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Three internationally known recording artists will be in North Platte next week for the Story and Song Tour. Jesse Manibusan, Sarah Hart and Steve Angrisano will perform at 7 p.m. on Monday at the Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 2801 W. E St.

According to a press release, Manibusan calls himself a Catholic lay evangelist who uses music, comedy and stories to connect with people. In demand around the country as a motivational speaker, his uplifting message touches all generations.

Hart is a musician and a mother. She has written songs recorded by numerous artists, including Amy Grant, Robbie Seay, Matt Maher, 33Miles, This Beautiful Republic, Sarah Reeves and Jaime Jamgochian.

Hart's music has appeared on the television shows "Joan of Arcadia" and "Strong Medicine" as well as the movie "Coyote Country Loser."

Hart has also penned work for two musicals and serves as a songwriter and voiceover artist for the Tom Tichenor Children's Theater in Nashville, Tenn. She is the recipient of eight Unity awards for her work, and her songs can be found in Catholic churches throughout the U.S.

Angrisano is a veteran musician, composer and youth minister who has been featured at 6 World Youth Days, several national Catholic youth conferences and many diocesan youth conventions. According to his biography, Angrisano's easy, honest style of ministry is born from his identity as a committed witness to the life and love of Jesus Christ.

"We're really excited," Michael Davis, concert committee member, said. "Not only is it the first time for the community event, but it's also the first time the singers have traveled together as a group. They will be in Hastings the night before, will come to North Platte and then go on to Iowa."

He said all denominations and ages are welcome to attend the concert. An autograph session and refreshments will follow. There will not be an admission fee.

"It's going to be fantastic show," Davis said. "It's already created a lot of energy within the community. We're also putting together some local talent to do a pre-show. If someone would like to be part of that, they can contact me or Jacque Harms." Davis can be reached at 530-9050. Harms' number is 530-1035.

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NEW YORK (AP) -- At age 53, author Donald Antrim may just be getting started.

Over the past two decades, he has published three highly praised novels, a memoir and numerous short stories in The New Yorker. He has earned the respect, even reverence of such peers as Jonathan Franzen and Jeffrey Eugenides, but so far has had what he calls "literary-level" sales, the kind that leave many writers without a publisher or even a book in print.

But those who do read him are determined to tell others. He is under contract from a top literary house, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, for a novel, a second memoir and a book of stories. His previous novels "Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World," ''The One Hundred Brothers" and "The Verificationist" have been reissued by Picador, a paperback imprint of Farrar. Introductions are provided by Franzen, Eugenides and George Saunders, who regards Antrim as an overlooked genius.

"There's a discrepancy between what a great writer he is and how many people know this," Saunders told The Associated Press. "He is one of the funniest, sharpest, edgiest writers in America."

Antrim is almost a genre in his own right, Franzen writes in the introduction to "One Hundred Brothers," utterly "unlike any other living writer." His books are narrated by young, unstable men who wish to love and do good, but are compelled to make chaos. The plots are free and fantastic, yet constructed with mathematical logic: the romantic and philosophical thoughts of a psychiatrist suspended in mid-air at a pancake house; a home school teacher gone mad; a dining room bursting with 100 quarrelsome brothers.

The novels are short and unbroken, without chapters or even breaks between paragraphs. They take years to write in part because Antrim has no idea how they will turn out when he starts them. He will get an idea a gathering of psychiatrists or a family meal. He will write, pause, write, step away, come back. Each new sentence works off the sentence just completed, for some 150-200 pages.

"It's a very frustrating, but in some ways a really pleasurable way of working," Antrim, a tall, stocky man with a thoughtful speaking style, said during a recent interview at his Brooklyn apartment.

His literature is no stranger, or more complicated, than his childhood. A native of Sarasota, Fla., Antrim was mostly raised by an alcoholic mother who aged into "an increasingly damaged Lady Macbeth," he wrote in the memoir "The Afterlife." His parents married, divorced, then married and divorced again. He had an uncle who was apparently enough of a threat that federal and state agents once handcuffed him and took him away.

Antrim didn't know he wanted to do for college beyond get out of Florida. He chose a top school in the North, Brown University, where his fellow students included such future authors as Eugenides and Rick Moody. Antrim was interested in theater at the time and Moody remembers working with him on a production of Franz Kafka's "The Trial."

"I was a little intimidated by him at first because he was a couple years ahead of me," Moody told the AP in an email. "But I remember vividly the day, in rehearsal, when, in operating the whip that was one of his character's props, he threw his shoulder out of the socket, and then set about, in character, trying to get the thing to pop back in.

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LAS VEGAS, Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Internet Marketing Association (IMA) celebrated the 2012 Impact Awards winners during its 2012 IMA Conference and Impact Awards event held Sept. 20-22 at CityCenter in Las Vegas. The Impact Awards recognize exemplary achievement in all facets of Internet marketing with a wide range of organizations of all sizes and business sectors represented.

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Culminating the awards event was a series of very special honors presented to the following:

In addition, over 100 awards (see accompanying list) were bestowed for outstanding achievement in various aspects of 10 primary categories of Internet marketing, including:

"The mission of IMA is to serve as a unique forum for top Internet marketing professionals to share best practices, develop new strategies, create innovative tools and generate business opportunities," said IMA Chairman Sinan Kanatsiz. "IMA has exploded to over 750,000 members from around the world representing every business sector, government agencies, educational institutions and non-profit agencies. The 2012 Impact Awards embody the vital achievements that we believe reflect the incredibly dynamic nature of our industry."

