FME Develops CMMS Software To Help Provide Energy Assessments and Audits

(Newswire.net -- May 14, 2013) Evansville, IN -- Evansville-based FME, Inc., announces it's new software that helps clients lower facility costs through the comprehensive control of energy use. Beginning June 1, 2013, the firm is offering the chance to achieve significant savings in all key building systems: power, water, HVAC, and building envelope through a cmms software named Facility Value Manager.

"Energy consumption can represent a huge expense for facility managers," says FME President and Founder Wayne Washington. "FME now brings them a proven, systematic approach to evaluate their building performance and take action for dramatic improvement." As Wayne explains, "FME begins the optimization process with an Energy Benchmark, which compares the building's consumptionbwith peers."

To accomplish this, FME relies on the Energy Star™ database, a cooperative venture of the DOE and EPA.
"Using the findings from our benchmarking, we can approximate the potential for savings," says Wayne. "The next step is to conduct an on-site assessment." Here, explains Wayne, "Clients have three choices, including a "guaranteed savings option" in which FME models building performance. With the modeled option, we guarantee a net savings after three years, or we refund the cost of our assessment."

Energy Audits Put Confidence Behind Capital Projects.

A common problem for facility managers is determining which projects to prioritize. With FME's Energy Audit, it becomes obvious. "We can show the facility manager which projects meet an ROI threshold, and those that offer the greatest potential return. This makes it easy to build a case for capital expenditures with confidence", says Wayne.

Wayne explains, "FME can help with project financing, thanks to relationships with select lenders who regularly fund energy projects. We'll even provide implementation and project management services... our goal is to ensure our clients get the best possible return on investment."

FME, Inc. is the world's leading "value-adding, do-it-right-the-first-time" provider of "One-Stop-Facility-Shops." FME supplies parts, labor, management, and cmms software for operating all day-to-day facility-related activities. Activities such as preventative maintenance, work order scheduling, cost tracking, and much more . The company also provides short-and long-term planning, technical services, and construction at its clients' commercial, industrial, and/or government facilities.

Contact: Wayne Washington wlwashington@facilitymgt.com

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(Newswire.Net  -- May 27, 2013) Los Angeles, CA -- Careful consideration should take place when researching a Santa Clarita divorce lawyer. Unlike a tangible piece of property, kids have feelings. When emotions run amuck between mom and dad they tend to forget about what the children see and hear. And that can determine who they will end up living with.

It doesn’t matter who you are or what social status you hold in your community, divorce is an unfortunate occurrence, even in the family friendly Santa Clarita Valley. When it is time for parents to split up, the children are normally caught in the middle. And the question is asked, how to divide the kids. It’s easy when assets are on a spread sheet, but difficult when they are children. With that said, it is best to find a Santa Clarita divorce lawyer who specializes in family law and child custody.

Some attorneys who work on divorce will look at the monetary value of the assets being divided and use the kids as barging chips. When that occurs, the child or children feel more like a piece of furniture and not as a person with genuine feelings. What happens in family court stays with kids forever. There are even cases of adult children who go through extensive grieving when their parents get divorced. So when it comes to divorce, age doesn’t matter.

In addition, some kids may feel responsible for their parents breaking up. They can hold onto memories of a fight that happened between their mom and dad then relate that event to the break up.

Another consideration goes back to the title of this article, who gets the kids? Maybe the kids feel closer to one parent than the other. Or perhaps the break up is due to infidelity which in a child’s eyes could hold huge amounts of resentment towards the parent who stepped outside the marriage. In addition if domestic abuse is the cause, the abuse could have happened to the children as well-whether it is physical or emotional.

So if you are in the unfortunate position to be going through a divorce and kids are involved, when researching a Santa Clarita divorce lawyer, take special care that the attorney is well versed in family law and child custody. Think about your kids first and the assets secondary.

As the saying goes, you can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your family. Make sure you have an amicable parting of the ways as emotional scars can last forever with children and they will never forget. Choosing the right divorce attorney can make all the difference.

(Newswire.net -- May 28, 2013) Greenwood Village, Colorado -- Susan Krodel, a full service realtor operating out of Greenwood Village, Colorado sat down with Jeff Hopp to answer some questions about real estate and her experience. Susan and her associates, the Krodel Team, have become known as the "Best Choice For Luxury Homes in Colorado." Jeff Hopp was interested in how they've earned such a title.

Susan started out her real estate career as more of an investor. She says "I was...always looking for that diamond in the rough and making it beautiful. I've always had a passion for real estate and could not imagine doing anything else."

Krodel says she loves working with clients and their families the most. She works hard to cultivate those types of relationships for life, and they mean the world to her. She mentions "I love being more of a tour guide in making what can be a very stressful process a more enjoyable experience for my clients."

