FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – iTalk Inc. (OTCQB: TALK) (OTCBB: TALK) (“iTalk” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce  today the planned launch of its dealer program that offers aggressive pricing and the industry’s highest residual revenue incentive for distributors. The dealer program will offers dealers an aggressive point-of-sale margin and true residuals, all while offering their customers reliable coverage on a nationwide 4G wireless network at the most affordable prices on the market.  

To complement its new dealer program, iTalk will launch an online Dealer Portal at http://dealer.italkmobility.com to provide dealers and distributors with instant access to activate new purchases, recharge existing customers, order inventory and access sales tools such as product training videos, collateral sales materials and much more.

“iTalk will offer the most competitive dealer incentive program in the wireless industry,” said Khurram Bukhari , Director of Marketing for iTalk, Inc.  ”Our dealer margins are strong and we plan to offer the only residual revenue stream we know of in the industry, making it a perfect product for any wireless dealer looking for additional revenue with great point-of-sale margins and recurring residual income.”

Unlike many other mobile internet service providers, iTalk offers service without a contract, credit checks or deposits.  iTalk also has no activation fee to initiate mobile broadband service. The iTalk Mobile Hotspot can connect up to 5 WiFi-enabled devices simultaneously using a PC, MAC, or any WIFI enabled device such as an iPad, tablet.

“In order to accelerate the deployment of the new Dealer Portal with an anticipated launch date in mid-June, iTalk has engaged additional international technology resources to assist with development,” stated David F. Levy CEO, iTalk Inc.  ”With the help of these top experts in online ecommerce, database structure, development, and deployment, we can provide the best possible experience for current and potential dealers and distributors in the shortest amount of time.” 

About iTalk

At iTalk, we are a mobile communications company using innovative and disruptive technologies to offer consumers a high quality cellular alternative while severely undercutting all major national carriers.  Our lead product is the iTalk Sleeve, which when combined with an iPod Touch, our iTalk mobile app, and our aggressive pricing plans, provides consumers with a No Contract, High Voice Quality, and Lowest Price in the industry alternative to traditional cellular coverage.  We will continue to search out and develop innovate products and services that will reduce consumers monthly voice and data charges while providing them with additional functionality.  Through our access to an extensive network, we are able to offer nationwide voice and data coverage to 280 million people in more than 12,900 cities.

For further information regarding iTalk Inc., contact:

iTalk Inc. – Investor Relations Dept.
(888) 663-9925 (Toll-free)
E-mail: investor@italkmobility.com
Website: www.italkmobility.com

Disclaimer/Safe Harbor: Statements about the Company’s future expectations and all other statements in this press release other

Article source: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mobile-broadband-provider-italk-set-to-launch-dealer-program-with-residuals-208626721.html

EXIT Realty Trailblazer’s top management attends professional development workshop

Published Date

BERLIN — EXIT Realty Trailblazers Franchise owners, John and Kathy Trumbull, joined real estate professionals from all over North America recently at the headquarters of EXIT Realty Corp. International for an intensive week of training and networking.
EXIT Realty’s Broker Owner Training is one of the most leading edge programs available in the real estate industry. Fifteen of the industry’s top professionals, including company executives and EXIT Realty’s Chairman, Steve Morris, gather to teach the essential skills to build a top producing brokerage in any market.
“The caliber of the presentations far exceeded our expectations! We are anxious to share what we’ve learned with our clients and customers”, said John Trumbull.
This program, which is provided at no charge by EXIT Realty and is exclusively attended by the brokerage’s top management including franchisees, brokers of record and administrators, enhances their business acumen and positively affects their approach to life. Attendees are also encouraged to return regularly to “sharpen the saw.” They leave well-equipped to build a successful real estate brokerage for the benefit of the Berlin community.
EXIT Realty is a proven real estate business model that supplies single-level residual income – for agents, security, stability and direction; for agents’ families, security in the form of beneficiary and retirement residuals. EXIT’s MIND-SET Training Systems offer the industry’s best hands-on, interactive sales training.  State-of-the-art technology, including the Digital Marketing Strategy, gives EXIT Realty agents the edge in a competitive marketplace. EXIT is a by-invitation-only company focusing on the business of real estate. A portion of every transaction fee collected by EXIT International is applied to its charitable fund. To-date, over $2 Million has been pledged to Habitat for Humanity. 
EXIT Realty Trailblazers is located at 151 Main Street.  For more information, please call 603-326-7450 or visit our website ExitRealtyTrailblazers.com.

