Magenic ?a custom software development consulting firm that specializes in creating Enterprise Customer Software-based solutions?today announced that it has merged Manila-based Rivereo into the Magenic company.

“I am very pleased with the merger of the Magenic and Rivereo families,? said Paul Fridman, President of Magenic. ?We continue to increase relevance and value to our customers, while providing more exciting opportunities for Magenic and Rivereo team members”.

Magenic Manila/Rivereo provides innovative offshore development and business solutions for Enterprises & Independent Software Companies through a Dedicated Development Team (DDT) business model. The DDT gives clients control and cost savings of running their own offshore development center without being distracted from their core business.

?As part of Magenic, Magenic Manila/Rivereo will be able to offer a wider range of custom application development solutions, drawing on the expertise of Magenic?s team of 300+ US-based architects and consultants.? ? Gary Cooper, Founder of Rivereo and President of Magenic Manila/Rivereo.

About Magenic

Magenic is a privately held Custom Software Development company that was founded in 1995 and is based in Minneapolis, MN. Magenic is a recognized authority in building software applications using the Microsoft software development platform to the Fortune 2000 companies. Our CTO, Rockford Lhotka, is the creator of the popular CSLA .NET software development framework and is considered a thought leader in software architecture, design, and development.

More information about the company and its services is available at http://magenic.com or you can call 877-453-1501.

About Rivereo

Rivereo?s management team has decades of experience in the software industry. Market realities require the most pragmatic solution to satisfy needs. In the highly competitive world of outsourcing, Rivereo is focused on improving the quality of the deliverables and the approach taken with clients. Being in the Philippines provides a great location with a high degree of cultural compatibility.

Janet Driscoll Miller, CEO and President, of the full service search engine marketing firm, Search Mojo, will speak at the Marketo Summit 2012 on Thursday, May 24th. Miller?s session, entitled Tips for Achieving Success with Marketo, will review how businesses are using Marketo for success. Miller will speak along with Bethany Perkins, Revenue Marketer with Pinstripe, Tara Salmon, Online Marketing Manager with Aconex, Eric Choi, Product Marketing with Eucalyptus, and Kelly Abner, Principal Consultant with Marketo.

?Marketing automation is gaining prominence with marketers, particularly with advanced tools like Marketo available,? said Miller. ?We?ve seen great success with our lead nurturing efforts with Marketo by creating custom targeted landing pages. These custom pages leverage our search and social advertising channels to provide the best user experience.?

Miller?s presentation will focus on the targeted landing page capabilities within Marketo. By using landing page testing, progressive profiling and social demographics to engage with customers, you are able provide a more targeted user experience and thereby increase conversions. These tactics can be used in both B2B and B2C marketing. Session attendees will gain valuable tips to improve their marketing automation efforts and the step-by-step instructions to implement these techniques.

About Janet Driscoll Miller

Janet Driscoll Miller is the president and CEO of Search Mojo. With more than twelve years of search engine optimization experience, Janet has spoken at search engine conferences, including Search Marketing Expo, Search Engine Strategies and Pubcon. Janet also has published articles in B2B Magazine, Visibility Magazine and others, and contributes to several blogs and online publications, including Search Marketing Sage and the Search Insider. She has over ten years of technology marketing experience and has held marketing positions at Software AG, Call Technologies, and Telos Corporation. You can follow her on Twitter as @JanetDMiller.

About Search Mojo

Search Mojo specializes in lead generation through search engine marketing services. Founded in 2005, Search Mojo uses the latest information and techniques to help companies improve their organic search engine rankings, online reputation management, and pay-per-click advertising performance in search and Facebook advertising. Learn more about Search Mojo at http://www.search-mojo.com or read our blog, Search Marketing Sage, at blog.search-mojo.com.

About Marketo Summit 2012

This year?s Marketo Summit boasts a value-packed agenda and networking events that brings you face-to-face with some of the brightest minds in Marketing and Sales. Hear direct from industry leaders, customer experts, and Marketo thought leaders as they share their perspectives on marketing automation, sales effectiveness, and the three words that changed marketing forever ? Revenue Performance Management. You?ll learn the newest strategies and best practices on how to attract today?s elusive buyer and rise above the choppy economy to achieve unprecedented revenue growth.

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Roasting Plant, a New York-based company that provides a personalized experience for coffee lovers with its unique roasting technology, today announced it will expand its footprint and open its first coffee shop outside of New York City in the heart of downtown Detroit.

The company will bring its just-roasted, brewed-by-the-cup coffee to the growing number of people working in downtown Detroit?s burgeoning hub of technology and creative companies. The store will open for business this fall in the First National Building, located at 660 Woodward, and owned by Rock Ventures LLC, the umbrella entity formed to provide operational coordination, guidance, and integration of Dan Gilbert?s portfolio of companies, investments and real estate.

