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Our Clients in the News

2009 Client Placements Archive

Here are a few representative placements for some of our clients to whom we provide our media relations services.

December 22, 2009.Study: Christmas Shoppers Trust Social Networking for Gift Inspiration”, Retail Customer Experience

December 18, 2009.Measuring the Loyalty of the Social Customer”, 1to1 Magazine

December 10, 2009.Competing on Customer Service: Online Retailers Need More Than Price Offering”, Chain Store Age

December 7, 2009.4 Alternative Funding Sources”, Entrepreneur

December 1, 2009.Job Site: Online Overhaul (Underwriters Laboratories)”, Baseline Magazine

November 19, 2009.What's Your Most Embarrassing Interview Moment?”, CareerBuilder.com

November 16, 2009.If It Ain't Brokered, Don't Fix It”, Franchise SuperBook

November 12, 2009.Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Spreads the Brand Word with Facebook App”, Hospitality Technology Magazine

November 11, 2009.Asking Prices for S.A. Small Companies Down”, San Antonio Express News

November 10, 2009.Sell Your Business With Confidence”, Entrepreneur Magazine

November 5, 2009.eStarling Photo Frame Might Just Have More Social Networking Skills Than You Do”, enGadget

November 2, 2009.Falling Prices May Prompt Rebound in Business Sales”, Orlando Sentinel

October 23, 2009.Getting Back To Basics For 2010”, Manufacturing.net

October 21, 2009.SBA, After Backlash, to Ease Limits on Loans for Buyouts”, Wall Street Journal

October 21, 2009.Buyer's Market for Those Who Want to Acquire a Small Business”, San Francisco Chronicle

October 15, 2009.Kids Fight Cancer Finalizes Details for 25th Anniversary Fall Gala”, Chicago Tribune Local

October 9, 2009.South Florida Business Sales Down in Q3”, South Florida Business Journal

October 5, 2009.Got a Mobile Strategy? Start Connecting With Customers' Smartphones”, Computer World

September 30, 2009.7 Vital Questions to Ask Your Web Designer”, iMedia Connect

September 28, 2009.Red Robin Calls in a Facebook Favor From 1,500 Fans”, Advertising Age

September 25, 2009.Online Service Adds Multimedia to Resumes”, The Daily Beacon

September 17, 2009.My Interview With BriteTab”, Examiner

September 14, 2009.Buying into the Biz”, Crain's Chicago Business

September 14, 2009.eCommerce an Easy Sell”, DM News

September 11, 2009.Digital Asset Management: Because Storage Can't Grow Forever”, Processor

September 9, 2009.Uptick in Businesses Being Sold, but Prices are Dropping”, Small Business Trends

September 6, 2009.Buying a Biz in a Stone Cold Market”, Boston Herald

September 2, 2009.Mobile Milestone: Number of M-Commerce Sites and Apps Tops 100”, Internet Retailer

September 1, 2009.Should I Expand My Business?”, Yahoo! Finance

September, 2009.Mobile Commerce: Ahead of its Time”, eMarketer

August 31, 2009.Only if the Price is Right”, Baltimore Business Journal

August 24, 2009.Keys to Hiring Top Talent”, Manage Smarter

August 10, 2009.Most Small Businesses Not Fetching Top Dollar”, Sarasota Herald Tribune

August 10, 2009.Selling When Business Valuations Are Low”, Wall Street Journal

August 4, 2009.Buying for Margin Rather than Assortment”, Retail Systems Research

August, 2009.Sell Your Hotel Faster, And For More Money, by Providing Seller Financing”, HotelExecutive.com

July 28, 2009.Game to Grow? Now's the Time”, Restaurant Hospitality

July 21, 2009.Online Retailers are Investing More in E-commerce Despite the Bad Economy”, Internet Retailer

July 10, 2009.Four Ways to Expand Your Furniture Business”, Furniture World

July 10, 2009.Is Your Business Fit to be Sold?”, Entrepreneur

July 9, 2009.Today's Retail Mobile Commerce: The Smartphone Meets A Train Wreck”, Storefront Backtalk

July 6, 2009.Number of Businesses for Sale Drops”, San Jose Business Journal

June 29, 2009.The Mobile Restaurant”, Fast Casual Magazine

June 23, 2009.Four Ways to Expand Your Furniture Business”, Chain Store Age

June 14, 2009.Contractors Get Work - Others Lose as Companies Seek Ways to Save”, Pittsburgh Tribune Review

June 13, 2009.Small Businesses Making the Most Out of the Weak Economy”, Tallahassee Democrat

June 9, 2009.M-Commerce is Catching On”, Internet Retailer

June, 2009.The Future of Work”, Reader's Digest

May 11, 2009.Startup Survivors Say It Helps to Know Your Business”, Sacramento Bee

May 8, 2009.America's Main Street Sees Wallets Opening, a Bit”, Reuters

May 8, 2009.Mergers and Acquisitions Drop More Than 30 Percent”, St. Louis Business Journal

May 5, 2009.Poll: Are More Unemployed Taking Temporary Work?”, Orange County Register

May 4, 2009.Free Online Connection for Entrepreneurs”, Daily News

April 28, 2009.Would You Buy A Business For $1?”, Wall Street Journal

April 27, 2009.Business Sales Decline in Tough Economy”, Entrepreneur

April 27, 2009.It's a Lousy Time to Sell Your Business”, CNN Money

April 27, 2009.How to Become the Boss”, Forbes

April 26, 2009.Seller Financing Helpful in Down Commercial Market”, Providence Business News

April 26, 2009.Job in Danger? Maybe You Can Buy a Business”, USA Today

April 25, 2009.Online Changes the Payroll Game”, Accounting Technology

April 23, 2009.Dress for Success”, Fortune Small Business

April 11, 2009.Small Businesses Hang Tight to Staffs”, Las Vegas Review Journal

April 8, 2009.Median Sale Price of Local Businesses Down 7% From Year Ago”, Orange County Register

April 7, 2009.Small Businesses May Be Emerging From Recession”, New Haven Register

April 7, 2009.How 5 Brands Scored Free Marketing”, iMedia Connection

April 6, 2009. "A Discouraging Job Market”, Bloomberg TV

April 6, 2009.Chattanooga: Longtime Gift Shop on Market”, Chattanooga Times Free Press

April 6, 2009.Businesses’ Sale Prices Sink”, Maryland Daily Record

April 3, 2009.Business Sale Prices Rising in 2009”, Providence Business News

March 26, 2009.Drought May Harm Corn Production in Brazil, Argentina”, Miami Herald

March 18, 2009.Why You Should Buy a Business”, Entrepreneur

March 16, 2009.Laid-off Professionals Find Time May Be Right to Buy Their Own Company”, Chicago Tribune

March 15, 2009. "Delish”, NBC5-Chicago

March 11, 2009.Goodyear GY145”, PC Magazine

March 7, 2009.Small Businesses 'Paid Less to Hire More,' Study Says”, New Haven Register

February 23, 2009.Small Firms Find it Easier to Snag Top Talent in Recession”, Chicago Tribune

February 22, 2009.Software & Hardware: The Little Picture”, Accounting Today

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