Monthly Archives: March 2019

New Skills Academy Announces Relocation Due To Business Expansion

March 22, 2019 – – New Skills Academy, the online education provider based in Hertford, UK, has announced that it has relocated its offices due to a recent rapid expansion of their business.

Based in Hertford, in the United Kingdom, New Skills Academy has almost doubled its staff numbers over the past 18 months. With the rapid growth in online learning from client businesses and from the public, New Skills Academy has had to hire more skilled staff to create the course content and produce the videos associated with that.

New Skills Academy CEO, Chris Morgan said of the move, “It was exciting to make the move to larger offices. We have really needed more space for the past 4 months, but we wanted to make the right move. We were all a little sad to leave our old offices because that’s where our story began, and it just felt like home for us. This is a big milestone for our business and we have exciting times ahead.”

New Skills Academy has been providing online courses in 2013 and since then they have helped over 210,000 students to learn new skills and obtain new knowledge. At the outset operating from a co-working office space, they had only two employees, the co-owners of the business. This has grown to 27 employees, necessitating several moves to larger workspaces over the years. They not have the capacity for further expansion and foresee continued strong growth over the next years ahead.

Starting the business after a career as a marketing professional with several online education companies, Chris Morgan had identified the short-comings that existed. New Skills Academy was born from an opportunity to provide a better online education experience and offer better value than the competition.

According to Chris, “When it comes to online schools, there are plenty to choose from. New Skills Academy was set up with the objective of providing expertly designed courses, detailed lesson plans and the most efficient online support available. Our student testimonials all attest to our success against those goals.”

New Skills Academy offers one of the widest range of courses available online. From Retail banking to bookkeeping, to beauty and make-up, fitness coaching and even dog-grooming. The company spokesperson informed us that they currently have over 450 courses available and constantly upgrade their existing courses to keep pace with changes in technology and trends.

One of the questions often asked about online education is, are the qualifications recognized. When asked for comment, New Skills Academy stated that not all courses are taken in pursuit of a qualification. Many of the courses do have a final exam or assessment and most of these assessments are recognized by the national professional or examination bodies. Some assessments lead to a certificate of completion or certificate of competence. Where a recognized qualification is offered, that qualification is recognized on a professional or national basis.

Looking at the advantages offered by online course providers versus traditional colleges, there are several. Online educators such as New Skills Academy make their course materials fully available online. This means that their students can access the courses from any location and at any time of day or night. Traditional colleges require attendance in person and follow a pre-planned timetable. Online courses can be taken at the student’s own pace, meaning the course can be completed as quickly or as slowly as the student wishes. Traditional college courses follow the academic calendar and the pace is determined by the start and end dates. Online educators have no capacity restrictions or course availability limits. They have limited overheads because they don’t require large buildings that have to be maintained. All courses being delivered over the internet. Traditional colleges rely on their large premises to deliver the course content. This means that online education companies have a considerable cost advantage that they can pass onto their students in the way of low-cost courses.

Online learning and education may not suit everyone’s needs, but it is a growing sector of the education environment that cannot be ignored. Many of the traditional colleges and universities are adding online learning and distance learning to their course offerings. The open university in the UK has been successfully offering degree programs by distance learning for several decades, but still, require several days attendance per year as well as attendance for examinations.

Those who require more information on course details or to access the full course catalog can contact New Skills Academy via their website, by phone or email.

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For more information about New Skills Academy, contact the company here:

New Skills Academy
Chris Morgan
0845 259 0244
info@newskillsacademy.co.uk
New Skills Academy
Harforde Court
2 John Tate Rd
Hertford
SG13 7NW
UK

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US Coachways Offers Boston Bus Rental

March 22, 2019 – – US Coachways, based on Staten Island, NY, has announced that they are offering Boston bus rental services. A charter bus rental offers an ideal solution for businesses or individuals who are planning a trip to Boston. The purpose could be to attend games, concerts and other big events; corporate and business travel; family events; school events; and church travel.

Edward Telmany, US Coachways CEO, says, “We can help you make your trip to Boston a memorable one. Travel there and back in the comfort and luxury of a charter bus. It’s important, though, to take the time to secure the right bus for your entourage. You want something that gives everybody room to relax, but you don’t want too many empty seats. At US Coachways, we have long-established relationships with a vast network of charter bus service providers across the country. We’ll look at all the aspects of your trip so that we can find the bus that’s just the right size. We’ll also assess any special needs you or your participants may have, so that we can secure a coach with the appropriate or necessary amenities.”