When asked about the Krodel Team's mission statement, Krodel says "Clients first is our mission statement. Absolutely everything we do is centered around this simple phrase. Many clients come to us from other real estate agents who just did not take care of them and because we put our clients needs first above all else We want to be that real estate team that they're proud to refer to others." 

Susan says that selling luxury homes in Colorado is much more than the number of bedrooms and bathrooms. "It's about the lifestyle." She enjoys working with discriminating home buyers to find the perfect dream home. 

She continues "With our proven marketing techniques international exposure and award-winning service we exceed expectation in luxury homes as we do in every other price point that we work with."

Not surprisingly, Susan says that 95% of the Krodel Team's business comes from referrals or from repeat customers. "That only happens when you're taking good care of people" according to Krodel. 

Susan recommends meeting the Krodel Team through their website. "It has fantastic technology for searching homes finding out what a house is worth and connecting with great lenders and other preferred partners" says Susan.

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Contact:

Krodel Team

5655 S Yosemite Street

Suite 109

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

303-588-7404

http://www.coloradochoicehomes.com

Press release issued by Mile High Mobile Marketing

(Newswire.net -- June 5th, 2013) Akron, Ohio —Roger Bryan releases a new interview this week, where he sat down with entrepreneur and founder of the Eric Trump Foundation, Eric Trump. Roger spoke with Trump about marketing and branding techniques, in an effort to help the public and the many startups that he coaches, understand the importance of successful branding in today’s market. 

In the interview, Roger speaks candidly with Trump about marketing and branding techniques that he has used for the new Trump Winery, including the emphasis Trump has placed on things such as SEO and internet marketing techniques. During the interview, Roger also asks Trump to reveal insights on the importance of internet marketing to international brands today, and how important it is for companies today to constantly reinvent themselves. The new interview touches on a variety of topics from SEO to social media and beyond all in a new video interview. With the video, Roger has revealed he hopes that entrepreneurs today will be able to take away valuable insight about their own companies from the standpoint of a billion dollar organization.

About The Eric Trump Foundation:

The Eric Trump Foundation was founded to raise money for terminally-ill children at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. As one of the largest private charities in the country, the foundation hosts the single largest annual golf tournament benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The Eric Trump Foundation has currently raised nearly $6 million dollars for St. Jude.

The Interview is now available to view online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBW97zGK5pQ

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Enfusen Marketing Services

150 N. Miller Road, Suite 350A

Akron, OH 44333 

Media Contact: Roger Bryan
Email: roger@enfusen.com
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(Newswire.net -- June 6, 2013) Aurora, Colorado -- Ken Rackley, owner of Aurora auto repair shop Tune Tech Automotive, sat down recently with Jeff Hopp to answer some frequently asked questions regarding automotive air conditioning repair and maintenance. 

Of all the systems in a vehicle, few people consider air conditioning to be a vital one, until it's not functioning correctly. Ken Rackley says it's important to maintain a vehicle's air conditioning system for two reasons. "It's important because, personal comfort for one. You can have the windows up and have the temperature set where you need to, and everything's good there. For two, it actually helps the efficiency of the vehicle. The fuel mileage and things along those lines increase...they're designed to have better fuel mileage with the windows up going down the road."

Fortunately, according to Rackley, around "90 percent" of the problems his shops sees regarding automotive air conditioning are simply due to a low charge. Vehicles' air conditioning systems are "charged" with refridgerant, which cools the air. Over time, as with other auto parts or components, the charge gets low and needs to be replaced. According to Ken, this repair is relatively simple and inexpensive. "If it is just a charge problem and there's no leaks or anything along those lines, then the average charge would be about $155 on a full charge, and getting it working properly. And we also put a dye in there. If there are small leaks, then that makes it easier to find."

Occasionally, there are more serious causes to a failure of vehicular air conditioning. Ken says "Other things can happen that can cause them to quit working also, quit working or not cooling efficiently, whether it be electrical or internal sensors and things along those lines for your automatic climate control." Ken says a simple diagnostic test, the cost of which is ultimately put toward the total repair bill, can determine the cause of these problems.

Ken Rackley's repair shop, Tune Tech Automotive, has been serving the Aurora area since 1995. Apart from air conditioning repair, they offer a comprehensive line of services including brakes, oil changes, tune ups, scheduled maintenance, suspension work, and more. 

Tune Tech Automotive's website offers more information about auto maintenance questions and repairs.

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Contact:

Tune Tech Automotive

14851 E Colfax, Aurora, CO 80011

303-364-3391

http://www.tunetechautomotive.org

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(Newswire.net -- June 11, 2013) Portland, OR -- “Online marketing tactics change faster than any of us can keep up with it,” Harmon began. “And some industries like car dealerships, medical professionals and realtors don’t have time to keep up with it. The basic strategy always remains the same; offer valuable information to the person seeking it and they’ll be your customer for life. Google’s been using this business model extremely successfully and so have I as an internet marketer for local businesses.

