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Los Angeles, CA, June 24, 2013 –(PR.com)– Summer reading is hot–on, or offline. Fran Briggs, Director of Operations at the publicity firm, eMediaCampaigns!, has put the spotlight on undoubtedly ten of this summer’s must-read, books. Combined, they perfectly compliment any collection.

“There are only ten books listed. So what does that mean, exactly? That these are the absolute best books available this summer? Not at all,” explained Briggs. “There’s a litany of spectacular books to read this season from funny and heart-tugging, to finances and edge-of-your-seat, thrillers. I selected gems from several genres which deserve recognition.”

The Best of Summer Reading, 2013 is a guide to help avid readers make quality decisions as it pertains to their reading selections. Here is the list. Enjoy, and happy summer.

1. Is The Beautiful Lady Gone Forever? (CreateSpace) by Larry Toombs
The romantic biracial love story of Shelia Williams, a 38-year-old, black female and 38-year-old, ultra-attractive nuance, Gerald https://www.createspace.com/3771812

2. 30 Days to Taming Your Finances (Harvest House) by Deborah Pegues
Covers the emotional and practical side of putting finances in order www.confrontingissues.com/products.php

3. Dark Cherub (Westbow Press) by Parker J. Cole Dark Cherub
The author uses an ingenious platform to merge the ethics surrounding abortion with redemption and revenge. http://www.westbowpress.com

4. My Last Stones Throw (CreateSpace) by William Hemmans III
A Collection of Spiritual, Inspirational Thought Provoking Quotes www.amazon.com/gp/product/1481283049/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1/180-3344527-43753

5. Blue Jeans and Coffee Beans by Joanne DeMaio (CreateSpace)
Escape to Stony Point, cuff your jeans and walk along the water’s edge in this nostalgic story bringing old friends, and their lives, back to the sea
www.amazon.com

6. Revenge, Inc. (BookBaby) by Keleigh Crigler Hadley
Who doesn’t like to see the bad guys get it?
http://ow.ly/m9JZo

7. Deadlocked (Joel Goldman) by Joel Goldman
Ryan Kowalczyk has spent the last 15 years on death row. Like every other death row inmate, he clung steadfastly to his claim of innocence. Accused of brutally beating two young parents to death with a baseball bat, while their 3 year-old child slept under a blanket in the back seat of the car… www.amazon.com

8. Why Can’t I Lose Weight? (Amazon Digital Services) by Susan J. Campbell
A Real Solution to Weight Loss www.amazon.com

9. How to Remove ALL Negative Items from Your Credit Report (CreateSpace) by Riki Roash Do it yourself guide for dramatically increasing your credit rating. www.amazon.com

10. Top 25 Vacation Spots In the United States (CreateSpace) by Theresa Bradshaw Pack your clothes, grab your camera and tighten your seatbelt…You are going on vacation! www.amazon.com

Olympia, WA, June 23, 2013 –(PR.com)– Barbara C. Phillips, ARNP was inducted as Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP) on Thursday, June 20, 2013 during the AANP national conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Ms. Phillips will continue the tradition of contributing to the mission of the AANP and promoting the role of the nurse practitioner. As the founder of NPBusiness she recognizes the critical importance of business education for nurse practitioners (NP) and the NP profession. Her company provides education, resources and support to entrepreneurial and employed NPs alike. She believes understanding the “Business of Healthcare” is critical to the future of nurse practitioners and the NP profession.

Recognized as a leader, innovator, business expert, social media guru and cutting edge online educator, she received the 2012 Washington State AANP Award for Excellence. Ms. Phillips speaks and consults nationally, internationally and is a published author.

A graduate of the University of Washington and Oregon Health Science University, she owns and operates Beachwater Health Associates in Olympia, WA, providing innovative, integrative and individualized pain management services.

The FAANP program was established in 2000 to recognize nurse practitioner leaders who have made outstanding contributions to health care through clinical practice, research, education, or policy. Priority initiatives of AANP are the development of leadership and mentorship programs for nurse practitioners and nurse practitioner students. Fellows of the AANP are visionaries committed to the global advancement of nursing through the development of imaginative and creative future nurse practitioner leaders, and as such, hold an annual think tank to strategize about the future of nurse practitioners and health care outside the confines of traditional thinking. A limited number of nurse practitioners are selected for this highly coveted distinction each year.

The American Association of Nurse Practitioners is the largest, full-service national professional organization for nurse practitioners of all specialties. With more than 45,000 individual members and 200 group members, AANP represents the interests of approximately 167,000 nurse practitioners around the country. AANP continually advocates for the active role of nurse practitioners as providers of high-quality, cost-effective, personalized, patient-centered health care.