The company wants to point out that in order for customers to minimize their costs, they need to choose the coach that is well-suited for their needs. For instance, for a group of 24 to 35 passengers, the ideal vehicle is a mini-bus. And for a group made up of up to 57 people, a full-sized bus will be appropriate.

Meanwhile, most of the charter buses are equipped with modern conveniences, such as charging stations for gadgets, Wi-Fi, PA systems, and DVD players. Customers can also request other amenities, such as on-board restrooms and advanced sound systems. These options will vary depending on each specific bus so customers will need to check with their booking agent to find out the available amenities.

And in order to get a free quote for a particular bus trip to Boston, customers can make use of a free cost calculator that is available on the US Coachways website. Customers can specify whether they want a day trip, an overnight trip, or a one way trip. They will need to indicate their pickup address, the drop off address, the pickup date and time, the departure date and time from Boston, and the number of passengers.

There are a number of factors that will affect the cost of a charter bus. These include when the customers want to travel as this is affected by off-seasons and peak seasons; where the customers are going and how long will they be there; the number of people in the group; where they will depart; whether there are any special needs; whether it is a one way trip or a round trip; and other expenses, such as road tolls and parking feeds and tips for the driver or drivers.

Additionally, US Coachways also offers bus wrap services. Bus wrapping has been observed to be an effective marketing and advertising method. This is because on average, the US population spends two hours each day on the road. Vehicle advertising has been found to generate up to 70,000 impressions a day per vehicle. And when compared to conventional billboards and radio, TV and print ads, mobile advertising is many times cheaper.

People can be sure that they will get quality services when the book a bus rental from US Coachways because after more than 1,500 reviews, they have an excellent five star rating. For example, Nancy Q. gave them five stars and said, “5 star experience! Our reservationist [gave] top notch customer service. Kept me informed & updated on any question I had. Our driver Imran was really helpful with our wet weather drive to the Rodeo. Definitely recommend & hope to schedule another ride with my family. Thank you once again.”

Those who are interested in chartering a bus to Boston or want to order bus wraps can visit the company website or contact them by phone or by email.

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For more information about US Coachways, contact the company here:

US Coachways
Mark Telmany
855-287-2427
info@uscoachwaysinc.com
100 Saint Mary’s Ave
Staten Island, NY 10305

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Customized Apparel Services for San Francisco Bay Awards

March 22, 2019 – – Union City, Calif.–Alpine Awards, one of the top businesses for San Francisco Bay awards, is offering a creative design service for clients. The Union City awards business gives clients the opportunity to personalize a variety of items through their website.

Alpine Awards offers personalized apparel, accessories, kids’ wear, ladieswear, and hats for clients to design and order. Items such as jackets, totes, and beanies can be made to order by clients. Alpine Awards ensures that personalized items will be made with quality materials and high standards. Their options work well with either embroidering or screen printing.

Alpine Awards has a special page that makes designing easy for clients. Clients will pick their desired product and begin the design process. They may add text, clipart, images, names, or numbers. The website even offers templates for designing. The design software makes a thorough effort, ensuring that the client has not missed a single detail while designing. However, the software is made simple for those with no design experience.

All clients have to do is pick a product, design it, and request a quote. The website makes the designing process less stressful for clients while giving them a personalized touch to their orders. With the variety of products to choose from for designing, clients can have an optimal experience creating and distributing personalized gifts.

Alpine Awards is one of the top places in the San Francisco Bay area for awards, signs, banners, and much more. With four different locations and a team ready to help, Alpine Awards promises to deliver results to clients “on time, every time.” Since 1972, they have been creating innovative and top-quality awards for organizations. Their goal is to make sure they can meet clients’ needs. To learn more about their products or services, visit their website at www.alpineawards.com.

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For more information about Alpine Awards, Inc. – Union City, contact the company here:

Alpine Awards, Inc. – Union City
Greg Vella
(510) 429-3838
alpineawardsca@gmail.com
1150 Whipple Road
Union City, CA 94587

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DuoCircle Sponsoring Open Certificate Authority Let’s Encrypt for a Second Year

March 22, 2019 – – San Diego, CA – March 22, 2019: DuoCircle is an integrated, cloud-based email security solutions company. DuoCircle is sponsoring Let’s Encrypt for the second year in a row.

Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated and open certificate authority (CA), run for the public’s benefit. It’s a service provided by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG). Let’s Encrypt provides the digital certificates domains need in order to enable HTTPS (SSL/TLS) for their websites, for free. They do so because they want to create a more secure and privacy-respecting web.

DuoCircle is sponsoring Let’s Encrypt for a second year because the company prioritizes privacy and understands the need for encryption on the web. “We are passionate advocates for free speech and the need to make encrypted connections ubiquitous online,” said Brad Slavin, CEO of DuoCircle. ISRG, which provides Let’s Encrypt, is a non-profit organization. As such, it relies on sponsorships like those from DuoCircle to be able to offer its service for free. “It’s nice to be in the same category as world class organizations like Cisco, Facebook and Google in sponsoring such an important organization as Let’s Encrypt,” said Mr. Slavin.

Email is still the number one threat vector for malware, ransomware and business email compromise. Today’s most pressing cybersecurity challenge is reliably and accurately detecting and blocking threatening emails before they can do damage.

Forging an email is surprisingly easy. Today’s cybercriminals have no problem forging emails from reputable, well-known companies or even from executives within the corporations they seek to attack. This makes it difficult for employees to determine which emails to trust. Only a comprehensive threat detection system, that can determine the origin servers of incoming emails, can reliably verify incoming messages. Let’s Encrypt’s SSL certificates are a key component in offering this protection.

DuoCircle is not a web hosting company which benefits directly from issuing SSL certificates. However, in the enterprise IT environment, the risk of phishing and domain name forgery is high.

DuoCircle combines Let’s Encrypt certificates with their Advanced Threat Defense technology. When combined with Advanced Threat Defense, it gives users an immediate way to reliably verify safe emails. “We specifically engineered our Advanced Threat Defense system, for malware and Phish Protection, to utilize Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates for our client domains,” said Mr. Slavin.

About DuoCircle:

DuoCircle is a provider of inbound and outbound email security solutions including Advanced Threat Defense, phish protection, spam filtering, outbound email filtering and Smart Quarantine. Headquartered in San Diego, California, DuoCircle protects over 25,000 businesses and millions of mailboxes worldwide with business-critical messaging for complex environments. To learn more about DuoCircle’s services, visit duocircle.com

About Internet Security Research Group:

Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to reduce financial, technological, and education barriers to secure communications over the Internet. Its primary project is Let’s Encrypt, a free, open and automated Certificate Authority that provides TLS/SSL certificates to over 150 million websites. Learn more at https://www.abetterinternet.org/.

Contact DuoCircle:

DuoCircle Press

+1-855-700-1386

info@duocircle.com

https://www.duocircle.com

Contact ISRG:

press@abetterinternet.org

https://www.abetterinternet.org/

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For more information about DuoCircle, contact the company here:

DuoCircle
DuoCircle Press
+1-855-700-1386
info@duocircle.com
6060 Nancy Ridge Dr
San Diego, CA
92121
USA

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Customized Screen Printing in Concord, CA

March 22, 2019 – – Concord, Calif.–Alpine Awards, one of the top businesses for screen printing in Concord, CA, is offering a creative design service for clients. The Concord awards business gives clients the opportunity to personalize a variety of items through their website.

Alpine Awards offers personalized apparel, accessories, kids’ wear, ladieswear, and hats for clients to design and order. Items such as jackets, totes, and beanies can be made to order by clients. Alpine Awards ensures that personalized items will be made with quality materials and high standards. Their options work well with either embroidering or screen printing.

Alpine Awards has a special page that makes designing easy for clients. Clients will pick their desired product and begin the design process. They may add text, clipart, images, names, or numbers. The website even offers templates for designing. The design software makes a thorough effort, ensuring that the client has not missed a single detail while designing. However, the software is made simple for those with no design experience.

All clients must do is pick a product, design it, and request a quote. The website makes the designing process less stressful for clients while giving them a personalized touch to their orders. With the variety of products to choose from for designing, clients can have an optimal experience creating and distributing personalized gifts.

