Boccigalupe & The Badboys Worldwide

(PRWEB) October 6, 2004

If you haven’t heard of Boccigalupe & The Badboys, the high-spirited rock-and-roll band from Asbury Park, NJ, you will soon! The upcoming months for this charismatic 6-piece band, whose music is flavored with the sounds of Asbury (but lends definite twists of its own), promises to be action-packed.

The U.K. will again be fortunate to witness the raw onstage energy of Bocci & The Badboys firsthand. Apparently, the U.K. couldn’t get enough of the band on their last 3-week tour which ended this June. “The Boys” will be heading over for their second tour which begins in mid-October. Bocci & The Badboys are also happy to announce that “It’s My Turn Now,” their debut album released by Sound City Music, will be distributed in the U.K. by Proper Music.

When the band returns back to The States at the end of October, they will be gearing up for their participation in the annual Light of Day Concert. The concert, now in its fifth year, will be held over 3 nights, November 5, 6, and 7, at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ. Bocci & The Boys have lent their talent and support to this worthy cause since its inception. The Light of Day Concert is a benefit for Parkinson’s Disease, and past performers, along with Boccigalupe, have included Bruce Springsteen, Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers, Gary U.S. Bonds, and many others!

December brings the screening of Backstage Pass, a Carman Production film. The Badboys fireball frontman, Boccigalupe, makes his acting debut in this film.

Look out for the next CD from Boccigalupe & The Badboys, which will be recorded in February. If it’s anything like their first, The Boys will be riding high!

UK DATES:

Wed. 13 October – Catford Blues Club, the Green man, Catford, South East London,

Thur. 14 October – The Entertainment Shed -The Gordon Arms -Castle Road -Bedford

Fri. 15 October The Rayners Hotel, Village Way East, Rayners Lane, Harrow

Sat. 16th October – Bramham Village Hall, LowWay, Bramham, Wetherby

Sun. 17 October The Running Horse, 16 Alfreton Road, Canning Circus, Nottingham

Mon. 18 October The Grey Horse – 46 Richmond Road, Kingston Upon Thames

Thur. 21 October – The Marrs Bar – 12 Pierpoint Street, Worcester,

Fri. 22 October – Boom Boom Club, Sutton United Football Club, Surrey

Sat. 23 October – The Jazz Cafe at Madejski Stadium – Bennet Road, Reading

Sun 24 October – TBC

*For more information, go to http://www.boccigalupe.com

Jannie Saxon            

My Turn Media USA    

412) 607 – 7865        

ChickieSax@aol.com    

Janice Palmer

My Turn Media UK

(0) 208 346 8579

Janmunpal@hotmail.com

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Custom Pens Now Using Net Lenticular Technology

Custom Pens

Staten Island, NY (PRWEB) July 12, 2010

Custom pens may seem like they’re immune from the latest in technological advances, however a new logo pen offered by PENSRUS, a leading supplier of logo and custom advertising specialty products, shows how lenticular technology is impacting custom writing instruments.

Called the “Logo in Motion”, this twist ballpoint pen offers a unique approach to displaying a static logo or text message commonly seen on pens. Unlike other personalized pens, the “Logo in Motion” shows off its full color imprinting in a continuous motion as the pen is turned. So, no matter which way the user holds the pen, the imprinted logo or design can always be seen. The ability to create the movement of the imprinting is possible through the use of the latest in lenticular technology.

This technology allows a multi-step process whereby first a lenticular image from at least two existing images is created. Next that image is combined with a lenticular lens. Even though this process can be complex, the new “Logo in Motion” pen is still priced very affordably, both for advertisers and those individuals that would like to use a pen to honor a special event such as a reunion or wedding.

In addition to the moving logo, customers are also given a choice of over 20 stock background designs to further dress up the pen’s appearance. Imprinting is available in 3 standard colors, as well as custom colors.

And to further personalize the pen, customers can select from 4 trim colors.