“What home buyers are desperately searching for is a good value on their next home,” Brad continued. “They don’t want to get caught up in the next housing bubble, so they’re quietly searching for deals online. Yet Realtors are sitting on thousands of seller listings that are a great value, but haven’t been able to connect with the discreet internet home buyer… Until now!

“As a local internet marketer, all I do is solve these kind of problems. In an online mastermind  group I’m in, we discussed a solution for realtors and created the perfect lead generation system for real estate professionals. During the initial testing it brought in leads faster than we could find realtors to service the leads. A great problem to have,” Harmon smiled. “So I started giving the leads away for free. It gave me a chance to discover the quality of the realtor before deciding to create a long-term working relationship with them.  

“We’re ready to roll this program out nationally but I need to test the system in a few more markets and create some more case studies to demonstrate the power of this system.” Harmon’s enthusiasm for the program began to take over, “So I’m looking for some progressive realtors to help me service the buyer leads in their market area and give me honest feedback on the quality of leads the system generates.

“I’m offering 10 free buyer leads to any real estate professional who wants to test my system risk free. I’m hoping that out of the 10 fresh buyer leads, the realtor sells at least one home and can give me a successful case study for my marketing.” Harmon explained, “This is an amazing opportunity for a realtor. Some are paying $15 to $50 for a buyer lead that is also being sold to another realtor down the street. I don’t do that. I will only work with one agent or broker in a geographical area. It’s only fair.”

“Not only am I offering them $150 to $500 worth of buyer leads, but I’m betting they’ll be claiming a 3% or 6% commission on a sale or I will have gone to a lot of effort without getting my case study and I don’t make bets I can’t win.” Harmon concluded, “It’s the best Win-Win offer I could think of. Most importantly I hope the home buyer and the economy come out winners to.”

Bradley Harmon can be contacted at U B All U R Business Solutions by email Brad@SocMedia4Biz.com

(Newswire.net -- November 20, 2012) Vancouver, BC -- This interview with Richard Morrison, a self proclaimed 'real estate geek,' as he calls himself, has provided insights into the ever changing Vancouver real estate market in Canada with a unique analysis of the October 2012 market in British Columbia, mainly the locations in and around Vancouver. His Remax team has been operating in the Greater Vancouver region listings for the last decade.

Morrison's Analysis Reveals a Very Strong Buyer's Market for Vancouver real estate

According to Morrison, there has been a drop in median sales averaging 10% across the board since July 2011, but the anomaly is that the total inventory has climbed fairly extensively in most of these areas. This is true for detached single family homes, attached townhomes, and apartment condos in Vancouver. There have, however, been some exceptions which Richard Morrison reveals in his report, such as townhomes in the Kitsilano market, which only dropped by 3% since July 2011.

Further research shows that although the market prices are very stable in certain areas like Kitsilano, where they have been resilient to the rising inventory levels, other areas have not been so lucky. Cambie is one of the areas that has been hit hard and these detached single family homes experienced a huge drop. Morrison and his team are intrigued by the varying dynamics being seen across the lower mainland, however, they are very confident that Canada is moving slowly from a generally balanced market into a buyer's market.

Morrison's Advice for Buyers

According to Morrison, market cycles fluctuate all the time, even with the economic recession. In fact, it is interesting to note that during all major financial events worldwide, when markets were slow and economies crashed, Morrison told all his buyers the same thing -and that was to buy. "Market cycles are a fact of life… stay the course and pick up the good buys," he advises. "We had great times in the past 10 plus years and some things must and do come to an end, but it does not mean a crash!" He continues, "The general population must go on… Families downsize, upsize, people relocate, they move away for other reasons… This market has come and gone… and life goes on…"

Taking into account the drop in market prices throughout most of Vancouver since the peak in January 2012, it is safe to say that that time buyers have been waiting for is right now.


With over 10 years of experience, Richard Morrison RE/MAX, realestatevancouvernow.com offers services throughout Vancouver and surrounding areas of British Columbia. He, along with his 5 member team operate out of Vancouver Downtown and surrounding areas.

Name: Richard Morrison
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Phone number: 1.(604).767.3703
Email: rich@realestatevancouvernow.com

(Newswire.net -- June 13, 2013) Portland, OR

“The whole Google Hangout thing has been really neat. We’ve been able to put together a small library of quick educational videos for our patients,” stated Dr. Rigert in an online interview.  “I can actually cover topics people need to understand in order to make a good decision about their health care and their answer is right there on YouTube and it makes things easier for me in the exam room too.” 

