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Flagstaff, AZ (PRWEB) January 25, 2012

With the Dream Act in the news again due to the political jockeying during the recent GOP debates, the http://www.dreamscholarshipfund.com announced today that it has raised over $ 75,000 in donations in the past year and plans to grant at least 25 scholarships to incoming college freshmen in the spring of 2012.

While tens of thousands of students across America hope for eventual passage of the Dream Act, these undocumented students in some states are forced to pay much higher tuition rates than their peers.

“These students are denied the right in many states to attend college on an equal footing with their peers. These children have been educated in the US public school system from a very young age, and many are now graduating High School at the top of their class. The fund’s intent is to help treat Dream Act eligible students in a more humane way by making up the difference between the increased tuition costs that these students must pay relative to their peers. Many of the immigrants who were recruited to fill low paying jobs in US industry during the economic expansion years brought their young children with them. These children have been raised as Americans, and through no fault of their own are now faced with unfair obstacles to attend college, get a job or start a business, and begin contributing to the American economy” stated fund founder Jim Labelle, CEO of International Insurance Group, Inc.

More information can be found at http://www.dreamscholarshipfund.com, where both personal and corporate donations can be made online. Qualified scholarship applicants are also encouraged to apply for tuition assistance via the website.

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Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (PRWEB) January 22, 2012

Whether you want to teach popular boot camp fitness classes or take a boot camp exercise class in your area, Fitness Boot Camps, available online at http://www.fitnessbootcamps.biz/, offers a full suite of options for fitness lovers globally.

For personal trainers and fitness instructors, the website offers training and certification in the popular Adventure Boot Camp workout as well as specialized boot camp workouts, including martial arts, high impact training and more, in addition to information on and links to nutrition and wellness programs. The boot camp training is 100 percent online and self-paced.

For fitness and boot camp lovers, the Fitness Boot Camps site provides links to a variety of local boot camp programs as well as boot camp exercise DVDs for at-home boot camp training. As the world?s most highly regarded boot camp workout, Adventure Boot Camp also includes the largest directory of boot camp listings from coast to coast.

?Whether you are a personal trainer who wants to pursue a passion for teaching boot camp or an exercise enthusiast who wants to take your fitness to the next level by adding in more weekly boot camp workouts, the Fitness Boot Camps site offers a complete menu of boot camp programs, trainings, classes and information,? said John Spencer Ellis, founder of John Spencer Ellis Enterprises, a fitness and personal development solutions company, and the Fitness Boot Camps site. ?Boot camps are fun, effective and challenging, no matter what your level, so we are pleased to offer even more great boot camp resources for personal trainers and boot camp lovers across the globe.?

The website also features some Adventure Boot Camp success stories, specials on boot camp and nutrition products, and links to everything boot camp.

About John Spencer Ellis Enterprises and Fitness Boot Camps

John Spencer Ellis Enterprises is a solutions provider for fitness and coaching professionals around the world, providing education, turn-key business programs, coaching and resources for new and advanced fitness and coaching professionals. For more information about John Spencer Ellis Enterprises or local fitness boot camp options or certification, please visit http://www.fitnessbootcamps.biz/

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Beachwood, Ohio (PRWEB) January 20, 2012

TMW Systems, Inc., a leading provider of transportation management software, announced today that the company has expanded its office space in Northeast Ohio, adding significant square footage in the Science Park campus, two miles from its present Chagrin Boulevard site.

The new space will serve as the new corporate headquarters facility, occupied by the executive management team, corporate administrative services, and an expanded research and development organization. The facility expansion is the result of a 40% Revenue Compound Annual Growth Rate over the past 5 years and aggressive hiring to support the growth in new customers and forecasted business.

?Northeast Ohio is home. It is where we started in 1983,? said President and CEO David W. Wangler. ?We continue to find an educated, highly skilled workforce and operate in an environment conducive to running a successful high-tech business,? he added.

TMW retains its more than 32,000 square feet of office space at the TMW Technology Plaza location in Beachwood. That facility is dedicated to Research & Development, Quality Assurance and customer support activities as one of the firm?s seven Software Solution Centers in North America. TMW hired more than 100 individuals during 2011, mostly in Northeast Ohio, pushing the total employee count to just shy of 500.