Roasting Plant?s first floor retail location, situated on the foot of Campus Martius Park, will feature onsite roasting and both indoor and outdoor seating.

?We are very excited to introduce the Roasting Plant experience to other parts of the country, so we jumped at the chance to open our first non-New York shop in the heart of resurging downtown Detroit,? said Elizabeth Rose of Roasting Plant, a former Detroiter who used to run the halls of the First National Building as a child.

?I would occasionally come to work with my father when he had an office in the First National, so when the opportunity to return to Detroit and be located in that building presented itself, I could not pass it up,? said Rose. ?I love what is happening in Detroit — I can?t imagine not being a part of it.?

The lease deal was brokered by Bedrock Real Estate Services LLC, Rock Ventures? full service property management firm.

?Roasting Plant?s choice to come to downtown Detroit speaks to the national reputation we?re developing as a place to see and be seen,? said Matt Cullen, President and CEO of Rock Ventures. ?Detroit offers a growing critical mass of young people who are looking for more retail, dining and entertainment options, as well as a great cup of coffee. We?re excited that this unique coffee shop sees the opportunity here and is seizing it. ?

Roasting Plant?s Detroit shop will feature a warm, modern, and bright space that highlights the patented Roasting Plant Javabot? system. At Roasting Plant, customers choose from the 11 daily choices of coffee beans, and then watch the Javabot system create their perfect drink on demand.

The Roasting Plant experience was built by founder Mike Caswell, whose love of coffee and appreciation of the coffee bar experience was developed when he worked as a part-time barista in his college days, and subsequently as the Director of Profit Improvement at Starbucks in Seattle. Roasting Plant is the culmination of his engineering, systems, and coffee industry expertise.

For more information about Roasting Plant, and its breakthrough Javabot technology, please visit its new website, featuring available coffees, processes, news, a monthly coffee subscription service, weekly blog, and much more, at http://www.roastingplant.com.

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About Roasting Plant:

Roasting Plant sources the world?s finest beans to roast onsite in each store location providing an unparalleled level of freshness and choice in every cup. Roasting Plant provides the highest quality that, until now, could only be attained by the finest artisans through a painstaking and time consuming process. The company?s Javabot technology dynamically integrates onsite, micro-batch roasting with on-demand grinding and brewing, and re-produces artisan-roasted results. Roasting Plant delivers the freshest, smoothest coffee on the planet, right before your eyes — The Ultimate Coffee Experience.

About Rock Ventures LLC:

Rock Ventures LLC is an umbrella entity formed to provide operational coordination, guidance, and integration of Dan Gilbert?s portfolio of companies, investments and real estate.

About Bedrock Real Estate Services LLC:

Bedrock Real Estate Services LLC is a full service property management firm specializing in purchasing, leasing, financing, developing and managing of commercial space. The company, a partnership between Dan Gilbert, Founder and Chairman of online home loan lender Quicken Loans, and veteran real estate developer Jim Ketai, is based in downtown Detroit. For more information, visit http://www.bedrockmgt.com.

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Jan and Jack Kerr, owners of Seventh Ray Skin Care, are celebrating 20 years of business on June 2nd 2012 from 11 a.m. till 3 p.m. In business since 1992, Seventh Ray Skin Care, encourages health and serenity and offers never hurried, relaxed sessions focused on results. As the only husband and wife team of licensed estheticians in New Mexico, the Kerrs pride themselves in providing clients the most cutting edge and thoroughly tested skin treatments and products available. Educating clients how important the skin?s condition is to one?s overall well being remains one of their principle goals. With experience in ingredients that impact the skin, the Kerrs create private label organic skin care by custom formulating skin care products in their own facility, compounded specifically for the client?s skin needs that so often vary client to client. Seventh Ray Skin Care is a ?Featured Business? on Hutton Broadcasting radio stations.

As part of the company?s June 2nd 20th Anniversary celebration from 11 till 2 p.m., Seventh Ray will celebrate their success by holding a fundraiser and adoption event for the Santa Fe Animal Shelter and Humane Society.

The Santa Fe Animal Shelter is in the midst of the $ 100,000 Shelter Challenge and we invite the public to come out and help them toward their goal of finding forever homes for the animals they care for. Bring a five lb. or more bag of dog or cat food and get 10% off your purchase of $ 25 to $ 100 or 20% off $ 100 or more purchase.

Hutton Broadcasting?s KBAC radio will be on hand from 12 till 2 doing a live broadcast with DJ Honey Harris.