For more information on the “Logo in Motion”logo pens and a full listing of other name brand pens and ad specialty products, please visit http://www.pensrus.com

About PENSRUS

PENSRUS is a world-leader in the advertising specialty industry providing a huge assortment of personalized and promotional products including personalized pens, pencils, sticky notes, mouse pads and more. Founded in 2001, PENSRUS has helped thousands of companies increase customer loyalty and brand awareness through their quality products.

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Lather Up: Online Retailer Launches Bath and Body Gift Line

Tyngsboro, MA (PRWEB) August 9, 2007

New bath and body gift products at http://www.FavorCreative.com promise to pamper, indulge and enchant with a special blend of moisturizing ingredients.

The new product line’s most striking gift collection is the square gift box featuring reproductions of France landscapes. The box alone makes a unique and creative gift idea, the bonus inside being two luxurious bars of 2.7oz triple-milled French soaps. Made from shea butter, these soaps feature a healing and nourishing oil rich in vitamins A and E.

At http://www.FavorCreative.com, other gift sets include the HandSoap Box — two 3.5oz bars of shea butter enriched soap with palm oil and coconut oil; and the Gift Collection, which arrives in a handcrafted wooden keepsake box, containing a 12oz bath bar, a lightly-scented non-greasy 6.8oz body lotion and 8oz of luxurious bath salts.

A unique gift idea includes the Men’s Shaving Kit — a rich vegetable-base soap with glycerin, shea butter and a bit of soothing Luzenac talcum; an authentic badger-hair brush with a redware handle; and a traditional redware soap dish, all packaged together in an elegant handmade wooden box. Another creative gift for those who’ve helped you out is the 10% virgin Mediterranean olive oil gift collection, which includes products that will soothe, nourish, and moisturize your skin, featuring a delicate refreshing fragrance that’s a blend of lavender, Artemisia and lemon, punctuated with tarragon and oak moss accents.

Favor Creative is an online retailer offering gifts and favors for every occasion. They offer wedding and bridal shower favors, baby shower favors and new baby gifts, and their new bath and body gift line. Favor Creative specializes in creative gift and favor ideas and puts a “Favor Creative Original” logo on each product page that was designed by their in-house designer. Visit http://www.FavorCreative.com for gifts and favors with a creative touch.

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MBADC Women’s Music Industry Workshop Website to Relaunch at New URL January 1: ‘This Ain’t No Shoe Site!’

Burbank, CA (PRWEB) December 17, 2005

Lesson Number One in the music business: Never be afraid to take a risk. Lesson Number Two: Never be afraid to make changes, reinvent yourself, and come out with something even better. MusicBizAdvice.com is taking its own advice and doing just that as it relaunches its sister site, The MBADC Women’s Music Industry Workshop at a new URL on January 1.

The MBADC Women’s Music Industry Workshop is an online magazine highlighting issues of interest to women in the music business, such as sexual harassment, women’s health, and safety tips. The MBADC Women’s Music Industry Workshop launches on January 1 at http://mbadc.tripod.com/ . It was formerly an iVillage site with very different content.

Says MusicBizAdvice.com Founder / Editor-in-Chief Randi Reed, who also owns the MBADC Women’s Music Industry Workshop: “We got hits at the old URL and were fairly well-received, but I never felt comfortable with the image and content of the old site. Carrying stereotypical women’s content isn’t our style, so I pulled the site and decided to start from scratch.”

Part of that reinvention includes bumping up MusicBizAdvice.com staff writer Darcie-Nicole Wicknick to Managing Editor of The MBADC Women’s Music Industry Workshop. “Darcie is great for the MBADC Women’s Music Industry Workshop,” says Reed. “When we were first discussing the possibility of a relaunch and came upon the tagline ‘this ain’t no shoe site’ together, I knew she was the right person for the job.” Wicknick, founder of “…Ask Darcie” music business consulting firm, is a Berklee College of Music graduate with a degree in Music Business and has been writing for MusicBizAdvice.com’s main website since 2003. She is also an R&B artist.

Says Wicknick, “My personal hope for the WMIW is that it will offer diverse perspectives for women (and men) in the music industry. We’re aiming for this site to serve as an outstanding resource with content for all. If we broaden cultural and social horizons in the process, even better.”

