Kasasa Changes the Face of Local Banking in Walton New York

The National Bank of Delaware County Introduces Kasasa, a Striking Alternative to the Mega Bank Rollercoaster

Walton, NY, February 07, 2012 – The National Bank of Delaware County asks consumers, “Do you Kasasa?” as it becomes the first financial institution in the Delaware County area to launch the country’s most innovative financial products.

Kasasa® is a new brand of free checking and savings accounts that pays consumers to use their account with what interests them most—high interest, automatic savings or digital downloads from iTunes® or Amazon.com®. These accounts, combined with the personal service that only community financial institutions can deliver, are offering residents a better checking account option than the mega bank experience.

“Consumers deserve to wake up to happier days of banking and leave behind the nightmare of mega bank fees and mistreatment. We are pleased to offer these unique products,” said Laura Vail, Senior Vice President at The National Bank of Delaware County. “Kasasa delivers what research shows people really want but believe they can’t have—great financial products with the personal service of a community based financial institution.”

The National Bank of Delaware County is offering three Kasasa financial products, including Kasasa Cash®, Kasasa Saver® and Kasasa Tunes®. All Kasasa products are free, reward-based accounts, with no minimum balance to get the rewards, no monthly service fees, online banking and nationwide ATM fee refunds.

* Kasasa Cash – A free checking account that pays high interest for every month the account holder qualifies.

* Kasasa Saver – A free, high interest saver account linked to a Kasasa Cash checking account. The interest and ATM fee refunds earned in the Kasasa Cash account are automatically deposited into the Kasasa Saver account when the account holders qualify. The balance in the Kasasa Saver account also earns a high rate of interest.

* Kasasa Tunes – A checking account that rewards consumers with digital downloads from iTunes® or Amazon.com® when they qualify.

To receive the Kasasa account benefits, each monthly qualification cycle account holders are asked to do a few simple things like, receive an eStatement, access online banking, use a debit card a minimum number of times, and have an electronic transaction (such as direct deposit) post to their account. If an account holder does not meet the qualifications in a given month, The National Bank of Delaware County will alert the individual, who will be eligible the following month for the benefits.

“Extensive research has shown us that consumers would prefer to do business with community financial institutions, but feel they would lose access to products,” added Dawnette Hotaling, Senior Vice President at The National Bank of Delaware County. “Kasasa is opening people’s eyes to a new banking model where no sacrifices are necessary. It’s a win-win because account holders get innovative products and personalized service.”

In 2009, Kasasa was piloted in six other markets across the U.S. In just the first two months of offering Kasasa, participating community financial institutions reported growth rates upwards of 150% on new account openings and 372% in deposits at institutions focused on deposit growth.

Kasasa is being introduced with an aggressive, highly engaging marketing campaign. It comes to life through a fresh mix of eye-popping advertising, the likes of which exceed the typical mega bank’s high-budget programs. The ads feature America’s top slam poets www.kasasa.com/news-and-media/advertising riffing lyrical threads around the theme of “Do you Kasasa?”

Kasasa is distributed to The National Bank of Delaware County from BancVue, the leading provider of innovative products, dynamic marketing, and data-driven consulting solutions to community financial institutions nationwide to help them win the war against the megabanks.

For more information on Kasasa accounts, consumers can visit www.natbkdelco.com or www.kasasa/natbkdelco.

Do you Kasasa?
Kasasa® is the first national brand of the most innovative checking accounts available today. The accounts, offered exclusively by the finest community financial institutions, are designed to be the first and only accounts that actually take an interest in their account holders by paying them to use their account with what interests them most—high interest, cash back, automatic savings, money to donate to charity or iTunes® or Amazon.com downloads. Kasasa, developed and distributed by BancVue, marries innovative banking products with the personal touch of community financial institutions. For more information, visit www.kasasa.com.

Contact:
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CSG PR
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Royal Palms Offers Offices / Commercial Spaces at Affordable Rates Backed by 2-Year Spread-Over

* Emphasis is on size i.e. No major builders are selling small units although there is huge demand for this segment. Offices of 500 sq ft size also on offer at an attractive price of Rs 29.9 lakh backed by a spread-over of 2 years.