Dr. Audrey Shannon, licensed Veterinarian and animal acupuncturist, will be on site as will Fred Coen, Board Certified Foot and Facial Reflexologist and Board Certified Pedorthist.

Additionally, two of the company?s top skin care lines, Emergin C by Renature and Rhonda Allison, will have representatives on site to give mini consultations and answer questions. Emergin C is offering a gift with purchase and Seventh Ray will be having drawings for an LED light therapy and microcurrent facial as well as 2 power peptide firming facials and skin care from Rhonda Allison and other lines.

Dr. Beth Jester?s Dermatology of Santa Fe is also offering drawings for Botox and Juva Derm.

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Intertech (http://www.Intertech.com) is celebrating its 20 year anniversary, record 2011, and new building with an Open House on May 31, 2012. The Open House will feature presentations on Groovy, WinRT, and leadership. Attendees for the presentation can attend in-person at Intertech or live via webinar. Everyone is welcome to attend the event but registration via Intertech’s website is required.

“Our 20 year anniversary wouldn’t be possible without our customers or employees. I thank them both,” stated Intertech Founder and CEO, Tom Salonek.

The open house starts at 2:00 CST and finishes at 6:00. There will be three presentations during the open house. Session one will be an Intro to Groovy. Session two will be an overview of WinRT, Metro Style Apps, and Windows 8. Session three will be on building a winning business. Additional information on the sessions and presenters can be found in this release.

Session 1: An Introduction to Groovy

Among the many alternate Java Virtual Machine (JVM) programming languages, Groovy is quite popular. It is just over 5 years old, yet eWeek reported in Sept 2011 that it was the fastest growing programming language. In this talk, we?ll teach you how to get a Groovy environment setup and give you a quick tour of some its features. Prerequisites for this talk: basic Java.

What You Learn: How to get, setup and use Groovy:

Groovy language basics
Cool Groovy features for Java developers
Why use Groovy over Java or other alternate JVM languages
Warnings associated with using Groovy

Intertech delivers training and consulting on Groovy and related technologies including Java training.

Session 2: An Overview of Windows 8, Metro Styles Apps and WinRT

The Windows 8 OS will present an entirely new UI which is markedly different from that of Windows 7. In this talk, you will be given a tour of the of the Windows 8 UI and come to learn the role of a ?Metro Style App?.

More importantly, this talk will provide an overview of the new runtime environment (WinRT) and programming model.

Intertech delivers .NET training and .NET consulting.

Session 3: Building a Winning Business

In this presentation, learn:

How to streamline projects with 7 guidelines & one simple way to know if you?re on track
Essential communication principals everyone should know and some people forget!
Practical tips to effectively interview prospective employees and team members
7 major roles of an effective leader

The presenters are Jim White, Andrew Troelsen, and Tom Salonek.

Jim White is Director of Training and Instructor with Intertech. He is co-author of ?Java 2 Micro Edition’ (Manning) and a frequent speaker and contributor to various journals and on-line magazines including recent articles at devX.com. He has almost twenty years of software development experience including time as a senior technical architect at Target Corporation. He holds a M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota.

Andrew Troelsen is the lead .NET instructor and .NET courseware author for Intertech, where he has worked for the past thirteen years. His work in the .NET community has resulted in obtaining Microsoft C# MVP status for the past five years. When able, Andrew speaks at various conferences around the country and has authored a number of books on the topics of COM, .NET, C# and the Visual Basic programming language.

Tom Salonek is the founder and CEO of Intertech. In 2005, he was named one of Minnesota?s Top Business Leaders under 40. Intertech has been named twice to Inc. 500?s list of fastest growing companies, and is also a seven-time winner of the Business Journal?s Best Places to Work award. In 2003, he founded the Intertech Foundation to financially assist families with critically ill children. Tom has completed executive education at the Harvard School of Business and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a past instructor at the University of St. Thomas Management Center. He holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of St. Thomas. He is the author of the book, Building a Winning Business: 70 Takeaways for Creating a Strong Company during Good and Bad Economic Times, and has written more than 50 articles on business, leadership and technology.

About Intertech

Founded in 1991, Intertech, Inc. has grown from a one-person shop to the largest combined software developer training company and research-supported consulting firm in Minnesota. Intertech designs and develops software solutions that power Fortune 500 businesses along with teaching these and other organizations including mid-sized companies and state government.