Staying within the city limits is a plus all around, according to Beachwood Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Wayne Lawrence. ?We are pleased that TMW Systems has chosen to expand their workforce in the City of Beachwood. We are always excited to see innovative companies grow and maintain their presence in our community,? he said.

About TMW Systems

TMW Systems is the leading provider of enterprise software to transportation and logistics companies. TMW?s solutions address every aspect of for-hire and not-for-hire, asset and non-asset based operations. Customers include for-hire fleets, brokers, 3PLs and private fleets along with heavy-duty vehicle service centers. With offices in Cleveland, Dallas, Indianapolis, Nashville, Oklahoma City, Raleigh, and Vancouver, TMW currently serves more than 2,000 customers managing over 500,000 power units and maintaining more than 1.7 million assets worldwide, including North America, Europe, China and Latin America. For more information, visit http://www.tmwsystems.com or call (800) 401-6682.

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Columbus, OH (PRWEB) January 17, 2012

CAP360, one of the nation?s leading providers of accounts receivable management services, has moved its National Account Service Center and Corporate Headquarters to an historic building in downtown Columbus.

The new space accommodates the firm?s rapidly growing information technology, client services and sales support teams. It also allows for extensive technical upgrades by enabling the firm to custom design the infrastructure necessary to support its technologies. This is not only a substantial benefit to corporate employees, but it also streamlines and optimizes virtual systems and communications for CAP360?s 300+ field force across the nation.

?Instead of moving into a space that has limitations, we?ve been able to custom design the infrastructure to support our current technologies and allow for future upgrades,? said David Hughes, Vice President of Information Technology. ?With the most cutting edge systems in place, we have greater performance and capabilities than ever, plus optimum disaster recovery and versatility going forward.?

According to Ron Douglas, Executive Vice President of Operations, ?Our accounts receivable management solutions are entirely web-based. Everything we do depends on technology. With this level of customization and control, we can service our clients optimally and that?s what?s most important.?

CAP360 provides comprehensive accounts receivable management, collections and customer retention solutions to nearly 20,000 businesses nationwide. The Company partners with business owners to optimize their internal accounting practices, limit and control delinquencies, and improve positive cash flow for the long-term. CAP360?s technologically advanced approach generates the highest recovery ratios in the marketplace, and their non-alienating strategies preserve business?s valued customer relationships. For more information, visit http://www.CAP360.net.

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Riverside, CA (PRWEB) January 14, 2012

Building free websites is one thing, but enabling a website to be found when someone searches for it in Google is another. FreeCustomWebsite.com has announced that they will be offering an affordable SEO service to go along with the custom website they deliver to their clients. The whole purpose of FreeCustomWebsite is to build and develop websites that people actually enjoy looking at. However, a website that can never be found or is buried on page 15 of Google is a website of little to no consequence.

FreeCustomWebsite.com offers a wide variety of Internet marketing services. In fact Internet marketing is their core business. They believe that if they can help stimulate small businesses in the early stages of start up, or during a period of distress, that those companies will turn around and invest in them in the long run by utilizing a number of their services. Those basic Internet marketing services sit on a foundation of search engine optimization.

Brian Barton, a web designer at FreeCustomWebsite believes that ?if I build a website from the ground up, I have more control over the do-it-yourself website builders in shaping how this website will be picked up and indexed in the search engines. Our goal is to help our clients see the value that we are providing by building a custom website for free and then offering search engine optimization.? This announcement will help companies understand that FreeCustomWebsite.com is not just another free web design company. They provide both the front end and back end technology and design necessary to compete at a high level in the web design arena.

FreeCustomWebsite.com provides affordable search engine optimization to their clients worldwide. They have world-class customer support standing by to assist clients with the SEO decision-making process.

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Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) January 12, 2012

Addressing a growing need for environmentally friendly janitorial services in Washington D.C., Commercial Janitorial is expanding its operations to offer green cleaning to schools, businesses and other businesses in the Capitol Region. As a leader in green cleaning services, the company will be able to support customers from the Northern Virginia region to the Baltimore office cleaning markets, bringing a new level technical cleaning expertise to the mid-Atlantic seaboard.