Alpine Awards is one of the top places for awards, signs, banners, and plaques in Concord, CA. With four different locations and a team ready to help, Alpine Awards promises to deliver results to clients “on time, every time.” Since 1972, they have been creating innovative and top-quality awards for organizations. Their goal is to make sure they can meet clients’ needs. To learn more about their products or services, visit their website at www.alpineawards.com.

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For more information about Alpine Awards, Inc – Concord, CA, contact the company here:

Alpine Awards, Inc – Concord, CA
Greg Vella
(925) 671-2109
alpineawardsca@gmail.com
2190 Meridian Park Blvd
Suite K
Concord, Ca 94520

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Lawmakers Consider the Benefits of Meds for Withdrawal in Lockups

March 22, 2019 – – Lawmakers in New York are considering a measure to make drug treatments such as methadone and Suboxone available to all prison and jail inmates who are struggling with opioid addiction. States across the country are considering similar approaches in the midst of a deadly opioid epidemic that is affecting the nation.

Research shows that the drugs, along with behavioral therapy, can help people with addiction reduce the withdrawal symptoms and cravings that cause people to relapse. In fact, federal statistics suggest that more than half of all inmates in state prisons nationwide have a substance abuse problem. According to New York officials, that percentage could be as high as 80 percent in state and local lockups, which at any given time have about 77,000 inmates.

Drug policy experts point to the success of a similar program in Rhode Island. It has seen a sharp drop in the number of former inmates who died of overdoses. It had 26 cases of opioid-related overdoses among former inmates in 2016. But last year, there were only nine. Click the link to see San Jose’s top rehab placement programs.

Other jails in Louisville, Kentucky, California, and in Massachusetts have reported similar success. “It makes no sense that people who have a public health issue don’t have access to medicine,” said Jasmine Budnella, drug policy coordinator at VOCAL-NY, an advocacy group that speaks on behalf of low-income New Yorkers on such issues as criminal justice, drug policy, and homelessness. “In the U.S., we talk about human rights but we are literally torturing these people.”

The debate over supporting medication-assisted treatment (MAT) in correctional settings has no organized opposition, and now only comes down to funding. Some counties have paid for programs in their jails, while others have not.

A total of six state and local lockups in the New York City area, for example, have limited drug-assistance programs for people addicted to opioids.

Albany County was the first county in the state outside of New York City to offer MAT. A state budget proposal from Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo would spend $3.75 million to expand access in county jails. More than $1 million will be used to expand its use in state prisons. Democratic leaders of the state Legislature have called for more. Advocates say they want to see at least $7 million in the annual budget.

A spokesman for Cuomo’s budget office, however, defended the proposed funding amount, saying that it is part of a broader “holistic” approach to fighting opioid addiction.

“The medication-assisted treatment program is just one prong of New York State’s $200 million, nation-leading fight against opioid addiction that is implementing effective solutions to save lives,” said spokesman Freeman Klopott.

A decision is expected before April 1, when the new budget is due. “Addiction is a disease,” said New York Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, a Manhattan Democrat who is sponsoring the drug-treatment legislation. “We should treat it like a disease.”

These initiatives can help people like Laura Levine, who has had some brushes with the law and was booked into the Nassau County jail. Her drug withdrawal got worse as she entered prison, but she received no help from guards.

“I would rather give birth to all five of my children again without medication than go through withdrawal again,” she said. Levine is now in recovery and works to help others struggling with opioids.

If someone in the family is struggling with opioid addiction, it is important to seek help. A combination of medical detox and behavioral therapy can go a long way in the fight against drug abuse. But because every individual is affected by addiction differently, a comprehensive program tailored to their specific needs is necessary. Look for a nearby addiction treatment facility today and find out how drug treatment programs work.

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For more information about Rehab Near Me:San Jose, contact the company here:

Rehab Near Me:San Jose
+1 216-508-8133

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Customized Apparel Services for Corporate Awards in Santa Clara

March 22, 2019 – – Santa Clara, Calif.–Alpine Awards, one of the top businesses for corporate awards in Santa Clara, is offering a creative design service for clients. The Santa Clara awards business gives clients the opportunity to personalize a variety of items through their website.

Alpine Awards offers personalized apparel, accessories, kids’ wear, ladieswear, and hats for clients to design and order. Items such as jackets, totes, and beanies can be made to order by clients. Alpine Awards ensures that personalized items will be made with quality materials and high standards. Their options work well with either embroidering or screen printing.