Los Angeles, CA, June 19, 2013 –(PR.com)– The Kickstarter link for WeTheAdorned is http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/469820908/lets-get-adorned

WeTheAdorned:

WeTheAdorned is a membership-based website for women who want stylish fashion jewelry that is curated and worn by A-list celebrities and fashion icons around the world. WeTheAdorned.com aims to quickly become the most desirable jewelry website by offering exclusive, in-season, limited quantity collections from the most talented, independent jewelry designers in the world–designers that are already selling to Barney’s, Sakes Fifth Avenue, Net-a-porte and Modaoperandi.com — at exceptional prices–with no compromise on quality–ever!

WTA will adorn it’s members in fashionable styles that are hard to find anywhere else. WTA is not a discount site or a flash sales site. They are a membership site, and with membership comes perks. Insider pricing represents just a small part of what WTA believes to be a very compelling and innovative value proposition.

Prior to WeTheAdorned, Co-founder/CEO Tim McElwee and Co-founder/Creative director Cyia Batten started T.Cyia jewelry from their kitchen table and grew the brand worldwide. T.Cyia pieces have been bought, worn and endorsed by the highest profile celebrities and style icons in the world without spending a single dollar on marketing. They intend to leverage that success by launching WeTheAdorned with T.Cyia as their first exclusive collection.

You can help make it happen by clicking here:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/469820908/lets-get-adorned

Let’s get adorned together!

Livonia, MI, June 18, 2013 –(PR.com)– The company started its first website, ProDryers.com which specializes in major brand hand dryers, back in 2006. Launching with the American Dryer ExtremeAir high speed hand dryer, ProDryers quickly caught the interest of other manufacturers. Within a few short years, ProDryers has become one of the top 3 hand dryer distributors in the United States by offering the absolute best pricing, free shipping, and educational assistance in providing its customers with the best solution for each specific job. We all know hand dryers save money vs. paper towel. But not all hand dryers are created equal and some fit the specific needs of one project better than others. ProDryers offers that level of expertise. ProDryers has become one of the most trusted names in the hand dryer industry with public reviews to prove it. With the addition of ProDrinkingFountains and ProFloorMachines, Category Five Technologies expects to double annual gross sales by 2015.

Category Five Technologies, Inc. was started in 2003. The company is structured with a high level of technical expertise, but an equal level of customer service. Category Five Technologies offers what many other industrial supply companies lack; top quality customer service with sincerity. Customers have come to know they can rely on the customer service team; customer service is the most important company attribute at the end of the day. Unfortunately, issues arise with all businesses. The company’s elite customer service team is standing by and ready. A real person can always be reached during normal business hours.

Controlled growth has been an important ingredient to the success of the company. Careful consideration and planning has been implemented ensuring the team is properly staffed and equipped to handle the variety of customer service calls related to supplying over 2500 restroom products, over 1,000 floor machines, over 1,000 drinking fountains, along with the largest selection of hand dryers available anywhere. The company is stepping into a new phase of growth with manufacturers such as Elkay, Halsey Taylor, Clarke, and more. These manufacturers represent top level quality products in the drinking fountain and floor machine industries. Category Five Technologies is focusing on pushing into these new markets using the same strategies that catapulted ProDryers to the top.

By cross promoting the restroom industry with the drinking fountain and floor machine industries, Category Five Technologies is finding a clear potential for increased sales volume on all levels. It makes perfect sense as most of the businesses that purchase hand dryers and restroom supplies could also be good candidates for saving money by reducing the time spent on cleaning floors and reducing water expenses by offering quick energy efficient drinking solutions from top brand drinking fountains such as the Oasis PG8AC. All three markets share a common characteristic. Companies can reduce costs significantly using hand dryers, floor machines, and drinking fountains.

Category Five Technologies is a technical company specializing in the creation and operation of niche market eCommerce sites. Many of the high demand products are stocked at the Livonia, MI warehouses which enable fast free shipping. Earning customer trust with a high level of satisfaction and elite customer service is the #1 goal of the company.

For more information about Category Five Technologies, contact Anthony DiCicco, CEO at 888-50-DRYER.

Massapequa, NY, June 17, 2013 –(PR.com)– Locally owned Courage Couture announced the launch date of its new clothing line as July 1st, 2013. The line can be worn by any woman but was designed for women with uneven breasts. This group of women would include women who are born with uneven breasts or have a history of prior surgery including mastectomy with or without reconstruction.

About Courage Couture and its founder
The line was years in the making. Courage Coutures founder, Sharon T McLaughlin MD FACS, is a female plastic surgeon who has had a mastectomy with reconstruction. Its founder knows from personal experience as well as those of her own patients that there is a great need for this type of clothing.

