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As a long time professional working within the field of higher education, Jill Landesberg-Boyle’s career has been full of opportunities, wonderful friendships made over the years, and the joy of working with hundreds of students who have touched my life. As a leader in higher education administration, I strive to make each day one in which I touch the life of a student in a positive way.

It is often said that experiential learning activities can provide transformative life experiences, which can shape career goals, improve educational outcomes, and facilitate student development. For Dr. Jill Landesberg-Boyle, this is not just a cliche. She found her career through the co-curricular experiences she had as an undergraduate resident assistant at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Although unaware at the time, she had taken her first steps into a job that would turn out to be a life-long passion and profession.

Dr. Boyle studied multicultural organizational development and applied group studies in graduate school. She instructed numerous courses in student development and diversity. As founding advisor and coordinator, she developed a co-curricular experience and credit-bearing course to comprise a new venture, the University of Massachusetts Residential Honors Program. her work provided the groundwork that enabled the program to flourish.

Upon earning her doctorate, she accepted a post at the University of Judaism, now the American Jewish University where she distinguished herself and was promoted after one year to dean of students. She then headed to Southeastern Louisiana University (SLU). where, as dean of students, Dr. Landesberg-Boyle oversaw a multi-million dollar division. She initiated new diversity efforts including programming on race relations, resident assistant cultural awareness training for and multicultural campus coalition sessions. Dr. Jill Landesberg-Boyle was the first white woman at SLU to be asked to be a faculty advisor by a historically black sorority, Zeta Phi Beta. While at Southeastern, she rewrote the institution’s Student Code of Conduct, was actively involved in alcohol education initiatives and assisted in the audit of federal regulatory compliance.

In 2005, Dr. Jill Landesberg-Boyle was named vice president at the Pennsylvania College of Technology (PCT). Part of the Pennsylvania State University system, PCT specializes in offering workforce and vocational programs in applied technology and confers certificates, associate and baccalaureate degrees. She significantly increased financial aid for students, oversaw the reconstruction of the fitness center, advanced community partnerships, and led a comprehensive assessment of institutional student learning outcomes.

In May of 2007, she was selected as the fourth president, and first female president, of Florida Keys Community College. The college had been placed on academic warning status in its last re-affirmation visit and enrollment was down to approximately 600 FTE, leaving many to question whether it could be sustained even with the most Herculean efforts. Not to be deterred, as one of her early critical actions, President Landesberg-Boyle began a recruitment strategy that turned the school into the fastest growing in the community college system. Some of her key initiatives included an award winning website, attracting millions of dollars to the small college, and outreach to federal sources. Support from new donors, competitive grant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) agencies, and a significant congressional appropriation.

Many national and local partnerships were solicited, beginning with a key partnership with Raytheon Corporation featured in Florida Trend Magazine. She was very active in environmental concerns on campus, including participating in events, ensuring environmental building standards, initiating solar workforce development classes, and choosing a master plan featuring sustainable, native landscaping. She led the elevation of the marine science program which now attracts students from around the country.

A highlight of her work at FKCC was her legislative work with the Honorable Ileana Ros-Lehtinen on a $2.24 million federal appropriation to create a center for homeland port security with the Department of Defense.

Dr. Landesberg-Boyle improved faculty salaries an average of 20% in just two short years, provided health care support for partners of gay and lesbian employees, subsidized health care premiums for families for the first time in the college’s history, and provided holiday bonuses - all at a time when most colleges in the state were laying off.

Founded in 2005, Infomet Inc started out with the core objective of providing software development and IT solutions to Fortune 500, mid and small market clients. We understand that the only way to survive and grow in this cut throat competitive business sector is to provide the best possible business and information technology solutions to the customers at a competitive price tag.

Over the years, the consistent hallmarks of Infomet have been: quality of service, an intimate knowledge of a broad range of technologies, a delivery methodology for low-cost rapid implementation, and a team of highly-skilled professionals with expertise in numerous vertical industries.

With a humble beginning we have grown at a healthy pace and Infomet Inc has great plans ahead for consolidation, growth, and diversification. We are striving hard every day to strengthen our foundations with a talented and trustworthy technical team and to build a loyal and satisfied customer base. We very well understand that the quality of our services and products are the best marketing tools and revenue generators to keep us on track for the growth we visualize.

Promoters : With a combined experience of more than 62 years among the promoters in diversified industry sectors like software, banking, construction, project management, Insurance, telecommunications, Retail, Government, media, power generation, manufacturing, transportation, Infomet is solidly based on a strong foundation of business and technological expertise that is needed to understand, analyze, optimize, implement and support the perfect solution for the customer’s ever changing business needs.