Alpine Awards has a special page that makes designing easy for clients. Clients will pick their desired product and begin the design process. They may add text, clipart, images, names, or numbers. The website even offers templates for designing. The design software makes a thorough effort, ensuring that the client has not missed a single detail while designing. However, the software is made simple for those with no design experience.

All clients must do is pick a product, design it, and request a quote. The website makes the designing process less stressful for clients while giving them a personalized touch to their orders. With the variety of products to choose from for designing, clients can have an optimal experience creating and distributing personalized gifts.

Alpine Awards is one of the top places for awards, signs, banners, and embroidery in Santa Clara, CA. With four different locations and a team ready to help, Alpine Awards promises to deliver results to clients “on time, every time.” Since 1972, they have been creating innovative and top-quality awards for organizations. Their goal is to make sure they can meet clients’ needs. To learn more about their products or services, visit their website at www.alpineawards.com.

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For more information about Alpine Awards, Inc. – Santa Clara,CA, contact the company here:

Alpine Awards, Inc. – Santa Clara,CA
Greg Vella
(408) 969-0015
alpineawardsca@gmail.com
1500 Wyatt Drive Ste. 11
Santa Clara, Ca 95054

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DUI Lawyer Now Taking On New Clients In Los Angeles

March 22, 2019 – – Los Angeles DUI Lawyer is a firm based in Los Angeles that specializes in defending clients who face drinking and driving charges. They are able to provide their clients with a highly rated DUI Attorney from their team for a variety of different services under the umbrella of driving under the influence incidents, including being charged with a DUI, being charged with an over 80 DUI, failure to provide a specimen, and probation violations.

The firm proudly states, “We at Los Angeles DUI Lawyer not only rely on empirical data, but also information obtained by our DUI criminal lawyer who visits the site of the incident to get first-hand facts about the case. This helps us present an airtight defense as well as bring up inaccuracies in witness depositions and the prosecution’s case overall.”

On their website, the Los Angeles DUI Lawyer identifies the three main actions they can take against a DUI charge: DUI dismissal, DUI removal, and DUI reduction. They explain that, “fighting for the full dismissal of any and all DUI charges is our primary goal as your defense attorney,” whereas a DUI removal is a, “second last resort,” and a DUI reduction is the last option pursued. While a DUI reduction is the last resort, the firms continues to asset that, “our success rates are extremely high.”

The firm also will provide a DUI Attorney for DUI refusal defense, care and control DUI, drugged driving charges, and underage DUI charges. They also are experienced with, and are willing to provide services in, cases regarding a wrongful DUI charge, out of state DUI charge, a DUI expungement, and situations involving DUI-related car accidents.

The Los Angeles DUI Lawyer also suggests that, “If you are faced with charges of drinking and driving, the best option is to get in touch with a Los Angeles lawyer that specializes in these kinds of cases.” The firm itself is capable of offering, “experienced drinking and driving lawyers who have consistently delivered favorable verdicts to clients with all manner of DUI charges in Los Angeles or CA. If a case is tackled earlier, it is easier to stop the charges from becoming more major as we make sure you don’t say something incriminating by accident.”

Previous testimonies and statements regarding past cases that the DUI Lawyer Los Angeles have been involved with can easily be found online, and through the firm’s blog. Readers can also browse a vast knowledge base of legal and criminal information on the blog, and are able to get what some may consider an ‘inside scoop.’ Various blog entries cover topics such as, ‘Los Angeles DUI Attorney Discusses Impact of Conviction,’ ‘Los Angeles Attorney Announces Extreme DUI Defense,’ and ‘Electric Scooter Rider Driving Under the Influence in Los Angeles Prosecuted.’

One satisfied client who worked with the Los Angeles DUI Lawyer had this to say: “This place delivered once again when I needed them to.” The client explained that the Los Angeles DUI Lawyer had taken on a case that had been turned down by the previous lawyer they had contacted, as the latter believed the case too minor for their attention. However, the client asserted that attorneys at the Los Angeles DUI Lawyer, “are different as it’s not all about money with them; they actually care about the service and outcome that the client receives.”