Intertech works with NASA, Wells Fargo, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Intel, and other major companies around the United States helping them learn and use technology. Intertech is a Microsoft Gold Partner, a Microsoft Inner Circle member, a seven time winner of the Best Places to Work in Minnesota award, a finalist in the Wall Street Journal?s Winning Workplaces award, a multi-year winner of the Inc. 500 and the Inc. 5000 awards for company growth, a winner of the Forbes ASAP growth award, and a winner of the Minnesota Fast 50 growth award. Intertech has been featured in Inc., Forbes, Upsize magazine, the Star Tribune, the Business Journal, the Pioneer Press, the Hudson Star-Observer, Minnesota Business, and Twin Cities Business Monthly.

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Deeper Calling Media is the world?s largest supplier of full-service online Christian book stores. The company specializes in hosting online book stores, and drop-ship fulfillment of best sellers, traditional fiction, non-fiction, and religious titles.

DCM has provided innovative solutions to the book trade for over a decade. Its flagship product, the DeeperCalling Media Bookseller Webstore program has been used by countless independent retailers to power their online eCommerce Bookstores.

?For many years now we have run the market leading eCommerce service for the booktrade. Our paid bookseller platform represents the largest group of independent booksellers on the planet.? stated CEO Bill Goodyear. ?We?ve listened closely to what our customers are telling us, and it has become clear that booksellers are feeling the effects of the current economic climate. As a result, we have worked with retailers, distributors and industry groups to create a totally cost free book selling service ? allowing all booksellers the option of launching their business online?.

Free eBookstore Online

The new program is free of upfront enrollment costs, and free of monthly service dues. It allows booksellers to establish a professional online web store and sell their own products online. Booksellers can also sell the full catalog of in stock product from Baker & Taylor Distributors as well as Ingram Book Distributors. The primary difference between DCM?s standard paid bookstore option and the free bookstore option is telephone support ?free stores are not eligible for phone support but are eligible to access all online support community forums and FAQ?s. The two programs share most other features in common.

Service is available to all booksellers, whether they are members of the American Booksellers Association (ABA) or not. A special Christian edition of the free store program is also available to religious booksellers. Churches, ministries, and religious non-profit groups are eligible for free stores online in a different format.

About Deeper Calling Media

Deeper Calling Media is the world’s largest supplier of turnkey full service internet web stores for booksellers in the ABA, CBA, Church & ministry markets. Visit deepercalling.com for more information regarding the company. Those wishing further information on DCM?s free service offering will find details about the fully customizable bookstores, online stores, and drop ship programs at, http://www.deepercalling.com/

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Online shopping leader MyReviewsNow.net is promoting the latest massage chairs from its affiliate partner Panasonic, a global leader in technology-advanced lifestyle solutions for individuals, health practitioners, businesses.

Panasonic?s new 2012 collection of massage chairs features the famous 3DMassage Chair, the Full Body Massage Chair, the Real Pro Ultra? Collection of Massage Chairs, and more. All of Panasonic?s top quality massage chairs are backed by a full parts and labor warranty, and online shoppers can take advantage of payments and no interest for six months. In addition, many of the massage chairs in the new collection are available in trendy and stylish colors, including avocado, latte, classic black and more.

Plus, online shoppers who act quickly and purchase Panasonic?s famous Chinese Spinal Technique Massage Chair between April 29 and May 13, 2012 will save $ 350 off the regular price, and enjoy free shipping.

?MyReviewsNow.net is very excited to feature our valued affiliate partner Panasonic?s fantastic new collection of massage chairs,? commented Todd Maxwell of MyReviewsNow.net. ?These massage chairs are truly out of this world! It?s like having your own personal massage therapist 24/7/365. They?re also great gift ideas, especially for aging parents and relatives who suffer with tired, achy bodies. And because the massage chairs are from Panasonic, online shoppers know that they?re getting top quality. It?s a brand they can proudly display in their home or office.?

Individuals, businesses, health practitioners or folks searching for great gift ideas can browse Panasonic?s new 2012 collection of massage chairs by visiting the Gifts for Occasions Portal at MyReviewsNow.net. Visitors to the virtual mall can also read and leave reviews to help other online shoppers make wise choices.

For more information or media inquiries, contact Lina Andrade at info@myreviewsnow.net. Press release issued by SEOChampion.com. About MyReviewsNow.net

A virtual mall of services, products and publications available online, MyReviewsNow.net is a business directory that sets itself apart from similar sites by offering both professional reviews and customer testimonials on the Internet?s hottest offerings in a fun, simple format that is easy for visitors to shop enjoy.