Courage Couture wanted to design clothes that look pretty and provided the necessary coverage and support without looking matronly. The company has decided to launch the line with two intimate sleepwear styles. This intimate sleepwear covers more of the breasts than what is typically seen with other forms of intimate sleepwear. The garments have adjustable cleavage to cover scars or radiation burns if needed. The shoulder straps are adjustable as well to allow for better fit. Courage Couture plans to expand the line to include swimwear, tops and cocktail dresses.

The clothing line will sell from an online store http://www.couragecouture.com and small boutiques, which are in the works. The clothing line is manufactured in New York City. It was important for Courage Couture to keep jobs in the states rather than outsourcing. The companies founder, Sharon T McLaughlin MD FACS, hopes the larger clothing companies do the same.

You work hard for what you have and you have done a great job at holding it together. Don##Q##t waste your valuable business time and energy on people who want you to bend over backwards to offer them services for free or at outrageous discounts. People of ALL business types will try to pull a fast one on you by asking for unreasonable things that don##Q##t help you grow they actually HURT your business. Keep in mind, IF THEY CONTACT YOU… YOU are in the driver##Q##s seat baby. NOT THEM. Don##Q##t give them control of the road that leads to YOU and what you have to offer. Read on…. (click “next” after each segment above or below)

We never thought we’d have to relocate this soon. We’ve only been open for a year but we’re busting out of our space with a constant flow of some surreal designer inventory from our clients. It’s a great sign of growth I’m grateful for our customers the awesome press we’ve been getting,” says Aquino. Buttons Bows is a resale luxury boutique that sells gently loved vintage modern designer merchandise. Due to Marley’s Aquino’s impeccable curation of merchandise, the store has attracted shoppers from all over Southern California as well as visiting tourists alike, fueling the demand for more inventory a much larger space.

“We’re not moving far at all, just around the corner from our old location. We love Downtown we love being a part of the revitalization that is happening here,” says Marley. Aside from being fashion experts business owners, Aquino Marley are major leaders in growing the fashion retail scene in the Downtown area. The two are responsible for starting Shopwalk, a DTLA community effort, along with other shop owners, in where merchants along the historic core come together to offer their customers a day of in-store events, libations, special discounts offerings. The pair created it to spread awareness about the growing retail businesses in their neighborhood. Aside from Shopwalk, Aquino Marley specifically contribute to The Downtown LA Women’s Shelter through their regular donations of clothes that help contribute to the effort of getting women off the streets enter the job market.

Buttons Bows began as a personal fashion and style blog by Monique Aquino, which evolved into a successful e-bay store that sold Marley’s extensive collection of designer clothes and accessories that she no longer wanted. The e-bay business became a hit, leading to the founding of their first brick and mortar location on Main St. in Downtown Los Angeles. “Karen I always talked about opening a store our sales on e-bay proved to us that we could do it. We started small by opting for a humble space. That enabled us to test our market before we opted for larger store location,” says Aquino. The “start small grow big” strategy by friends and business partners, Marley Aquino, are certainly working well in their favor.

The much anticipated opening of the new Buttons Bows boutique on 548 S. Spring St. R#112 is scheduled to hit the historic core later this month. Aquino and Marley chose a location that’s in the middle of the hustle and bustle of cafes, businesses, and other retail shops, while still remaining easily accessible to the dwellers of the Fashion and Art District. One year ago, Aquino remarked, “We really hope that it’s only a short matter of time before Buttons Bows becomes the city’s destination for a service-centered resale shopping experience.” This significant move proves that Aquino’s hopeful wish is quickly becoming a reality.

Karen Marley and Monique Aquino will release further news and updates about the launch through their blog on www.buttonsandbowsla.com/blog, and social media outlets:
Twitter: www.twitter.com/buttonsbowsla
Facebook: www.facebook.com/buttonsandbowsla

If you’d like more information about Buttons and Bows, please visit www.buttonsandbowsla.com To schedule an interview with the owners, please call (213)-622-0648 or email [email protected]

Ways to Deal with Unscrupulous Competitors

A friend said something to me a long time ago that applies to this situation. Why get in the ring with someone, you have already beaten? If imitation is a highest form of flattery, what is straight copying what you do? I don##Q##t like that statement because it##Q##s not “flattering” when someone copies what you do on the surface but I get what that saying really means. It indicates you are not only on the right track, you have a winning formula. However, it still pisses you off that someone has completely stolen from you.

Phoenix, AZ, June 03, 2013 –(PR.com)– The CRM Alliance is pleased to announce Database-USA www.database-usa.com as our newest member for the Los Angeles, California market. Database-USA has been consistently rated a top Certified Consulting firm for the region by ACT! Software, a subsidiary of Swiftpage, and had achieved the highest ACT! CRM customer satisfaction reviews in the greater Los Angeles area.