To engage with their community and reach out to potential clients, the Los Angeles DUI Lawyer enlists the help of various social media websites—which they are incredibly active on. The firm can be found on Google+, Twitter, and Facebook, and all their social media accounts have a messaging function to contact the company directly. Interested parties can also subscribe using the form on their website to stay up to date with all the company’s relevant news and blog articles.

Clients can also call the number provided on their website to receive a free consultation regarding any case that the law firm can offer their expertise on. To learn more about the Los Angeles DUI Lawyer, visit their website at http://www.duilawyer-los-angeles.com.

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For more information about Los Angeles DUI Lawyer, contact the company here:

Los Angeles DUI Lawyer
Los Angeles DUI
323-406-8046
info@duilawyer-los-angeles.com
3203-506 S Spring St
Los Angeles, California
90013

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Mike Marko Publishes New Post about the Advantages and Disadvantages of Snapchat

March 22, 2019 – – Mike Marko, founder, and owner of Cincinnati, Ohio based IM Consultant Services has announced that he has recently published a blog post titled, “The Advantages and Disadvantages of Snapchat”. He has perceived that more and more people have been expressing their doubts on whether using Snapchat is really worth the time and effort. Many now think Snapchat is just used for fun — such as for taking selfies or sending pictures and videos. Its users are now mainly focused on personal communication or interaction.

That’s the reason why he made this new blog post on the advantages of Snapchat. Marko wanted to give entrepreneurs and business owners an idea of how they can use Snapchat for promotion.

According to Marko, Snapchat is creating a buzz in marketing circles. That has recently caused many entrepreneurs and business owners to wonder if they should be including Snapchat in their social media marketing campaign.

“When I started marketing online, I didn’t pay Snapchat too much attention myself,” says Marko. “I was primarily focused on Facebook because that was what I knew. And it turned out that was a huge mistake. I should have been using Snapchat too. If I had started doing that earlier, I’m sure I would have gotten even more out of it.”

Marko says that Snapchat has serious marketing potential. But in order to get the most out of it, entrepreneurs and business owners need to know how the social media app works. That’s why his new blog post discusses what Snapchat is before it talks about the Snapchat advantages.

According to Marko’s new blog post, Snapchat is a photo-messaging and mobile application that deviates from most others by invoking time-sensitivity for all posts. That is, it allows users to share photos and videos that self-destroy after a given time period. This means that all posts shared by users will be auto-deleted and gone forever after expiration of the time limit set by the original poster.

Marko notes that at the moment, Snapchat has over 350 million active users. This is significant as it tells brands they have an opportunity to reach a lot of potential customers on the platform. Again, this is dependent on them knowing how to use it, Marko points out.

Just like Instagram, this social media app mainly focuses on graphics. That means users chiefly post pictures and videos. Also, it uses geofilters that allow its users to express themselves in a fun, lively way. According to Marko, this is one way the app’s developers are fulfilling their slogan: “Life is more fun when you live in the moment.” Their users can enjoy different features such as emojis, stickers, lenses, and filters to improve the quality of their pictures.

Marko’s blog post says that Snapchat is considered one of the best mobile camera applications. The Snapchat community is also extremely active, which is just one of the benefits of Snapchat for marketers. More than 400 million Snapchat stories are created per day. An estimated 20,000 photos are shared every second, with users spending 25-30 minutes per day on the app.

To use it for marketing, Marko says that people have to think of Snapchat as a great social media app for visually promoting products. In addition to that, it can be powerful when building a brand and getting attention for it across social media.

Marko advises marketers to make the most of Snapchat features like geofilters and text in posts for this. He also urges them to work with the time-limited nature of the platform’s content instead of working against it. The idea of having shared photos and videos deleted after a short time can give marketing content a special appeal. Users may feel more urgency about viewing a brand’s marketing material because it’s only available for a limited time.

In addition to that, Mike Marko sees the opportunity to capitalize on the age of Snapchat’s users. He notes that 71% of Snapchat users are under 34 years old. That covers a big part of the target markets of most entrepreneurs.

Snapchat even allows its users to know who took a screenshot of what they shared. This will give entrepreneurs and business owners an idea of what their potential customers want to see.

Lastly, Marko says that the most important advantage of Snapchat is that it allows its users to share content on different social media platforms. This gives brands an opportunity to integrate their Snapchat marketing into the rest of their social media promotions.