About SEO Champion

SEO Champion was started in 1999 and is owner operated by Michael Rotkin, SEO Specialist for over 17 years. Michael Rotkin?s goal for his clients is to ?own? keyword placements for the top 3 slots organically, so that his clients can earn a higher return on investment from their advertising dollars. Rotkin realizes the value of SEO over Pay-Per-Click campaigns, where click-throughs are generally more expensive and harder to convert into sales. SEOChampion?s intense work ethic can be seen in daily and weekly reports that show progress through organic keyword gain. This effort is the reason his SEO firm has been able to build a loyal client base for many years. Learn more at http://seochampion.com/.

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The Yakima Valley personal injury lawyers of The Mariano Morales Jr. Law Firm have come out with a new website that features comprehensive information for local accident and injury victims, including a collection of 36 videos.

The website is http://www.marianomoraleslaw.com.

?We?re a law firm that takes pride in going the extra mile to help our clients, and we believe our new website ? especially our video library ? reflects the hard work and dedication that goes into everything we do,? said Yakima personal injury lawyer Mariano Morales Jr., the firm?s founder and a five-time winner of the Yakima Valley Business Journal?s ?Best Attorney? honor.

The firm?s video library covers topics such as:

According to The NPD Group, a leading market research company, Samsung has become a dominant manufacturer of Android smartphones in the U.S. Samsung?s share of the smartphone market grew 140 percent in the first quarter of 2012, over the prior year, to reach 24 percent. Apple continues to lead smartphone manufacturers in Q1, rising 7 percent in Q1, over the same period last year, to capture 29 percent of the market. During the same period, smartphone models manufactured by LG, HTC, Motorola, and RIM all experienced market-share declines. The following chart shows NPD?s ranking of manufacturers, based on Q1 sales of new smartphones:

Top U.S. Smartphone Manufacturers | Q1’12

Apple: 29%

Samsung: 24%

HTC: 15%

Motorola: 10%

LG:

Cookbook author Charis Freiman-Mendel is expanding her blog to include regular reviews of cookbooks and books for foodies of all ages. Adding cookbook reviews is a natural extension of the blogging about food and words she’s been doing since publication of her book, “Cook Your Way Through The S.A.T.” Cookbook reviews capture the latest culinary trends and are a fun way to crowdsource great recipes, offer food product reviews and recommend vendors that supply unique and fresh ingredients.

Freiman-Mendel recently reviewed “Funny Food,” a book by Bill and Claire Wurtzel that shows readers how to transform breakfast from a mundane, daily chore to an opportunity to get the creative juices flowing by making the first meal of the day a form of edible art. Freiman-Mendel noted, “Parents can no longer admonish their kids, ‘don?t play with your food,’ thanks to the recently published, ?Funny Food,? a book that makes fooling with food a high art form.” She recommended the book because it encourages quality family time, collaborative food preparation, and empowers kids to learn about nutrition, make good food choices and use their imagination, the identical goals of her book, “Cook Your Way Through The S.A.T.” Familes cooking together promote healthy habits and make learning fun.

Freiman-Mendel also recommends the recently published “Zuppe,” an inspiring testament to collaborative cooking from the Collaborative Food Project, the mess hall for the consortium of artists working at American Academy in Rome. The group is committed to sustainable eating and the book is the second in a cookbook series that began with “Biscotti.” Author Mona Talbott offers 50 soup recipes that are simple to prepare, economical, and use seasonally available fresh ingredients. Freiman-Mendel tested two of the recipes, cauliflower soup and lentil carrot soup, using organic ingredients readily available in her local health food store.

Freiman-Mendel has a busy spring lineup for cookbook reviews. During the next few months she will test recipes and blog about these new cookbook offerings: “Mindful Eating” by the staff at Miraval Resort in Tuscon, Arizona, “Ripe” by Cheryl Sternman Rule, “The Truck Food Cookbook” by John T. Edge, “The Naked Foods Cookbook” by Margaret Floyd and James Barry, and the “Eat-Clean Diet Vegetarian Cookbook” by Tosca Reno. Freiman-Mendel will be running a contest with the folks from “The Dukan Diet Cookbook.” She invites readers to join in on the cooking and conversation, using these cookbooks and “Cook Your Way Through The S.A.T.” to enjoy the pleasures and rewards of food preparation.

Freiman-Mendel has also become a contributing writer for the website http://www.bodychecklist.com, whose audience is dedicated to living well through health, fitness and diet. She is planning a series of articles on healthy colorful food, starting with a menu for foods that are black. She welcomes questions and invites recommendations for post topics from readers.

Charis Freiman-Mendel has her hands in many pots! For great cooking, fun facts, project-based learning, new vocabulary and strategy for improving standardized test scores, order “Cook Your Way Through The S.A.T” from Amazon or other online booksellers, and follow Charis on her blog. To feature Charis in your news media outlet, please contact Charis(at)SATgourmet(dot)com.

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