According to company president, Ryan Stark, the market dictated the need for Commercial Janitorial to open this new office. Stark said, ?Unlike many national office cleaning companies, Commercial Janitorial is not a franchise so we have been taking slower approach than many franchised cleaning firms. However, market demand for green cleaning has dictated that we needed to open up a branch office in Washington D.C. to support a growing customer base.?

Commercial Janitorial hopes to differentiate itself from the competition by not only improving the cleanliness of a school or office, but through improving the health of the people working or visiting. Research by the EPA indicates that many people are sensitive to the harsh chemicals that are frequently used for cleaning, leading to asthmatic issues, allergic skin reactions and higher levels of absenteeism. The green cleaning process means using cleaning techniques that reduce or eliminate volatile organic compounds, as well as the fragrances and artificial coloring that, while pleasing to the eyes or sense of smell, only add another potential source of contamination.

One recent example is the company worked with Tempest Telecommunications, a Reston, Virginia company, to initiate a total cleaning program utilizing green cleaning processes which has resulted in a 7% reduction lost time due to employee illness since Commercial Janitorial made changes. This is an example of how enhanced cleaning practices that is focused on real cleaning while eliminating harsh chemicals, fragrances and artificial coloring that can contaminate bathrooms, kitchen areas and personal workspaces. It was also an essential component of the company’s strategy for gaining LEED certification for their headquarters.

To learn more about green cleaning in the Washington, D.C. visit http://commercialjanitorial.com/green-cleaning.aspx

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Chicago, IL (PRWEB) January 09, 2012

bXb Online, among the very first marketing agencies solely focused on accelerating the power of face-to-face events through emerging hybrid event strategies, today announced its ongoing development of a global online event platform (Network) designed by – and for – the event marketing industry and the respective communities it serves. Through the Network, bXb Online will offer aggregated live and on-demand content for the business-to-business marketplace from one online destination.

The majority of the content and community within the Network will originate from face-to-face events. The industry channels will be a primary structural component of the Network, so professionals can easily join a relevant online community in their respective channel(s) as well as search and find the best content and community available in their discipline or area of interest.

After collecting its initial round of hybrid and online event content in charter industry channels, the Network will launch in the Fall of 2012, delivering a valuable resource to a global audience. bXb to date has received substantive strategic advice, support and industry-wide collaboration from many respected leaders. CEO and Board member input from select charter organizations – American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), International Association of Events & Exhibitions (IAEE), Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) and Virtual Edge Institute (VEI) ? has been significant. After months of initial discovery and business model development with select core industry leaders, bXb is now asking ?What?s NeXt?? with an open invitation to the industry for strategic input.

In the spirit of working with industry leaders, bXb Online has identified INXPO as a technology partner for the Network. However, online events and other content from the content owners who work with all technology platforms will represent the majority of aggregated and increasingly valuable content on the Network. Those same content owners will benefit, as they will continue to own the content they feature on the Network.

bXb Online?s support of the industry extends beyond the delivery of the Network. The agency has committed $ 100,000 to a scholarship program supporting Virtual Edge Institute?s Digital Event Specialist (DES) certification offering.

Tony Lorenz, Founder of bXb Online and the driver behind this initiative stated, ?A robust online Industry Network along with bXb Online?s investment in the DES Scholarship program are both put in place to help drive a next exciting chapter for the event marketing industry. Online events are still in the early stages of development, so as it relates to the Network, we especially want input from those individuals and organizations not currently deploying an online event strategy. As an industry network, I feel the entire industry must have an opportunity to co-create it. The bXb Scholarship program will benefit a growing number of individuals seeking an opportunity to learn about online events, making a positive difference in their professional communities as they do.?

John H. Graham IV, CAE, CEO of ASAE stated, ?Online events as a component of the overall industry are here to stay. This Network model under development potentially leverages the power of face-to-face events to a global audience at the right time in the industry.?

Chris Brown, EVP, Conventions and Business Operations, National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) believes that this event marketing industry-driven approach is key to the Network?s success. ?A global communications platform, executed properly, could certainly have a significant impact on the events industry as we know it. By taking this approach, and also funding the scholarship, Tony is showing the kind of vision and commitment that is needed to finally realize the full potential of the marriage between live and online communities.?

