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Patent US20090132341 - Method and System for Monetizing User-Generated Content - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsAn e-commerce system, comprising a shopping cart executing on a network-connected server, product information available at the shopping cart, and software executing on the server for interacting with user-generated content associated with a first user, is disclosed. In the system, the software provides...http://www.google.com/patents/US20090132341?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20090132341 - Method and System for Monetizing User-Generated ContentAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS20090132341 A1Publication typeApplicationApplication numberUS 11/968,374Publication dateMay 21, 2009Filing dateJan 2, 2008Priority dateNov 20, 2007Publication number11968374, 968374, US 2009/0132341 A1, US 2009/132341 A1, US 20090132341 A1, US 20090132341A1, US 2009132341 A1, US 2009132341A1, US-A1-20090132341, US-A1-2009132341, US2009/0132341A1, US2009/132341A1, US20090132341 A1, US20090132341A1, US2009132341 A1, US2009132341A1InventorsTheresa Klinger, Ariel WadaOriginal AssigneeTheresa Klinger, Ariel WadaExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (3), Referenced by (10), Classifications (9), Legal Events (1) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetMethod and System for Monetizing User-Generated ContentUS 20090132341 A1Abstract An e-commerce system, comprising a shopping cart executing on a network-connected server, product information available at the shopping cart, and software executing on the server for interacting with user-generated content associated with a first user, is disclosed. In the system, the software provides product information and code related to a specific product to the user-generated content in a form compatible with the user-generated content, such that upon the code being activated in the user-generated content by a second user, the second user is connected to the shopping cart at the server, and enabled to buy the product.
a shopping cart executing on a network-connected server; product information available at the shopping cart; and interface software executing on the server for interacting with user-generated content associated with a first user; wherein the interface software provides product information and code related to a specific product to the user-generated content, the code compatible with the user-generated content, and upon the code being activated in the user-generated content by a second user, the second user is connected to the shopping cart at the server, and is thereby enabled to buy the product. 2. The system of claim 1 wherein the shopping cart executes on a social networking server.
(a) transmitting product information and code related to a specific product by a network-connected server to user-generated content generated by a first user; (b) embedding the code into the user-generated content for selling the product; and (c) upon the code being activated in the user-generated content by a second user, connecting the second user to a shopping cart at the server, thereby enabling the second user to purchase the product. 14. The method of claim 13 wherein the shopping cart executes on a social networking server.
24. The method of claim 21 wherein the fee paid to the first user based is determined at least in part by the quality statistics pertaining to first user. Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The present application claims priority to Provisional Application Ser. 60/989,425, filed Nov. 20, 2007 and Provisional Application Ser. 61/013,548, filed Nov. 20, 2007. The disclosures of which are included herein at least by reference.
The present invention is in the field of e-commerce, and particularly as it pertains to virtual communities such as social networks, online gaming communities and �virtual worlds�. Yet more particularly, the present invention pertains to monetization of user-generated content on networks such as the Internet.
A second trend is democratization of content creation. In the age of the great movie studios, control of content creation (at least in the new media of radio and the movies) was entirely within the hands of a few very powerful businessmen. Later, as the costs of high quality production came down, and as more and more channels to market became available, first through UHF television stations and later through cable and satellite systems, content creation became more diffuse, taking place across thousands of companies acting in various capacities. But only recently has serious content routinely been created by individuals, by consumers. The emergence of �user-generated content� (UGC) has been a large part of the post-2000 boom in user-centric web services, which commonly is labeled broadly as Web 2.0. Today, with blogs, personal web pages, and sites for the uploading of user-generated music and video clips, more and more of what people read, hear and watch is created outside of the corporate world, in the world of UGC.
