The petition will ask the Government to halt any plans for mining New Zealand’s most highly-protected land and water.

“Kiwis who care about their natural treasures can tell the National Party that they don’t want mining in our most highly valued places,” Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei said today.

The Government has announced plans to do a ‘stock take’ of the mineral deposits in public conservation areas currently protected from mining in Schedule 4 of the Crown Minerals Act. Schedule 4 areas include wildlife sanctuaries, national parks, marine reserves, and wetlands of international importance.

The Government has also instructed Crown Minerals officials to look at what areas should be taken out of Schedule 4 in order to open them up for mining.

“Even the economics of mining don’t add up,” Mrs Turei said. “The financial value of protected land is in the perpetual fresh water, flood protection and other ecoservices that far outweigh the one-off and environmentally-damaging mineral revenues.

“Mining would also risk thousands of Kiwi jobs that rely on our tourism industry.”

The national parks, reserves and sanctuaries were also part of New Zealanders’ heritage, Mrs Turei noted: “Thousands of Kiwis have invested countless volunteer hours and dollars to protect these places. That heritage should be passed on to our kids not destroyed for short term profit.”

Meanwhile,the Government’s search for coal and lignite was also out of step with the world’s shift to renewable energy sources, Mrs Turei said.

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Bristol, UK, August 05, 2009 — Many SMEs say legal advice needs to become more accessible and affordable. Law Donut is a new free resource that’s aiming to make that happen. Published by BHP Information Solutions, Law Donut is a free website that will provide comprehensive legal information for UK SMEs.

Packed with over 1300 FAQs and 100 toolkits, Law Donut has been designed to serve business owners and managers who need to get a solid understanding of the issues and how to navigate them, but who aren’t at the stage of wanting to pay for individual legal advice.

“We’ve done a lot of research in the market and what SME’s are telling us is that they want and need more information, but they can’t necessarily afford to pay a lawyer to tell them,” says Anthony Mullinder, Business Development Executive at BHP Information Solutions. “We’ve designed Law Donut to meet that need. It’s all about providing reliable and easy-to-follow information so SME owners and managers can be better informed.”

While it might seem like competition for lawyers, the publishers say they have received positive interest from law firms who say Law Donut is filling a gap in the market.

“Lawyers recognise that their clients will still need tailored advice, and it’s in their interests for their clients to be better informed about business law at a general level. In fact many lawyers are interested in making Law Donut’s information available to their clients as a way to add value and promote their areas of expertise.” Law Donut launches on 18 August.

Contact:
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BHP Information Solutions
Bristol, UK
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anthony.mullinder@bhpinfosolutions.co.uk

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A new online service launches aiming to help identify new trends in world news and bring them to the worlds attention through the mainstream global media.

(PressMethod) – A political news advisory service has been launched by PR Angel Solutions Limited. Claiming it will provide the ‘news before it happens’.

The news advisory touts itself as being able to help shape the news of global newsrooms, through trustworthy, considered and well timed News Advisories aimed at industry insiders in the mainstream press. The team of seasoned Journalists, Editors and Technologists will use a online saturation approach, seeding the online search engines and news sites with topics they believe should be brought to global attention.

Will this small team of guerilla journalist really achieve what they believe? WIl they be able to have an impact? Time will tell, and we will see if they are seen as a leading source for ‘News before it happens’. With contacts across the industry you can be sure the same Journalists that provided breaking news about the PLO, Qaddafi and Arafat in the 70′s and 80′s and named Ossama Bin Laden as prime suspect while one of the twin towers was still standing you can rest assured this is one small news organisation which will be one to watch.

BACKGROUND

PR Angel is chosen by a select number of discerning clients for their press release distribution needs.

PR Angel Solutions Limited is a truly global organisation born in New Zealand and registered in England and Wales. Working with global partners in Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Jordan, USA and the United Kingdom.

Andrew Bonar
Andrew Bonar has over 15 years experience in New Media and ICT, having co-founded the UK’s first independent ISP @Pobox and then went on to launch number of cutting edge web technologies including e-Banx one of Europes first ecommerce gateways sold to UC.com

Andrew went on to study a Masters in Journalism at The Centre for Broadcasting and Journalism at The Nottingham Trent University. Specialising in Online Journalism. Andrew was nominated Student Journalist of the Year by The Guardian and Independent Newspapers in the UK for his work as news editor of The Platform newspaper in Nottingham.