Mumbai, India, Tuesday – Febraury 07th, 2012 — Royal Palms Estates, Mumbai’s leading developer, has introduced an innovative real-estate option to enable buyers to get their own offices they had always dreamed of. Royal Palms Estates’ new ready-possession project “Smart Business Suites” at Goregaon East in Aarey Colony comprises of 96 units ranging from sizes in multiples of 500 sq ft each. The company is offering these business suites or commercial units at an attractive price of Rs.29.9 lakh for a 500 sq ft unit which comes to about Rs 6,100/- per sq ft – a rate unimaginable within Mumbai municipal limits. What’s more, a buyer does not have to pay the full amount on possession but only a down payment of Rs 9 lakh and the balance amount is to be paid over a period of 2 years through zero interest monthly installments.

The smallest office unit can seat about 12 persons plus a cabin for the owner and is self-contained. Furthermore, the offices are air-conditioned and furnished.

Buying property at Royal Palms is a bargain in more ways than one. On one hand Royal Palms offers property at rates which are 30% – 60% below the going market rates and on the other hand one gets an option to pay in installments. This not only helps those with lesser cash flows, but one is also spared the trouble of cumbersome bank procedures for a loan. Besides, bank loans attract heavy interest which one is saving here. Property buyers are also given a FREE lifetime membership of the Emerald Club (cost 2 Lac) located within the complex.

For Investors looking at parking of own funds, this is even more lucrative as they own a ready-possession commercial space for 25% of its value. If they further rent it out they can recover their investments in a very small time. This is because capital appreciation is assured in this space-starved city. Additionally, most experts feels that the office spaces segment in India is on a gradual improvement curve, with demand just about beginning to pick up.

Royal Palms ( http://www.royalpalmsindia.com ) has already sold over 1800 offices totaling 800,000 sq ft with top names like Topsgroup, Kapole Advertising, Prime Focus, Ruchi Infrastructure, Connect Star Networks Pvt Ltd, Essel Shyam Telecom, Monarch etc having their business HQ here.

Adds Nensey, “A buyer will get on ownership at Royal Palms what he would get on rent or lease at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) or Andheri. Many companies which are based in Andheri, BKC or in South Mumbai are looking at shifting base with a larger area to suburbs like Goregaon. This makes acute business sense. E.g. A company owning a 1000 sq ft office in BKC or Andheri can get out of it and for the same price buy a 4000 – 5000 sq ft office in Royal Palms.”

Spread over 240 acres of lush green land in Goregaon East , Royal Palms Estates ( http://www.royalpalmsindia.com ) is just 7 minutes from the WE Highway and 7 kms away from the International airport. Says Nensey, “Supported by the exclusive, state-of-the-art infrastructure already in place corporates can also take advantage of the hospitality facilities that Royal Palms has to offer. Two five star hotels with over 800 rooms in the development make staying or working at Royal Palms a smoother affair.”

Goregaon sits in the center of Mumbai, with proximity to and excellent connectivity with Airports, SEEPZ, MIDC and Andheri East, An increasing number of swank malls, commercial developments at strategic locations, high-rises, multiplexes and numerous flyovers, are giving the suburb a whole new profile. Despite the growth, the suburb has retained its greenery and peace.

Concludes Nensey, “Over the past decade Royal Palms has managed to keep pace with market needs and produce ideas that are totally in sync with the demand from across large, small and mid-sized players, offering every investor / buyer state-of-art facilities at minimal capital investment.”

Press & Media Contact:
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Video-In-Motion Add-On Module “SmartTV” by Mods4cars for many BMW Models

Aftermarket electronics specialist Mods4cars is now offering their retrofit SmartTV video-in-motion module for many BMW models. It allows the passenger full use of the TV- and DVD playback system by the while the car is moving. The module can be enabled and disabled via a specialized, yet simple setup procedure using the blinker stalk.

Las Vegas, NV (USA), Tuesday – February 7th, 2012 — Effective immediately, passengers in many BMW models equipped with TV- or DVD playback equipment get to enjoy full audio and video playback while the car is in motion. The SmartTV aftermarket video-in-motion kit offered by Mods4cars bypasses the restrictions imposed on video playback by the manufacturer and lets passengers operate video playback equipment and enjoy video content on the go while the car is in motion. This allows for example front and back seat passengers to watch DVD movies on long road trips.