As is typical in web trends, the original social networking pioneers offered �something for nothing�, and most social networking sites continue to offer a wide range of free services. But soon after, people began seeking ways to develop profitable business models to monetize the large numbers of loyal users that had been created in a very short time. Much as Google did in search, these pioneers are looking to advertising to satisfy the need to generate revenue from highly visited social networking sites, and they are typically adopting the methods used by Google�allowing users to provide access to advertisers on their profile pages in return for a small slice of the advertising revenue. This is by now a classical business model�the site operator, the user whose profile page is used, the media buyer and others each take a piece of the total advertising spend committed by the advertisers (these by and large are the same kinds of companies as in all of the previous ages, plus the new web-based companies).
One limitation of the currently emerging model of allowing advertisers to place ads on profile pages is that it is a largely passive affair. A user can, for instance, subscribe to one of the many affiliate advertising services and make a space available for ads to be displayed, but the user has no control over what ads are displayed. Advertisers will display ads that seem to correlate well with the content of the page (for instance, a user's blog on �the new physics� will likely show ads from a science magazine, whereas one that focuses on a particular sports team would likely show ads promoting sports apparel or memorabilia. But the user cannot choose, and certainly the user cannot block undesirable advertisers from her page.
This limitation, besides providing for the possibility of incongruous and occasionally counterproductive ad placements, also leads to an inability of mainstream advertisers to take advantage of the most powerful aspect of social networks�which is precisely that social networks are self-organized market segments. People who network together, whether in a broad �network of friends� sense or in a narrow �network of first edition enthusiasts� sense, automatically define segments of great interest to advertisers, as these social networks generally will share much in common, including buying habits. But since the essence of social networks is their self-organization and, accordingly, their dynamic nature, the traditional advertising model falls short.
What is clearly needed in the art is a way to bring together the worlds of advertising and social networks in a way that serves the best interests of both key constituents�those who wish to advertise and those to whom advertisers are directed. Users of social networks, should they be able to influence what, when and how is advertised to them, would be able to achieve the reasonable goal of having ads that address actual needs and preferences, and to share in the benefits thus created. And, in a continuation of the trend away from mass advertising that the search-based ad illustrates, advertisers would be able to precisely target content at those social networks that are most predisposed to favorably react to the message, and to do so at a remarkably low cost, thus driving revenue per ad dollar up dramatically.
It is an aim of the present invention to provide a system and a method for monetizing the user-generated content that dominates social networks sites, and to provide advertisers a method to �ride the user-generated content� wave in order to achieve improved levels of targeting specificity and return on investment.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In an effort to solve the problems described above of monetizing user-generated content, the inventors conceived of a fundamental shift in the longstanding paradigm of advertising. Specifically, they conceived of the notion of shifting from the model of vendors hawking their own wares through various advertising means involving the pushing of vendor materials to potential consumers to the model of users promoting and selling products that they personally find valuable or useful. Accordingly, the inventors provide a system for the monetization of user-generated content using user-controlled product placements within user-generated content.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION The inventors provide a system and a method for monetization of �user-generated content� (UGC) in which creators of UGC are enabled to select from a variety of products, from a variety of vendors, and to make them available for viewing and purchase entirely within their UGC. That is, it is an object of the present invention that creators of UGC are able to choose product information about products of their choosing and to embed that information, in a variety of ways, into their content (�content� should be understood to mean �user-generated content (UGC)� unless otherwise specified throughout this specification). It is an object of this invention that viewers of UGC that has been prepared using the instant invention will be able to view the images or information associated with the products being promoted by the creator of the particular UGC, and to purchase such promoted products, or to mark them for potential future purchase, as desired. It is yet another object of this invention to provide a monetary reward to the creators of UGC who thus successfully promote products for sale; it should be understood, however, that rewards other than money may also be given to such creators of UGC according to the invention. For example, �loyalty points� such as frequent flyer miles could be rewarded as a proxy for monetary reward, without departing from the spirit of the invention. Where �monetization� and �money� are used in this specification, they should be understood to mean �monetization or the like� and �money or an equivalent reward�; the form of the reward provided is not an essential element of the invention.