 As physiatrists, the doctors at Columbia Pain Management had been trying to get the word out using traditional advertising and Google Adwords to drive traffic to their website but could never really tell if it was working. After consulting with Brad Harmon, Marketing Strategist with U B All U R Business Solutions, they discovered that hundreds of dollars were being wasted each month on Pay-per-Click searches from the east coast, as potential patients that would never incur the expense of traveling to the Northwest for pain treatment.

“Like most business owners, they thought that online marketing is about websites and search results,” explained Harmon. “Marketing has always been and will always be about getting the right message to the right person using the right media. The internet is a great media but it’s not a silver bullet that kills all of your advertising nightmares. It is, however, a very useful tool for getting your message to the people who need to and want to hear it. Once I help them understand their message and who needs it finding the right delivery media is easy.”

“Frankly I was stalled,” began Dr. Rigert when asked about his frustration with getting the message out to potential patients. “Before meeting with Brad I was not going to set up a tripod and make educational videos, but he’s motivated me to sit here each week and actually do something that helps people. It’s as simple as remembering to sit at my computer on Monday mornings and having a conversation with Brad about an important medical topic and treatment. We record the Google Hangout and he gets it ready for people to find on YouTube.

“It’s really more like having a coach,” Rigert continued. “I mean this isn’t something I couldn’t do myself. I could use my iPhone and take a video and upload it to YouTube, but it’s not the best use of my time. Brad’s been great about explaining how things work, tracking and proving that they are working, and leading us in the right direction. So he’s the ‘someone’ I go to for advice about marketing.  Just like I’d never doctor myself, I would recommend people not try to do the internet thing themselves. They need to get some professional help and Brad is the right guy to help.”

“I’m pleased to have been able to help people who need relief from a life of pain get their life back by introducing them to Dr. Rigert and his team at Columbia Pain Management,” expressed Harmon. “They were already leaders in the community and medical industry. I only helped them find their voice and their message and made it available to people desperately searching for a solution to their pain. Sure, I use my talents to sell books and other commercial goods, but helping someone find compassionate care close to home makes me feel good about what I do.”

U B All U R Business Solutions has been helping business professionals in the health care and legal industries get their message out to attract more patients and clients profitably.

(Newswire.net   -- June 26, 2013)

Romance author AJ Harmon has brought two of her favorite things together in the newest book of the First Class Novels series. First Class Menu tells the story of a romance facilitated by a cooking class and a passionate love of food.

“You know the old saying,” Harmon grinned. “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach? Well, I just turned that into a romance novel - my cookbook for foodies and romance readers.”

AJ’s own love of cooking inspired her to write about a chef, Lindsey, the heroine of the story, and how her personal life is one of the things that is regularly sacrificed in order to achieve success in the competitive restaurant business. “Working eighty hour weeks in not uncommon and that makes it difficult to sustain a relationship,” Harmon continued. “When I eat a great meal at a restaurant, I often think about the chef and how long it took them to get to that level. I wanted to celebrate them in my stories and I hope that I have given them the accolades they deserve.”

Menu is the sixth book in her romance novel series and focuses on the middle Lathem brother, David. “I’m a middle child,” AJ smiled. “I understand and identify with David on that level.  It can be difficult to live in the shadow of a seemingly perfect older sibling, and never be as cute as a younger one. And sometimes, it takes years to come into your own, to step out and feel unique.

“So I brought these two very different people, from very different backgrounds, together in a cooking class. The book is filled with mouth-watering food,” Harmon laughed. “I’d end up hungry every time I’d sit down and write a chapter. Cooking can be a form of self-expression like writing, music and art. I enjoyed overlapping the two worlds of art and food in this new book.”

Harmon launched her writing career by publishing her debut romance eBook on Kindle in November of 2012. She has now released her books in a paperback version on Amazon with digital downloads now available on iBooks, Google Play and Nook Books. In less than seven months AJ has added 5 more new romance novels to the First Class series and at this pace she hopes to complete the nine books in this romance series by November of 2013. Writing and publishing a new book every six to eight weeks would be a daunting task to most authors and publishers, but not Harmon. “I love what I do and I do what I love. Which means this project is more fun than work and that’s a good thing because within days of publishing a new novel my fans are asking for the next one,” she said smiling.

“As a self-published author I don’t have to wait for approval from a publishing company before moving forward on my next book,” stated AJ. “I just write about what I like to read as a romance novel enthusiast myself. I’ve been blessed to have all the talents required to write, edit, format, publish and market a book within my inner circle of family and friends. That allows me to share my stories with women from around the world quickly and without a great deal of expense, bringing joy, entertainment and a brief escape to romance readers. I love my new career.”

To learn more about romance novelist AJ Harmon and her First Class Novels series you can visit her facebook page or website http://FirstClassNovels.com. Her books are available on Amazon Kindle, iTunes/iBooks, Google Play and Nook Books from Barnes and Noble.