(Charlotte, N.C.) In its quest to help small business owners around the country demystify the online advertising and search marketing process, WebVisible (www.WebVisible.com) today announced it has awarded three months of free online advertising to the Charlotte, N.C.-area 360 Studios Photography (http://www.360studiosphotography.com). (more…)

(Chicago, Ill.) “The United States is in a global economic war, and we’re losing,” says geoeconomist and corporate relocation expert Dr. Ronald R. Pollina in the just-released Pollina Corporate Top 10 Pro-Business States for 2010: The Great American Job Purge. (more…)

  (Charlotte, N.C.) ScentAir Technologies, Inc., the leading global provider of scent delivery solutions for businesses, has named Peter Burch as the company’s Senior Vice President of Sales. In this new role, Burch will be responsible for driving ScentAir’s domestic sales strategy and organization. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) Class management software provider, Jackrabbit Technologies, was recently chosen by The JAM Brands as the number one gym management system for cheer gyms. By combining efforts, The JAM Brands and Jackrabbit can offer a uniquely beneficial business management system to studio owners that is a proven catalyst to business growth and efficiency improvements. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) Class management software provider, Jackrabbit Technologies, is making marketing to prospects and inactive students much easier – and more cost effective – for its system’s users. Owners and managers of the Jackrabbit system – which include a wide variety of class-based businesses - can now build an Unlimited Lead File that can be used in marketing campaigns that will drive growth in their businesses. (more…)

(Greensboro, N.C.) Following the June 24 announcement, UL has now extended the UL Listing to include Gilbarco Encore blenders with the flexible fuel option. These additional six models are among the first to be approved to blend mid-level ethanol/gasoline products containing up to 85% ethanol. A total of 22 Gilbarco dispenser configurations (blenders and MPDs) are now approved for use with fuels up to E85. (more…)

(Atlanta, Ga.) Southeast BIO (SEBIO) announced that it has selected ten semifinalists in its fourth annual BIO/Plan Competition. Launched in 2007, the BIO/Plan Competition is a program developed to promote the creation of new life science companies based in the Southeast. Working closely with technology transfer offices and entrepreneurs throughout the region, the Competition is bringing forward opportunities from leading Southeastern research universities and centers. (more…)

(Alexandria, Va.) The number of information technology jobs continued to grow at a greater rate than in the overall job market, according to a monthly index of IT jobs developed and published by TechServe Alliance, a collaboration of IT services firms, clients, consultants and suppliers. (more…)

(Garner, N.C.) Business Leader Media recently ranked the Garner-based IT firm, WingSwept, among the top 100 small businesses in North Carolina for 2010.  Ranking on the list for the second year in a row, WingSwept is thrilled to receive the recognition again. (more…)

(Raleigh, N.C.) The North Carolina Technology Association (NCTA), the primary voice of the technology industry in North Carolina, announced today the addition of more than 80 new member companies since the beginning of 2010, indicating another high growth year for the organization. The organization is on track to meet its overall goal of 150 new members for the year, following last year’s record-breaking growth of 164 new members. NCTA is also enjoying an increasingly diversified membership, as many new members are coming from different regions within the state and industries not traditionally viewed as technology-based. (more…)

(Garner, N.C.) IT industry magazine, ChannelPro, recently featured an article on WingSwept detailing their efforts to further increase the company’s success through cost-control programs and incentives for the staff.  Ideas that are implemented come from both sources outside the company and from within. (more…)

(Charlotte, N.C.) Blair, Bohlé & Whitsitt, PLLC, (BBW) supports the Charlotte Chamber’s Summit slated for January 29th by participating as a panelist in the Workshop entitled “Access to Capital for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs.” (more…)