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Clifton Park, New York (PRWEB) September 06, 2012

Internet Marketing Ninjas (IMN), a leading full-service Internet marketing company located in upstate New York, is pleased to announce the addition of Internet entrepreneur Kristopher Jones to its executive staff as Chairman. As a member of the Internet Marketing Ninjas team, Jones will be integral in the growth and development of IMN.

We are excited to have Kris on board, said CEO Jim Boykin. His business expertise and SEO perspective will bring a new dimension to IMN and help us reach a new level of excellence. As Chairman of Internet Marketing Ninjas, Jones will advise the company regarding overall business strategy, including M&A opportunities, growth into new markets and products, and executive recruitment and retainment. "Internet Marketing Ninjas is the largest and most reputable full service Internet marketing and SEO tools company in the world. It's an exciting time to be part of this talented and proven team of Internet marketing professionals. I look forward to working very closely with Jim Boykin and his senior team to move Internet Marketing Ninjas into new markets, global expansion, and other exciting growth initiatives we have planned," said Kristopher B. Jones.

Jones, Founder, Former President, and CEO of Pepperjam; which received notoriety three consecutive years by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing, privately owned companies in the US, and which was later sold and then acquired by eBay, has been involved in the growth and development of several companies. He is well respected in the search engine and affiliate marketing community as an innovative leader and pioneer of effective Internet marketing strategies. Speaking at industry conferences and events, including SES and PubCon, Jones frequently shares his business and Internet marketing expertise and is also the best-selling author of Search Engine Optimization: Your Visual Blueprint for Effective Internet Marketing (Wiley Publishing).

About Internet Marketing Ninjas Internet Marketing Ninjas is a full service Internet marketing company located in upstate New York, having started in 1999 as We Build Pages. Founder and CEO Jim Boykin has built a team of specially trained ninjas with expertise in link-building, SEO analysis, social media, content development, and local marketing. Internet Marketing Ninjas is a results-driven company focused on search engine visibility, engagement and driving relevant traffic. Boykin also recently acquired the Developer Shed Network of websites and forums, including SEO Chat and Dev Shed, which provide a wide range of information and instruction related to programming, web design, and SEO/SEM practices.

About Kristopher B. Jones In addition to his previous involvement with Pepperjam, Kris Jones is the Founder and Managing Partner of KBJ Capital, an early stage technology investment fund with portfolio companies, including Highlighter.com, APPEK Mobile Apps, Yumm.com, Internet Media Labs, and ReferLocal.com. He was a finalist for the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the State of Pennsylvania, and has been a featured speaker and keynote at conferences including Search Engine Strategies, PubCon, Radio Ink Convergence, and SEOktoberfest. Jones currently resides in Pennsylvania with his wife, Robyn, and their three children.

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HootSuite announced today that it has acquired Seesmic, a competitor in the social marketing management software space. Both companies develop platforms that allow people and businesses to coordinate and monitor their marketing across multiple social network platforms.

Weve always been big fans of Ryan Holmes and the HootSuite team, since the days we were all pioneering the social media landscape. said Seesmic CEO Loc Le Meur. Were thrilled today to announce that Seesmic is joining HootSuite, and were excited for our users: they are becoming part of the HootSuite family, and they will be able to continue to build their brand and social business.

HootSuite and Seesmic were founded around the same time in 2008, though it took a year for Seesmic to move into its social network marketing platform development. HootSuite focuses heavily on marketing its services to its business clients, which it says includes 79 of the Fortune 100 companies. Over the past year, HootSuite has added support for many niche and business social platforms.

I have always had a lot of respect for Seesmics CEO, Loc Le Meur, and the role Seesmic has played in advancing social business. said HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes. We are thrilled to welcome Seesmics users into the HootSuite family.

Details of the acquisition, including how much HootSuite paid for Seesmic, have not been disclosed. In addition, HootSuite was vague on what the future holds for the Seesmic client. HootSuite did, however, invite Seesmic business customers to subscribe to HootSuite Pro, suggesting that Seesmic may be shut down or rolled into HootSuite in some way. Whatever the case, its clear that HootSuite acquired Seesmic for its talent and clients, not its platform.

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HootSuite Acquires Social Management Startup Seesmic

06-09-2012 10:24 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says her husband, former President Bill Clinton, read portions of his speech for the Democratic National Convention, to her before Wednesday night's delivery, but she's anxious to see it in action. (Sept. 6)

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Clinton: I'm 'anxious' to See Husband's Speech - Video

Sept. 7, 2012, 3 a.m.

MOBILE phones and social networking sites have become the new frontier for cyber criminals who are stealing passwords and personal information by taking advantage of people's cluelessness.

Australians are very good at protecting themselves from email fraud and spam but that is ''so five to seven years ago'', said a cyber security expert who warns that criminals have shifted their gaze to mobile and social networking fraud.

About 5.4 million people were victims of cyber crime in Australia in the past year, costing the country $1.65 billion in direct financial loss, says the cyber crime report for the internet security company Norton, released yesterday.

While 93 per cent of the 13,000 global survey respondents said they delete unsolicited emails and 89 per cent said they do not open suspicious attachments from people they do not know, the majority had no idea about new threats, Norton's vice-president of Asia-Pacific operations, David Freer, said.

''The good news is that people are more aware of email threats but that's five to seven years ago,'' he said. ''The bad news is that's the old way of being attacked.''

He said cyber criminals have ''moved to where the people are'' and are increasingly targeting mobile phone and social networking sites where users are less aware of the risks.

One in five Australian mobile users has received a text message from someone they don't know requesting that they click on a link or dial an unknown number to retrieve a ''voicemail'' and one third of social network users have been targeted by a cyber criminal.

Yet 51 per cent of social network users and 81 per cent of mobile phone users had no security settings. And most people had no idea what a virus or cyber attack would look like.

''Malware and viruses used to wreak obvious havoc on your computer,'' a safety advocate for Norton, Marian Merritt, said.

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MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

FirstClassAthletes.com, a new social networking app and website dedicated to fantasy sports fans, has been beta released today, just in time for the upcoming 2012 NFL football season.

Designed by FHC Global, a South Florida firm specializing in emerging technologies, FirstClassAthletes.com (www.firstclassathletes.com) will initially be available for American football only, with other major sports to be added soon.

FirstClassAthletes.com is a fantasy sports lovers dream come true, said Isaac Daniel, CEO of FHC Global. This will be the most advanced fantasy sports site on the web.

According to Daniel, a recognized leader in technology whose GPS sneakers gained worldwide attention when they were launched in 2007, the FirstClassAthletes.com app and website will have several features of interest to sports fans. Among them are:

FirstClassAthletes.com provides an excellent forum for fans to dish with or about their favorite athletes on all levels; high school, college or professional, said Daniel. This takes fantasy sports to a whole new level.

For more information on FirstClassAthletes.com, contact FHC Global at 305.371.5858.

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FHC Global Launches FirstClassAthletes.com, New Social Networking App and Website Dedicated to Fantasy Sports Fans