The News Review:
- Automakers post steep sales declines
- Good news for Bay Area retailers all weekend
- Tim Courtney to Lead Sales Operations for TrafficCast International
- Ripe Digital Expands Online Advertising & Announces Online Sales Hires
- Search Engine Optimization Company Submit Express Hires New Vice …
Automakers post steep sales declines
MarketWatch
2 2008 Editor’s note: Updating to correct Honda’s sales decline and the relationship of U. automakers’ declines to those of the major Japanese automakers. SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Ford Motor Co. General Motors Corp.
Good news for Bay Area retailers all weekend
San Francisco Chronicle USA
tmpl –>(12-02) 18:22 PST –It wasn’t Bleak Friday after all. The Friday after Thanksgiving the traditional kickoff to the holiday shopping season saw throngs of shoppers and increased sales from last year both nationally and locally according to research firms and reports from Bay Area retailers. tmpl –> Images.
Tim Courtney to Lead Sales Operations for TrafficCast International
MarketWatch
“I have a strong working knowledge in many of the industries TrafficCast serves not only from the engineering standpoint but from the needs of the end-users” said Courtney. “TrafficCast has the most advanced technology solutions in the industry and I welcome the opportunity to demonstrate our unique offerings to these key vertical markets. Prior to LCC International Courtney held numerous executive sales business development and sales management positions at Wireless Faculties Incorporated (WFI) a wireless engineering consulting company. His background also includes more than ten years at Motorola Inc. in system engineering sales sales management and operations including leadership positions supporting location based services hosted and non-hosted applications for the Motorola handset division.
Ripe Digital Expands Online Advertising & Announces Online Sales Hires
MarketWatch
Jodar will help implement Ripe’s strategy to provide not only in-video and display ad formats but to innovate online sales and marketing programs that leverage the targeting power and measurability of online media. Both Jodar and Reed come to Ripe Digital from the website Heavy. com where they represented major accounts including AT&T Footlocker Heineken Diageo Unilever Sony PlayStation Colgate Wrigleys and many more. “Advertisers want innovation and we’ve delivered solutions in video now we’re now going to deliver in display” said Ryan Magnussen CEO.
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Search Engine Optimization Company Submit Express Hires New Vice …
MarketWatch
Submit Express has been in the vanguard of the search engineoptimization (SEO) industry since its founding ten years ago. As a provenleader of technology sales and marketing teams with more than 20 years of ITexperience Horwitz will significantly enhance the company’s position as asearch engine marketing (SEM) innovator. As the Submit Express Sales and Marketing VP Horwitz will play a leadingrole in iClimber a division of Submit Express which provides premier searchengine marketing services such as social media marketing video optimizationblogging and content writing. “I’m excited to be involved with a company that can offer bothindustry-leading SEO services via Submit Express and cutting-edge SEM servicesvia iClimber” Horwitz said. “I’m also eager to accelerate the revenue growththat has earned Submit Express a spot on the Inc. 5000 list and the DeloitteTechnology Fast 500.