But that doesn’t mean without a sense of humor, and it doesn’t mean anti-male. “We’d love to have guys read the site, and we want them to feel welcome,” says Reed. “Male-bashing is just as bad as chauvinism, in our opinion, so you won’t see it here.” As for the shoes? “We like shoes just fine, but we do it on our own time. If were to cover shoes, it would be with a twist.”

The MBADC Women’s Music Industry Workshop launches on January 1 at http://mbadc.tripod.com/ .

About The MBADC Women’s Music Industry Workshop: The MBADC Women’s Music Industry Workshop is an online music industry magazine which also highlights issues of interest to women in the music business, such as sexual harassment. It is the sister site of MusicBizAdvice.com.

About MusicBizAdvice.com: MusicBizAdvice.com is an online magazine published by music industry professionals experienced in booking, artist management, and concert promotion at the national level. It is read in 66 countries worldwide and debuted in 1999, moving to its permanent URL in 2003.    

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Calliope Designs Adds Whimsical Snowball Scene Christmas Ornaments to their Collection of Personalized Holiday Products

Snow Globe Ornament

Santa Rosa, CA (PRWEB) August 27, 2007

Calliope Designs is thrilled to be offering a new line of personalized Snowball Scene Christmas ornaments exclusively on their website, http://www.calliopedesigns.com .

Designed by Calliope’s lead designer, Dorr Eddy, the originator of personalized ornaments since 1972, these clay dough three dimensional globes offer a new handmade ornament for Christmas 2007. Priced between $ 19.99 and $ 25.99, these Christmas ornaments are highly collectible and a wonderful original holiday keepsake or gift.

Calliope Designs has been a designer, manufacturer and importer of personalized holiday ornaments seen at Gump’s, San Francisco to Fortunoff of Westbury in New York, as well as at many gift shops and department stores, kiosks, and websites across the United States. With original designs ranging from traditional Santa Claus motifs to Penguins, Snowmen, and Teddy Bears, these new Snowball Scene Christmas Ornaments mark an exciting new addition to their product line and the website.

“Within each Snowball Scene ornament is a special Christmas story. We offer everything from the Night Before Christmas Snowball Scene to the Holy Family Nativity Snowball Scene. You’ll find Snowball Scene globes that commemorate the family our Christmas tree shopping in a festive winter sleigh, a rocking horse personalized ornament marking Baby’s First Christmas, and even a Christmas Snowball Scene wedding ornament with a bride and groom for Our First Christmas,” said Owner and President, Stephanie Eddy.

“We wanted to offer a truly original concept in claydough. Each style is expressly created to become a personalized ornament, and each ornament will be dated with the year to increase its collectivity,” she added.

These unique Snowball Scene Christmas ornaments can also be used in various holiday displays in the home. They are designed to hang on a tree or sit on a mantle or holiday table because they have a slightly flattened base. These ornaments can be used as pieces in a lovely holiday centerpiece, as party favors sitting at each guest’s table setting, or as a hostess or housewarming gift.

“We’re also excited about these Snowball Scene ornaments because our wedding theme ornaments are often used as holiday wedding favors, as gifts to the bridal party, or as part of a wedding or shower centerpiece! Our goals at Calliope Designs are always to provide a wide selection of holiday ornaments to our customers and these exclusive, fabulous, and versatile Snowball Scene Christmas ornaments will be another wonderful addition to our site and catalog.”

Calliope Designs has also added over 75 other new clay dough Christmas ornaments to be personalized for Christmas 2007. As well as new Penguin and Snowman groupings, there are all kinds of new themes including Irish ornaments featuring shamrocks and Celtic crosses, fresh New York ornaments, new Las Vegas ornaments and New Orleans ornaments!

About Calliope Designs

When Dorr and Stephanie Eddy began making bread dough ornaments in their kitchen in 1972 they had no idea how popular their handmade Christmas tree decorations would become. Today, after more than 35 years of distributing their Christmas tree ornaments through fine retailers and major department stores nationwide, their whimsical little clay dough ornaments are treasured by children and grownups all over the world.