John Bonar
John Bonar a seasoned print and broadcast media Journalist with 30 years experience in media, marketing and advertising. He started as a freelance journalist in his late teens and progressed to be a freelance foreign correspondent based in the Middle East.

In the Print Media working for the likes of the Financial Times, The Times and The Observer and in Broadcast Media for many leading TV Networks and Radio stations including NBC, CNN and the BBC. John is currently the publisher of a number of publications in Russia and consultant to Moscow Times and other leading Russian print publications.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Andrew Bonar

PR Angel Solutions Ltd

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The Ministerial Council of the OPEC Fund for International Development will hold its 30th meeting on June 16 in Vienna, Austria.
Heading a delegation including deputy economy minister and members of parliament, Iranian economic and financial affairs minister Shamsedin Husseini will also attend the meeting which is aimed at discussing the financial bills of OPEC Fund, chartered accountants, accountancy of the financial resources of OPEC Fund, designation of the head and deputy head of the ministerial council, grant in aid for anti-AIDS/HIV programs, grant in aid for reconstruction of Palestine, and discussing the financial crisis.
Iran, Algeria, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Gabon and Venezuela include the 12 member states of OPEC Fund which has been established on the aim of helping the economic growth of the developing countries.

ABOUT MOJ
Moj News Agency was established in line with the activities of Moj Cultural Institute. The agency was inaugurated after long-term theoretical and practical studies focusing on the most successful news agencies all over the world.

After a period of 5-year studies, finally Moj News Agency was registered in 1381/9/5 (11/26/2002) under the number of 14639 and also the legal ground of the IRI Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.

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The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The Secretary-General has taken note of the lack of agreement within the Security Council on the future activities of a United Nations stabilization mission.

In accordance with this outcome, the Secretary-General will instruct his Special Representative to take all measures required to cease the operations of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG), effective 16 June.  He will consult with his senior advisers and his Special Representative on the immediate next steps.

The Secretary-General regrets that the Security Council has been unable to reach agreement on the basis of a package of practical and realistic proposals he submitted to the Security Council aimed at contributing to a stabilization of the situation on the ground.

The Secretary-General extends his appreciation to all the men and women who served the mission, and to the countries that provided them.  In particular, he expresses his profound tribute to the memory of those who have lost their lives in the service of peace there.

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Yukio Takusu (Japan) recalled that, in the previous report, he had informed the Council that the Committee had sent letters to concerned Member States inviting them to provide any additional relevant information regarding a transfer of materiel that constituted a violation of paragraph 5 of resolution 1747 (2007).  That paragraph sets out the export ban on arms and related materiel from Iran.

Updating the Council, the Japanese Ambassador reported that the Committee had subsequently received a response from one of the two States, which, however, did not provide any information relevant to the transfer.  The Committee had reiterated its request in a second letter to both States on 1 May.  The Committee had also received, on 27 March and 26 May, respectively, additional details on the materiel from the State that had first brought the matter to the Committee’s attention.  That information was currently under review by the Committee.

In his earlier briefing on 10 March, Mr. Takasu had informed the Council that the Committee had received a letter on 3 February from a Member State “seeking guidance with respect to its inspection of a vessel carrying its flag that had been carrying arms-related materials”.  The Committee had responded on 6 February, saying that the transfer of the material in question was a violation of paragraph 5 of resolution 1747 (2007).  After a further exchange of letters, on 9 March, the Committee had sent a letter to the concerned Member States inviting them to provide, within 10 working days, any additional information regarding that transaction that might help the Committee carry out its mandate.  Council members have described the incident as involving a ship travelling from Iran to Syria that was detained in late January off the coast of Cyprus, its flag State carrying arms prohibited under Security Council resolutions.

Also during the reporting period, the Committee had received a notification from a Member State with reference to paragraph 5 of resolution 1737 (2006), concerning the delivery of items for use in the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran, he continued.  The Committee had also received a notification pursuant to paragraph 15 of that resolution, in connection with the unfreezing of funds to make payments for contracts entered into prior to the listing of an entity.

He informed the Council that the Committee had responded to two written queries from Member States concerning certain aspects of the sanctions regime.  Finally, with regard to reporting by States on their implementation of all relevant measures set out in resolution 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007) and 1803 (2008), the updated figures are as follows:  91 reports under resolution 1737, 78 reports under resolution 1747, and 66 reports under resolution 1803.