Employees: Infomet Inc stretches and strives to recruit and retain the best of the breed brain power and business professionals to deliver and implement our precise solutions to the best satisfaction of our customers within the estimated timelines and budgets. Employee satisfaction is the name of the game at InfoMet and we see that every employee gets personal attention, equal opportunity, best benefits package and perfect environment to unleash the individual technical prowess.

Customers: Winning a customer’s trust is the most difficult thing for any business and keeping it up is even more difficult. The growing and repeating customer base is a proof that we are not only meeting their demands but we are consistently exceeding.

Together we are on an exciting journey of consolidation, growth, diversification and Globalization.

Infomet Inc

1-800LoanMart is a direct financer title loan company, and not a bank. We are not bogged down with the regulatory constraints that make most bankers hesitate to advance small or large amounts of money. This form of financing will enable car owners to achieve their financial objectives by supplying them with the money they need to help them get by. We are able to give most people who own cars loans because our financing methods are secured by the value of the car, and not by our customer’s credit. We are licensed by the State and members of the Better Business Bureau.

We will do our best to…

• Loan the maximum amount of money based on the value of your car and your car title ownership.
• Provide fast funding by continually seeking ways to automate the title loan process.
• Build the trust of our customers by being upfront and honest in all transactions and interactions.
• Create a comfortable business environment for our customers.

We realize that our most valuable asset is our reputation. This is why we always treat our customer’s right by always returning their title to their car upon repayment of their loans.

1-800LoanMart
15821 Ventura Blvd. Suite 185
Encino, CA 91436

Dr. Anna Szmitko and the Forest Green Dental Care Team would like to welcome you to our friendly and modern dental practice. Our team of professionals pride themselves in providing you with high quality dentistry in a comfortable, relaxed and friendly environment. Our philosophy is focused on our commitment to our patient’s optimal oral and dental health. Our goal is to help you achieve a beautiful and healthy smile. We look forward to providing you and your family with high quality and pain free dentistry in a prompt, friendly and informative manner.

Photon infotech is A Next Generation Internet Consulting Firm Accelerating Innovation.

Photon specializes in cutting edge business solutions that utilize Social Media , next generation mobile, Web 2.0, SOA, Open Source and many other emerging technologies.

With more than 600 customers and thousands of IT projects in Social Media , Next generation mobile, Web 2.0, SOA, and Open Source , Photon InfoTech enables large Enterprises and Venture backed SME companies alike to leverage our one-of-a kind workforce of elite IT experts to create revenue generating business solutions.

Srinivas Balasubramanian is the CEO and Mukund Balasubramanian is the CTO.

Social Media Framework

Photon’s Social Media Framework - SMF is geared towards providing a robust platform to build next generation applications across multiple channels with customizable Web 2.0 based features to Connect, Collaborate, Contribute, Communicate, Commerce around Content on the Web and Mobile.

This framework is not just about providing features to enable Social Media but utilizes Photon’s rich experience in helping corporations as well as enterprises, successfully deliver mission critical social media based applications. It will guide you to deliver a world class Social Media enabled experience and give a whole new dimension to your Web and Mobile presence.

Key Benefits

Expand Market Reach
Enrich User Experience
Enhance Conversion Rate
Sustain Customer Loyalty
Save Cost
Syndication
Who can Benefit

Corporations: Can use it to establish an organization-wide collaborative environment and facilitate users to seamlessly traverse the department silos. It would also allow coordinated flow of information and help the corporate executives quickly access information using our consolidated Information Dashboard of Mashups.

Enterprises/Venture Backed/New Age Startups: Can use it to deliver rich content across channels and allow consumer to share content and express their views in a collaborative environment. It can be extended to monetize content as well as products using the eCommerce and mCommerce features.

Social Media on web :

Enterprise 2.0 : People can collaborate, react more quickly and hence make better decisions. An opportunity to make a more efficient, productive and intelligent workforce.
Microsites : Broadcast your product or service to the target audience with the maximum effciency.

OpenSocial : Gives the opportunity for social applications to expose to a single set of APIs and run on any OpenSocial-enabled applications
Facebook : leverage the large user base on Facebook by building applications on Facebook as well as connecting your existing applications to Facebook.

Twitter : New age micro blogging concept to communicate with your customers, partners and employees. Potential medium to generate alternate revenue streams

ICON Payment Solutions is one of the fastest growing providers of wholesale credit card and debit card based payment processing services in the U.S. Our objective is to offer merchants a level of professionalism and service no other payment processor can equal. We endeavor to offer the most competitive rates in the industry.