Throughout 2012, feedback will be gathered from the industry via additional forums:

Physical Events: Face-to-Face Feedback Forums (F4) sessions will be established in Chicago, Washington, DC, New York City, San Francisco, London, Frankfurt and Barcelona. Locations and dates are being set and will be published on the ASAE, PCMA, IAEE, VEI and bXb Online websites. All F4 sessions will be hybrid events so interested industry leaders can participate in the physical event or online as appropriate.

Online: Feedback can be shared at http://www.bxbonline.com/blog, while conversation will be encouraged within Twitter @bXbonline, and periodic questions and discussion topics will be posted in discussion groups on LinkedIn, including Virtual Edge, ASAE, PCMA, IAEE and TSNN. The entire industry will be encouraged to participate.

One-to-One: Interested participants who prefer one-to-one communications can contact thenetwork@bxbonline.com to establish a dialogue.

For more information on the bXb Network and the bXb VEI Scholarship program, visit http://www.bxbonline.com.

Join the bXb Online Press Conference | Face-to-Face and Online

During the Virtual Edge Summit

Tuesday | January 10 | 2012

8:00a ? 8:30a Pacific Time

VES Discovery Stage | Learning Lounge | San Diego Convention Center | San Diego | CA

To join this press conference online, visit http://www.virtualedgesummit.com.

Click on “Register Now” and register as “Media” for complimentary admission to the virtual environment.

Resources

bXb Online FAQ?s | bxbonline.com/news.php

Video | Michael Doyle Interview Tony Lorenz

Virtual Edge Institute | virtualedgeinstitute.com

VEI Digital Event Specialist Certification | virtualedgeinstitute.com/des-certification/des-overview/

About bXb Online

bXb Online accelerates the power of face-to-face marketing through online business stories and experiences. Founded by industry leader Tony Lorenz, bXb Online delivers online event strategy, creative, content development, and management solutions that brands rely on to activate their business events to the next level. In concert with leading meeting organizations, bXb is developing an industry platform for event marketing professionals and the communities they serve. Headquartered in Chicago, IL, bXb Online partners with world-class leaders in their respective categories, including Freeman, INXPO, Professional Convention Management Association, and the Virtual Edge Institute.

Learn how bXb Online can accelerate your event marketing strategy today: http://www.bxbonline.com.

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Boulder, CO (PRWEB) January 06, 2012

Renewable Choice Energy today announced its certification as a Benefit, or B Corporation, a new kind of company which uses the power of business to solve social and environmental problems.

Certified B Corporations meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability while legally expanding their corporate responsibilities to include consideration of stakeholder interests. These performance standards are comprehensive, measuring a company?s impact on its employees, suppliers, community, and the environment. As of July 2011, there were over 425 Certified B Corporations from over 50 industries, representing a diverse multi-billion dollar marketplace.

?We chose to become a B Corporation because of our commitment to walking our talk as an organization,? said Amy Haddon, Director of Business Operations for Renewable Choice. ?As industry leaders, we feel it is important for us to adopt best practices in carbon management, sustainability, and corporate social responsibility. Seeking certification as a B Corporation felt like the next, right step for us.?

Unlike traditional corporations, certified B Corporations are legally required to consider the impact of their decisions on their employees, suppliers, community, consumers, and environment. Over the long term, this will lead to a legally recognized new corporate form (like a C Corp or an S Corp) and tax incentives, procurement preferences, and a social stock exchange for sustainable businesses. Six states (MD, VT, VA, NJ, HI, NY) have already passed Benefit Corporation legislation and the city of Philadelphia became the first city to pass a tax break for certified B Corporations in December 2009.

In order to achieve the B Corporation certification, Renewable Choice participated in the rigorous assessment process established by B Lab, the B Corporation certification body. The assessment included frank disclosure of information relating to Renewable Choice?s operations, hiring and promotion practices, environmental management practices, and governance.

Additionally, Renewable Choice has also become a service provider for B Corporations, offering other certified B Corps discounts on Mosaic carbon accounting software.

About Renewable Choice Energy

Founded in 2001, Colorado-based Renewable Choice Energy (RCE) is a leading global provider of greenhouse gas (GHG) measurement services, energy efficiency solutions, renewable energy credits (RECs), and carbon offsets. Renewable Choice works with Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and residential customers and has worked on over 2,000 LEED? green building projects. Renewable Choice and its clients have received prestigious awards from the EPA and DOE for supporting and expanding the renewable energy market and have been features in hundreds of media outlets including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, USA TODAY, and more. To learn more, visit http://www.renewablechoice.com.

