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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Savage Universal Releases Midsize Seamless Background Paper Across Full Color Line

Savage Universal, worldwide leader in backgrounds and photographic products, is pleased to announce the expansion of its internationally recognized Widetone® Seamless Background Paper to include a midsize option of 86 inches wide x 12 yards long in their full color line.

Following the brand's initial success of introducing this background size in four industry standard colors (Black, Super White, Storm Gray and Tech Green) in 2015, they recognized the significant demand and opportunity to expand the midsize line. Now available across all 65 colors (50 colors in some international regions) the 86" wide (approximately 7 foot) backdrop gives users more flexibility with their photo/video subjects as well as ease with transporting their gear. Photographer users have the ability to capture full body model portraits on this midsize background when working in a small home or office space that cannot accommodate a wider photo backdrop. It also is an ideal size for portrait subjects like kids and pets, who are known for needing a little space to move around on set. An additional main benefit of this midsize paper backdrop is its ease at which it will fit into virtually any car!

Other popular seamless paper backdrop sizes from Savage include a 53" wide x 12yd long which is ideal for product photography, headshots and up to three-quarter body shots, as well as a 107" wide x 12yd long (also available in 50yd long) size that is great for large or moving subjects, or small groups. A 26" x 12yd option is sized for small tabletop photography or crafting. A 140" wide x 35yd size is offered in four colors (Black, Super White, Storm Gray and Tech Green) to accommodate large, commercial studios.

"We are pleased to meet the requests of our customer base who have been searching for a midsize seamless paper backdrop size to accommodate small home studios, on-location sets, and their increasingly 'on-the-go' lifestyle," said COO, Rich Reiser. "Our hopes are that this midsize paper offers utmost convenience and flexibility for our diverse users."

Savage Seamless Paper remains the most cost-effective solution for providing professional high quality backgrounds for photo and video use. Other popular applications include arts and crafting, visual merchandising and displays, theater production and more. Customers can browse Savage's full product line via their website, as well as a directory of online and local US dealers, and international distributors.

For more information on Savage's new 86" x 12yd Seamless Background Paper, contact press(at)savagepaper(dot)com.

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Latest ezAccounting 2018 Business Software Now Available for Hotels Getting Ready for the Summer

Hotels are generally very busy during the summer months and now is the perfect time to get ready for the onslaught of tourists getting ready to travel. Halfpricesoft.com development team has released updates to ezAccounting business software to hotel management for greater peace of mind during this incredibly lucrative time of year. Read news here.

ezAccounting's software graphical interface guides businesses step-by-step through setting up all aspects of the software. Potential customers can download and try this software for with no obligation or cost at http://accounting.halfpricesoft.com/accounting-software-download.asp

"ezAccounting software is a great addition to hotel management tools for running a more successful business," said Dr. Ge, founder of Halfpricesoft.com.

ezAccounting is the best house accounting solution for small businesses to track income and expense, process payroll, print checks, generate reports and print tax forms. The main features include, but are not limited to:

Priced at $149, ezAccounting software is affordable for any size business. Customers seeking a way to simplify business operations are welcome to start the no obligation 30-day test drive today at:
http://accounting.halfpricesoft.com/accounting-software.asp Read related news here.

About Halfpricesoft.com
Founded in 2003, Halfpricesoft.com has established itself as a leader in meeting and exceeding the software requirements of small businesses around the world. Offering payroll software, employee attendance tracking software, check writing/printing software, W2 software, 1099 software and ezACH deposit software. It continues to grow in the philosophy that small business owners deserve affordable, user friendly, and totally risk-free software.

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Spiro Pledges 100 Percent CRM Adoption with a Money-Back Guarantee

Spiro, provider of an AI-powered CRM, announced that its highly rated application is now available with a 100 percent CRM adoption money-back guarantee.

The application, which uses artificial intelligence to learn about users' sales processes to increase sales teams' effectiveness and deliver more accurate business insights, pulls information from sales professionals' email, calendar, and more to create a schedule of touchpoints and recommended follow-ups so they can focus on building relationships and closing sales.

Forrester Research indicates that 47 percent of all CRMs fail to be adopted, yet a 2014 Nucleus Research study found that every dollar spent on CRM implementation can return up to $8.71 in sales revenue. The founding team at Spiro worked with more than 300,000 salespeople to develop a CRM eliminating sales pain points: handling data entry, identifying triggers along the sales funnel, planning, and developing ongoing training and customizations.

Because lagging ROI has made some hesitant to invest in a new CRM, Spiro has pledged a money-back guarantee if adoption isn't achieved. Adam Honig, the co-founder and CEO of Spiro, said, "The history of CRM is littered with failed projects because salespeople simply don't use the solutions created. Spiro uses artificial intelligence to remove all the frustration from CRM. We've built a CRM that's so easy to use, you'll hardly know you're using it, which is why we can offer — and stand behind — our CRM Adoption Guarantee."

Joe LaBella, the senior director of sales and sales operations at West Creek Financial, said not only is his team using Spiro's AI-fueled CRM, but it's also gaining insights from the platform to generate more revenue. "Spiro's intuitive user interface helps teams adopt a CRM that is easy to use and allows reps to successfully get up to speed very quickly," LaBella explained.