While in an embodiment the social network 120 is one of the many familiar social networks available on the Internet, it should be understood that the invention can be used to market goods and services to any human network 120, for example (but not limited to) console or online gaming systems where gamers create UGC and the gaming industry operates the social network shopping cart 110 of the invention, kiosks where UGC is delivered to malls or stores using the method of the invention (the social network shopping cart 110 in this case could be operated by an operator of a chain of malls, or a chain of stores, or by a specialist third party who places kiosks in prominent places to allow consumption of UGC by social network members), virtual worlds where groups or entire virtual societies are formed and the social network shopping cart 110 is operated either by the host of the virtual world or by a third-party service provider, or even offline networks such as groups of �friends and family� who subscribe to a value-added mobile phone service that allows users to create and post content that can be viewed on mobile phones, and where the mobile phone carrier or one of its partners operates the social network shopping cart 110. An important element of the invention is provision of a social network shopping cart 110 whereby members of a human network can incorporate product information from merchants 100 into their published user-generated content 123 in order to promote the sale of those products, and the fact that the consumers (125 a through 125 n) of the published UGC can view product promotions and product information as an integral part of the user-generated content, and they can purchase products or mark them for later review and possible purchase, entirely within the published UGC 123 via the consuming component (135 a through 135 n). Only when finished and ready to check out does the consuming user (now a Buyer) (125 a through 125 n) interact with the social network shopping cart 111, specifically by going through the shopping cart's checkout procedure. FIG. 2 outlines a method of the present invention. Preliminarily (201), businesses add products available for promotion and sale via the social network 110 to the social network shopping cart 111. Merchants can specify terms under which the products can be promoted and sold when adding them to the shopping cart. Clearly one of the key terms is price, which can be expressed as a fixed price or as a range of prices. In an embodiment of the invention, products can be placed in the social network shopping cart 111 for auction within the social network, and members of the social network could add that product to their UGC and thereby accept bids; the winning bid would get the product, and the creator of the UGC from which the winning bid was entered would receive a reward from the social network shopping cart operator. Business may also upload additional information about their products into the social network shopping cart, for example the dates when the product is available, product images, shipping costs and schedules, promotional materials in text, image or video form, and so forth. In an embodiment of the invention, merchants may specify demographic or other information about the target market of the product, although it should be clear that among the key benefits of the instant invention is the fact that it is the users who self-select by choosing what products to promote and with what people to associate; merchants implicitly are marketing to the people who associate with (network with) the people who choose their products to promote within their UGC. By making demographic and other information about who might find the product most useful, merchants are not so much targeting a market segment as they are advising those who self-select the market segment.
In step 202, social network members create user-generated content for posting or publishing as published UGC 123. As mentioned above, this step could comprise many possible actions by members of the social network, including but not limited to posting a blog entry, creating a video, adding content to a personal web page, updating a personal profile page, or adding a comment or essay in a public forum section of the social network. The social network member then selects products from the social network shopping cart and adds them to her user-generated content posting 203. The user actually inserts a block of code downloaded from the social network shopping cart 111 into her user-generated content; this code block could for example be hypertext markup language (HTML), extensible markup language (XML) or the like. The code could contain a link to an image or a video, such that when a viewer of the UGC clicks on the link they can view the image of watch the video. Such techniques are well-established in the art. The code also contains means for executing a purchase or for marking an item for later review and purchase. These means could be, but are not limited to, a �Buy� button viewable by the user (�user� herein refers to the consumer (125 a through 125 n) of user-generated content), a �hot spot� in an image or a video which, when moused over, displays a �buy this item� tag, or other similar means.