Each Calliope dough and claydough ornament is an original creation designed by Dorr Eddy. The unique character of each personalized Christmas ornament adds to the style of a completely handmade product. The bright colors and high gloss coating add to the ornament’s attractiveness and durability. The special techniques and the tools we have created greatly enhance our consistent quality.

Every design can be personalized to order creating a unique and treasured gift.

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Calliope Designs Adds Whimsical Snowball Scene Christmas Ornaments to their Collection of Personalized Holiday Products

Snow Globe Ornament

Santa Rosa, CA (PRWEB) August 27, 2007

Calliope Designs is thrilled to be offering a new line of personalized Snowball Scene Christmas ornaments exclusively on their website, http://www.calliopedesigns.com .

Designed by Calliope’s lead designer, Dorr Eddy, the originator of personalized ornaments since 1972, these clay dough three dimensional globes offer a new handmade ornament for Christmas 2007. Priced between $ 19.99 and $ 25.99, these Christmas ornaments are highly collectible and a wonderful original holiday keepsake or gift.

Calliope Designs has been a designer, manufacturer and importer of personalized holiday ornaments seen at Gump’s, San Francisco to Fortunoff of Westbury in New York, as well as at many gift shops and department stores, kiosks, and websites across the United States. With original designs ranging from traditional Santa Claus motifs to Penguins, Snowmen, and Teddy Bears, these new Snowball Scene Christmas Ornaments mark an exciting new addition to their product line and the website.

“Within each Snowball Scene ornament is a special Christmas story. We offer everything from the Night Before Christmas Snowball Scene to the Holy Family Nativity Snowball Scene. You’ll find Snowball Scene globes that commemorate the family our Christmas tree shopping in a festive winter sleigh, a rocking horse personalized ornament marking Baby’s First Christmas, and even a Christmas Snowball Scene wedding ornament with a bride and groom for Our First Christmas,” said Owner and President, Stephanie Eddy.

“We wanted to offer a truly original concept in claydough. Each style is expressly created to become a personalized ornament, and each ornament will be dated with the year to increase its collectivity,” she added.

These unique Snowball Scene Christmas ornaments can also be used in various holiday displays in the home. They are designed to hang on a tree or sit on a mantle or holiday table because they have a slightly flattened base. These ornaments can be used as pieces in a lovely holiday centerpiece, as party favors sitting at each guest’s table setting, or as a hostess or housewarming gift.

“We’re also excited about these Snowball Scene ornaments because our wedding theme ornaments are often used as holiday wedding favors, as gifts to the bridal party, or as part of a wedding or shower centerpiece! Our goals at Calliope Designs are always to provide a wide selection of holiday ornaments to our customers and these exclusive, fabulous, and versatile Snowball Scene Christmas ornaments will be another wonderful addition to our site and catalog.”

Calliope Designs has also added over 75 other new clay dough Christmas ornaments to be personalized for Christmas 2007. As well as new Penguin and Snowman groupings, there are all kinds of new themes including Irish ornaments featuring shamrocks and Celtic crosses, fresh New York ornaments, new Las Vegas ornaments and New Orleans ornaments!

About Calliope Designs

When Dorr and Stephanie Eddy began making bread dough ornaments in their kitchen in 1972 they had no idea how popular their handmade Christmas tree decorations would become. Today, after more than 35 years of distributing their Christmas tree ornaments through fine retailers and major department stores nationwide, their whimsical little clay dough ornaments are treasured by children and grownups all over the world.

Each Calliope dough and claydough ornament is an original creation designed by Dorr Eddy. The unique character of each personalized Christmas ornament adds to the style of a completely handmade product. The bright colors and high gloss coating add to the ornament’s attractiveness and durability. The special techniques and the tools we have created greatly enhance our consistent quality.

Every design can be personalized to order creating a unique and treasured gift.

