Virginia: Richmond-Petersburg News

Free Web Hosting Set to Explode in Popularity

Large numbers of new Internet users in third-world countries are increasing the use of free Web hosting services. From 2005 to 2010, an estimated 700 million additional people will logon to the Internet for the first time, and many of them will be hosting Websites at free Web hosting services. - December 26, 2006 - FreewayWebhost

WSI of Richmond Partners with ElderFriends to Assist Richmond’s Elderly

Scott Garber, Internet Marketing Consultant with WSI (We Simplify the Internet), announces today the company’s launch of its first Richmond area non-profit website development project, http://www.elderfriendsva.org. The new website is part of an integrated communications plan for non-profit client, ElderFriends, a special volunteer program that provides companionship, outreach and advocacy to Richmond’s elderly. - December 21, 2006 - WSI of Richmond

Richmond Flag Football League Kicks Off

Richmond football fans rejoice, now you too can compete for the championship every week. Scared? Well don’t be, this is flag football. No need to dust off the old pads, or start training – this is a league for individuals of all skill levels. The Richmond Flag Football League... - December 21, 2006 - Richmond Flag Football League

PR.com Interviews R&B Singer and Actor Tyrese Gibson and Acclaimed Film Director John Singleton

PR.com Interviews R&B Singer and Actor Tyrese Gibson and Acclaimed Film Director John Singleton

PR.com’s Senior Editor, Allison Kugel, interviews Tyrese about his transition from R&B music into rap and hip hop and then chats with both Tyrese and director John Singleton about Tyrese’s film career. - December 12, 2006 - PR.com

Pizza Menus, Flyers, and Print Inserts: Ingredients for Success

Small to medium-sized pizza businesses are able to compete with corporate chains using affordable, glossy, full-color flyers from Print and Deliver. - December 06, 2006 - Taradel

Newspaper Inserts Show Some Spine to this Chiropractor

Chiropractor successfully grows practice by incorporating a scheduled newspaper insert advertising program into franchise's marketing budget. - November 30, 2006 - Taradel

My Calendar Maker Celebrates Record Sales

My Calendar Maker, a woman-owned home business based out of Virginia, has been setting sales records ahead of the busy holiday season. - October 29, 2006 - My Calendar Maker

Want to Make Big Money as a Real Estate Investor?

The popularity of many “Do-It-Yourself” television shows and real estate flipping shows has created an avalanche of people wanting to get in on the real estate investing game. The problem is not many people know how to get started. Richmond Investment Properties is helping investors by offering a monthly Bus Tour where 10 – 15 wholesale properties are sold to the highest bidder throughout the central Virginia area. - October 23, 2006 - Richmond Investment Properties

Chaos, Comedy and Commitment Abound in this Contemporary Venezuelan “Duck Soup” Romantic Satire

Blue Margarita is a compilation of the romance and comedy of a gringo in love with a Venezuelan beauty amidst the “Marx Brothers” revolution as directed by the country’s dumpy dictator: Hugo Chavez. Will Russell is a new writer that used his recent experiences in the Venezuelan... - October 23, 2006 - Outskirts Press, Inc.

How the Internet Saved the Lunatic Express in 1898

The telegraph served as the first e-mail system and opened the first possibility of long-range, two-way messaging. This Internet of the Victorian age served well for emergency transmissions for over 150 years, especially down railway lines such as the Lunatic Express in Kenya. - October 11, 2006 - John Gaudet

Is the Railroad to Nowhere in a Race with the Lunatic Express?

The Railroad to Nowhere was a $700 million line item proposed by Mississippi's powerful Senate delegation in the emergency spending bill. It didn’t work, but it reminded us of the Victorian railway in Africa called the Lunatic Express. Justified as a way to combat emergencies, it even cost the same amount. A new novel by John Gaudet, The Iron Snake, due out this fall from Brandylane Publishers, Richmond VA, is based on the saga of this African railroad and the people affected by it. - October 06, 2006 - John Gaudet

Shared Spectrum Company Successfully Demonstrates Next Generation (XG) Wireless System

Shared Spectrum Company (SSC) conducted a successful demonstration of innovative technologies that enable dynamic access to the radio frequency spectrum. SSC’s technology uses advanced communications protocols and sensing capabilities to improve access to available spectrum resources without... - September 20, 2006 - Shared Spectrum Company

e-Business Profits Now Available to Businesses in the Metro Richmond Area

World’s Largest Internet Consultants Open Office in Midlothian, VA. - September 14, 2006 - WSI Internet

Unique eBay Auction - Gamer Selling Himself as Virtual Slave in an On-line Game

Unique auction on eBay. A player in the game 'World of Warcraft', an on-line role-playing game played by millions of people, is auctioning himself as a virtual slave. - August 03, 2006 - MakeWowGold.com

Outskirts Press Releases the New Thriller, "Tell Me That You Like It, " by Terry J. Sadler

Two out of every three American women has been or will be sexually molested in their lifetime. That’s a fact. But what such dry statistics don’t show is the very real horror of the experience and the difficult road to recovery faced by these women and girls. Author Terre J. Sadler weaves a suspenseful thriller of the experiences of one young victim, Maggie Harris, who disappears without a trace for five long years. - August 03, 2006 - Outskirts Press, Inc.

Victory Junction Gang Camp Chosen as the Beneficiary of School Portrait Fundraising Effort

School portrait photography company operating in Virginia and North Carolina to donate proceeds from their fundraising effort to the Victory Junction Gang Camp. - July 25, 2006 - Expressive Portraits, Inc.

Inexpensive Advertising Used to Raise Money to Build a Theater

Youare1inamillion.com has opened its web pages up to inexpensive advertising. - May 04, 2006 - youare1inamillion.com

Two Brothers Begin Fundraising for Virginia Theater Project

To help build a theater in Mechanicsville, VA, Tony and Scott Sager have allocated 100,000 “virtual bonds” that will be for sale at $100 each and have a maturity value of a minimum of $200 each. The bonds don’t have to be purchased right now. The brothers are just asking individuals that are interested in investing to send them an email to let them know how many bonds they’d like to purchase. They are also taking donations of any amount through a Paypal link on their site. - April 18, 2006 - youare1inamillion.com

PR.com Interviews Marvel Comics Icon Stan Lee

PR.com Interviews Marvel Comics Icon Stan Lee

PR.com Senior Editor, Allison Kugel, interviews legendary comic book icon Stan Lee about his life, his career and his new company POW! Entertainment. - March 17, 2006 - PR.com

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