Article source: http://www.berlindailysun.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45634:exit-realty-trailblazer-s-top-management-attends-professional-development-workshop&catid=105:local-business&Itemid=444

Picks Up Where Public Education Failed By Providing Free Teleconference

Tyrone Jackson “The Wealthy Investor” prides himself on educating the community. But his education is more than just reading, writing and arithmetic. His “Wealthy Investor” seminars fill in the blanks that the education system fails to teach – how to grow financial independence.

Jackson provided invaluable tips to his Los Angeles community with a free teleconference workshop, “Basics of Stock Market Success,” on May 21.  The workshop enabled Jackson to share his knowledge with a large number of people in order for them to achieve a successful financial future. Jackson comments,

“All our school systems do is teach you how to go out and get a job, but they do nothing to teach you about building and creating wealth and making your money work for you instead of you always working for your money.”

Jackson doesn’t come from a financial background.  Having made Southern California a second home, he started off with nothing – from a poor family in Staten Island, New York – figuring out how to make money and grow wealth and worked his way up to teaching it to others.    He has become a master at communicating his concepts that even those without prior financial knowledge can easily understand.

After years of developing sophisticated investment strategies, Jackson now shares his expertise via “The Wealthy Investor.”

The core message of Jackson’s “The Wealthy Investor” is simple. By learning how to buy shares in the right companies, and then employing a technique known as the covered call, investors may generate hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands of dollars in monthly residual income.  But first, start small and learn these new skills.

Now a regular contributor to the Huffington Post Jackson comments, “I want to help give back to my community.” Adding, “There is this myth on Wall Street that making your own investments is difficult. I try to simplify and demystify what happens in the stock market. It’s a little bit art and science.”

Jackson did not invent the call option. It’s a venerable Wall Street practice. In simple terms, it occurs when a shareholder sells to others the right, but not the obligation, to buy his or her stock in certain companies. Whether or not the deal goes through, the seller keeps the option fee. Multiply that by thousands of shares, and the potential residual income is almost limitless.

Unlike countless discredited “get rich quick” schemes, the “Wealthy Investor” shows how to create wealth knowledgeably. Jackson teaches how to buy and trade stocks that trend upwards in value, how to profit in a bear market, how to avoid high commissions through online trading, and how to minimize tax exposure.

Jackson teaches those skills, both in his series of “Wealthy Investor” audio CDs and in his fun, fast-paced and informative monthly seminar series in cities across the country.  Visit www.TheWealthyInvestor.net can sign up to get a free “Stock Market Success” newsletter.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 23, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ – iTalk Inc. (OTCQB: TALK) (OTCBB: TALK) (“iTalk” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce  today the planned launch of its dealer program that offers aggressive pricing and the industry’s highest residual revenue incentive for distributors. The dealer program will offers dealers an aggressive point-of-sale margin and true residuals, all while offering their customers reliable coverage on a nationwide 4G wireless network at the most affordable prices on the market.  

To complement its new dealer program, iTalk will launch an online Dealer Portal at http://dealer.italkmobility.com to provide dealers and distributors with instant access to activate new purchases, recharge existing customers, order inventory and access sales tools such as product training videos, collateral sales materials and much more.

“iTalk will offer the most competitive dealer incentive program in the wireless industry,” said Khurram Bukhari, Director of Marketing for iTalk, Inc.  ”Our dealer margins are strong and we plan to offer the only residual revenue stream we know of in the industry, making it a perfect product for any wireless dealer looking for additional revenue with great point-of-sale margins and recurring residual income.”

Unlike many other mobile internet service providers, iTalk offers service without a contract, credit checks or deposits.  iTalk also has no activation fee to initiate mobile broadband service. The iTalk Mobile Hotspot can connect up to 5 WiFi-enabled devices simultaneously using a PC, MAC, or any WIFI enabled device such as an iPad, tablet.

“In order to accelerate the deployment of the new Dealer Portal with an anticipated launch date in mid-June, iTalk has engaged additional international technology resources to assist with development,” stated David F. Levy CEO, iTalk Inc.  ”With the help of these top experts in online ecommerce, database structure, development, and deployment, we can provide the best possible experience for current and potential dealers and distributors in the shortest amount of time.” 

