StartRaising.com Is Now Rewarding Its Members With Up To $1,000 for Great Feedback

Oakland, CA (PRWEB) September 14, 2011

For the last three months the breakthrough bill pay fundraising service, StartRaising.com, has been quietly paying its enthusiastic members for their feedback on how to improve its inventive service. Now the start up company is going public with its plans to reward active members with what they call its 'Reward Feedback Program'. StartRaising.com plans to pay up to $ 1,000 towards any monthly bill of a users choosing for ideas that improve their highly rated service.

By tapping the "wisdom of the crowd", StartRaising.com believes that their members can help them build an even better service.Earlier this year, the company paid one of their members $ 1,000 for an idea to make their Homepage a slideshow.

To submit their ideas via email, members must log in to their account and click on: feedback(at)startraising(dot)com. If the idea is approved and implemented, StartRaising.com will determine the amount to be paid for the submission, then notify the member. The company will contact the member to find out what monthly bill or credit card that they want paid and send the contributing member a check. To qualify for payment, a member must participate in a minimum of one bill pay fundraiser per month.StartRaising.com believes that only those who use the website understand what the company needs to improve their product.

The reason why the fundraising website for personal bills is so addictive, is that it allows family, friends and co-workers to make matching contributions to a group fund with their debit or credit card, then battle each other for those funds to cover a monthly bill.StartRaising.com has been compared to a cross between the popular T.V show 'Survivor', Ebay,The New York Stock Exchange and a Political campaign.

At the start of this unique fundraising competition, each person in the group gets 10 votes, which they can give to anyone in the group that makes them the best offer for those votes.This is where the real fun begins.Because the votes can be modified at anytime, each player must continue to make offers and counter offers for more votes to improve their ranking.StartRaising.com tracks and posts the efforts of each player second by second on their real time leaderboard.To add an additional layer of tension between contestants, players can only view their ranking along with the top ranked vote getter, but not the other participants on the leaderboard.

As with any competition between family and friends, things often get heated, especially as the end draws near.Being ranked number one, even with seconds left on the real time leaderboard, is no guarantee of victory.The final outcome is always a toss up on this truly unique and innovative fundraiser. At the end of the bill pay fundraiser, the top vote getter walks away knowing that their family, friends or co-workers helped cover a monthly bill, along with bragging rights, at least until the next competition.

About StartRaising.com

StartRaising.com is headquartered in Oakland,Ca. For more information please visit http://www.startraising.com email: contact(at)startraising(dot)com or call:1-800-370-4712

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Compendium Selected as One of the Top Three Innovations by Direct Marketing Association (DMA) Members, the Worlds Largest Marketing Organization

Indianapolis, IN (PRWEB) June 23, 2011

Yesterday, Compendium was named one of the top three Early Stage Innovations at the Direct Marketing Associations All For One Summit. This award comes on the heels of a 2011 eCommerce Rising Star award. In addition, one of Compendiums clients, Granite State College, earned a Merit recognition in the Total Advertising Award category for schools under 2,000 students from the Higher Ed Marketing Report for an integrated marketing campaign based in its blog. Together, these national awards recognize the impact of the Compendium platform in improving its clients online presence.

Were honored to be recognized for the innovation involved in creating a business blogging platform that gives the control of the message back to the marketer, said Frank Dale, President of Compendium.

Not only can marketers manage their blogs without burdening their IT staffs or relying on do-it-yourself alternatives, but Compendium makes it easy for them to capture customer stories to share.

The DMA Early Stage Innovation recognition was earned based on texted votes from the All For One Summit attendees. The award celebrates advancement in direct and digital marketing technology. Entries were based on three main criteria: how innovative the product or service is, the impact the product or service has on an end-user, and whether or not the product or service has made a difference in the community at large. A panel of judges will determine the ultimate winner who will receive their award along with other Innovation Award winners at DMA2011 in Boston on Tuesday, October 4.