One a purchase has been made, the merchant (or merchants; a single checkout can be conducted to purchase products from a plurality of merchants, and indeed from a plurality of UGC promotions) receives notification of the order and payment arrangements from the service provider 110 that operates the social network shopping cart 207 (recall that this service provider could in fact be the operator of the social network as well, but need not be). Finally, the member from whose UGC each purchase decision was made receives an endorsement fee or other monetary reward from the service provider 110 in step 208. Again, from a single �browsing expedition� or web session, multiple purchases from multiple UGC promotions could be made, and the products could be from multiple merchants. Accordingly, each transaction is tracked in the social network shopping cart as a tuple containing at least the buyer's identity, the content creator's identity, and the product's identity (which can be tied to the merchant based on the data provided in step 201).
FIG. 3 provides an example of what user-generated content (UGC) containing product promotions according to the invention might look like. In this embodiment, the UGC is a web page 300 containing user-created text 301. In this case the text describes how a DIY (Do it yourself) project was completed; this might be a common type of posting on a homeowner's social network. Additionally, the creator to the page added two tabs labeled �Recommended Tools� 302 and �Supplies� 303. On these tabs are placed either text, tabular data, or (as in the example) images of products that were found useful to the author. It is clear that this is one natural form of mixing user-generated content with product placements (i.e., advertisements). Others who want to replicate the success this author achieved may well want to know what particular tools and supplies were found the most useful, and it would be convenient for such users to be able to click on the items he does not already possess and have them effortlessly shipped to his home in time to start the project on the weekend.
FIG. 4 provides an example of another embodiment of the invention. In this embodiment, user-generated content is viewed on a mobile phone or personal digital assistant (PDA) 400. A member of a social network has created her own content comprising a guided tour of New York City, including a map of the tour as she conducted it 401, a narrative of the tour 402, and a selection of �Great things to do in New York� 403. The items (404 a through 404 n) are product placements selected by the content creator to enhance the value of her guided tour content by allowing viewers, as they follow her path through the city, to select and purchase additional activities without having to leave her content. Note also that the content creator could leverage the fact that many PDAs and mobile phones today have Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers and can track where the user is in the city very accurately. This can be used to move the map as the user walks the tour, but it can also be used to change the promotions offered 403 based on where the user is. Such location-based product promotions within UGC are an extremely potent form of UGC-based advertising. While location-based services are emerging rapidly in the marketplace, and in particular while leveraging location information in mobile applications is known in the art, it is the combination of this capability with the unique embedding of product promotions within user-generated content (the object of the present invention) that really adds value here. Each item (404 a through 404 n) represents a recommendation of a product (or service�these terms should be understood to be interchangeable throughout this specification) by a person whom the user is likely to trust more than a mass advertiser because the user is a member of the same social network as the content creator. Thus this location-based advertising example represents an extraordinarily precise targeting of an advertisement, and is thus one for which advertisers will in general be willing to pay a premium.
FIG. 5 is yet another embodiment illustrating an exemplary use of the invention to monetize user-generated content. Merchants (500 a through 500 n) make products available, as before, for promotion by members of a social network via a social network shopping cart 111. In this case, the social network is an online gaming community (514 and 520 a through 520 n) which share an interest in games produced by game company 502, specifically the game domain 501. Optionally, the merchants could contract with the gaming company 502 to promote their products in the game domain 501, or they could upload product information directly to the social network shopping cart 111 as before. The gaming company provides a game scenario editor 503 tailored to the game domain 501, through the use of which game designer users 514 can design custom scenarios that can be deployed 506 and then viewed online 504 by players (520 a through 520 n). The game designer user 514 can be a player as well, or she could be a specialist member of the social network who designs high-end scenarios full-time. But as in other embodiments of the invention, by gaining the ability to embed product promotions from merchants 500 into her scenarios, the game designer user 514 gains access to a valuable new revenue stream and a means of enhancing game play. One of the benefits the inventors foresee for this monetization of user-generated content is illustrated in this last comment�when advertisements are inserted by trusted members of the social network in order to enhance the experience of using the social network, they are likely to be viewed as a positive force rather than a burdensome force (which is how people generally view advertising). People are consumers by nature, and they appreciate being informed, so when the information comes in a venue they enjoy, from sources they trust, buyers are likely to appreciate sellers for doing them a service. This upending of the traditional view of the role of advertisers as mass manipulators is important. The product promotions placed within their user-generated content by members of a social network are likely to not be viewed as advertisements at all by their viewers, but rather as welcome sources of information and hassle-free purchasing. To make this point clear, in this example the products being sold might be game accessories, books, and items that are closely tied to the thematic content of the game, and these are items that players of the game would enjoy seeing in the game; real-world consumption becomes part of the alternate reality (especially when one considers virtual worlds, a specialized kind of massively multiplayer online role-playing game that could have promotions added in as shown in FIG. 5).