About iTalk

At iTalk, we are a mobile communications company using innovative and disruptive technologies to offer consumers a high quality cellular alternative while severely undercutting all major national carriers.  Our lead product is the iTalk Sleeve, which when combined with an iPod Touch, our iTalk mobile app, and our aggressive pricing plans, provides consumers with a No Contract, High Voice Quality, and Lowest Price in the industry alternative to traditional cellular coverage.  We will continue to search out and develop innovate products and services that will reduce consumers monthly voice and data charges while providing them with additional functionality.  Through our access to an extensive network, we are able to offer nationwide voice and data coverage to 280 million people in more than 12,900 cities.

For further information regarding iTalk Inc., contact:

iTalk Inc. – Investor Relations Dept. (888) 663-9925 (Toll-free) E-mail: investor@italkmobility.com Website: www.italkmobility.com

Disclaimer/Safe Harbor: Statements about the Company’s future expectations and all other statements in this press release other than historical facts, are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,

Article source: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/05/23/5442349/mobile-broadband-provider-italk.html

By Don Apgar, Senior VP, Integrity Payment Systems

If you are in the POS business, offering a bundled solution that includes payment processing is probably not a new idea for you.  In fact, it’s probably safe to say that most, if not all, of the dealers reading this article are already realizing the value of residual income from the merchant services component of their business.  Regular, recurring monthly income provided by Payments-as-a-Service (PaaS) has influenced many VARs in their efforts to move toward becoming a Managed Services Dealer (MSD).

Unfortunately for many VARs, the “easy money” coming from payment processing residuals has increased their costs of servicing their customers, and in the process created a potential liability for the reputation of their business.  The obvious question is, “How do I prevent that from happening?”, but there is more that you should be asking.  The real question is, “How can my payment processing partner be an asset to my business beyond just providing a revenue stream?”  The answer, of course, depends on selecting the right partner to work with in providing merchant services to your customers. 

Finding the right partner can be a challenge in the labyrinth of relationships the make up the payments industry.  Before getting into what the right partner looks like, it may be helpful to look at the different types of companies in the business and what their specific roles are:

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Article source: http://www.bsminfo.com/Doc/getting-the-most-from-your-payments-partner-0001

Smart Media’s YOBSN opens up an entire new world of Internet E-Commerce allowing anyone to own their own social network within a larger social network. This allows businesses and individuals an opportunity to brand themselves like never before.

Silicon Valley, CA (PRWEB) May 23, 2013

Smart Media’s “Your Own Branded Social Network” or YOBSN is a Social Network engine that offers a first of its kind opportunity to not only brand a company or individual but instantly connect them to millions of people around the world. YOBSN owners can brand and customize the portal by which their clients and friends access the social network creating top-of-mind awareness for their cause, product or service. Smart Media provides the important social media content and features and even the incentives for users to want to return and use the social network and YOBSN owners can create a second layer of content to their system by offering even more to their free users.

What makes YOBSN unique over other social networks is that they share their revenue not only with the YOBSN owner but also with the YOBSN owners free users. Like nearly all other social networks Smart Media earns the majority of its income from advertisers and they share this revenue with the people responsible for creating it. It is definitely an idea whose time has come. Users can enter contests daily to win cash and prizes. They can play free games for real cash and prizes and also earn points whenever they click on banner ads that interest them.

Users can earn points for referring others and these points can be spent in an online rewards store for digital or physical products. One might compare it to a frequent flyer program or rewards card program with one major exception being that users don’t spend any money to earn them. Most rewards programs are simply discount programs where the discount may or may not ever be used. When someone uses a credit card to earn frequent flyer miles, for example, a small portion of the money that the person spent is used to create the free miles. So these miles may or may not be used in the future, and if enough of them are accumulated then

the person would have a need to use them. In essence the miles are not free the person is actually paying something for them.

The word “free” is used a lot in business but in many cases it is not actually free. For example, “Buy 2 get 1 free” sounds really good, but the truth is much less appealing to consumers when the truth is it is actually “Buy 3 and get 33%” off each item. 33% off of one item is not very appealing to consumers but add “If you buy 3″ makes it even less appealing. So instead say “Buy 2 get 1 free” and consumers respond and that is because they think they are getting something for free when actually they

Article source: http://www.seattlepi.com/business/press-releases/article/Smart-Media-Releases-YOBSN-Which-Could-Be-The-4541443.php

Nomura also reduced their FY14F export volume growth assumption to 11% from 16% earlier. In such a scenario, the company may have to pass on nearly half of the benefits from a weaker rupee to its export customers.

