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Monday, February 3, 2020

Crypto Exchange Supported by Roger Ver Entered The Market

"Azbit team and what they are up to thinks so well with what we at Bitcoin.com are up to. The short answer is we are trying to build useful tools to enable more economic freedom for people all over the world." - Roger Ver, Executive Chairman of Bitcoin.com, said. Read news here.

The platform combines financial instruments of both crypto industry and traditional Wall Street - from margin trading with up to 500:1 leverage to forthcoming crypto loans. To start with, Azbit exchange supports 14 popular currencies with more possibly to come later. Platform's fee is 0.1% of the total transaction price. Moreover, native AZ token staking provides customers with 75% discount on commissions

Azbit has already revealed a number of upcoming new services, including AZ Play crypto gambling platform, connection to UnionPay system, issue of plastic cards for Azbit customers, copy trading on azmx.com and crypto-backed loans on azbit.com.

About Azbit
Founded in 2018, Azbit project was based on the idea of creating a multifunctional platform to build bridges between the world of traditional finance and the world of cryptocurrencies, providing its users with the highly sought after tools for trading and investment. AZ Markets multi-asset trading platform and AzPlay gambling site are autonomous branches of Azbit exchange. AZ Markets (azmx.com) opens access to margin trading on Crypto, Stock, Metals, Commodity, CFD and Forex markets via MT4 and MT5 terminals.

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Judi Craig Promoted to Lead Woolpert’s Roads and Bridges Market

Judi Craig has recently been promoted to Roads and Bridges market director at Woolpert, supporting the firm's targeted engineering and geospatial services growth. Craig, who works out of the firm's Cincinnati office, has 25 years of transportation industry experience and served as a program director at Woolpert since June.

Craig said her primary objective is to expand Woolpert's Roads and Bridges footprint in new and existing markets.

"Ohio is our home, and we should be one of the first firms our clients turn to for their most important transportation needs," Craig said. "Likewise, our teams in Indiana and Virginia have been very successful in strengthening our position with winning and executing design and geospatial business."

Woolpert Senior Vice President and Infrastructure Sector Leader Tom Mochty said Craig's ability to see the big picture while understanding specific client needs make her an excellent choice for this position.

"Judi is experienced and focused, and she is active in her local community as well as at the state and federal level where she is actively engaged in a number of policy, funding and strategic initiatives to help move surface transportation initiatives forward," Mochty said. "At Woolpert, our people make the difference. Judi's versatility and leadership will advance the transportation industry overall and comprehensively support our clients."

Craig said she's been impressed with Woolpert's supportive culture and willingness to reinvest in its people.

"The leadership team truly does listen and actively respond to the staff, and we really do put our people first," she said. "I've been in the industry for a long time, so I know the language, but the dialect is different at every firm. The Woolpert team has been very patient with me and that learning process. I think that is a gold standard, and I'm honored to be a part of it."

About Woolpert
Woolpert is committed to a vision to become the premier architecture, engineering and geospatial (AEG) firm, and one of the best companies in the country. It's a vision we've been fine-tuning for decades. It guides our decisions and investments, provides our clients with optimal solutions and offers our employees unrivaled opportunities. Woolpert is recognized as a Great Place to Work by its employees and is America's fastest-growing AEG firm. With more than a century of experience, close to 1,000 employees and 30 offices, Woolpert supports public, private, federal, and U.S. military clients nationally and around the globe. For more information, visit woolpert.com and connect with us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

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Marketing-Help Articles for Self-Published Authors Received Record Readership in 2019

Smith Publicity, one of the world's leading book marketing and publicity firms, today announced that visits to the self-published author service pages on its popular book marketing website (https://www.smithpublicity.com) reached 10,000 during 2019. The high numbers coincide with the massive growth of self-published books, and further underscores the importance self-published authors place on promoting their work.

In addition to its paid book marketing services, Smith Publicity, through its website, has long been an online resource of information for authors. Smith was among the first major book publicity firms to accept self-published books and authors as clients in significant numbers. Also, since the beginning of fast growth in self-publishing, it has provided basic book marketing advice online at no charge. The intended audience for these articles is self-published authors.

