognised the peaks and troughs in workflow, inherent with tape-based analogue systems, was not conducive to efficient working practice and therefore restricted productivity within the firm.

Coastal Vacations Director Dean Marino revealed why 95% of new home based business start ups fail. The revelation came while Marino was hosting a live conference call for the Coastal Vacations Sales Center. The live Q&A conference calls are an integral part of the Coastal Vacations Sales Center system. To learn more about the system go to www.coastalpassiveincome.com.

The failure rate is a dirty little secret that those who market home based business opportunities have concealed for years. Most new home based business owners would never invest their hard earned money to start a business, if they realized they only had a 5% chance of ever making a profit

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The number one reason most start ups fail is that business owners unwittingly enter a business that requires that they sell. They lack the required sales skills, and they have no desire or aptitude to learn how to sell. Why do so many people enter a sales business without possessing the required skills? The problem is most home based businesses tout themselves by saying there is no selling involved.

Over the years "selling systems" have been developed whereby the home based business marketer sends leads to websites that explain the benefits of the product. Some even have fancy flash movies that convey the information, 5a8 Auto-responders are used to keep sales pitches via email in front of the leads. What all of those elaborate systems have in common, is that after one or several exposures to the "selling system," the home based business owner must call the prospect, and ask for the money. When someone calls the client to ask for the sale, and of course the money, I call that person a salesperson.

Why don't these home based business opportunities come clean and call their associates salespeople? Simple, marketing experts say that 95% of all home based business owners hate to sell. Referring to their associates as salespeople would be like advertising a dentist's services as "extremely painful, but fast." That's not what most people are looking for.

InsuranceBureau.com, independent consumer resource for insurance information, reports that of the 47 million Americans uninsured, possibly 30 million or more could be covered under the tenets of Barack Obama's health insurance proposal.

According to BarackObama.com, Obama's health insurance proposal features many ambitious and grand features such as coverage for pre-existing conditions, tax credits to small businesses that offer employer based health insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and much more. Obama's health insurance plan may also include "medical home" where a primary doctor coordinates healthcare. "In a sense, his proposal is similar to an HMO with the primary doctor as a sort of healthcare czar for each individual and the emphasis on preventive medicine," says CEO Eric Oster of InsuranceBureau.com.

GolinHarris today announced that it has partnered with Radian6 Technologies Inc. to provide clients with social media monitoring and analysis services as part of their Dialogue integrated media practice.

GH Dialogue utilizes a fully integrated, multi-media approach to deliver messages and drive conversations with diverse audiences. It blends the agency's expertise in traditional media relations, digital and social media, and experiential marketing into a single cohesive group that manages a multitude of touch points for reaching audiences based on the channels each constituent group trusts most.

Instantiations Inc., a leading provider of advanced software development solutions, today announced RCP Developer™. RCP Developer contains GUI construction, testing and packaging tools that speed up the creation of Java client applications by harnessing the power of the Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP). It is the first development tool to exploit Eclipse RCP core services for creating Java-based client and standalone desktop applications. The company is demonstrating the development tool at EclipseCon 2006, taking place March 21-23, 2006, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in California.

A federal district court judge ruled yesterday that a retailer may be sued if its website is inaccessible to the blind. The ruling was issued in a case brought by the National Federation of the Blind against Target Corp. (Northern District of California Case No. C 06-01802 MHP) The suit charges that Target’s website (www.target.com) is inaccessible to the blind, and therefore violates the Americans with Disabilities Act. (ADA), the California Unruh Civil Rights Act, and the California Disabled Persons Act. Target asked the court to dismiss the action by arguing that no law requires Target to make its website accessible. The Court denied Target’s motion to dismiss and held that the federal and state civil rights laws do apply to a website such as target.com.

The 34 room Moderne Hotel in New York City will be converted to be a full fledge Green and non-smoking hotel. According to Amsterdam Hospitality, Real estate developers Jay and Stuart Podolsky have decided to turn their little boutique hotel on West 55th street in New York to an environmentally friendly building as well as promoting a healthy smoke free environment.

According to Jay Podolsky, The Moderne will use the guidelines recommended by the Green Hotels Association, that will include but not limited to No-Smoking in entire hotel, energy efficient lighting, bulk dispensers for shampoos and soaps, recycled biodegradable paper products, 100% bamboo unbleached linen.

IAGmedia Inc. extends its Let's Go Chipper series this holiday season with the introduction of "Get Ready to Fly," a get-ready activity set that helps parents eliminate the stress of traveling with kids.

Get Ready to Fly

From what to pack, to check-in, boarding, flying and landing, "Get Ready to Fly" is a story and activity book with crayons nestled into a plush, self-adjustable pillow backpack that helps prepare kids for flying before mom or dad even packs a bag. The entire package is delivered in a reusable tote bag so kids have a character to help guide the way, and mom or dad has a bag for extras to help keep everyone on track.

