The top 80 programmers from across the world are going to compete for $260,000 in prizes from June 27th through June 29th at The Mirage Las Vegas. The top eighty programmers will compete in algorithm, development and design tracks. There will be two new competitions: TopCoder Studio for graphic design and the Marathon Match event. [Read more…]

Cuyahoga Community College, for the fifth year in a row, will recognize, reward and encourage high school students who design and/or develop web sites through its Click! High School Web Competition. According to a press release today: [Read more…]

Peer Group Consulting, a full-service advertising, marketing, and public relations agency based in Central Texas (San Antonio area), is claiming that they’re the “first advertising agency in the United States to provide services that cater specifically to deaf and blind audiences.” [Read more…]

I’d like to be one of the first to congratulate Duane Forrester, aka Sportsguy, on getting an official book deal from McGraw Hill/Osborne. [Read more…]

TalkPoint, the leading provider of publishing webinars and webcasting services, has recently announced the release of the Webinar Accelerate Program for Publishers.

The Webinar has, without a doubt, become the greatest lead generation program available in the market today. In addition, it is also a significant revenue source for publishers. It is for these reasons that more publishers than ever are starting Webinar programs.

The difficulty that develops for publishers is that many of them are at a loss on how to get started or are nervous about the amount of resources available to make them a success. The Accelerate Program is designed to help publishers launch their Webinar program quickly and easily. By utilizing the Program, publishers are able to accelerate the gap between concept and revenue.

TalkPoint has designed the program with the knowledge they have accumulated producing thousands of Webinars over the years. The Program walks the publisher through the entire process from start to finish and provides best practices for selling sponsorships and creating a value proposition for sponsors. The Program even offers an introductory event to help drive the concept home to the publisher’s sales staff. [Read more…]

A new approach to online ad sales offers webmasters a virtually effortless method of earning money from their Web sites.

In addition, http://www.TeamLinkNetwork.com (TLN) offers people looking to market their products and services, through viral marketing and online advertising, an affordable way to expand their reach.

“We’re very excited to be offering what we consider a win-win-win opportunity,” said Stephanie McInturff, TLN marketing director. It’s a ‘win’ for webmasters who only want to sign up for our affiliate program; it’s a ‘win’ for webmasters looking to make money by selling ad space on their sites, and it’s a ‘win’ for advertisers who are looking for an extremely affordable method of placing their ads on many different sites.”

TLN programmers spent more than a year working on the software designed to assist webmasters with the placement of ads on their websites, while at the same time giving them control over what content is placed on their sites.

“We designed the software specifically to give webmasters control of what goes on their site,” McInturff said. “It’s the website owner’s right to decide on the content of the ads, and our system preserves that right.” [Read more…]