FIG. 7 shows a product placement quality rating process of an embodiment of the invention. It would be extremely useful for a content creator to know which promotions were the most successful, and further to understand whether lack of success is due to lack of interest in the product or, more seriously, due to user discontent with how products are being promoted. Similarly, merchants and optionally the social network operator have a need to understand how effective their marketing activities into the social network are. Merchants may choose to pay more, or to limit availability of certain products for placement to content creators who achieve quality ratings above some minimum threshold. Accordingly, after users view product placements within user-generated content and optionally make purchase decisions 701, users may optionally be asked to rate the perceived quality of the product placement or placements they just viewed 702. The request to rate quality can be done after every click-through, on a random sample basis, after every purchase, or based on any of a number of sampling techniques well-established in the art. The quality ratings provide by users are then aggregated 703 and used to establish overall ratings for each content creator. Ratings can be based on several optional �dimensions�, such as suitability of the product for the target audience, accuracy of the description provided by the content creator (if any), quality of the product and the purchase, payment and shipping processes, and so forth. Essentially any factor that contributes to perceived quality, or the lack thereof, of the product placement, viewing, order and receipt process, and of the products themselves, can be rated in this way. The ratings can then optionally be provided 704 to merchants and content creators. A content creator might use these reports to refine the method of presenting product promotions, or to refine the product selections. Merchants can use this data, as mentioned, to refine their marketing efforts through social networks. Also, optionally feedback scores can be provided to viewers of UGC in the social network, for example by displaying information such as �this member's quality score is 97%, with 32 responses� when a product placement is selected for detailed viewing. This �reputation system� is similar to others known in the art, for example on large auction and ecommerce sites; the additional element here is not so much how the data is gathered or used but more what the data is�it reflects the evolving reputations of members of the social network as recommenders of products. It is anticipated by the inventors that merchants may well be willing to pay more for promotion of their products by content creators who in effect develop reputations as �product gurus to be trusted� among their network membership.
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Great vacation in Unit 504 The Inn at Summerwind - Review of Summerwind Resort, Navarre, FL - TripAdvisor
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we found Summerwind and Navarre Beach by chance - very glad we did. Great vacation - peaceful, calm beach which is awesome. Who wants to fight to get a place on the beach like in Destin? Walking distance to several fun restaurants - we really liked "Juana's Pagodas" -live music, sandy floor - great energy. Condo was very clean, really nice touches. Beautifully decorated and comfy beds. View was perfect! Property appears to be kept up well and we really liked being able to walk to the restaurants and bakery. This is a very laid-back, great vibe place - if you want crazy traffic & 3 hour waits for dinner then stay in Destin (had to disagree with other reviewer). We rent from vrbo and have stayed in many other places - we will return to Navarre Beach!
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We have ALWAYS stayed at the Summerwind East building. It was heartbreaking this trip to find out that the pier plays loud music till 11-12 at night. Besides the loud music (Bands sounded great though) I heard some not so nice conversations and shouting/swearing from people on the pier. We would try to sit out in our balcony but we did not have any privacy and it was so loud we could not even hear the gulf. Sleeping with doors shut and tv on, we still heard the music. Needless to say we did not have a good stay at summerwind. It is a beautiful condo resort, great pools and staff. The pier is wonderful as well, but unless you do not mind the noise of people and music at night, I would advise to stay somewhere else. I feel bad for all of the condo owners in this building.