“We are delighted to offer our customers a professional solution when it comes to video-in-motion products”, says PR manager Sven Tornow. “What makes our product special is the level of integration into the car electronics. It can be turned on or off quickly on demand using the blinker stalk, giving the driver full control”, he continues. This is a non-volatile solution: The video unlocker is a hardware kit which connects to the car’s data bus system. All functionality stays in place even after routine DVD/Navigation system software updates at the dealer.

The SmartTV module was designed and is sold by aftermarket specialist Mods4cars; A company with 10 years of experience and expertise in developing the SmartTOP convertible top controllers. These kits allow one-touch operation of the convertible top while driving as well as putting top and windows up or down from the factory key fob remote. “This time around you don’t need a convertible to benefit from one of our convenience add-ons.” Mr. Tornow concludes.

All SmartTV modules come equipped with a standard USB port, giving end-users full control over the module’s functions via a PC setup program as well as firmware updates, if necessary. Updates are available free of charge for the life of the product. Once purchased, a Mods4cars module virtually never becomes obsolete, especially in cases where other solutions fail after software updates regularly done during routine maintenance at the dealership.

The SmartTV video-in-motion module is compatible with BMW 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 series, X5 and Z4.

Mods4cars ( http://www.mods4cars.com ) also offers SmartTV modules for Bentley, Mercedes-Benz, Skoda and Volkswagen.

The popular SmartTOP convertible top modules are available for: Alfa, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Ferrari, Ford, Infiniti, Mazda, Mercedes, Mini, Nissan, Opel, Peugeot, Porsche, Renault, Volkswagen and Volvo.

The SmartTV kit for BMW is available for 149 Euros + tax.

A demonstration of the product in action can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H50Q5RWp5KY

Further details and purchasing information: http://www.mods4cars.com

About Mods4cars:
Mods4cars was founded in 2002 with the idea to add a highly demanded feature to the otherwise almost perfect Porsche Boxster: Comfort One-Touch roof operation while driving at slow speeds. The resulting product offered not only that, but also allowed quick and easy installation by just swapping out a relay box, thus leaving no traces and no permanent changes on the vehicle. The first SmartTOP roof controller was born.

The success of their first products in Germany and Europe prompted them in late 2004 to move operations to the USA, to be able to serve the American market as well as all other English speaking countries such as Australia, UK and South Africa from one central location. Their business has grown to a full-fledged international corporation with an office in Las Vegas and a full line of innovative products as well as distributors and installation partners all over the globe.

Being highly specialized in the development and distribution of aftermarket roof- and comfort controllers since 2002 allows them to offer an unsurpassed level of competence and product quality. Their main goal is optimization of each individual product to a maximum in compatibility, usability and intuitive operation. They put greatest effort into development and quality checks of all their products to achieve this goal and meet all expectations of their customers.

The extraordinary success of their products is also based on the great communication with their customers, which usually already starts for each new product during the development and prototyping phase.

Press & Media Contact:
Anja Lehmann
Mods4cars LLC
1350 E. Flamingo Rd #3100
Las Vegas, NV 89119 – USA
+1-310-9109055
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http://www.mods4cars.com

Moda31.Com Lanza Su Tienda Online En Mexico

Moda31 nace de la idea de brindar al clienteunaopción de compra de productos de calidad a preciosreales y justos del mercado, acortandofronteras, al poderponer a susmanosmarcasreconocidas, asícomoaccesoriosquefacilitensuvida sin tenerquesalir de su casa, trabajo, cuidad o país.

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Bill Ringle Interviews Melinda Blau on My Quest for the Best

Business growth strategist Bill Ringle talked with Melinda Blau, a journalist and author of Consequential Strangers, for the interview show My Quest for the Best.

Philadelphia, PA, February 07, 2012 – Business growth strategist Bill Ringle interviewed Melinda Blau, a prolific journalist and author, for My Quest for the Best. In this interview series, Ringle speaks with successful experts and outstanding business leaders about their strategies for reaching and influencing significant target audiences, innovative business leadership, breakthrough moments in their career, and the wisdom they’ve gained along the way.