World Business Research uses its Rising Stars designation to recognize companies that the eTail community feel have the leading-edge in value, performance and service excellence and are helping retailers advance their cause. Compendium was nominated as a Rising Star in the Content Marketing category by clients Gymboree Play and Music, Taiga Company, Lexicomp.com, and IVLProducts.

Granite State College began using the Compendium platform to let their students share the impact that getting an education had on their lives. Because of the enthusiasm of student bloggers, Granite State translated blog stories into an integrated marketing campaign including billboards, print ads and even a new sub-brand, "Granite State College Stories". The Higher Education Marketing Report recognized the power of this campaign with a Total Advertising Award category for schools under 2,000 students.

With more than 400 customers, Compendium is quickly becoming the business blogging platform of choice for marketers who are creating and capturing content online while maintaining control over the content they choose to represent their brand.

To learn more about Compendiums Business Blogging Platform, visit http://www.compendium.com.

About Compendium: Compendium is a Web-based blogging platform for businesses and organizations. Our software does the heavy lifting of a message, so that customers and prospects can find and engage with your business and organization. The Compendium platform allows its clients to collect stories from customers and manage posts from multiple internal bloggers with an easy-to-use administrative layer, organize a blog in a search-friendly format and broadcast blog content to social media sites and newsletter subscribers. Learn more at http://www.compendium.com

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Portable Electrothermal Analyzer Invented by Two SIUE Faculty Members

(Vocus) October 21, 2010

A prototype developed by two Southern Illinois University Edwardsville faculty members will allow clinical samples to be tested for toxic heavy metals, like mercury and lead.

The portable electrothermal analyzer was showcased recently at the Southern Illinois University Carbondale Technology and Innovation Expo Fall 2010. SIUE Associate Professor Brad Noble from the department of electrical and computer engineering and SIUE Assistant Professor Edward Navarre from the department of chemistry collaborated to produce the inexpensive, portable device, which will be used for clinical applications such as blood and urine testing.

The target cost of the completed instrument is less than $ 10,000, which is several times less expensive than most commercial instruments, Navarre said. Inexpensive instrumentation will generate a wide variety of analysis and teaching opportunities.

Navarre continued that his collaborative work with Noble was inspired by the need to improve the timeliness of testing and implementation of treatment efforts to combat blood poisoning from lead and other toxic metals. The instrument will have national and international significance, Navarre said, adding that the device will allow more people to be tested, as well as reduce the cost of testing.

We are trying to automate blood analysis so that the test operator doesnt need as much training to get viable results, he said.

Unlike traditional elemental analyzers, which are limited to laboratory environments and require highly skilled operators, the device can function in areas where traditional instruments cannot be used due to lack of sophisticated laboratories, funding or infrastructure.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a nationally recognized public university offering a broad choice of degrees and programs ranging from career-oriented fields of study to the essential, more traditional, liberal arts. At SIUE we offer 44 baccalaureate degrees, 13 post-baccalaureate certificates, 47 master's degrees, 11 post-master's certificates, two first-professional degrees, and one post-first professional certificate.

Known for an emphasis in health science education, SIUE offers a nursing school, pharmacy school and dental school. Additionally, undergraduate and graduate degrees and certificates are available through the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Engineering, the School of Business, and the School of Education.

The SIUE School of Business is among an elite 5 percent of business schools worldwide that have earned prestigious accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB). The accounting program at SIUE also has AACSB accreditation, among only 11 percent of business schools in the United States and Canada to hold that distinction.

One of 12 Illinois colleges and universities, SIUE is located on 2,600 acres of rolling hills and woodlands in Edwardsville, just 25 miles from St. Louis, a major metropolitan area. Proximity to the St. Louis area enhances SIUEs energy and vitality. The campus is easily accessed from several major interstates, while the city of Edwardsville offers ample opportunity for jobs, entertainment, shopping and fun.

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