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American Bridal.com Named Regional Minority Retail Firm of the Year by the U.S. Department of Commerce

(PRWEB) August 29, 2007

American Bridal.com, the wedding favors and bridal party gifts online retailer announced today that it has been awarded 2007 Regional Minority Retail Firm of the Year by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA). American Bridal was selected among the “best of the best” candidates from eight western states.

The U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) honors outstanding minority entrepreneurs that have contributed to the economy as well as to acknowledge individuals whose efforts have advanced minority business development throughout the country. MBDA is the only federal agency created specifically to foster the establishment and growth of minority-owned business in America.

The company was recognized for its continuous growth and its business model of providing extensive personalization of its wedding products. As American Bridal’s founder and CEO, Shirley Tan, explains, “We make a bride’s wedding as unique as she is by offering thousands of products and ways of customizing those products. With engraving, embroidery, label and tag printing, and monogramming, our brides can create the wedding of their dreams.”

Under Tan’s leadership, AmericanBridal.com has grown from a five person operation to twenty eight employees in three years. She is a self-taught expert on search engine optimization, the art/science of adjusting a website to be more readily found by search engines such as Google and Yahoo when particular key words are searched. Her internet marketing strategy allowed American Bridal to move up to the top of search engines for “wedding favors”, “bridesmaid gifts” and other key terms. Tan is passionate and committed to create values to her lifetime customers by continuously providing new products that meet American Bridal’s customer’s needs in their different life stages.

Shirley Tan can be reached at Shirley @ americanbridal.com or at 415-856-0357

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“Desperate Housewives” Not Desperate Enough

Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) January 5, 2006

“Desperate Housewives” is a monster hit TV show, beloved by millions, which nearly single-handedly saved Disney and ABC. But, according to three-time Writers’ Guild Award winning sitcom and comic screenplay writer Sarit Catz, the show is misleading the American people. “Some people are all bent out of shape saying housewives are not in fact desperate and that it’s a myth. Not me. We ARE desperate. That’s true,” says Catz. “The myth is that the women on “Desperate Housewives” are desperate. In fact, they’re not desperate enough.”

Having once written and produced hits like “Full House,” “Coach,” “Soul Man” and other series, plus optioning two comic screenplays, Sarit took time out from Hollywood to start a family and a stand-up comedy career. “Most of my act is about being a mom. I have two little kids so, believe me, I know desperate.” says Catz. She cites ten differences between TV’s “Desperate Housewives” and REAL DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES:

1. “Desperate Housewives” want the plumber to pull down his pants. REAL DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES want the plumber to pull UP his pants. Hairy crack just isn’t that attractive. And would it kill the jerk to show up on time, charge what he said he was going to charge, and actually fix the darn thing?

2. “Desperate Housewives” have their husband locked in the basement. REAL DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES want to lock themselves in the basement. Or the attic, a storage room, the crawl space – anyplace the kids can’t find us.

3. “Desperate Housewives” mow the lawn in evening gowns. REAL DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES haven’t worn an evening gown since the 90’s. When we dress up, it’s for Halloween. Otherwise it’s sweatpants and a ponytail – which is good since we can’t fit into our evening gowns anymore.

4. “Desperate Housewives” take their kids’ Ritalin. REAL DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES have our own stash of Xanax, Prozac, Valium, Ativan, Buprenex, Oxycontin, Soma, Hydroxyzine, Ultram, Vicodin, Darvon, Tylenol with Codeine, Percodan, Zoloft, and, of course, several bottles of wine plus the fixings for Cosmos. Alright, I know a little too much about this, don’t I?

5. “Desperate Housewives” burn their neighbor’s house down. REAL DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES would burn our own house down if it meant we didn’t have to clean it. Who wouldn’t want to make a giant pile out of all the toys, shoes, laundry, craft supplies, dirty dishes and assorted crap that’s lying all over the house, douse the whole thing in lighter fluid and drop a match on that baby?

6. “Desperate Housewives” have unfortunate mothers-in-law who get hit by a car. REAL DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES are driving.