Melinda Blau is a journalist who has been researching and reporting about relationship and social trends since the seventies. Her most recent book is Consequential Strangers: The Power of People Who Don’t Seem to Matter…But Really Do, which explores the vast and unsung array of everyday people, on and off the Internet, who have a profound impact on our business success, happiness, and health. She has written more than ninety magazine pieces and a dozen other books, including the best-selling Baby Whisperer series. She also blogs for Psychology Today and More magazines and writes a bi-monthly column for Shareable.

Blau shared her significant insights into the power and importance of consequential strangers with Bill Ringle and listeners during her My Quest for the Best interview, discussing the advantages of striking up conversations with strangers in business and how having consequential strangers in your life adds both variety to your perspective and dollars to your bottom line. For those who usually hesitate to reach out, Blau suggested ways to overcome shyness and other factors that may hold one back, as well as what to do to add consequential strangers to your life when relocating or visiting a new city.

“Melinda has a unique and important perspective on being open to the information, advice, and opportunities that consequential strangers provide,” says Bill Ringle. “Don’t spend another day out of the loop of this powerful network that exists outside your door. While online social media has its place, it’s much more fun to convene a celebratory dinner with old friends and new acquaintances than to prop your Facebook-loaded laptop up on a tv dinner table and share the good news.”

Bill Ringle works with high performing entrepreneurs and CEOs who want to overcome the five big challenges to business growth so that they can run profitable and rewarding business rather than become stuck and overwhelmed in unfulfilling and draining roles. He has worked on four continents, is the author of four business books, and inspires and educates thousands of business leaders each year through his speaking, coaching, interactive programs, and products.

To listen to Bill Ringle’s interview with Melinda Blau, visit http://www.BillRingle.com/MQ4B-interview-Melinda-Blau. To learn more about Melinda Blau, visit her website, http://www.ConsequentialStrangers.com.

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Meredith Hegg
LearnWell.com
491 Baltimore Pike, Suite 209
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610-626-0175
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Indian Maharaja- Must Travel Once in a Lifetime

Visiting India gives unique feeling to cherish throughout the lifetime. It’s historical Places, magnificent forts, picturesque landscape, Snow Mountains, rivers, holy places everything is enough to make you wonder. But one thing is also that is attracting to the people is luxury trains of India. Indian Railways has completed 100 years and achieved 4th rank in the world after USA, China, and Russia. During this development period Indian Railways has seen remarkable changes. This world’s largest rail network has given many luxury trains to public to enjoy the travel. Indian Railways has added many luxury trains and Indian Maharaja Luxury Train is one of them.

Indian Maharaja is way to showcase the heritages of India between the luxuries. The Government adopted the idea to run this luxury train after seeing a lots of tourist destination to explore in western side of India. The train runs on the route of Mumbai and Delhi and during this it covers many exotic places and sightseeing to give a pleasurable moment to its guests. The destination that is covered by this luxury train is Mumbai-Daulatabad/Aurangabad/Ellora-Jalgaon/Ajanta-Udaipur-sawai madhopur-Jaipur-Agra-New Delhi. The Indian Maharaja Luxury train is well equipped with various types of facilities like luxury saloons, library, medical support, seminar coach, beauty care; stay connected with the world through the phone and internet. Providing ultimate travel comfort is only motive to this train. Indian Maharaja Facilities is not limited here from the beginning to end this trains will be experienced you a dream land of India.

Go heritage India Journeys fulfills such desires to travel around several exotic places through one of the luxury trains of India. Contact us for getting better services at very pocket friendly price. We are providing services since many years and assisted many tourists and travelers to get their tours to India memorable.

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Boynton Beach Dentist- How To Secure The Best Dental Implants

Do you know any Boynton Beach Dentist who can fix dental implants like no other? Do you know that missing teeth can cause all sorts of issues? Not only can they affect your speech and ability to eat, the teeth surrounding the missing tooth will start to shift to fill in the gap. Your dentist can offer you several options to fill in the gap left by a missing tooth. Dental bridges, tooth crowns, and dental implants are all viable options. Dental implants are a favorite because not only do they fill in the tooth above the gums, but they also fill in the space beneath the gums, like a real root. It is like placing an entirely new artificial tooth. By choosing dental implants, you also spare the surrounding teeth. With dental crowns or bridges, the surrounding teeth have to be ground down before they can be placed. Dental implant placement does not interfere with the surrounding teeth.
Once you get a professional Boynton Beach Dentist who is Board certified, he or she will examine your mouth, teeth and take x-rays to determine if you are eligible for dental implants. If, after a thorough evaluation, you are considered a good candidate, your dentist will begin to prepare you for the procedure. The first surgery will entail placing the implant into your jaw bone. The second surgery is usually three to six months after the first. During this surgery, the abutments that join the implants to the crown will be attached.
Once your gums have healed around the abutments, about two to four weeks, the prosthesis is put in place. You will need to avoid crunchy or hard foods for a few weeks until your mouth is completely healed. Proper maintenance of dental implants should become an important part of your day to day routine. This can be accomplished by developing excellent oral hygiene habits.