The two website pages that received a combined 10,000 visitors during 2019 are the recently updated free-advice page "110 Book Marketing Ideas to Sell Your Book in 2020" (https://www.smithpublicity.com/110-book-marketing-ideas-to-sell-your-book/) which received 5,250 unique visits; and, the firm's page promoting its services "Self-Published Book Marketing Services" (https://www.smithpublicity.com/self-published-book-marketing/), which received 4,750 unique visitors. Read all the related news.

Dan Smith, CEO and Founder of Smith Publicity, says that while there are many crossover elements, self-published authors and books require specific strategies, tactics, and campaign aspects to achieve maximum sales and to build author brands.

"The stigma of self-publishing is long gone, media look for quality content, regardless of how it's published," says Smith. "However, self-published authors still lack the backing and support of a traditional publisher. Everything is on the author, from editing and design to promotion and marketing; independent authors must ensure it is all done, and done well."

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The self-publishing 'revolution' is a revolution no more; self-publishing is a confirmed, massive segment of the publishing industry. And, it's showing no signs of slowing.
While numbers for 2019 are still being gathered, consider these facts published by Bowker:

In addition to promoting traditionally published books, Smith Publicity is the leading book marketing agency for self-published books. The firm was at the forefront of the digital self-publishing eruption, having promoted self-published books since 1997. Read related news now.

Dan Smith stresses five particular elements self-published authors should always keep in mind when writing, publishing and marketing a book:

1. Original content for marketing – Smith notes that the most effective campaigns, especially for non-fiction self-published books, almost always included original content written by the author in the form of byline articles, thought leadership piece or op-ed. "Media love ready-made content which they can publishing as is."

2. Social Media-"In our experience, social media is now one of the most important credibility-establishing aspects of book marketing," says Smith. He says that ideally, authors should begin building a social media presence three-to-six months before a book is published. Experts stress that authors should not stretch themselves too thin, and should typically focus on two social media platforms. Twitter is the most popular for all books, while LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook are well-suited for specific genres.
Dan Smith adds: "Two very important things self-published authors should remember: Don't be overly promotional on social media, provide good information and establish authentic relationships. Secondly, it is better to not have any social media presence than to have accounts that haven't been updated in months and appear dormant." Continue reading.

3. Get professional help– Unless an author has the time and talent to self-promote, Smith says every author should try and hire a book publicity agency or book publicist. Self-published authors do not have the support a traditional publisher provides. According to Smith, "Too many authors thing book publicity is easy. It's not. It requires a specific set of skills and resources. Even if an author has a limited budget, there are things a professional can still do that can make a big difference."

4. Amazon Optimization– If you're self-published, you need to take the time to make your Amazon page as robust as possible, and ensure all elements to enhance discoverability are included. "Make sure you have a compelling, carefully worded book description with searchable keywords, and be very careful and deliberate when selecting genre categories," adds Smith.
5. Website – Smith notes: "A quality, professionally designed author website isn't optional in a book marketing campaign, it's mandatory." Again, Smith says, without the visibility a traditional publisher can provide on their company website and elsewhere, self-published authors must ensure they have a strong, well-designed online presence.

About Smith Publicity
Smith Publicity, billed as "an equal opportunity book marketing firm," has promoted over 4,000 authors and books since 1997. It is the most prolific book marketing agency in the publishing industry. The firm works with projects ranging from self-published, first-time authors to New York Times bestsellers released by major publishers.http://www.SmithPublicity.com

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Affinity Relationships with Major Card Issuers Will Give Rise to New Super-Cobranded Opportunities in 2020

Affinity relationships with major card issuers and brands is on the rise for 2020. In the "Age of The Credit Card Bonus," there is an endless and growing list of card issuers with a long list of cards creating a highly competitive environment to attract customers.(1) Special introductory bonuses with their plastic has become not only the norm but has proliferated into a legal, but industry-detested byproduct called "credit card churning," referring to the practice of consumers repeatedly opening and closing a credit card to earn its signup bonus.(2)(3) Monica Eaton-Cardone, an entrepreneur and global fintech executive specializing in risk management and fraud prevention, says some cardholders may churn 10 or even more cards in one year, due to brand affiliations' offerings proving extremely popular with consumers.