Following the briefing, the representative of the United States said that the “E-3 + 3” (China, France, Germany, Russian Federation, United Kingdom and United States) had been seeking a meeting with Iran to discuss a way forward on its nuclear programme, but it had not yet received a reply.  The United States continued to urge Iran to accept that invitation.

Noting that today’s meeting was the first one since Iran’s elections on 12 June, she said the United States shared the international community’s concern in their aftermath.  It was important to respect the rights of the Iranian citizens to express themselves peacefully.

It was also the first meeting since the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had released its latest report on the status of Iran’s compliance with its Safeguards Agreements and Security Council resolutions, she said, noting that the Agency’s board of Governors was starting meetings today.  The focus should be on IAEA’s detailed findings, which were troubling and included Iran’s refusal to comply with the Council’s demand to suspend its proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities.  That deserved the Council’s attention.  The Agency’s report had also found that Iran continued to advance significantly towards a nuclear weapon capability, producing low-enriched uranium hexafluoride (UF6), enough for one nuclear weapon, should it continue to enrich.

Continuing, she said that Iran had not accepted full IAEA safeguards, and, among other things, continued to refuse to address the Agency’s remaining questions about past efforts to produce a nuclear warhead, or even to meet.  It declined to clarify procurement procedures, or the research and development activities of military institutions and companies that could be nuclear-related, and it rejected requests for access to information and documentation, and to individuals necessary to support Iran’s peaceful claims.  The Director General had again asked for cooperation, without further delay.

In light of Iran’s continued non-compliance with its IAEA and Security Council obligations, the Council Committee must continue to receive full support, she said.  The Committee sought additional information from Iran and Syria about the recent violation of 1747.  She remained concerned that that request remained unanswered.  The United States appreciated Cyprus’ inspection of the ship’s cargo and for placing it in safe storage, as well as that country’s provision to the Committee of additional details about the cargo.  Her country would take particular note of additional information that some of the ship’s cargo belonged to Iran’s Defence Industries Organization, a designated entity under 1737.  At the same time, it supported the Committee’s critically important efforts to examine the additional details and take appropriate action.

Her country remained committed to direct diplomacy with Iran and would engage on the basis of mutual respect.  It also recognized that membership in the international family of nations was a right, but also a responsibility.  The Committee had an essential role to play, and she urged it to redouble its efforts to implement the robust measures contained in the relevant Council resolutions.

The representative of the United Kingdom said he also appreciated the cooperation of a Member State in providing further information about the seized cargo, but the response received from the States concerned about the violation of the resolution was not adequate.  The matter remained under the Committee’s consideration, and he hoped it would receive the necessary information.  The IAEA report had made clear, once again, the seriousness of Iran’s proliferation activities, which were in clear defiance of several Council resolutions.  It had also made clear Iran’s continued non-cooperation with the Agency.  Iran now had more than 7,000 centrifuges installed, of which about 5,000 were enriching UF6.  Iran had now produced 1,339 kilograms of low-enriched uranium.  It continued to deny IAEA access to a heavy-water reactor, whose design could be used to produce nuclear weapons.  The IAEA had said that that had made it difficult to report further on the construction of the reactor, as the Security Council had requested.

Continuing, he noted the IAEA point that Iran was the only State with significant nuclear activities with comprehensive safeguards in force, but which was not implementing the provisions of revised safeguards concerning design information.  The IAEA had still not received preliminary design information for another nuclear power plant, as requested in December 2007.  Nor had it cooperated on questions about the possible military dimensions of its nuclear programme overall, making it impossible to be confident about Iran’s peaceful intentions.  The United Kingdom did not want to deny Iran the use of nuclear energy for civilian purposes, but it was difficult to see how Iran’s present actions were in pursuit of that goal.

Simply stated, Iran’s continued stalling undermined confidence in its intentions, he said.  Moreover, it continued to expand its enrichment programme, with no apparent civilian purpose.  Iran must suspend enrichment activities and act now to assure the international community that its intentions were exclusively peaceful.  The message was clear and simple:  now was the time to get down to serious business.  The international community had made clear its desire for a sincere partnership with Iran, but that opportunity was not a blank check.  Iran needed to make real and urgent progress.  The offer would not be there forever.