As a Wholesaler in the Merchant Services industry, we are able to offer our merchants a variety of guarantees.

Below are a few examples of some of our guarantees:

1. Rates not to increase for up to 4 years except to Visa MC pass through increases

2. Lifetime upgrades and replacement on any and all Processing Equipment purchased or leased through IPS

3. Processing and Lease contract buyout opportunities

Icon Payment Mission Statement:

ICON Payment Solutions goal is to provide our sales force with all of the tools necessary to succeed.
With over 25 years experience in this industry our Principals know how to make this happen. Having built up two very successful ISO’s they have seen and done it all, they have also learned what other ISO’s and processors do well and what they need to do better.
We can create a program capable of saving you money today. Our commitment and goal is to provide unparalleled customer service,
and technical support along with any other help we can offer to our merchants.

With over 30 years experience in the merchant service industry, we know what you need and how to help you the merchant the most effective way possible.

We are excited to be able to take care of your credit card processing needs; let us know if there is anything we can do to assist you.
This company has been built on that knowledge and is what ICON Payment Solutions prides itself on, being able to have the competitive advantage over any other Agent Partnership Program you have seen to date.

In building up ICON Payment Solutions the goal has been to put together a company and a package second to none, starting with our backend services from Underwriting, Customer Service, Account Retention, down to Agent Partner Support.
The company has also gone out and put together an extremely attractive package as far as the types of products and services you will be able to offer to your merchants, you will find a complete list of these items in this packet.

Along with that we have put a great list of products and services together for our Agent Partners in order to make your job a little easier and give you the ability to focus on signing merchant accounts. At the end of the day, our company was built on sales.
Because of that, we know what it takes for you to be successful, and believe us, that is our desire. We want you to be able to focus your efforts forward and on closing, so whatever we can do to make that happen for you we are ready!

ICON Payment Solutions, Inc. is a registered ISO and MSP of HSBC Bank, National Association, Buffalo, NY.

ICON Payment Solutions, Inc. is a registered ISO and MSP of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Walnut Creek, CA

Story By: Brian Elias Hansons Windows

It was time for college. I remember how disappointed my father was with my prospects of getting into a university or any college for that matter. My dad wanted me to go to college more than anything. He was planning to re-mortgage his home to afford to send me to school.

I applied at Eastern Michigan University and requested an in person interview. I knew that if I could talk with them I would be admitted. I was admitted on a very strict probation.

I passed my first year by a slim margin (as always). That summer I sold pots and pans, speakers, telephones and radios literally out of the trunk of my car. My dad was really disappointed when I told him that school really wasn’t for me and I wanted to be in sales and marketing. I took the next year off of school. I remember my dad calling me, asking if I was ready to shut my trunk and get myself back to school. I was ready. My dad said that he would pay for school after I improved my grades. The first semester I fell short of our agreement of a 3.0 B average. I was still earning money by selling out of my trunk, and I was delivering pizzas. I was never lazy. I always worked very hard. I paid for school on my own that semester. One day I received a call from my dad saying, “Maybe school isn’t for you, Brian.” I was thinking that myself when he continued with “I have a friend who is in the window business…why don’t you call him?” I, of course, took down the number knowing I wouldn’t call it.

That night I was with a girl I knew and was telling her of the conversation with my dad. She says, “That’s funny, my brother is in the window business …I’m going to call him.” I ended up getting on the phone with him and by coincidence he happened to work for my dad’s friend. We talked for a while and he encouraged me to look in to the company before saying no.

I remember thinking, “Who the heck replaces their windows?” After seeing their business, I finished the term at school and went to work for the window company. I was a Canvasser (a door knocker). I moved into sales shortly thereafter, and was reminded by my father to be a sponge. He told me to learn the business. My dad always reminded me to work hard which I always did. He also told me to be true to myself and to others.

My Dad’s friend and his son ran a very successful company. I learned a ton from them. The son became a friend and to this day we keep in touch.

I moved on to another company and learned exactly what not to do. Selling a great product was not enough. You needed to have amazing customer service as well. The employees I worked with actually had contempt for the customers. To them, customers were an inconvenience. I remember thinking that if I ever owned my own business, things would be run very differently.

I decided I would go back to night school to pass the tests needed to open a window company of my own. I remember how diligent I was about this work. I walked into the testing room knowing I would ace the test…and I DID!

Looking back, my dad taught me to work from the heart and to be true to myself. My mother used to say, “Brian, you are truly your father’s son.” My father’s name was Hanley. I named the company “Hansons” which was short for Hanley’s son.