About B Lab

B Lab is a nonprofit organization dedicated to using the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. B Lab drives systemic change through three interrelated initiatives: 1) building a community of certified B Corporations to make it easier for all of us to tell the difference between ?good companies? and just good marketing; 2) accelerating the growth of the impact investing asset class through use of B Lab?s Growth of Impact Investing Rating System (GIIRS) by institutional investors; and 3) promoting supportive public policies, including creation of a new corporate form and tax, procurement, and investment incentives for sustainable business. For more information, visit http://www.bcorporation.net.

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Northfield, IL (PRWEB) January 04, 2012

MA Interactive Group, a digital agency located in Chicago, IL has been selected by fellow Chicagoland company, Tricap Preferred, for their new luxury apartment website design showcasing their luxury apartment locator services. Backed by loads of experience in the real estate web design sector, MA Interactive Group knows exactly what the Tricap Preferred website needs in order to achieve success amongst its competitors in Chicago?s luxury apartment space. Specifically, two of the central features of the new Tricap Preferred website will be a blog page and an up-to-date luxury apartment inventory. Here, prospective tenants have the opportunity to search for apartments using filtering tools where they will able to sort available apartments by rental price, number of bedrooms, as well as by neighborhood.

The website will be developed using a Drupal content management system. The Drupal website design platform provides MA with the flexibility they need to design and develop the website without the limitations imposed by other content management systems, yet also offers the client an effortless way to actively manage certain aspects of their new website. After minimal training from MA Interactive, the Drupal website will allow Tricap Preferred?s management team the ability to easily alter or update their site, as so they please.

After working with Tricap Preferred earlier in 2011 to design and develop Tricap?s main company website, Tricap Chicago, it is no wonder Tricap came back to MA Interactive for this second business endeavor. ?MA always strives to strike the perfect balance of web design, functionality, and content,? says Mike Templeton, Principle at MA Interactive. MA has developed Tricap Preferred?s new web design to not only keep the customer engaged but also to convert that customer into a lead. That is just what MA did with the Tricap Chicago site, and that is just what they will do again with Tricap Preferred.

MA Interactive Group, is located in Northfield, IL. Its partners, Mike Templeton and Allan Yalowitz have been serving the Internet Marketing needs of Chicago and the nation since 1995. Mike Templeton as Vice-President and Area President for several Real Estate companies and Allan Yalowitz as a Director of Interactive Media and Design for several agencies and now collective as MA Interactive Group. MA provides Internet marketing services including branding and strategy, web design and development, mobile marketing, social networking, and search engine marketing.

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Carlsbad, CA (PRWEB) December 31, 2011

Much of the information on search engine optimization (SEO) available today is too technical and jargon-filled to be of practical use for businesses that need SEO to be competitive on the web. SERPgenius.com offers a blog focused on informing and educating the general public on what is takes to be found by people searching for what they have to offer.

SERP is an acronym for Search Engine Results Page, in other words, what happens when someone enters his or her search term, or keywords in a search engine. Being on the first page for a search term can make or break a business. SERP genius helps people get found on the web.

While SERPgenius is a fledgling publication, the experience of its editors are broad and deep having worked for many years with web design, Internet marketing, search engine optimization and social media. The blog accepts no advertising, and its product reviews are based on hands on experience with all products and services reviewed.

There are three articles currently available: The first article ?The Foundation of SEO? discusses the advantages of using WordPress with either Thesis or Genesis to build a foundation for great SEO, simply and easily. The second article ?5 Best SEO Tools and One Dud? is a guide to the tools that make SEO easier, some are free and several have a monthly cost. The third article ?5 Steps to Great SEO? details the step-by-step process that produces results and why it works so well.

SEO is worthy of review for anyone who offers information, products or services on the web and that want the most people to find their offering. SEO is an evolving and highly dynamic topic with lots of great information, not-so-great information, mountains of opinions and much misinformation.

SERPgenius.com?s goal is to sort, sift through the ?chaff?, distilling and refining so that its readers can get practical, useful tips and tools for effective SEO. 85% of clicks to a website come from organic rankings, SEO rankings, not from paid sources. This is why SEO is critical to the success of a website.

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