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Waterman State Bank and Kasasa Changes the Face of Local Banking

Waterman State Bank Introduces Kasasa, a Striking Alternative to the Mega Bank Rollercoaster

Waterman, IL, February 06, 2012 – Waterman State Bank asks consumers, “Do you Kasasa?” as it becomes the first financial institution in Waterman to launch the country’s most innovative financial products.

Kasasa® is a new brand of free checking and savings accounts that pays consumers to use their account with what interests them most—high interest or automatic savings. These accounts, combined with the personal service that only community financial institutions can deliver, are offering residents a better checking account option than the mega bank experience.

“Consumers deserve to wake up to happier days of banking and leave behind the nightmare of mega bank fees and mistreatment. We are pleased to be the first in Waterman to offer these unique products” said Steven Feith, CEO at Waterman State Bank. “Kasasa delivers what research shows people really want but believe they can’t have—great financial products with the personal service of a community based financial institution.”

Waterman State Bank is offering two Kasasa financial products, including Kasasa Cash® and Kasasa Saver®. All Kasasa products are free, reward-based accounts, with no minimum balance to get the rewards, no monthly service fees, online banking and nationwide ATM fee refunds.

* Kasasa Cash – A free checking account that pays high interest for every month the account holder qualifies.

* Kasasa Saver – A free, high interest saver account linked to a Kasasa Cash checking account. The interest and ATM fee refunds earned in the Kasasa Cash account are automatically deposited into the Kasasa Saver account when the account holders qualify. The balance in the Kasasa Saver account also earns a high rate of interest.

To receive the Kasasa account benefits, each monthly qualification cycle account holders are asked to do a few simple things like receive an eStatement, use a debit card a minimum number of times, and have an electronic transaction (such as direct deposit) post to their account. If an account holder does not meet the qualifications in a given month, Waterman State Bank will alert the individual, who will be eligible the following month for the benefits.

“Extensive research has shown us that consumers would prefer to do business with community financial institutions, but feel they would lose access to products,” continued Feith. “Kasasa is opening people’s eyes to a new banking model where no sacrifices are necessary. It’s a win-win because account holders get innovative products and personalized service.”

In 2009, Kasasa was piloted in six other markets across the U.S. In just the first two months of offering Kasasa, participating community financial institutions reported growth rates upwards of 150% on new account openings and 372% in deposits at institutions focused on deposit growth.

Kasasa is being introduced with an aggressive, highly engaging marketing campaign. It comes to life through a fresh mix of eye-popping advertising, the likes of which exceed the typical mega bank’s high-budget programs. The ads feature America’s top slam poets www.kasasa.com/news-and-media/advertising riffing lyrical threads around the theme of “Do you Kasasa?”

Kasasa is distributed to Waterman State Bank from BancVue, the leading provider of innovative products, dynamic marketing, and data-driven consulting solutions to community financial institutions nationwide to help them win the war against the megabanks.

For more information on Kasasa accounts, consumers can visit www.watermanbank.com or www.kasasa.com/watermanstatebank.

Do you Kasasa?
Kasasa® is the first national brand of the most innovative checking accounts available today. The accounts, offered exclusively by the finest community financial institutions, are designed to be the first and only accounts that actually take an interest in their account holders by paying them to use their account with what interests them most—high interest, cash back, automatic savings, money to donate to charity or iTunes® or Amazon.com downloads. Kasasa, developed and distributed by BancVue, marries innovative banking products with the personal touch of community financial institutions. For more information, visit www.kasasa.com .