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The condo itself was nice and had a great view but we could not swim in the beach any because it was full of seaweed! Also, Do Not rent from Dale E. Peterson because they add charges to you card after you leave and are extremely rude when you call to ask them about it and basically tell you they can do what they want...Stay as far away from Dale E Peterson as you can. Do research and rent from someone else!
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Disgusted by the condition of my condo from day one. 40 minute drive to Destin to do anything... I've spent half of my vacay in the car bringing the kids into Destin for some fun. This place is BORING. Pools are nothing fancy and beach water has been ugly since storms... still fabulous in Destin.
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My family stayed in 503C and this condo was amazing!! Kitchen was fully furnished, it was beautifully decorated and had amazing views!! We watched dolphins off the balcony and had a great time here
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Navarre Beach was beautiful beyond our expectations! Room 201 was well stocked, very clean and convenient! Three couples and 9 children had a blast!!! Check in and check out was quick and easy. The fact that there was no keys to the door (key pad only) made out trips back and forth to the room from the beach very convenient by not having to keep up with keys. The pier is located within a short walking distance and grocery store is right over the bridge (a 5 minute drive away). There was NEVER a wait for the elevators and pools were never crowded. All 3 couples plan to return to this location very soon as it was our best vacation ever!! I would highly recomment this beach and this 3 bedroom condo...
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My family and family friends, went to Summerwind Resort for our vacation. The customer service was great! They gave the kids/teens beach balls & gave the adults beverage holders! We were in unit 704 E, It was very clean when we got into the room. The view from our hotel room was great! The pier was still being built when we went, but it is up now. The pool is RIGHT outside, and the best part is you only have to walk across a boardwalk to get to the beach! There are three pools, and you can use any of them. The children/teens met tons of kids there age just swimming at the pool! It is a very family friendly place. It is great for anyone to go. If you like going to Restaurants & amuesment parks, Pensecola is not much more than 15 minutes away, & Destin is about 30 minutes away. Both, Pensecola & Destin have great entertainment. If you are looking for entertainment without traveling, you might want to look for a different place to stay. Other than that, If you don't mind traveling, Summerwind Resort is perfect! We will DEFINANTLY Be back! I HIGHLY recommend Summerwind Resort. All in all, One of the best family/friend vacations ever!
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Che Guevara's pal on epic 'life changing' trip dies at 88 | Daily Mail Online
Young Che Guevara's pal on epic 'The Motorcycle Diaries' trip dies at 88
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Granado and Che's trip across Latin America on a battered 1939 single cylinder, 500cc Norton motorcycle in 1952 awoke in Guevara a social consciousness and political convictions that steered him down the path to becoming a revolutionary icon.
Guevara was a 23-year-old medical student at the time. Granado was a 29-year-old biochemist.
They travelled 5,000 miles across South America.
Guevara, originally born into an upper middle class family, was said to be deeply by the social injustices he encountered on his travels: exploited mine workers, persecuted communists, ostracized lepers and the tattered descendants of the Incan civilization.
The mammoth adventure was immortalised in print and film.
In the book Motorcycle Diaries, which has been a New York Times bestseller list several times, Geuvara ends by declaring his willingness to fight and die for the cause of the poor.
He also writes of his dream of seeing a united Latin America in the book, once described as Das Kapital meets Easy Rider.
The movie, of the same name, was critically acclaimed, a fascinating story helped by the rich landscapes of Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Peru.
Gael Garcia Bernal played Guevara and Rodrigo De la Serna was Granado in the movie that has called half buddy-movie, half social commentary.