Honig said, "Salespeople hate CRM because it literally does nothing for them except take up their valuable selling time. Spiro works in the background to do all the time-consuming data entry and then adds value back to sales teams by ensuring they don't miss any follow-ups."

To learn more about Spiro, visit https://spiro.ai or follow the company on Twitter at https://twitter.com/spirohq.

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Azoteq Announces the IQS680, a Multi Functional Capacitance, Passive Infrared (PIR) and Inductance Sensor

Azoteq, a pioneer in sensor fusion, today announced the release to market of the IQS680. The IQS680 ProxFusion® IC is a multifunctional capacitance, Passive Infrared (PIR) and inductance sensor designed for applications such as domestic energy-efficient lighting applications with movement detection. The IQS680 is a standalone ultra-low-power solution designed for short- or long-term activations through any of the sensing channels.

The IQS680 combines up to three sensing technologies into a single, integrated ASIC. Two of the three sensing technologies can be used simultaneously. The IQS680 omits the need for the conventional, high BOM count, low-noise amplifier circuit for the PIR sensor. Signal processing is performed on-chip, along with either an inductive or capacitive-sensing channel for an enhanced user interface and control.

The ProxFusion® family builds on Azoteq's decade of capacitive-sensing experience and adds unique sensing capabilities in single-chip solutions.

"The IQS680 is a big step forward in PIR-controlled lighting applications," said Jean Viljoen, Azoteq's VP of Marketing. "All amplifier and sensing circuitry are performed in a single ASIC, while the inductive and capacitive channels allow for additional human or mechanical control of the light source."

Samples, production quantities and evaluation kits are available through Azoteq's distribution channels and popular online distributors.

Features

Unique Combination of Sensors:

Capacitive Sensing

Inductive Sensing

PIR Sensing

Multiple integrated UIs
Automatic tuning implementation (ATI) – performance enhancement (10 bit ATI)
EEPROM included on-chip for calibration data and settings
Minimal external components
Standalone IC with a single output or standard I2C interface (polling with sub-1 ms clock stretching)
Optional RDY indication for standalone mode operation

Low power consumption:

Supply voltage: 1.8 V to 3.6 V

Applications:

About Azoteq (Pty) Ltd
Azoteq (http://www.azoteq.com) is a pioneer in sensor fusion. With more than 12 years of capacitive-sensing experience, the sensor offering is now expanded to include multi-sensor technologies on single ICs. The first generation of ProxFusion® offers capacitive, Hall-effect, IR, PIR, inductive and ambient-light sensing. Azoteq has design and manufacturing centers in South Africa and China, and sales offices and distributors in South Africa, Asia, Europe and the USA.

IQ Switch®, ProxSense®, ProxFusion®, LightSenseTM, AirButton® and DYCALTM are trademarks of Azoteq (Pty) Ltd.

Editorial Contact & Interviews:
Jean Viljoen
+27 21 863 0033
jean.viljoen(at)azoteq(dot)com
http://www.azoteq.com

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The Giant® Barbecue Battle - Washington’s Tastiest Summer Celebration

For the past 25 years, tens of thousands of people have flocked to our nation's capital to celebrate the "Official Start of Summer" at the Giant® National Capital Barbecue Battle, one of the largest and most unique food and music festivals in the country.

On June 23rd and 24th, 2018, historic Pennsylvania Avenue, between 3rd and 7th Streets, NW, in Washington, DC will become the epicenter of BBQ perfection, bringing together delicious BBQ, delectable summer specialties, nationally-recognized BBQ Contests, popular bands, celebrity chefs & more.

Washington's tastiest summer celebration pays tribute to everything barbecue and truly embodies the best that America has to offer. In addition to bringing together thousands of BBQ fans from around the country, the Giant® Barbecue Battle has raised millions of dollars for area charities. Funds raised from this year's event will benefit USO Metro and the Capital Area Food Bank.

For two days, amazing sights, sounds, and the hickory sweet aroma of mouth-watering barbecue replace the usual hustle & bustle of city life. Enjoy live music throughout the weekend with 30 great bands playing rock, reggae, jazz, blues, R&B and DC's own go-go music on 3 stages. This year's musical highlights include: The Plain White T's, Back Yard Band "BYB", Experience Unlimited "EU" featuring Sugar Bear, reggae with See-I, and international jazz recording artist Marcus Johnson along with many others. In addition, cooking demonstrations, celebrity appearances, and an array of unique exhibits and activities round out a weekend of fun. Special attractions include: Johnsonville's Big Taste "World's Largest" Grill, the Oscar Mayer Wiener Mobile, Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, the Mr. Peanut Tour, the Comcast Techno Pavilion and more. There will also be plenty of summer sports action from the Washington Wizards, Washington Capitals, Washington Kastles, Mystics, Valor, Washington Redskins, and Baltimore Brigade.