DogTrainingAndPhotography.com has launched a newly designed website. The site is dedicated to discussing our furry friends and how to care for them. DogTrainingAndPhotography.com shows you how to train them, what to feed them, and everything else you can think of!

DogTrainingAndPhotography.com's blog is updated daily with articles about man's best friend. Some of the newest articles include "How to Crate Train a Puppy," and "Benefits of Massage Therapy for Dogs." Users can (and are encouraged to) discuss these articles in the comments section below the blog post. If you agree with the article let the owner know! If you disagree, then use the comments to voice your opinion! With two months of solid blog articles, this site is full of great information on a variety of topics.

In a quiet corner of a small state--Keene, NH has a vision-- to be the healthiest community in the nation by the year 2020. To achieve this goal, this community must first overcome tough obstacles like childhood obesity, which threatens to increase kids' risk factors for chronic diseases like cancer. To protect and improve children's health, three pillars in this classic New England community (a company, a hospital, and a school) are joining forces to reduce children's weight problems using an innovative but simple approach. Together, they are introducing a catchy formula--5-2-1-0. The slogan 5-2-1-0 serves as a guide for families to manage healthy eating, exercise, and screen time. The comprehensive approach also serves as model for other communities seeking to work together to tackle this growing public health problem.

Some say they're stuck in the middle: too big for the guerilla, hyper-tactics of tiny companies. But too small to emulate everything a Fortune 500 company might do market itself. Now six months in, startup MidMarketer continues to gain credibility and readership by putting useful information on the table that is ideally scaled to the opportunities and limitations of the mid-sized marketing effort.

Proving that one size doesn't fit all.

Mid-marketers don't have the layers of personnel supporting a brand the way a large company does. At the same time, their Director of Marketing may not also be the CEO and administrative assistant, as with a start-up business. This is why www.MidMarketer.com gravitates toward the "fertile middle"-- serving up a un 00004000 ique mix of practical information, tailored guidance, and qualified resources just for the central segment.

Prod. Manipulate. Investigate. The interactive offerings on the Children’s Hospital Boston Research Web site invite users to express their inner scientist. And today the site adds a new feature: a Virtual Stem Cell Laboratory.

The interactive stem cell laboratory is home to a computer-generated “living” culture of embryonic stem cells. When users launch the Flash-based feature, the cells quickly begin to reproduce through the process of mitosis (cell division). Users can then add different "coaxing" factors -- proteins, for example -- to differentiate the cells into increasingly specialized cell types.

Cape Clogs is proud to announce Clogs for a Cure, a campaign to support breast cancer awareness, driven by its new Pink Ribbon clog. With the purchase of each Pink Ribbon clog, a portion of sales is directed to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, an organization committed to increasing awareness of breast cancer through education and by providing mammograms to those in need. The Pink Ribbon clog is the first in a series of cause-related product launches from Cape Clogs.

"Breast cancer has touched me in a personal way with the loss of my mother. The Pink Ribbon clog was created in her memory for her beautiful courage as an everlasting legacy," said Pamela J. Irving, founder of Cape Clogs. "My hope is that the Pink Ribbon clog will stand as a testament to helping find a cure for this disease."

Dental Health Associates of Madison, Ltd. (DHA) is currently celebrating their 40th year of service to Madison area families by building long-lasting relationships and providing their patients with the best dental care available. DHA announced that it has selected Denticon, dental practice management software from Planet DDS, to manage its multiple location practice information.

DHA has four convenient locations around the Madison area that reflect the geographic distribution of its patients. With a long history of serving their patients and the community (starting back in 1969), DHA is also actively supporting a number of local charities such as; American Family Children’s Hospital, Hospice Care, and the new Gilda’s Club.

World Asthma day, the 5th of May, will highlight an important issue impacting many Americans and their children. Asthma is the most common serious chronic disease of childhood, affecting nearly five million children in the United States.

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Allergic Care Relief Centres said approximately 20 million Americans suffer from asthma, which is three times as many as 25 years ago, with one in eight children suffer from the disease.

Asthma in children is the cause of almost three million physician visits and 200,000 hospitalizations each year and remains a serious public health concern.

If a giant sleigh and flying reindeer are not an option, how will air travelers bring presents to loved ones over the holidays while avoiding newly imposed fees for oversized /overweight checked bags and security restrictions against wrapped packages?

According to a survey conducted by GO Group LLC., the nation's largest ground transportation provider, most will ship ahead. Of the 257 respondents, 50 percent will send their gifts through the U.S. Post Office, while 42 percent will use shipping services such as UPS, FedEx or DHL.