Asked a few years ago in an interview about his friendship with Guevara, Granado said: 'We hit it off well. When there was talk about politics, disease and what not, we almost always shared a similar view.'
Cuban state media said Granado's body was taken to a funeral home in Havana and, 'according to his wishes,' his remains will be cremated and the ashes spread across parts of Argentina, Cuba and Venezuela.
Guevara was tracked down and killed in the Bolivian jungle in 1967.
Passionate: Rodrigo de la Serna potrays Alberto Granado in the highly acclaimed movie Motorcycle Diaries
Epic journey: Che Guevara holds the handlebars of the beaten up Norton 500 as a mechanic checks it out

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Entrepreneurs will brainstorm all expenses and costs associated with their venture start-up, allowing them to understand the basic concept of cash flow. Understanding cash flow is easily one of the single most important elements in leading a social venture to success. This is a hands-on workshop which will engage participants to understand whether their business is financially sustainable as it is currently conceptualized. Tim Burditt has over 30 years of experience in finance, administration and operations with private and public companies in industries including software, media, consumer products and investment banking. Most recently, he served as CFO of Market Track, LLC, a leading provider of retail promotion and brand advertising/pricing intelligence solutions. Previously, he served as CFO for EYP, a prominent architecture and engineering design firm, Decora Induestries, Inc. a consumer products manufacturer and the Monitor Channel, a cable channel launched by the Christian Science Monitor. He also was a Co-Founder and CFO of KindMark, Inc., a workplace charitable giving software platform developer.
In the past he has served on the boards of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundatino of Northeastern NY and Rhode Island Special Olympics. Tim has a BA from Middlebury College, and an MS from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture and Planning and an MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.

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Asian shares, euro inch up after euro zone bailout plans | business | Hindustan Times
Asian shares, euro inch up after euro zone bailout plans
Asian shares and the euro inched up today after European officials agreed to strengthen a bailout fund and seek more aid from the International Monetary Fund to help lend to troubled economies as Italy's borrowing costs hit fresh highs.
business Updated: Nov 30, 2011 07:53 IST
Asian shares and the euro inched up on Wednesday after European officials agreed to strengthen a bailout fund and seek more aid from the International Monetary Fund to help lend to troubled economies as Italy's borrowing costs hit fresh highs.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.14% after a two-day rally on hopes for more progress in the euro zone debt crisis. But Japan's Nikkei fell 0.8%, also after rising for two days in a row.
The euro also rose 0.1% to $1.3330, but still well below Tuesday's high of $1.3443.
Euro zone officials agreed on Tuesday on two ways to leverage the firepower of their bailout fund, the 440-billion-euro European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), using both an insurance scheme and a co-investment programme. They also agreed to extend further aid payments to Greece and Ireland.
US stocks rallied on Tuesday on euro zone hopes as well as a report from the Conference Board, an industry group, which showed consumer confidence bounced back in November from a 2-1/2-year low in another sign the US economy remains on a recovery path.
Italy was forced pay a record 7.89% yield for its 3-year bonds on Tuesday, above levels which Greece, Ireland and Portugal were forced to apply for international bailouts, but European and US stocks rose in apparent relief at the strong demand, with the maximum 7.5 billion euros sold.
Reflecting a lack of incentives to take risks, Asian credit markets were subdued, with spreads on the iTraxx Asia ex-Japan investment grade index widening slightly early on Wednesday.
First Published: Nov 30, 2011 07:50 IST

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Nail Masters (IN) in Indianapolis, IN | Groupon
Shellac Manicure or Set of Acrylic Nails with Fill-In Session at Nail Masters (Up to 54% Off)
One Shellac no-chip manicure
One set of acrylic nails and one fill-in session
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After nail technician Tish Barnes shapes nails and tames cuticles, she applies CND Shellac gel polish that dries instantly and remains chip-free for up to two weeks. Alternatively, acrylic nails and fill-ins are applied to the fingernails during drill-free, one-hour sessions.
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