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FORT WORTH, Texas – Recognizing that small businesses create 75 percent of the net new jobs in the U.S. economy, American Airlines and its small business mentoring partner, SCORE, announced the Grand Prize winner of its "Flights.Camera.Action" contest Sept. 15 at the 2011 SCORE Awards Gala in Washington, D.C. Hope Force International, from Brentwood, Tenn., was awarded ireland rental cars more than 100,000 Business ExtrAA ® points – enough for 50 domestic round-trip Plan AAhead award Economy Class tickets. The winner ireland rental cars will be featured on American Airlines inflight television, a full-page ad in one issue of  American Way ® or  Nexos ® magazine, banners on AA.com, and more. The addition of the grand prize brings the total number of BusinessExtrAA points awarded to the equivalent of more than 350 domestic round-trip PlanAAhead ® award Economy Class tickets.
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The travel industry estimates unmanaged air travel generated primarily from small and medium businesses at about $36 billion annually. 1 Recognizing the economic pressure on small businesses, ireland rental cars American Airlines stepped up its long-standing commitment to those businesses in 2011. American partnered with organizations like SCORE, which helps small businesses succeed through mentoring and training, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and start-up incubators to provide critical travel resources to small businesses ireland rental cars to help them grow and generate new jobs.
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"Planning and executing an automated marketing campaign can be an intimidating process for even an Internet-savvy small business," says Infusionsoft VP of Product and Strategy Richard ireland rental cars Tripp. "With this release we've made great strides towards removing that feeling of overwhelm and giving a new breed of small businesses an approachable, easy-to-use framework for generating new and repeat customers with marketing automation. ireland rental cars Our new features, combined ireland rental cars with our world-class ireland rental cars Perfect Customer Lifecycle training, get the average small business ireland rental cars up and running with marketing automation campaigns in just a few weeks, whether they're looking for fully automated lead nurture ireland rental cars and conversion solutions or driving leads through sales teams seeking hyper efficiency.  This release marks another major step towards our goal of making easy the new normal of Infusionsoft."
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San Francisco, CA — TripIt , the leading mobile travel organizer from  Concur (Nasdaq CNQR), today announced that its free Windows Phone App is available in the Windows Phone Marketplace . Now, travelers with Windows ireland rental cars Phone devices can access all their travel plans in one place, and share them with others.
TripIt makes organizing travel easier no more frantic searches for flight numbers in the inbox. ireland rental cars Instead, travelers have all trip details at their fingertips on their smartphone, calendar or online – for free. To get started, travelers simply forward travel confirmation emails from anywhere they book to  pla ... @tripit.com . TripIt ireland rental cars automagically creates a simple, smart itinerary, combining travel plans with maps, driving directions and more which can easily be shared with others.
The TripIt for Windows Phone app also supports  TripIt Pro , the premium service which acts like a personal travel assistant while traveling.  With all the benefits of TripIt ireland rental cars which makes it easy to organize and share travel information from one place TripIt Pro goes much further by keeping the traveler in the know with status alerts ireland rental cars and fare refund opportunities. The Windows Phone app provides TripIt Pro users with access to all their frequent traveler points in one place.  Greater peace of mind while traveling is available for $49/year.
"Windows Phone is backed by a rich developer ecosystem that is creating a variety ireland rental cars of quality apps and games, like  TripIt , from  Concur , which help users take advantage of the phone's dynamic ireland rental cars design," said Todd Brix, senior director, Windows Phone Marketplace, Microsoft ireland rental cars Corp. "TripIt is a great example of the rich applications that people will find on Windows Phone Marketplace to get the most out of their phone," he continued.
SEATTLE, WA – Today, Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHX) announced continued momentum for its digital call advertising opportunity through a partnership with CityGrid®, a leading local content network that connects web and mobile publishers with local advertisers.  This agreement will increase the breadth of Marchex's Digital Call Marketplace through CityGrid's extensive network of local web and mobile publishers, including Citysearch, Urbanspoon, Insider Pages and hundreds of other leading web and mobile properties.
CityGrid Media will place Marchex's national and local advertisers in relevant call advertising placements across its CityGrid® advertising network – to connect them to consumers through phone calls when these consumers are looking for relevant products or services.  Through Marchex's technology platform, advertisers pay for these live customer connections on a performance pricing model, Pay For Call (PFC), and then utilize call analytics to better understand the value of these calls.
"We're excited to partner with Marchex and believe there is a great opportunity to create live connections between our local consumers and Marchex's advertisers," said Rob Angle, SVP at CityGrid Media.  "Marchex's digital call advertiser base is a great fit for our network and we believe we can show them a lot of value from our network of local publishing partners."
"We see strong momentum for digital call advertising, among both national and local businesses, and are focused on partnering with mobile and web traffic leaders to continue to increase the breadth of our digital call marketplace," said Pete Christothoulou, COO at Marchex.  "CityGrid® is one of the most valuable and recognized local content networks and represents the type of partner we look for to help us drive live connections, new customers and more sales for our advertisers."
DALLAS and NEW YORK — Small businesses looking to stretch their budgets for communications services and for helpful advice on technology got some welcome news today from American Express and  AT T *, two of the country's ireland rental cars most recognized brands serving the segment.
The companies have formed a strategic alliance to deliver simple technology tips and insights online and to provide special offers and promotions for small businesses, a key segment in driving U.S. economic recovery.
AT T is the exclusive sponsor of the  Technology "Idea Hub" on OPEN Forum , an online community providing insight, information, news, and other content focused on helping small business ireland rental cars owners grow their businesses.
o    Offers include promotional pricing on select  AT T wireless plans and devices, including  smartphones , LaptopConnect cards and Mi-Fi pucks for new AT T customers who sign up online at  www.amexnetwork.com/ATTWireless .
Qualifying American Express OPEN Cardmembers purchasing AT T solutions, including AT T's popular "All for Less" packages, also will be eligible to receive American Express gift cards, courtesy ireland rental cars of AT T.
o   In addition, OPEN Cardmembers, who purchase AT T wired or wireless solutions, are eligible for a $25 gift card provided by American Express if they select AUTOPAY to their American Express OPEN credit card as their AT T billing payment option.
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