For businesses, turning $2 million into $40 million is a matter of choosing customer groups wisely. A hospital CEO once challenged my marketing company: “So what if you get me an extra $100 million in business? It only contributes about $2 million more to the bottom line.”

Driven in part by a lack of knowledge over the long-term health effects of mobile phone use, parent groups in Europe have called for a government ban on marketing to children.

PinSource and its custom lapel pins continue to sweep Latin America with the opening of its fifth location in under five years. Further expansion into Argentina and Brazil are slated in the coming year. (PRWeb Mar 7, 2008)

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Nominations for the 2008 Tampa Music Awards officially begins today. Fans will vote by sending an SMS text message through their wireless phone. The Awards will be held in November and are accompanied by Tampa's biggest music business conference. (PRWeb Mar 7, 2008)

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Edwardsville-based (St. Louis) graphic design firm, Creativille, Inc., today announced that it will be among 40 of the nation's top graphic design firms included in the trade book DesignersUSA2 published by Graphis, which also publishes the International Journal of Visual Communication. The book features the work of America's top designers in all aspects of design, including advertising, the publishing of books and catalogues, letterheads, packaging, posters, internet/interactive, point of purchase, environmental graphics, branding and much more. The book is sold in stores and sent to a select list of communications specialists throughout the United States and abroad. (PRWeb Mar 7, 2008)

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SYNERGE-marketing issues a specific standard on how a successful Pay-Per-Click Campaign should be created and managed. (PRWeb Mar 7, 2008)

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There is too much going on and it is pushing people out of their psychological comfort zones. "But people don't want more information they want things to make sense," says psychologist and business strategist, John I. Todor, Ph.D. During a public talk at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on March 10th he will describe how people can use free Web 2.0 tools to reduce information overload and the uncertainty and confusion of rapid change. He will also discuss how businesses can gain committed and loyal customers by becoming a credible part of the social media conversation. (PRWeb Mar 7, 2008)

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Email Data Source, the leading provider of email competitive analysis, released its study ranking the Email Brand Equity Index™ among pay day loan email marketers. (PRWeb Mar 7, 2008)

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Nexia Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: NXHL) Black Chandelier retail operations announced today it has secured Amtrak, the nation's most traveled railway, as sponsor for the highly-anticipated 2008 Spring Fashion Event for Jared Gold's Czarina Collection, being held on March 14, 2008 during LA's world-renowned Fashion Week. (PRWeb Mar 7, 2008)

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CashRake has integrated JamPoker into its Affiliate Network and is the exclusive affiliate program for this new poker room. It offers up to 35% in revenue share to its affiliates. (PRWeb Mar 7, 2008)

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