7. “Desperate Housewives” are in a relationship with the pharmacist. REAL DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES would like the guy to fill the freaking prescription within the century. Do you know what it’s like to have a toddler with 102 fever hanging, wheezing and drooling on you while you wait at CVS (which stands for Consumer Victimization Store)? It’s not a vacation in Aruba, okay?

8. “Desperate Housewives” have kids that are nuts, have ADD and are complete brats and everyone’s sympathetic. REAL DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES have kids that are nuts, have ADD and are complete brats and that’s normal. Deal with it yourself, okay? We’ve got our own crappy kids.

9. “Desperate Housewives” have affairs with teenaged boys and may or may not be pregnant by them. REAL DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES don’t find young boys attractive. We leave that to creepy teachers like Mary Kay Letourneau. And we’d hang ourselves in the laundry room if we found out we were pregnant again.

10. “Desperate Housewives” worry that nude photos of them are about to be posted on the internet. REAL DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES don’t allow nude photos of ourselves to be taken in the first place. Who am I? Pam Anderson? I get scared when I catch sight of myself in the mirror :

getting out of the shower. Do you think I’m going to commit something like that to film?

Currently contending for the title of Nick@Nite’s “Funninest Mom in America,” Catz is keeping an iron or two in the television fire. She is the Head Writer and a producer of the “Bob Gonzo Show,” an upcoming sketch/variety show being produced in New Jersey that will be available on the new on-demand cable network, RipeTV, on the internet and in syndication. Sarit has also written a pilot for fellow Garden State comedian Mike Marino which the pair hopes will find a place on the fall 2006 schedule.

About Sarit Catz:

A recognized comedy expert, Sarit Catz began her comedy career in radio, creating, writing and producing three award-winning comedy services for ABC Radio Networks and other nationally syndicated services bringing her jokes, voices, song-parodies, and other bits to every market in the nation, from New York’s WPLJ to LA’s KLOS. Sarit went on to become a television writer/producer with credits that include “Coach,” “Full House,” “Soul Man,” “Talk to Me,” “The Crew,” “Café Americain,” and “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.” In the feature film arena, Sarit wrote and sold options on two original screenplays currently being marketed to studios by producers. She has won three (3) Writers’ Guild of America Awards and been named a semi-finalist in the ScriptapaloozaTV screenwriting contest. When Sarit’s children were born, so was her stand-up comedy career. Not only do the kids drive Sarit crazy enough to run screaming from the house and into the clubs, they also provide her with plenty of material. She has played numerous comedy clubs including The Comic Strip, Stand-Up New York, Gotham Comedy Club, Comedy Cellar, New York Comedy Club, Boston Comedy Club, Rascals Montclair and West Orange, Jenkinson’s, Uncle Floyd’s, and many more. She is currently the Head Writer for the “Bob Gonzo Show,” a sketch/variety show appearing on RipeTV, the new on-demand network, on the internet, and in syndication. For more information, visit http://www.princessofcomedy.com.

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Custom Candy Bar Wrappers Deliver 10 Years of Success

Traverse City, MI (PRWEB) September 7, 2007

Announce It!, a custom candy bar wrapper designer, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this month.

Like many stay-at-home-moms, Lori Shirley needed to find a balance between work and family. With a strong desire to raise her children herself and a longing to put her artistic talents to good use, Lori began a search for a vocation that would allow her to do both. It came in a surprising form: Candy bar wrappers.

After making wrappers for her son’s birth announcements and dabbling with the Internet, Lori found the magic combination she’d been looking for. She began making customized candy bar wrappers and selling them online. Now, 10 years later, Lori’s company, Announce It!, has gone from a part-time venture to a full-fledged business, complete with several full- and part-time employees. “I can still remember how it felt to get that first sale,” recounts Lori.

What’s been the key to her success? “I am always looking for new products and services in order to keep my site fresh,” Lori reveals. In fact, this year alone brought two major additions. In March 2007 a satellite of the Announce It! web site was added that specialized in wedding favors (see http://www.idoweddingfavors.com). In August 2007 a party-planning blog was started and, though not completed yet, will provide visitors with exceptional information, tips and resources.