Some issuers object to credit card churn, and a few are trying to take action against it. Chase, for example, has adopted the "5/24 rule," in which it refuses to open a new card account for anyone who has opened five or more personal credit cards (with any bank or issuer) in the previous 24 months.(4) American Express has issued a notice suggesting that abusers may lose out on future sign-up bonuses.(4) Most issuers, however, seem to be taking the churn phenomenon in stride. "The fact that this is going on," says Eaton-Cardone, "simply demonstrates that affinity relationships work, and that affiliations between brands and card issuers are extremely effective."

So effective, in fact, that it has been suggested—only slightly tongue in cheek—that brands struggling with public and market perception issues might consider launching affinity credit card programs of their own. Some possibilities that have been mentioned include Boeing, the Democratic Party, Uber, Kroger, McDonalds, Facebook, the Olympics, retailers testing new private brands, and all car manufacturers.(5) Eaton-Cardone says it's not that outlandish and predicts it will happen starting in 2020.

"Affinity relationships is a powerful and very innovative tool," says Eaton-Cardone, "and it will continue to grow in importance in the online economy. Just as subscription box services continue to grow, major card issuers and brands will come together to maximize synergistic results and promote loyalty through consumer rewards."

While 2019 was a boon for the credit cards industry, 2020 is set to be even bigger.

One reason for this popularity, notes Eaton-Cardone, is that card issuers offer quite generous sign-up bonuses. An issuer's affinity with an airline, for example, might offer new cardholders 50,000 travel miles if they spend $4,000 within three months of opening the card account—12.5 miles per dollar, as opposed to the more usual 2-5 miles per dollar. This has led to a practice called credit card churning, in which consumers repeatedly sign up for a new credit card, spend enough to earn the opening bonus rewards, and then stop using the card.(5)

Businesses that accept credit cards have to pay a bank fee every time a customer pays with a card. They typically raise prices for all customers (including cash payers) to pass these fees onto consumers. This is lop-sided though, as credit cards are far more common among people who live in high-income households.(6)

In simple terms, a credit card affinity program is an avenue way to earn money by introducing perspective clients to credit cards. This is done by permitting advertising on your personal website, or even devoting an entire website to the marketing of those credit cards. Credit card affiliation programs are one of the more lucrative affinity programs that exist. (7)

Eaton-Cardone says that with the rise of affinity relationships and loyalty rewards, there will be more businesses starting credit card affinity programs—which will increase the potentially for fraud and stealth of loyalty rewards, which is already becoming prolific.

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"Loyalty Rewards and credit card points is such a windfall, one site built an entire business around it," she says, referring to The Points Guy, an American travel website and blog that produces news and stories on travel detailing various means of accumulating and using airline points and miles.

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The Future of Card Rewards

1. "For one, there will no end in sight of the [credit card] industry ridding itself of affinity relationships and loyalty reward programs—it will also continue to increase affinity marketing programs but will also boost the fraud connected with it.

2. "There will be more and more restrictions as issuers continue to compete against each other for long-term, loyal cardholders—consumers will need read the fine print when signing up for credit cards with these opportunities."

3. "The travel and hospitality industry will experience a burst of "super-cobranded" cards with retail, restaurant, attraction and event brands joining together to exploit a targeted set of consumers who travel for work, family vacations or even adventure/extreme vacations.

Monica Eaton-Cardone frequently discusses fraud prevention, FinTech and security best practices at industry conferences and events around the globe.

About Monica Eaton-Cardone
An acclaimed entrepreneur, speaker and author, Monica Eaton-Cardone is widely recognized as a thought leader in the FinTech industry and a champion of women in technology. She established her entrepreneurial credentials upon selling her first business at the age of 19. When a subsequent eCommerce venture was plagued by revenue-leeching chargebacks and fraud, Eaton-Cardone rose to the challenge by developing a robust solution that combined human insight and Agile technology. Today, her innovations are used by thousands of companies worldwide, cementing her reputation as one of the payment industry's foremost experts in risk management, chargeback mitigation and fraud prevention. As CIO of Global Risk Technologies and COO of Chargebacks911, Eaton-Cardone leverages her global platform to educate merchants on best practices in fraud prevention and to spotlight the competitive and economic advantages women can bring to the technology workforce. Her nonprofit organization, Get Paid for Grades, invests in students to inspire a new generation of innovators. Get to know Eaton-Cardone at http://monicaec.com

