Global Marketing Partners, the leading channel marketing and distribution enabler in the United States, today announced its E3 contest.

This contest is all about a search for the “”most innovative video game or video game accessory” at the 2010 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3).

From marketwatch.com:

The winner of the Global E3 Innovative Game Contest (IGC) will receive guaranteed distribution at a top-tier channel distribution company. Global has partnerships with Ingram, Navarre, Tech Data and other leading worldwide distributors in the videogame industry. The company currently represents more than 100 manufacturers in the technology channel.

The winner of the IGC program will receive guaranteed distribution for its product (which alone is valued at $12,000), as well as an additional $11,000 in a targeted channel marketing campaign to support its launch through the channel. Contest is open to all E3 exhibitors and attendees with an innovative gaming product. Submissions are free, but must be entered no later than June 3, 2010. The top 10 finalists will be announced in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 15, at the exclusive E3 Startup Debut Event (http://www.startupdebut.com) at BottleRock, 1050 South Flower Street, from 6:00 – 9:00 pm. The final winner will be announced on Thursday, June 17. To enter Global Marketing Partners‘ 2010 E3 Innovative Technology Contest, please fill out the form at http://www.globalwrx.com/BIA_Signup.shtml.

The 2010 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, June 15-17.

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Apple, America’s largest music retailer is reportedly under scrutiny over its marketing tactics for its iTunes music store from the Justice Department.

Apple is the biggest name in the world of music sales in the United States and responsible for approximately 70 percent of online music sold in the country.

From Kyw1060.com:

America’s largest music retailer is reportedly under scrutiny from the Justice Department over its marketing tactics for its iTunes music store.

Apple is the biggest player in American music sales, responsible for about 70 percent of online music sold in this country. It’s how it got there that has federal investigators asking questions of its competitors.

The New York Times and CNet, which is owned by CBS, are reporting that antitrust investigators are asking questions about Apple’s alleged refusal to let rival Amazon.com offer exclusive access to some tracks a day before their wide release. A report from Billboard Magazine earlier this spring suggested the Apple would respond by not promoting those tracks on iTunes.

Investigations by the Justice Department are said to be in their early phases.

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Gigaset Communications, the German cordless phone manufacturer, has appointed Shahzad Ahmed as chief executive officer for Middle East Africa and India.

The appointment followed the launch of operations of the company in many locations around the region.

From Economictimes.indiatimes.com:

Headquartered in Munich, Germany, Gigaset Communications is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of cordless phones and a market leader in Europe for cordless DECT phones.

In his function as CEO, Shahzad is responsible for business operations in the region, which include sales and marketing management, as well as all other key functions.

Shahzad has over 20 years of international marketing & sales experience with multinational electronics companies.

Before joining Gigaset Communications, he has worked as head of marketing in Samsung, Siemens mobile, and LG.

Shahzad holds a Master of Business Administration degree and has been based in Dubai for the past 11 years.

Outlining his plans for the future, Shahzad said “We intend to be a market leader in cordless telephony not just in the UAE but in the entire region. We also intend to establish our presence at the retail as well as the operator level in all these markets.

Shahzad said that he is proud to be associated with a company that believes in innovations in technology and growing at 40 per cent in the Middle East market.

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If you want to access marketing quotes for potential world leaders then this compilation of timeless quotations from some of the world’s most eminent personalities will be more than just useful for you. Read on to find more!

“O, Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; To be understood as to understand; To be loved as to love; For it is in giving that we receive; It is in pardoning that we are pardoned; And it is in dying to ourselves that we are born to eternal life. Amen” – Saint Augustine

Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished. – Confucius

Somehow I can’t believe that there are any heights that can’t be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C s. They are curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable. – Walt Disney

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. – Mark Twain

A daydream is a meal at which images are eaten. Some of us are gourmets, some gourmands, and a good many take their images precooked out of a can and swallow them down whole, absent-mindedly and with little relish. – W. H. Auden

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If you, like many others, want to make big money in the world of Internet marketing there cannot be a better tutorial than this YouTube video. This video is a must-watch video for business owners and marketing executives looking to create a difference in the world of Internet marketing.

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In today’s web-dominated world, online presence is an absolute must and Content is the King. The process by which the King goes on expansion plans or the way by which the content is distributed in the form of articles is known as article marketing. Let us find more about this form of marketing to develop a clear understanding.

Article marketing, which is the process of creating and distributing articles, is an easy way to promote products & services of a business. This kind of marketing is beneficial for improving search engine rankings, create and maintain demand & awareness about products and services, besides creating long-term business relationships with existing and potential customers.

It is important to note here that in order to attain good search engine results and rankings, a business needs to emphasize on daily creation and distribution of unique, relevant, interesting, and sales-inducing articles by following an aggressive article publishing schedule.

However, it is important to identify primary keywords before thinking about article writing or distributing. It is also important to remember here that articles must be good enough to educate the customers to make an informed decision and should be honest in their existence. This means that all points, positives and negatives, should be brought to attention of the customers. However, the negatives should hide themselves so much in the positives that the perception of any other thing is no more relevant for the potential customers.

If these simple tips can be observed, article marketing is all rewarding. After all, success can be attained but the ways to attain it still need to be identified and explored by you.

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According to experts, the success of online marketing is not limited or hampered by size of the market and this form of marketing can pose a serious challenge to the traditional advertising forms on any given day.

Market research company Cimigo’s online director Lukas Mira recently remarked, ““The Internet plays a significant role in Vietnamese lives both personally and in business, and it is becoming an increasingly important channel for advertisers to reach their target audience,”.

From Thanhniennews.com:

With 23 million users, Vietnam is the fastest Internet growing country in Asia, according to Cimigo. The company said the ratio of Vietnamese Internet users grew by 100 times in 2000-2009, while second-placed China grew 15 times.

With the rapid growth, Vietnam’s online advertising market would double its size in the next five years, said Cimigo managing director Richard Burrage.

Nguyen Phuong Dung, director of Malaysia-based Innity in Vietnam, said businesses were paying more attention to digital marketing through cell phones, websites and online newspapers than traditional channels like TV and the print media.

Dung said the online marketing company has many clients including online ads in their marketing campaigns. One of the clients was Samsung. The Korean electronics giant set up a fixed budget for online marketing a year ago. Earlier the giant spent money on online ads only if it had a surplus left over from its marketing budget for other traditional channels.

It was estimated by Dung that the online advertising market would account for about 10-20 percent of Vietnam’s total advertising revenue in the next ten years.

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