Marko’s blog post also talks about the disadvantages of using Snapchat. He says that though there are advantages to marketing on Snapchat, there will be disadvantages as well. This has to be discussed because entrepreneurs and business owners must have an idea about Snapchat’s limitations, said Marko.

According to Marko’s blog post, the biggest of the disadvantages of Snapchat is also one of the biggest advantages of Snapchat. Namely, Snapchat content is designed to self-destruct. It leaves its users no trace of what they shared, unless they take a screenshot and save it in their phones. Hence, entrepreneurs and business owners have to share it repeatedly for it to be available for others to see.

Aside from that, Marko also says that Snapchat cannot let users post comments or like photos or videos, unlike other social media like Facebook and Instagram. It can’t give them the exact reaction of their audience to the content that was posted.

Finally, Marko notes that Snapchat is currently only an iPhone and Android app. It gives you a limited audience as well. He concludes his blog post with a note about the cost of advertising on this social media app.

Those who are interested in the topic can follow Marko to his website to read this and other posts that he has published on digital marketing. He states that anyone who is looking for qualified and experienced SEO and similar services can come to him and his team. Marko and IM Consultant Services are willing to schedule consultations with business owners in need of assistance.

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For more information about IM Consultant Services, contact the company here:

IM Consultant Services
Mike Marko
513-580-4598
info@imconsultantservices.com
PO Box 62451
Cincinnati, OH 45262

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Grupo Industrial Saltillo Announces COFECE Approval of Sale of Its Water Heater Business (Calorex)

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO / ACCESSWIRE / March 22, 2019 / Grupo Industrial Saltillo, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: GISSA) (“the Company”, “GIS” or “GISSA”), announced today that the Federal AntiTrust Commission (COFECE) has approved the transaction between GISSA and Ariston Thermo S.p.A (“Ariston Thermo”) to sell GISSA’s Water Heating Business (Calorex) without any restrictions.

The agreement to sell Calorex was first announced on January 14, 2019. On that date, both parties entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement for a total purchase price of $2,787 million pesos. The companies expect to close the transaction during the second quarter of 2019, once the other terms stated in the contract are completed.

Net proceeds from this transaction will be allocated towards the prepayment of the Company’s debt and general corporate purposes, which will bring GISSA flexibility to boost investment projects within the rest of its businesses and growth opportunities, in addition to improving the Company’s profitability aligned with our long-term business strategy.

“We are very satisfied with the process carried out along with COFECE. Our joint effort towards this goal resulted in a favorable resolution. This transaction is a great footstep within our long-term business strategy as it gives us the opportunity to focus and simply our business portfolio and maximize our growth potential.”, stated José Manuel Arana, CEO of GIS.

About Grupo Industrial Saltillo

Grupo Industrial Saltillo manufactures and commercializes auto-parts (iron or aluminum foundry and machining), Construction (water heaters, pipe fittings, ceramic and porcelain coverings) and Houseware (tableware and kitchenware products) Sectors.

Grupo Industrial Saltillo brings together the talent of 8,000 employees in 25 production units, with operations in Mexico, Spain, the Czech Republic, Poland, Italy, and China; as well as market and distribution presence in the USA.

This release may contain certain statements and forward looking information about Grupo Industrial Saltillo S.A.B. de C.V. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) which are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause the results of the Company to differ materially from the current management´s expectations. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation: the development of new products and their commercialization, demand and acceptance of the Company´s products, products and prices of the competitors, economic conditions in the markets and geographic regions of the Company´s products, as well as foreign currency fluctuations.

About Ariston Thermo

Ariston Thermo is a global Italian private company in the thermal industry with operations in 40 countries, which manufactures and markets water heaters, heating pumps, burners and components, and offers water heating solutions for the residential and commercial segments. Ariston Thermo generated global sales of €1.6 billion Euros in 2017, through a team of 7,000 employees.

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Jorge Mercado
CFO
Tel: +52 (55) 5279 9614
jorge.mercado@gis.com.mx

Arturo Morales

Investor Relations
Tel: +52 (55) 5279 9627
arturo.moralesr@gis.com.mx

Patricio Gonzalez
Treasury Director
Tel: +52 (844) 411-1049
patricio.gonzalez@gis.com.mx

SOURCE: Grupo Industrial Saltillo, S.A.B de C.V.

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