According to the IAEA report, noted France’s representative, Iran was continuing with enrichment and installing new centrifuges.  It had refused repeated requests by the Agency for access to a new plant being built and to implement certain transparency measures.  As the Director General had said, Iran was the only country with significant nuclear activities that did not apply those measures or the Agency’s Additional Protocol.  Iran had not cooperated on key points; it had not provided the requested information or documentation or access to the key sites.  The Agency had concluded, therefore, that it was not in a position to verify the absence of undeclared nuclear activity and that there was a need to fully apply the sanctions adopted after repeated violations by Iran.

He said that Cyprus had taken the right decision to inspect the vessel and withdraw its cargo, but it remained to be determined whether, in addition to the banned arms, the cargo had any link with persons or entities listed in the resolutions related to Iran’s nuclear programme.  France favoured the political direction of the “E-3 + 3”, which had long proposed that Iran meet, but that country had still not replied.  He hoped it would re-evaluate its behaviour and stop obstructing the work of the Agency.  In short, he hoped it would extend its hand to the hand extended to it.  Iran had a singular opportunity to do that, and France hoped that it would.

The representative of the Russian Federation said the Committee, in its continued work, should remain guided by the Council’s resolutions and by the primary goal of effective monitoring of Iran’s programme, via diplomatic means and negotiations based on proposals put forward by the “six”.  Russia was working towards ensuring dialogue with Iran, as soon as possible.  All six concerned States should stay with the primary goal of ensuring that there were no military aspects to Iran’s nuclear programme.

Mexico’s speaker thanked the Japanese Ambassador for the detailed report, while expressing concern about points raised in the most recent IAEA report of 5 June that Iran was still not complying with the Council’s resolutions and that it continued to enrich uranium and build plants linked to heavy-water reactors.  Mexico favoured nuclear disarmament through effective and progressive measures, ensuring the credibility and efficiency of the international non-proliferation system.  The recent positive disarmament initiatives shown by some nuclear-weapon States contrasted with the attitudes of other States continuing in their nuclear energy-related activities for non-peaceful purposes.  Mexico was concerned about possible delays towards a world free of nuclear weapons; only their total elimination would prevent their proliferation.  It was crucial to remain seized of Iran’s nuclear issue.  Iran should continue to work with the IAEA in order to clarify pertinent issues in conformity with Council resolutions.

China’s representative said Iran’s nuclear issue involved the effectiveness of the nuclear non-proliferation regime and had a direct bearing on the Middle East situation.  China had always stood for the maintenance of the global non-proliferation regime; it was opposed to nuclear weapons proliferation and did not wish to see a new wave of turbulence in the Middle East.  But, the matter should be resolved diplomatically, in the interest of peace and security in that region and beyond.  At present, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, China, United States and the Russian Federation remained in close contact with Iran regarding problems on different aspects of its nuclear programme.  China hoped the outstanding issues with the IAEA would soon be resolved, so as to allay the international community’s misgivings.  The international community should intensify its diplomatic efforts and maintain dialogue with Iran, aimed at the early start of negotiations and a comprehensive, long-term settlement of the nuclear issue.

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The new version provides faster rendering engine and a striking new interface making Pressmart a very powerful-hosted print-to-online publishing service.

The feature rich eMag 3.0 offers 3D Thumbnails, Superior caching technology, Article text view and Multi-format XML based delivery that place the news back in a format that users can use on a multitude of devices including Mobile, RSS and Audio. It also enables management of Subscriptions, Ads, Analytics and Support in a single view.

“The eMag 3.0 offers deep analytics into the digital edition online traffic and user reading behavior, giving invaluable insight to the editorial and ad marketing teams of a publication.” said Sanjiv Gupta, Founder and Executive Chairman of Pressmart. “Customers can also launch their new media platform faster, far more efficiently and cost effectively”.

Readers demand for content that is more interactive, rich and ‘now’, scattered across different virtual channels is rapidly increasing. Traditional online sites do not carry the print brand online and lack the interactivity and richness of the eMag 3.0 interface.

With Pressmart’s on-demand digital platform Publishers can go digital on web, mobile, podcast and RSS in a matter of minutes even if they do not have technical knowledge. Additionally it offers access to state-of-art marketing, subscription and advertising tools using which Publishers can start monetizing from digital delivery from almost day one.

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San Francisco, CA, June 15, 2009 — China Prime (www.chinaprime.com) announced today the appointment of Jason Patent, PhD, to the position of Vice President, Cultural Affairs.

