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Jim Nail Joins Powered Board of Advisors
Nail is the chief marketing and strategy officer for Cymfony, and was previously a Forrester analyst. Nail brings over 20 years of experience in integrated marketing, including non-traditional and consumer-generated media, to Powered, where he will serve in a key advisory role
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Amerisave Launches Learning Center – June 14, 2006
With reliable, free courses, consumers can now educate themselves in all aspects of the home buying process, from loan application to refinancing to investing.
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Tutorials: Sony's new marketing secret – May 25, 2006
Marketers at Sony Corp., seeking an alternative to tired traditional marketing methods, have found a new way to connect with consumers -- online courses. Two years ago, Sony launched its first online tutorial, providing tips and information on digital photography, and it has since expanded to four. The results of the four campuses have been encouraging. Sony has received a favorability rating of more than 90% from its customers, and those who take the course are not only more likely to buy an item they're learning about, they are more likely to buy a Sony product.
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Consumer Education ROI Report makes splash in press
A number of media outlets have turned their attention to consumer education recently. Writers from ClickZ, MediaPost, and iMediaConnection have chimed in on the release of Consumer Education Produces High ROI. Get your copy here.
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Women Drawn to iVillage Courses – May 22, 2006
Powered announces the successful completion of a series of ten online educational courses for iVillage. In three months, the free, instructor-led courses attracted nearly 100,000 visitors eager to learn about such topics as digital photography, scrapbooking, and keeping your kids safe on the Internet.
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Powered Outperforms Traditional Media Advertising and Direct Marketing Programs – May 22, 2006
Independent industry study shows that sponsoring online educational programs for consumers produces a far greater ROI than comparable marketing dollars spent on traditional media advertising or direct marketing.
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More than 5 Million Served – May 22, 2006
Powered surpasses 5 million consumer enrollments for its online education programs. Powered programs have driven nearly 80 million consumers to its clients’ sites, including Atkins, BusinessWeek, Gateway, HP, iVillage, Sony, and P&G.
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Powered Names Buck Krawczyk Vice President of Marketing – May 1, 2006
Powered announces the appointment of Buck Krawczyk to the position of vice president of marketing. Krawczyk brings more than 25 years of strategic marketing experience to the Powered executive team.
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Powered Inc. Secures $6.2 Million in Funding – April 4, 2006
Powered today announced that the company has secured $6.2 million in funding from Austin Ventures. The capital will be used to expand Powered's sales and marketing efforts; fund new product development initiatives; and meet the growing demand for online consumer education.
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Powered Appoints Dean Wiltse to Board of Directors – March 29, 2006
Powered announces the appointment of Dean Wiltse to the company's board of directors. Bringing more than 30 years of technology leadership, Wiltse will provide strategic counsel and accelerate growth for Powered's innovative marketing offering.
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Powered, Inc. Announces Company Advisory Board – November 2005
Powered, Inc., the leader in Educational Marketing solutions, today announced it has created a Board of Advisors. This group of industry experts will play a key role in accelerating the growth of the company and helping establish broad acceptance of Educational Marketing in the interactive marketing category.
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Powered CEO, Dave Ellett Participates on Technology Marketing Innovation Panel at AD:Tech, NY – November 7, 2005
On November 7th, executives from CNET, Powered and Accela Communications joined Digital Voodoo's Dave Evans at the AD:Tech Conference in New York, on a panel to discuss how both b2b and consumer marketing can benefit from innovative new technologies that help marketers reach customers in the way the customer wishes to be "touched." The panel, titled "Pixel Dust: Technology Marketing Innovation" covered new marketing technologies that help acquire and retain customers. Beyond websites, email, banners, search – they discussed what else marketers can do to leverage the Internet -- contextual marketing, new ad models in social networking, synergistic ad concepts, webcasting and more!
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Sony Expands Sony 101 – Internet Retailer – September 7, 2005
SonyStyle.com is working with Powered Inc., an interactive marketing company, to expand Sony 101, an online education program aimed at helping customers sort through the maze of products and technology on Sony's main business-to-consumer e-commerce site.
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Educational Marketing Atop the "Value Pyramid" – July 2005
Industry analyst, Kent Allen directs research, consulting and customer education initiatives from The Research Trust's San Francisco office. He has written a research brief on his Web log citing Educational Marketing as an effective way to reach the demanding, impatient, and growingly defensive, ad-averse customers. The Consumer Value Pyramid replaces the idea of a one-size-fits-all solution.
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Powered CEO Selected as AD:Tech Panelist – April 25, 2005
On April 25, 2005, executives from CNET, Powered, ContextWeb and Industry Brains joined GSD&M's Dave Evans at the AD:TECH05 conference in San Francisco, the nation's leading interactive marketing event, on a panel to discuss the emerging trend towards Contextual Marketing. The panel, titled "The Contextual Marketing Opportunity" addressed the broadening range of online resources for consumers, from forums to buyer's opinion sites, to consumer product ratings, to blogs and RSS feeds, and how publishers need to maximize their real estate online, resulting in a deeper focus on contextual advertising.
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BusinessWeek Launches Free Online Education Courses For Business Professionals – April 18, 2005
BusinessWeek, the world's most widely read business magazine, today announced the launch of the BusinessWeek Online Courses site (available at www.bwcourses.com), which offers free instructor-led courses from well-known business experts to business professionals. The course offerings span a variety of sought after topics, such as starting a business, creating a business plan, raising capital, wireless computing, designing a home office and more.
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If You Want To Reach 'Em, Teach 'Em – iMedia Connection – April 5, 2005
With so much being written about consumers' aversion to ads and their increasing ability to avoid them, can we develop a form of marketing and advertising consumers truly want?
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Atkins Nutritionals, Inc., Launches Atkins University – Jan. 18, 2005
Atkins Nutritionals, Inc., the original low-carb lifestyle experts, and Powered, Inc., the leader in educational marketing solutions, today announced a partnership and the launch of the new Atkins University.
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Sony Demystifies Technology With Free Online Training Courses – Jan. 5, 2005
What is a megapixel? How do I network my products together? What does high definition really mean? There are many levels of consumer questions regarding technology, and today Sony Electronics is officially launching a free online education program aimed at helping consumers sort through the maze of products and technology.
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Powered solution featured in new HP Security site – USA Today, Dec. 6, 2004
Protecting your business takes more than software. In a recent AMI study, small and medium businesses (SMBs) identified security as a top priority, having recently spent nearly one billion dollars on anti-virus, anti-spam, intrusion detection firewalls and other IT security measures.
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Powered Names New CEO – November 2, 2004
Powered, Inc., the leader in Educational Marketing solutions, today announced it has appointed Dave Ellett as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Ellett brings more than 25 years of senior management, corporate development and strategy experience to Powered, where he will lead expansion efforts for the company's interactive marketing solutions.
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