January 2010

Helping Businesses Ideate, Innovate and Captivate in 2010 and beyond.

Keeping up with the Joneses in Silicon Valley, cosmetic dentist Dr. Kimberly Loos has embraced technology and social media. Social media has been effective as a means of interacting and building relationships with patients and the community. During this holiday season, Dr. Loos has been able to drive traffic to her website to inform readers about her office’s annual canned food drive with the...

Author, copywriter, and business lead generation specialist Craig Garber, from kingofcopy.com, says Tiger Woods’ recent problems offer valuable lessons to both consultants and small business-owners. Garber is the author of “How To Make Maximum Money With Minimum Customers: 21 Proven Direct-Marketing Strategies Anyone Can Use.” He says one of the most costly mistakes business owners make...

Stena Line has announced that it plans to replace the Stena Explorer with another fast craft during the off peak periods in 2010. Currently the HSS Stena Explorer operates a once daily round trip between March and December but in 2010 the vessel will operate for the peak summer season only from the 28 June to the 5 September. Outside this period the vessel will be replaced by the Stena Express...

Barclaycard Payment Acceptance reveals spending on credit and debit cards was up this Christmas compared with last year. Barclaycard Payment Acceptance, one of the largest processors of debit and credit card transactions in the UK has announced that shoppers spent more on debit and credit cards from 19 December to 31 December 2009* compared to the same period last year. This new data from...

According to new research by leading Child Trust Fund (CTF) provider The Children’s Mutual, just 18% of parents have written a will, yet many are unaware that should the worst happen and the parents die without having appointed a guardian, the child may not be looked after by their chosen carer and it will be up to the courts to decide where they live. The Children’s Mutual is...

Hotter Comfort Concept, women’s comfortable shoe brand, announces plans to open three new high street stores in 2010. Making and selling womens shoes and mens shoes from its Lancashire headquarters the innovative comfort shoe brand has announced plans to open new Hotter Comfort Concept stores in Chichester, Eastbourne and Bromley in Spring 2010. Bucking retail trends, Hotter shoes, which...