Daniel Graves, CEO of Database-USA, is an expert in installation, customization and training of ACT! CRM since its Windows inception in 1991. “My company’s objective is to enable our customers to turn Prospects into Profits and Contacts into Contracts!” said Daniel. His certifications include ACT! Certified Consultant, ACT! Premier Trainer and Swiftpage Certified Consultant. Daniel has over 40 years in the computer database industry, including 20 years with NASA, and 10 years in Healthcare.

For over 25 years, companies and sales teams have been using ACT! CRM (customer relationship management) software to transform and grow their businesses. Integrated with ACT!, Swiftpage provides E-Marketing services of email marketing, social media sharing and lead qualifying tools that are designed to make business marketing easier. “We welcome Daniel and Database-USA and the level of service they provide to ACT! CRM and Swiftpage customers. All of our members are top consultants for ACT! CRM and Swiftpage E-Marketing and Daniel is a great addition to the organization,” said Debora Boyle, President of The CRM Alliance.

About the CRM Alliance – The CRM Alliance is an organization of top CRM consulting and training companies. Specializing in Customer Relationship Management and E-Marketing, we provide services and software solutions for businesses to convert leads, retain customers and generate more sales. With headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, the organization and its member firms provide local services for customers in major cities across North America. For an ACT! CRM or Swiftpage trial, a CRM Email Marketing white paper or to find a Certified Consultant visit www.thecrmalliance.com.

The following businesses are ACT! Certified Consultants and members of The CRM Alliance:

Alabama: ADS Programming Services www.adsprogramming.com
Arizona: Platinum CRM Consulting www.actplatinum.com
California, Los Angeles: Database-USA www.database-usa.com
California, San Diego: Aaron’s Computer Relief www.aaronscomp.com
Colorado: The CRM Connection www.thecrmconnection.com
Connecticut: Squad 16 Consulting www.squad16.com
Florida: Tech Benders www.techbenders.com
Illinois: Mondo CRM www.mondocrm.com
Louisiana: Remote Tech Group www.rtgroup.com
Maryland: Stewart Technologies www.stewarttechnologies.com
Massachusetts: Stellar Technology Consulting www.stellartech.net
Minnesota: Proactive Information Systems www.proactive-is.com
Missouri: Aviva www.thedatabasediva.com
New York: Atlantic Database, LLC www.atlanticdatabase.com
North Carolina: Atlantic Database, LLC www.atlanticdatabase.com
Pennsylvania: Capitol Computer Systems www.capitolcom.com
Rhode Island: Business Technologies of New England www.btne.com
Texas: Proactive Information Systems www.proactive-is.com
Virginia: B B Consulting Services, Inc. www.bmeredith.com
Washington: Platinum CRM Consulting www.actplatinum.com

Atlanta, GA, May 18, 2013 –(PR.com)– Beginning June 18th, 2013 CEO of Visionary People, LLC Natasha Davis-Bowen and Branch Manager Beau Champagne of the PNC Bank in Snellville will collaborate in order to enhance services and opportunities in the small business community through the Business Development Bootcamps.

PNC Bank, N.A a member of The PNC Financial Services Group, INC (www.PNC.com) is one of the nation’s largest diversifies financial service organizations. Their values and capabilities are to be: “Strong, Deep and Focused” on their customers. PNC Bank specializes in Personal Finance Management, Small Business Management and Corporate Management. This institution is firmly positioned in 19 states and is the preferred bank for over two-thirds of the Fortune 500 companies as well as thousands of small to medium sized businesses.

Visionary People, LLC (www.VisionaryPeopleArise.com) headquartered in Snellville, Georgia is a business development and marketing firm dedicated to helping small businesses grow through education, resources and opportunities. They’ve hosted the Business Development Bootcamp since 2010. Entrepreneurs and small business owners learn how to increase their commerce, survival rate, global partnerships and financial position at the Business Bootcamps.

The PNC branch located on 2775 West Main Street Snellville, GA 30078 is home for a group of community engaged individuals. They’ve been known to participate in local community development initiatives and education of the business community. This collaborative partnership works in synergy with their existing mission.

Visionary People and the West Main Street PNC Branch will work together to host more in depth and more resourceful Business Bootcamps in Atlanta. The first scheduled Business workshop “Turning Ideas Into Accomplished Goals” will be offered on Tuesday, June 18th at 10am at The BizLynks Center 3665 Club Drive Duluth, Georgia 30096.

Visionary People will provide the attendees with direction and resources for outlining and successfully launching business ideas. PNC Bank will culminate the workshop by providing the attendees with direction and resources for funding those business endeavors. Full details for the workshop may be found on http://www.IdeasIntoGoals.Eventbrite.com

Registration is open. Small Business owners and Independent Entrepreneurs are encouraged to secure their position in the Bootcamp early. Interviews are welcomed. Please contact Visionary People at 678-390-2681