Formerly the Director of Stanford University’s Overseas Studies Program at Peking University in Beijing, Dr. Patent most recently led the language research team of leading management consultancy, Gap International, Inc. His role at China Prime will leverage his extensive background in linguistics and East Asian studies, as well as his hands-on expertise in bridging the perceptual and performance gaps driven by cultural assumptions common to Western businesses.

“Over the nearly two decades since I first went to China to work, I’ve witnessed dozens of failures in tasks large and small due to a clumsy handling of intercultural differences,” said Dr. Patent. “In virtually every situation, no one ever bothered to ask: ‘How can we adapt our thinking and behavior to get the results we want?’ The resulting loss of opportunity – in time and cost – is staggering. With China Prime, I’ll be in a position to help organizations identify and solve these kinds of avoidable mistakes.”

Dr. Patent’s appointment to China Prime’s executive team further elevates the firm’s expertise, which includes strategic consulting, China market research and special projects such as consumer and business data mining and integrated marketing. He joins a highly seasoned management team that has successfully built international technology, marketing and data management enterprises.

“Superior leadership and informed, real-world guidance is required now more than ever to help organizations intelligently leverage the myriad opportunities represented by the Chinese market,” said Ben Tse, Chief Operating Officer of China Prime. “Jason is simply one of – if not the – best when it comes to guiding Westerners through the Chinese cultural minefield, and his appointment will provide immediate and significant benefit to our clients.”

A fluent Mandarin speaker, Dr. Patent first went to China as an English teacher in 1991 and spent over seven years living, working, teaching, and traveling China until his return to the United States in 2007. He has lived in several parts of China, including Guangzhou, Chengdu, the northeastern border province of Heilongjiang and most recently Beijing. After earning his undergraduate degree from Harvard University, Dr. Patent earned an MA in East Asian Studies from Stanford University and a PhD in Linguistics from the University of California at Berkeley.

About China Prime
Based in Vancouver, Canada, with operations in San Francisco and Beijing, China Prime (www.chinaprime.com) is a China market intelligence and strategic consulting firm, and is the leading developer and manager of comprehensive Chinese business market data for Western enterprises.

Services range from strategic consulting and list rental to market research and special projects such as consumer and business data mining, segmentation studies, integrated marketing programs and more.

The firm’s data-driven, analytical model is powered by The China List, a proprietary 10 million+ record Chinese business database, which allows the company to quickly assess opinion, mine for opportunities, or target potential partners and customers.

With the information, expertise and experience global businesses need to reap the rewards of intelligent entry into the Chinese business market, China Prime helps turn information into insight, ideas into action and opportunity into reality.
www.chinaprime.com
www.chinaprime.com/blog
www. chinaprime/twitter.com/

Press Contact:
C. Hinshaw
China Prime
3100 Kerner Blvd., Suite C1
San Rafael CA 94901
888-223-6479
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San Diego, CA, May 25, 2009 — During a time when most are playing it safe, Jennifer Borba von Stauffenberg has launched Olive PR Solutions, San Diego’s newest public relations and marketing consultancy firm that works with diverse clients to strategically achieve their business goals.

“It is during these challenging times when public relations and marketing become an essential tool for many businesses,” said von Stauffenberg. “Now is the time to capture your ideal audience and build a relationship that transcends any economic fluctuation. Businesses are being forced to work harder to claim their market share and consumers are making their decisions differently. Because of this, education and awareness is the key to a company’s success, especially young companies. I decided to launch Olive PR Solutions because I saw a huge opportunity to work with small businesses to make a big impact.”

Inspired by the olive tree, Von Stauffenberg chose the name Olive PR Solutions to coincide with this universal symbol of peace and victory, which is what the business brings to its clients. Peace knowing they are working with seasoned public relations professionals who value integrity and victory in accomplishing their goals and exceeding even their own expectations. Olive PR Solutions truly provides “all of” public relations solutions.

Von Stauffenberg has over nine years of experience in public relations and marketing, working with diverse industries including education, beauty/fashion, conscious lifestyle, health/fitness, outdoor, arts/entertainment, Indian gaming, real estate, hospitality/restaurant, consumer, among others. She specializes in developing strategic full-scale marketing and public relations plans for regional and national clients that align with the overall business goals to positively impact the bottom line.