ITC Stays a Buy: Edelweiss

Edelweiss has maintained a ‘Buy’ rating on ITC and set a target price of Rs 386. ITC’s Q4FY13 numbers sprang a pleasant surprise, beating our sales and PAT expectations 4% and 5%, respectively. Key positives include: ~2.5% yoy growth in cigarette volume (1.5% yoy growth in Q3FY13, flat in H1FY13); and FMCG business turning EBIT positive for the first time (as expected).

Key negatives include: muted sales growth in hotel and paper (capacity addition should aid improvement in 2-3 quarters); and margin dip in hotel, agri and paper. Post Union Budget 2014 excise hike of 18% and VAT hike in various state budgets, ITC took ~18% price hike with no change in the 64mm category, in line with our expectation, to help maintain EBIT margin.

Morgan Stanley Pegs UBI at Rs 185

Morgan Stanley has maintained an ‘Underweight’ rating on Union Bank of India and set target price of Rs 185 using a probability weighted three-phase residual income model – a five-year high growth period, a 10-year maturity period, followed by a declining period.

The balance sheet at Union Bank is weak, given 8.3% impaired loan ratio and a core tier 1 of 7.4%. Infra exposure is high at 17% of loans. Core revenues were weak as NIMs compressed 6 bps qoq and fee income declined yoy.

Further, the revenue growth outlook is weak – loan growth and hence fees are likely to remain sluggish, given weak macro and as mgmt is guiding to FY14 NIMs at ~2.9% versus 3% for FY13. Costs grew faster, and there is meaningful upside to costs as the bank starts making higher provisions for wage hike.

CS Neutral on MahiSat

Credit Suisse has maintained its ‘Neutral’ rating on Mahindra Satyam with a target price of Rs 122. “While we continue to like Satyam’s momentum with respect to deal wins, we remain concerned with Tech Mahindra’s large telecom exposure,” Credit Suisse said in a report.

“We have reduced our FY14-15 estimates by 3%, while our target price remains unchanged”.

Article source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/views/recommendations/brokers-call-bajaj-auto-itc-ubi-mahindra-sat/articleshow/20164595.cms

Allvoices is pleased to announce the winners in the May 1-15 segment of The American Pundit political writing contest, with writers from Atlanta and New York claiming $250 apiece and advancing to the finalist round to compete for the $5,000 grand prize.

Benjamin Burton Jr. of Atlanta took the honors in the writing assignment category with “Slow and steady wins the race: Hard lessons from the tragedy in Boston,” published May 10.

He was writing in response to the following question:

In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, how can government effectively battle terrorist threats while simultaneously ensuring that citizens maintain their constitutionally guaranteed rights and liberties?

In stepping back from the admittedly intense emotions surrounding the Boston bombings and their aftermath, Burton offered a thoughtful examination of what is at stake and concluded, “Slow, steady evaluation, not only of the Boston bombing but the War on Terror as a whole, will certainly yield better and more veracious results than what we’ve been getting so far.”

Burton, an Allvoices Anchor, has been a member of the site since May 16, 2010. He also advanced to the finalist round in the 2012 American Pundit competition.

In the general subject category, Allvoices Anchor Veronica Roberts of New York City penned a highly original column dealing with the dynamics of the gun control debate and the lack of action in Congress.

In “A Black Panther style NRA: The quickest way to get Congress to act on gun reform,” published May 7, Roberts envisioned “a second NRA, but one headed by and filled with black and brown Americans holding conventions, carrying guns openly at rallies, defending their rights at all costs to own every type of gun, including high-capacity rifles like the Bushmaster and the AR-15, and cozying up to politicians in Washington…”

She added, “That would be the day Congress passed bipartisan gun control legislation in record time.”

Roberts joined Allvoices May 24, 2010. An Anchor with more than 7.6 million page views in her three years of writing for Allvoices, Roberts also advanced to the finalist round of The American Pundit political writing contest in 2012.

The current writing assignment for the contest asks writers to share their thoughts on the current crop of scandals afflicting the Obama administration:

How will the onslaught of scandals affect President Barack Obama’s second term?

Contestants can submit multiple entries to both the on-topic and open topic categories.

The next deadline for entries is at 11:59 p.m. PST on May 31. Two additional winners will be selected from the entrants in that time period, with at least one chosen from entries on the assigned topic. In general, submissions should be 400 to 1,000 words.