The 2012 IMA Conference and Impact Awards was a landmark three-day event focused on an information-packed conference day featuring important keynote addresses and in-depth breakout sessions on an array of topics including Advertising, Analytics, Email, Mobile, Search, Social, Strategy, Technology and Websites. Keynotes and breakout presentations were delivered by individuals who are preeminent in their fields and imparted their industry knowledge and professional expertise. In addition, the event offered several opportunities to interact and network including an evening welcome reception, an exhibitor showcase lounge and a farewell breakfast.

With more than 413,000 members, the Internet Marketing Association is one of the fastest growing professional organizations in the world and encompasses a wide spectrum of educated professionals in sales, marketing, business ownership, programming, creative development and related fields.

For details on the Internet Marketing Association, visit http://www.imanetwork.org.

About the Internet Marketing AssociationIMA is one of the fastest growing Internet marketing groups in the world, with more than 650,000 members in fields including sales, marketing, business ownership, programming and creative development. It provides a platform where proven Internet marketing strategies are demonstrated and shared to increase members' value to their organizations. IMA is underwritten by corporate partners to provide an opportunity to learn, engage and define best practices without making a financial commitment. http://www.imanetwork.org

2012 IMPACT AWARDS CATEGORY WNNERS

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Boston, Massachusetts (PRWEB) September 24, 2012

Internet marketing for small businesses is one area of business that can be difficult to learn without being around experienced mentors. Large corporations hire outside consultants at expensive prices in an effort to learn leading strategies to increase online sales success. The Internet Marketing for Small Businesses website is now registering attendees for its live training event. This event is scheduled to place is Jacksonville, FL on November 9th to 11th. According to the website, small business owners and entrepreneurs will learn master tips and techniques in just one weekend to grow a new or existing business online. A direct sign up page is now setup for attendees to register at this website http://www.internetmarketingforbeginners.com.

New search engine guidelines are updated consistently each quarter although few business owners keep up with these changes a new report has revealed. Google is now the dominant search engine in the U.S. and companies that know how to remain on the first page of Google can often take advantage of the increase in traffic benefits that it brings. Small business owners are often the first ones that are affected by search engine changes due to lack of funds or knowledge of how to remain a competitor online in their industries.

Part of the Internet marketing information that will be provided at the Internet Marketing for Small Businesses event is teaching how businesses can implement proven strategies normally only available top search engine optimization companies.

Its now more difficult to get a website to show up in search engine rankings especially in Google, said Brian Hanson, SEO expert and co-owner of the Internet Marketing for Small Businesses website. What we have planned for the live event is to teach any business owner with zero Internet marketing experience how to achieve higher search engine rankings using the very methods we use to dominate search engines online, Hanson added.

One element that has increased the popularity in Internet marketing is the variety factor. Traditional marketing methods work well for certain types of business although other business could receive fewer results. Internet marketing is made up of a series of proven strategies that can work for a small business owner in any business or area of the world. The global economy is linked to the Internet and there are buyers of products and services in nearly every part of the world.

The Internet Marketing for Beginners live event on November 9th through 11th can be accessed with an early registration discount available at this link. Over $3,500 in bonuses is provided to all attendees that register successfully before the October 1st Internet registration deadline.

About Internet Marketing for Beginners

Small business marketing, SEO strategies and in-depth consulting sessions are just three of the elements that the Internet Marketing for Beginners website provides to its website visitors daily. The experts from Marketers Black Book that own and operate this secondary website spend time teaching and consulting with small business owners on a daily basis. The very same strategies that are taught in the workshops, seminars and webinars are in use by the Internet Marketing for Beginners website experts from Marketers Black Book. These professionals operate a network of hundreds of websites using proven Internet marketing strategies for small businesses.

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Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) September 24, 2012

Social media agency Maximize Social Media LLC announced its social media marketing program today, providing online marketing support to retail businesses nationwide. The agency will offer strategy development and complete day-to-day strategy execution on the top social media sites including Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

Retailers have historically generated business by traditional advertising such as Yellow Pages, newspapers and direct mail. Retailers now have an opportunity to get in front of customers where they spend the most time social media. And sites like Facebook give customers a platform to spread the word about retailers to dozens, hundreds and even thousands of friends, said Craig Collins, Sr. Vice President of Maximize Social Media LLC.

The firm will also manage and optimize the Google Plus Local listings for retail businesses. By optimizing this listing, businesses have an opportunity to secure a position on the top of Google page one search results where consumers are actively seeking their services.

Maximize Social Media provides full social media management services in over 50 different verticals. The agency will fully integrate all aspects of social media for businesses that will find it more affordable to outsource the management rather than hire additional staff. Maximize provides both ad management, which will allow the businesses to target specific demographics, as well as daily engagement by a dedicated social media manager.

Retailers as well as their advertising agencies are invited to contact Maximize Social Media for a no obligation consultation at:

http://maximizesocialmedia.com/strategysession

About Maximize Social Media LLC

Maximize Social Media (http://maximizesocialmedia.com) is a leading provider of social media management services for clients in over 50 different verticals. With offices in Florida and Los Angeles, Maximize provides social media consulting and Facebook advertising management for clients in English speaking countries such as the US, Canada, and Australia. The company also features social media management outsourcing for busy social media mangers looking for additional assistance on a white label basis.

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