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2.    Calonia, Jennifer. "Am I Cut Out for Credit Card Churning?" U.S. News & World Report, U.S. News & World Report, 28 June 2019, creditcards.usnews.com/articles/what-is-credit-card-churning.
3.    Volkman, Eric. "Is Credit Card Churning Worth It?" The Ascent, The Ascent, 30 July 2019, fool.com/the-ascent/credit-cards/articles/is-credit-card-churning-worth-it/.
4.    Adams, Riley, "Credit Card Churning and How to Exploit Special Offers, Young and the Invested, 2019.
5.    Calonia, Jennifer, "What Is Credit Card Churning?", U.S. News & World Report, June 28, 2019.
6.    Yohn, Denise Lee, "Brands to Watch in 2020," Forbes, December 3, 2019.
7.    "Amex Throws Warning to Customers Abusing Credit Card Sign Up Bonuses," God Save the Points, June 7, 2019.
8.    Goldstein, Jacob. "Who Pays For Credit Card Rewards?" NPR, NPR, 27 July 2010, npr.org/sections/money/2010/07/27/128797815/credit-card-rewards-the-poor-pay-the-rich-benefit.
9.    "Wahm Articles." Wahm, wahm.com/articles/how-a-credit-card-affiliate-program-works.html. Click here.

S’moresUp Announces Partnership with Home Connect to Make “Smart Parents’” Lives Even Easier

S'moresUp (smoresUp.com), a Smart Family Management platform that teaches kids critical life skills through chores and rewards, announced a game-changing partnership in 'smart parenting' with Home Connect, a dynamic digital ecosystem created to connect home appliances to the Internet of Things. With this collaboration, parents can now simply assign chores automatically with just their voice from their home appliances.

With the new Home Connect and S'moresUp integration, parents can easily program their dishwasher, coffeemaker, washer or dryer to automatically assign specific chores to their kids. The Home Connect ecosystem works with smart technology - like Google Assistant and S'moresUp - to make home management and parenting easier. Be alert to the latest news.

"Technology advances have changed the way companies operate and people across the globe communicate. It's time that parents benefit from emerging technology as well," said Priya Rajendran, CEO and co-founder of S'moresUp. "We're pleased to share that with this collaboration, technology is unlocking new ways to assist busy parents, while helping kids learn responsibility, self-reliance, and other critical life skills."

Together, the two companies are reimagining 'smart parenting,' a new connected, data-driven paradigm where families run on assisted technology for household optimization and child development, making parents' lives easier. The Internet of Things has been conceptual in the last decade, and now that it's becoming a reality, S'moresUp is working with smart device manufacturers to help parents manage their time smarter.

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"We are proud to add S'moresUp to Home Connect's growing ecosystem, which offers the richest connected appliance experience available today," said Johannes Ochsner, head of connected products and digital services for Home Connect. "Partnering with innovative startups such as S'moresUp offers users a fun way to interact with their appliances while getting household tasks done."

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Now boasting a 4.5-star rating on both Android and iOS and growing to 200,000 family members in just one year, the company also just launched a "Digital Health" category to make learning fun for kids while teaching them how to self-manage screen time. The family app helps kids learn critical life skills through assigned tasks and chores, does behavior analysis to provide parents with insights around their kid's learning, integrates with the family calendar, creates goal setting through rewards, helps kids form long term habits through advanced data analytics and allows the family to interact with each other from within a safe "walled off" family network.

About S'moresUp
S'moresUp is a family organizer that creates data-driven parents. It provides parents tools to help their kids learn critical life skills and healthy habits while managing chores, allowances, and schedules through a secured private family network, where a family's data is safe. The app, which helps raise independent, responsible, and financially savvy kids, was founded by technology veterans Priya Rajendran, a software engineer and busy mom who led the PayPal Wallet team, and Reeves Xavier, former tech lead at Paypal and Intuit. To find out more, please visit http://www.smoresup.com.