Article source: http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14653635-atlanta-new-york-writers-score-wins-in-pundit-contest-for-first-half-of-may

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – iTalk Inc. (OTCQB: TALK) (OTCBB: TALK) (“iTalk” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce  today the planned launch of its dealer program that offers aggressive pricing and the industry’s highest residual revenue incentive for distributors. The dealer program will offers dealers an aggressive point-of-sale margin and true residuals, all while offering their customers reliable coverage on a nationwide 4G wireless network at the most affordable prices on the market.  

To complement its new dealer program, iTalk will launch an online Dealer Portal at http://dealer.italkmobility.com to provide dealers and distributors with instant access to activate new purchases, recharge existing customers, order inventory and access sales tools such as product training videos, collateral sales materials and much more.

“iTalk will offer the most competitive dealer incentive program in the wireless industry,” said Khurram Bukhari, Director of Marketing for iTalk, Inc.  ”Our dealer margins are strong and we plan to offer the only residual revenue stream we know of in the industry, making it a perfect product for any wireless dealer looking for additional revenue with great point-of-sale margins and recurring residual income.”

Unlike many other mobile internet service providers, iTalk offers service without a contract, credit checks or deposits.  iTalk also has no activation fee to initiate mobile broadband service. The iTalk Mobile Hotspot can connect up to 5 WiFi-enabled devices simultaneously using a PC, MAC, or any WIFI enabled device such as an iPad, tablet.

“In order to accelerate the deployment of the new Dealer Portal with an anticipated launch date in mid-June, iTalk has engaged additional international technology resources to assist with development,” stated David F. Levy CEO, iTalk Inc.  ”With the help of these top experts in online ecommerce, database structure, development, and deployment, we can provide the best possible experience for current and potential dealers and distributors in the shortest amount of time.” 

About iTalk

At iTalk, we are a mobile communications company using innovative and disruptive technologies to offer consumers a high quality cellular alternative while severely undercutting all major national carriers.  Our lead product is the iTalk Sleeve, which when combined with an iPod Touch, our iTalk mobile app, and our aggressive pricing plans, provides consumers with a No Contract, High Voice Quality, and Lowest Price in the industry alternative to traditional cellular coverage.  We will continue to search out and develop innovate products and services that will reduce consumers monthly voice and data charges while providing them with additional functionality.  Through our access to an extensive network, we are able to offer nationwide voice and data coverage to 280 million people in more than 12,900 cities.

For further information regarding iTalk Inc., contact:

iTalk Inc. – Investor Relations Dept.
(888) 663-9925 (Toll-free)
E-mail: investor@italkmobility.com
Website: www.italkmobility.com

Disclaimer/Safe Harbor: Statements about the Company’s future expectations and all other statements in this press release other than historical facts, are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the

Article source: http://www.stockhouse.com/news/usreleasesdetail.aspx?n=8862740

YOBSN

If you are not a brand, you are a commodity.

Philip Kotler

Silicon Valley, CA (PRWEB) May 23, 2013

Smart Media’s “Your Own Branded Social Network” or YOBSN is a Social Network engine that offers a first of its kind opportunity to not only brand a company or individual but instantly connect them to millions of people around the world. YOBSN owners can brand and customize the portal by which their clients and friends access the social network creating top-of-mind awareness for their cause, product or service. Smart Media provides the important social media content and features and even the incentives for users to want to return and use the social network and YOBSN owners can create a second layer of content to their system by offering even more to their free users.

What makes YOBSN unique over other social networks is that they share their revenue not only with the YOBSN owner but also with the YOBSN owners free users. Like nearly all other social networks Smart Media earns the majority of its income from advertisers and they share this revenue with the people responsible for creating it. It is definitely an idea whose time has come. Users can enter contests daily to win cash and prizes. They can play free games for real cash and prizes and also earn points whenever they click on banner ads that interest them.

Users can earn points for referring others and these points can be spent in an online rewards store for digital or physical products. One might compare it to a frequent flyer program or rewards card program with one major exception being that users don’t spend any money to earn them. Most rewards programs are simply discount programs where the discount may or may not ever be used. When someone uses a credit card to earn frequent flyer miles, for example, a small portion of the money that the person spent is used to create the free miles. So these miles may or may not be used in the future, and if enough of them are accumulated then

the person would have a need to use them. In essence the miles are not free the person is actually paying something for them.

The word “free” is used a lot in business but in many cases it is not actually free. For example, “Buy 2 get 1 free” sounds really good, but the truth is much less appealing to consumers when the truth is it is actually “Buy 3 and get 33%” off each

Article source: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10762628.htm