My father was able to see my business flourish during his lifetime. My father died in 1992 of a heart attack. Fortunately for my father, he died in his sleep. He was only 49 years old.

Just a few days before my father died, I ran into him by chance at a local parking lot. He said, “Brian I am sure proud of you, I made a winner.” That spirit lives within me and within Hansons everyday ….Thanks Dad …I love you.

Brian Elias,
President of Hansons

Debt lead conversions are extremely inflated when lead providers market their services. You will see advertisements stating closing ratios of 18% for an Internet lead and 25% for a live lead. Well that may happen one day or even one week, but overall conversions are not going to be that high. In reality they do not need to close at that rate to earn a nice ROI. If I am selling overpriced shared leads or expensive exclusive leads then of course I am going to hype up my closing ratios to sell my leads. In the end it is all about your conversions. Your price per lead does not matter if the closing ratios support what you are paying.

Reading too much into pricing could lead you away from a good debt lead provider. A debt lead provider priced too low could be a sign of a debt lead provider selling bad leads or it could be a debt lead provider that generates their leads in house. This makes their price per lead much lower. A debt lead provider with high priced leads is either a reseller or is generating debt leads via marketing channels such as Google PPC. Generating debt leads via Google PPC can run a company anywhere from $20 to $35 just to generate one quality lead.

A better way to look at lead cost or lead buying is to determine a target cost per sale. It varies in the debt settlement industry. You have companies that are happy with a $500 cost per sale and some that demand a $200 cost per sale. Establishing this number can help in determining a good lead source. Cost per sale or close is the total dollars spent on marketing to achieve a sale.

Most research shows that a shared Internet debt lead closes at about 3 to 4 percent. Sounds low but if you are paying $10 for the leads then you are going to hit a $250 to $300 cost per close. Exclusive Internet debt leads close around 10 percent. Depending on what you are paying for exclusive leads it may be more profitable to go with exclusive debt leads. Each of these numbers are just examples. There are going to be cases where a certain lead is closing better for one company compared to another.

Other factors that increase debt lead closing ratios are a good lead management system, a good return policy and a well trained sales team.

Before you start buying debt leads or move to a new debt lead provider try and establish a target cost per close. Share it with the debt lead provider and establish a plan to hit your target. If the closing ratios are not high enough then maybe your debt lead provider can lower the cost per lead to meet your target.

If you want a set cost per close then our Pay per Sale Program is the right solution for you.

For more information on these services visit IDebtLeads.com for Debt Leads.

Chris Veugeler of Auto Concepts has launched a new domain about Chris Veugeler and Auto Concepts.

The new website about Chris Veugeler has been established to share links, news and infirmation about Chris and Auto Concepts.

At Auto Concepts we strive to meet the standards that our customers deserve. Whether you’re in the market for a used vehicle, looking at your financing options, or looking for a quick quote on a car, truck, or SUV, our friendly, professional staff is ready to provide you with all the help you need. We invite you to call or visit our dealership, conveniently located just off Interstate 80 at the Richards St. exit, and experience the care every one of our employees takes in the vehicles we sell and the service we give our valued customers.

Chris Veugeler
Auto Concepts
501 Richards St
Joliet, IL 60433
Phone: 888-828-4741

On The Web:
http://www.ChrisVeugeler.com
http://www.cars.com/autoconcepts/

Chris Veugeler shares information on Hybrid Cars.

Hybrid vehicles have two types of engines working together, a standard gas powered engine, and an electric motor assist powered by a rechargeable nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery pack. In theory, this environmentally friendly combination of gas and electric hybrid technology gives you higher gas mileage, and lower engine exhaust emissions, we’ll explain how in a moment.

Hybrids are not to be confused with electric vehicles. Hybrid cars are primarily gas powered cars with electrical motor assist. Some hybrid cars are qualified as “Clean Fuel Property” by the IRS. Some hybrid SUVs like the Lexus RX400h are even SULEV rated (Super-Ultra-Low-Emission Vehicle), appealing to the environmentally conscious new car buyer. Many hybrid vehicles are coming to market in the form of hybrid cars, hybrid trucks, and hybrid SUVs. Here are some examples of hybrid autos: Lexus RX 400h hybrid, Lexus GS 450h Hybrid, Honda Civic Hybrid, Honda Accord Hybrid, Honda Insight Hybrid, Toyota Prius, 2007 Toyota Camry hybrid, Toyota Highlander, and Ford Escape Hybrid.

Chris Veugeler has been in the automotive sales industry for several years.