With the execution of strong media relations plans, she has successfully worked with once virtually unknown brands to quickly break them into the marketplace, achieving visibility, credibility, and brand recognition. In addition, she has worked with many household brand names like Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, Alacer Corp. (makers of Emergen-C, the multi-vitamin drink mix), The Irvine Company, Wentworth Gallery (Legendary Frontman Paul Stanley, World Renowned Iconic Artist Peter Max, Jefferson Airplane/Starship Lead Singer Grace Slick, Award Winning Actress and Artist Jane Seymour), and more. She has secured coverage in top tier media nationally and regionally throughout the US, including Good Morning America, National Geographic Adventure, Outside Magazine, People, Family Circle, New Beauty, Shape, US Airways, Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, Women’s World, Globe and Mail (Canada’s national daily), Be-Pal (Japan’s largest outdoor magazine), About.com, MSN, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Magazine, and more.

Olive PR Solutions currently represents:
The Indigenous Education Foundation of Tanzania (www.ieftz.org)
J Thomas Construction, New York (www.jthomasnyc.com)
Ladies Who Launch, San Diego (www.ladieswholaunch.com)
Leah Grant, “The New Business Mentor” (www.leahgrantblog.com)
Pure Barre (www.purebarre.com)

Von Stauffenberg achieved her Bachelor of Arts in Communication with an emphasis in public relations from San Diego State University in 2001. She is currently a member of the Public Relations Society of America.

For more information about Olive PR Solutions, please visit www.oliveprsolutions.com or call 619-955-5285.

Contact:
Jennifer Borba von Stauffenberg
Olive PR Solutions
San Diego, CA
619-302-3181
jennifer@oliveprsolutions.com

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Los Angeles, CA, May 23, 2009 — With the current weak economy and the declining state of many media outlets, businesses and public relations professionals are witnessing a dramatic shift in the media landscape. According to public relations expert Lisa Elia, knowing the proper way to approach a journalist or broadcast producer to secure free publicity for your business is more important than ever.

Lisa Elia, owner of Lisa Elia Public Relations, will host a free publicity teleseminar on Tuesday, May 26 at 8 pm Eastern/5 pm Pacific. The seminar will feature media insiders who will reveal industry secrets for successfully approaching and pitching reporters and editors. Special guests include TV coaching expert Maureen Browne (former casting executive for E! Entertainment Television and The Style Network) and prolific blogger Aly Walansky, who writes for iVillage and SheKnows.com, among other sites.

Elia, also known as The CLEAR Publicist, will also share expert PR tips from her upcoming “Secrets of PR Success” program beginning June 3, 2009. The in-depth, 16-week PR teleseminar series is designed for entrepreneurs, small businesses or anyone who wants to learn to use public relations strategies for branding, publicity and financial growth. The deadline for registration is May 29.

With more than 20 years experience helping clients launch and expand their businesses, Elia recently launched www.clearpublicist.com to provide PR tips for entrepreneurs and small businesses via a do-it-yourself online resource offering free PR reports, ezines, and publicity tips and information.

“Whether you are new to media relations or have years of experience, the field is constantly evolving and in this weak economy, it’s more important than ever to know how to pitch like a PR pro so you can secure the publicity you need to grow and sustain your business,” Elia said.

Elia, who has booked and prepped clients for interviews on The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, and Time Magazine, will also provide useful interview preparation tips to listeners on the free PR teleseminar.

“Simple things like rehearsing a few succinct and illustrative examples while focusing on projecting a clear and strong voice can really make a difference,” Elia said. “And if you’ve been busily rushing through your day, it’s important to take a moment to center yourself before the interview and focus on the message you’re about to share. Knowing how to employ effective interview tactics in combination with a strategic approach to your PR can really help you propel your business forward and upward.”

The CLEAR Publicist:
With over 20 years of industry experience, public relations expert Lisa Elia teaches clients how to brand themselves, create and implement their own PR programs, improve business communications, and prepare for interviews with proven media training techniques. The CLEAR Publicist is an online resource designed to empower entrepreneurs and small businesses via free publicity teleseminars as well as PR ezines and reports. Elia also provides comprehensive PR service packages for clients primarily in the categories of lifestyle, health and fitness and green products and services.

To register for the free PR teleseminar or to get more information, visit www.clearpublicist.com or call 310-479-0216.

Contact:
Jade Calder
CLEAR Publicist
Los Angeles, CA
310-479-0217
jadecalderlepr@aol.com

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