Make sure to arrive at the festival hungry as the event offers plentiful free BBQ & grilled food samples in the Taste of Giant® Sampling Pavilion, Giant® Local Flavors Tent and throughout the event site. Popular BBQ restaurants from around the country will also be on-hand serving up delicious BBQ chicken, pork, ribs and brisket. To quench everyone's thirst, the event will feature the Giant® Corks to Caps Wine and Micro-Brew Sampling Tent, Ravage Wine Samples, a variety of Anheuser-Busch beverages and popular non-alcoholic drinks.

The high-stakes Giant® National Barbecue Championship Cooking Contest takes place all weekend long. Barbecue legends like Myron Mixon, Tuffy Stone, and Moe Cason from TV's "BBQ Pit Masters Show" compete side-by-side with other top BBQ chefs and teams from around the country. Teams cook off in multiple cooking contests including: the National Pork Board's National Pork Championship, the Perdue Sizzlin' Chicken Contest, the Smithfield BBQ Rib Contest, and America's Best BBQ Sauce Contest. In addition, attendees can sample and vote for top military chefs from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard cooking off in the Military Chef Contest.

The 2018 Giant® National Capital Barbecue Battle is heating up to be the biggest and best tasting yet, so mark your calendar for June 23rd and 24th and bring the whole family to DC's favorite celebration of the art of BBQ. Visit us at http://www.BBQinDC.com. We'll see you at the BBQ!

FIS Group Hires New Sales and Marketing Lead

FIS Group, a manager of U.S. and global developed, emerging and frontier markets equity portfolio strategies, is pleased to announce that Robert Morier has joined the firm as a senior vice president of sales and marketing. He will oversee FIS Group's marketing and sales efforts, and will report directly to Tina Byles Williams, CEO and CIO of FIS Group.

"We are delighted to welcome Mr. Morier to the team," says Ms. Byles Williams. "He brings over 18 years of experience in sales and marketing strategies for global and non-U.S. equity and debt investment products, which serves to enhance our continued commitment to meet and exceed our client's performance objectives."

Mr. Morier joins FIS Group from Global Evolution USA, where as managing director he directed the launch of its emerging and frontier sovereign debt strategies for North American institutions. He held previous directorships overseeing institutional investments at ClearBridge Investments, Indus Capital and Artio Global Investors. He also served as a vice president of institutional relationship management at Goldman Sachs.

Mr. Morier has a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Vermont. He is an advisory board member for the University of Vermont Grossman School of Business, and has been a Toigo Foundation mentor since 2009.

The hiring of Mr. Morier comes as FIS Group sees continued growth and success in its global and non-U.S. strategy offerings. Over the past 10 years, the firm has developed a niche expertise in less efficient investment strategies, such as emerging, frontier markets and non-US small capitalization. Its non-US small capitalization strategy was recently recognized as a "3 Star Top Gun" performer by PSN among its peers in the EAFE category.

About FIS Group

FIS Group is an investment management firm that provides customized manager of managers investment solutions for institutional investors. For 20 years, we have delivered risk-adjusted returns by conquering the complexity of identifying high skill, high active share entrepreneurial managers that have gone largely undiscovered by the institutional investor community. Unique among our peers, FIS Group enhances risk-adjusted returns by using macro strategy insights to allocate capital among the managers and/or through a global macro tactical completion strategy. Our culture is a fusion of relentless curiosity and a scientific, disciplined process.

For more information please visit us at http://www.fisgroup.com.

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New Research: 59% of B2B Companies Do Not Use Email Marketing!

In its recent study, SuperOffice has found out that 59% of B2B companies do not send out email marketing campaigns to their subscribers.

Email marketing delivers a $40 return for every $1 spent. No other marketing channel comes even close. In fact, 87% of B2B marketers use email marketing to generate new leads, while 31% of B2B marketers cite email marketing as the channel that makes the biggest impact on revenue.

Given how important email marketing is for B2B brands of all shapes and sizes, SuperOffice wanted to explore the state of email marketing to understand how it's being used today.

With this new study, which analyzed 1,000 B2B companies, SuperOffice wanted to find out exactly how companies are using email to communicate with their audience.

"The importance of email marketing cannot be underestimated. Or, at least we thought so! In order to evaluate the current state of email marketing practices in the B2B world, we decided to conduct our own research, which turned out to be a real eye-opener. Without over exaggerating, this study is a must-read for all marketing experts out there," says Jennifer Lim Lund, Chief Marketing Officer of SuperOffice AS.

To conduct the research, SuperOffice created a new email address and then used it to sign up for newsletters from a mixture of small, medium and large B2B organizations.

Before the study, SuperOffice assumed that email is an important marketing channel for B2B companies, and that all companies would send at least one email within the 90-day test period.

Yet, the results of the study demonstrated a different picture. Only a handful of companies offered email marketing communication that reflected standard best practices.

Here are the key findings from the study:

This unique report offers a detailed analysis of the findings and comes up with 7 best practice email marketing tips, based on the best performing B2B companies.

Read more about the new research, its findings and implications here.

About SuperOffice
Driven by a passion for Customer Relationship Management (CRM), SuperOffice makes award winning CRM software for sales, marketing and customer service. As the leading European CRM provider, SuperOffice is trusted and used by more than 6,000 companies.