“A web site is a crucial marketing tool for small businesses,” says StartupJournal.com, The Wall Street Journal’s guide for entrepreneurs. But what will ensure an Internet startup will make it through the first month, much less celebrate its 10-year anniversary? Frank Blateri has some tips.

Frank Blateri is CEO of Winnow Companies Inc, a full service supply chain management solutions company. His new book “Becoming a Small Business Champion” highlights several of the most important steps to take. Not surprisingly, Lori has done all 10. Blateri suggests that small businesses will be more successful if they define their niche, identify their strategic advantage, stay technologically competitive, constantly add new products or service and have fun among other things.

With 10 years behind her you might think Lori would be growing weary. Not hardly. With visions for new products and services as well as a dream of passing her business down to her two children, the future looks bright for this creator of custom candy bar wrappers.

For additional information or to arrange for media interviews, contact Lori Shirley directly at 231-275-2140 or info(at)customcandybarwrapper.com To view Lori’s inventory or place orders, visit http://www.customcandybarwrapper.com.     

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Men Go Mad For Madden NFL ’07

Kooskia, ID (PRWEB) August 25, 2006

Don’t bother calling video game fans today, tomorrow or probably for a few days after that. The biggest game in the industry, Madden NFL, released its 2007 version yesterday, with many game stores opening at midnight Monday to celebrate.

Ariel Leyva, manager of Starland Video Games & Anime in Annandale, said a Madden release day is the male version of the Filene’s Basement wedding dress sale, commonly called “the running of the brides.”

“Every year it’s always like this,” Mr. Leyva said. “Basically, it’s the wedding gown thing you see on the news all the time for guys.”

Starland opened at 9:30 a.m., 30 minutes earlier than normal, and about 30 men were at the door waiting to buy a copy.

Madden 2006 was the top video game in North America last year, selling 6.5 million copies. Electronic Arts Inc., the Redwood City, Calif., maker of the game, has sold more than 51 million copies of Madden since the first version was introduced in 1989.

Nearly 200 people were lined up to buy the video game at Game Crazy in Forestville when it opened at midnight Monday, said Chris Bruni, district manager for the 12 stores in the Washington area.

“It’s nuts,” he said midday yesterday. “It’s our biggest thing every year. We will be busy for the remainder of the day pretty much selling this game. Everything is geared toward it.”

The Forestville location expects to sell more than the 490 games it sold the day Madden 2006 was introduced last year.

Best Buy in Potomac Yard held its first midnight opening for a Madden release Monday, selling games to about 100 people, said Doug Taylor, supervisor of video games and other media at the store.

The Potomac Yard store is one of the company’s largest sellers of video games and had more than 1,000 copies on hand when Madden went on sale, he said.

“We’re restocking constantly,” Mr. Taylor said. “It’s hard to keep them on the shelf.”

Game store owners said nearly all customers were men in their late 20s, though the age range fell between teens and late 40s.

“If you can’t join ‘em, be them” is the concept behind the game.

“In the video game world, it’s the closest thing people get to playing [NFL] football,” Mr. Bruni said. “It’s the reality of the game. Guys get really excited about taking control of their own NFL team.”

Target stores saw “brisk sales” on par with previous years, a spokeswoman said yesterday, declining to be more specific.

The Madden craze has grown to include national tournaments and Electronic Arts is even trying to get “Maddenoliday” into the lexicon for the day of the game’s annual release.

“Madden NFL Football has become a cultural phenomenon and, with Maddenoliday, we are honoring all the Madden gamers across the country who line up at midnight and then take off the day to play Madden NFL ’07,” said Todd Sitrin, vice president of marketing for EA Sports.

New in this year’s version, players can use actual plays from NFL teams in the game, follow a player through his career and scout college players with a new draft system and college all-star game.

The game is available on most gaming systems, including Microsoft XBox, XBox 360, Sony Playstation 2, Playstation Portable, Nintendo Gamecube and personal computers.

(Note, to see the entire Madden NFL 07 Game profile, click the entire URL below)

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