About Home Connect
Home Connect is an innovative solution dedicated to smart home appliances. With Home Connect, you can control a wide variety of home appliances from leading brands, such as Gaggenau, Thermador and Bosch in one convenient app. Home Connect is also an ever-expanding ecosystem of partner applications, devices and services. Using Home Connect, you can access and connect with a large number of service providers ranging from voice assistants and smart home automation systems to e-commerce platforms. Home Connect is available in 40 countries and is offered in the US and Canada through BSH Home Appliances Corporation. For more information about Home Connect, go to: http://www.home-connect.com/us/en

Sunday, February 2, 2020

Republic Ranches Lists 40,000+ acre Monarch Ranch in West Texas

Republic Ranches, an elite farm, ranch and rural properties brokerage firm serving Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico, Louisiana and Arkansas, is offering the Monarch Ranch, a sprawling West Texas ranch of 40,138 acres in Val Verde County. Home to Texas' largest volume cave, with over five miles of Devils River flowing throughout and the remains of the historic Fort Hudson, the ranch is prime property for adventure, hunting and fishing.

Fern Cave, located on the western portion of Monarch Ranch, is home to one of the world's largest remaining bat populations. Also known as Bat Cave, it is the nesting spot for the Mexican free-tailed bat, the dominant species in Fern Cave. The majority of Texas free-tailed bats migrate south into Mexico for winter, though extra-cool areas near entrances are used in winter by Western big-eared bats and Eastern pipistrelles and may be used by other species such as Peter's ghost-faced bat.

The spring fed Devils River is considered some of the cleanest water in Texas. Indigenous people, Spanish explorers, ranchers, military outposts, Texas Rangers and outlaws have called this basin home for thousands of years. Monarch Ranch is located 30 miles upstream from Lake Amistad and with pristine waters running the Devils River, outdoorsmen find the ranch ideal for hunting and fishing. Read latest news here.

"Monarch Ranch is an outdoorsman's dream. Fantastic hunting opportunities for a huge variety of game exist during the winter, as multiple ecosystems converge on the ranch," Republic Ranches Partner Jeff Boswell said. "You can hunt bobwhite quail behind dogs in the upper grasslands, hunt mallards in the river bottom, white-tailed deer in the canyons and chase aoudad sheep through the mountains. I do not know of many places where that is even remotely possible.

"Floating along the Devils River with crystal clear water and the feeling you are alone on the planet is almost magical; hat such a river can exist in the Chihuahuan Desert in West Texas is almost inconceivable and yet there you are" Boswell added. "The fishing on the ranch is truly unique with an exceptional small mouth bass population that thrives in the river because it is spring fed and stays cool all summer. This ranch can and should be used year-round with both excellent hunting and fishing available across all seasons."

Monarch Ranch is full of historical adventure dating back to John Coffee Hays, the first American to visit Val Verde County in 1848 to establish a road from San Antonio to El Paso. Also known as Camp Hudson, a fort named for Lieutenant Walter W. Hudson, who died in action in April 1850 at the hands of Native Americans. A post office was built on Fort Hudson the same year it was established in 1857. Although troops were pulled from the post when the Civil War began, the post office continued to operate, serving military troops and area settlers until 1866. Soldiers occupied the post again in 1867 and were tasked with protecting travelers and newly arrived settlers. By January 1877, the threat of attacks by Native Americans was over and the post was abandoned. The remains of Fort Hudson are still found on the ranch today, in addition to a small gravesite. The fort was recognized with a centennial marker by the Texas Historical Commission in 1936.

Access to the property is convenient, with an airport on the west side of the ranch, including a paved 6,000 foot runway, large hangar and fuel tanks. Access across the ranch is highly improved with the addition of over 13 miles of paved roads, and a very rare private bridge over the Devils River. Read this for more information.

About Republic Ranches
Republic Ranches was founded in 2011 as an elite farm, ranch and rural properties brokerage firm serving Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico, Louisiana and Arkansas through their offices in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Austin, and Hondo (Texas); Albuquerque (New Mexico), Pagosa Springs and Telluride (Colorado). With over $1 billion in real estate sales, Republic Ranches works to successfully manage the divestiture of their clients rural land assets and identify the right property for its buyers. With listings ranging from raw land to farmland and working cattle ranches with the basic amenities, or the most elegant vacation homes with pools, golf courses, and runways and hangars for private planes, Republic Ranches has professional representation of some of the finest ranches in North America. To learn more, visit republicranches.com.

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