Friday, March 16, 2012

Judy’s Book adds Pinterest sharing to local business images, becoming the first rating and review site to allow users to quickly pin images of their favorite local places.

Pinterest a fairly new social network that leverages images and pin boards is growing at a phenomenal rate, in the last 6 months of 2011 the site experienced exponential traffic growth and shows no sign ofslowing in 2012.

Seattle, WA (myPressManager.com) March 14, 2012

Judy’s Book, the premier Social Search® site that helps consumers get the trusted scoop on local businesses, announced today that users are now able to pin images of their favorite places on Judy’s Book with the click of a button to their Pinterest account. Images uploaded can be categorized by type of places (favorite restaurants, kid friendly places, attractions, etc..) to pin boards, text to encourage engagement is automatically added in the description of the image, and include a unique back link to the businesses page on Judy’s Book.

Pinterest provides virtual pinboards which users can 'pin' collections of images to connect people through shared tastes and interests. Pinterest makes it really easy to create pinboards for any category and upload images to it. These can be pictures they have taken themselves or images collected from around the web. Followers get to see images a person has posted and
re-pin, allowing other members to see it and cause it to go viral.

At this time, Judy’s Book is the only major rating and review site to leverage Pinterest. Not only do users benefit through organizing and sharing their favorite places, but local businesses can leverage another outlet to increasing their social media presence and improve SEO. Judy’s Book will only display the Pinterest button for businesses and places that have images loaded. For a business to truly benefit from this we encourage and recommend owners to add compelling and rich photography to their profile that would encourage re-pins.

What is Judy's Book?
The Social Search® tool to get the trusted scoop on local places. Local reviews, recommendations, deals, and coupons from people like you, including those you know. Find and discover great places and avoid the not so great. Judy's Book makes it easy to share places and businesses with friends and family.

For more information, visit http://www.judysbook.com.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

NCC Expansion of Service Coupled with a New No-Fee Guarantee makes for Advantageous Small Business Savings

West Palm Beach, FL (myPressManager.com) March 01, 2012

National Cost Containment announced today that they will be expanding their offerings to include auditing services for accounts payable and sales tax audit and recovery. This new service can aid clients in recovering overpaid taxes from various taxing agencies.

NCC already offers their clients the ability to contain costs in more than sixty common cost areas, including equipment maintenance, computer supplies and food service. Lee Ferry of NCC explains that “containment is very different from cost cutting. A business cannot function in cost-cutting mode on a long-term basis. Since cost containment involves controlling increases in costs before they occur, it is a means of controlling future risk.” He goes on to elaborate that the “strategies for cost containment can be applied to small companies just as easily as large ones, because they involve the same two groups of people: employees and vendors”.

NCC also has a strict policy regarding customer satisfaction and now also offers a new No Fee guarantee program. NCC works with each individual client and bases their commission off the percentage of the dollars saved, not a flat fee rate.

About National Cost Containment: The West Palm Beach, Florida-based company helps its clients realize “best-in-market” pricing from their suppliers. Hospitals, schools, service companies, wholesalers, retailers and distributors make up a large portion of National Cost’s clients, forming partnerships with the containment company to slash costs and discover efficient new ways to run their businesses. NCC continues to enable their clientele to contain costs in more than sixty common cost areas, including equipment maintenance, computer supplies, insurance, and food service.

Please visit us on the web at www.nationalcost.com.