Contact:
Katie Weathers
CSG PR
3225 East 2nd Avenue
Denver, CO 80206
(404) 791-8245
kweathers@csg-pr.com
http://www.csg-pr.com

FRA supports Congo’s call for Indian forestry investment

The Republic of Congo’s decision to encourage Indian private companies to invest in its forestry industry has been welcomed by FRA.

Seattle, United States, February 07, 2012 — The Republic of Congo’s decision to encourage Indian private companies to invest in its forestry industry has been welcomed by Forestry Research Associates (FRA).

FRA welcomed the news that Henri Djombo, the Forestry and Environment Minister in the Congo, spoke out in favour of Congolese forestry investment at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit.

Speaking to the Economic Times in India, Djombo said, “We have a big timber industry and would want Indian private companies to come and invest in the our timber companies.”

He also took the opportunity to call for more funding from developed nations to help the Congo and other developing nations to manage their forests sustainably. He explained, “There is a financial and climate injustice being done to us. We are making so much efforts for forest management compared to the Amazon forest in Brazil or rainforest in Indonesia but compensation is less.”

FRA, a research and analysis consultancy specialising in sustainable forestry and investment, said that Djombo’s views highlight how important funding in the form of forestry investment is. “Attracting foreign investment into the forestry industry in developing countries is vital to ensure that those working in the industry can benefit form their forests being managed sustainably,” claimed FRA’s analysis partner, Peter Collins.

FRA believes that developing countries need to be compensated for forestry management in order to highlight the fact that forests can be worth more standing than as timber. This is due to importance of living forests for the absorption of carbon dioxide.

In addition, FRA said that money can be made for investors, through schemes like those run by Greenwood Management in Brazil, where investors buy up sustainable plantation land and sell the timber when the trees have reached maturity. This schemes also offer an alternative to native timbers for the production of charcoal.

About Forestry Research Associates

Forestry Research Associates is a research and advisory consultancy that focuses on forestry management, sustainability issues and forestry investment around the globe.

Media Contact:
Peter Collins
Forestry Research Associates
620 Vineyard Lane
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
Tel: (206) 316 8394
E-Mail: info@forestry-research.com
Web: http://www.forestry-research.com

New Player in the Market Will Compete with LinkedIn

Rumors have abounded about Masterseek.com’s professional profile site’s imminent introduction to the World Wide Web. Still under development, it boasts the world’s largest business database with over 145 million personal professional profiles from around the world—that’s more than LinkedIn which is currently estimated to have just over 125 million professional profiles.

What makes Masterseek’s profile database so competitive?

Masterseek is already the largest B2B search engine, with 40 million more businesses listed than the nearest competitor and growing at a faster pace. Masterseek.com’s service is free, like most similar databases. Where it differes is in its ability to allow businesses full control over their profile. In addition the actual search functions are more intuitve, with more accurate local results or global results if that is the user’s search preference.

This is what has attracted so many businesses, and so many professionals to the website. Upon launch Masterseek.com’s professional profile section is fully expected to perform as well as the business search portion of the site. It seems to be the natural evolution of a business search engine, that it should incorporate professional profiles as well. However other sites have not done so, at least not to this degree. There in lies the power of Masterseek, and why it is expected to replace LinkedIn at some point in the near future.

How will Masterseek’s professional profiles work?
Currently it is very similar to LinkedIn it looks like. As of now the primary difference is in the numbers. Masterseek already has more, and if past growth is any evidence it will soon be one of the new places to search for professionals. Masterseek’s site is also free and it gives users control over their own profile. It is expected to use Masterseek’s primary search engine application from the business listing side of the site. If so expect it to have faster, more complete, more specific and more accurate search functionality both locally or for any specified geographic search.

We got a hold of Masterseek President Rasmus Refer who preferred not to comment on current plans,

“We are working on many new activities with the objective to become the largest global provider of business information, but cannot tell you more about our plans right now” –Rasmus Refer

Despite details being kept close to the vest, we have dug up a number of key points:

Masterseek will have more profiles right off the bat as mentioned, 145M to LinkedIn’s 125M.
• It will use a different search platform, if it is the same as the Business Listings section it will be faster, more accurate and more comprehensive locally and globally.
• Listings will be 100% free.
• Those making a profile will have as much or more control to share information than those using LinkedIn.

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