Some areas that he will be discussing are as follows: 

IRS Small Business and Self-Employed Tax Center

E-News for Small Businesses – free electronic mail service designed to provide tax information for small business owners and self-employed individuals.

Small Business Events – Find workshops and phone forums on a variety of topics for small businesses.

IRS Videos and Other Educational Products – Learn about business taxes on your own time, and at your own pace.

Small Business Resources – links to a broad range of resources across federal and state agencies.

New Benefits for Small Employers Who Provide Employee Health Insurance

Two New Benefits That Aid Employers Who Hire and Retain Unemployed Workers

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

The Annual Rural Maine Small Business Conference and Business To Business Show will be held in Dover-Foxcroft at the Penquis Higher Education Center located at 50 Mayo Street.

The purpose of the conference is to help foster the success of microenterprises and small businesses in the greater Piscataquis County area and all of rural Maine. The conference expects to attract over 100 micro & small business owners.

Remember to bring your business card for some great networking opportunities 

The Rural Maine Small Business Conference’s sponsors and partners are Penquis, MaineStream Finance, Piscataquis County Economic Development Council, Penquis Higher Education Center, James Macomber’s Maine’s Best Web & Media Design & Green Web Hosting, Hall Web Services, Small Business Administration, Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce, Moosehead Lake Chamber of Commerce, Maine Woods Tourism Training Initiative, Maine Woods Consortium, Betterment Fund and USDA Rural Development

 Scholarships are still available.  To register go online at ruralmainebiz.org and click “Registration” then choose online or go to http://www.ruralmainebiz.org/Registration.html . 

FMI: ruralmainebiz.org

Contact persons: Sheree Brown or James Macomber

Phone: 564-7116 or 1-800-215-4942

Email: sabrown@penquis.org or jmacomber@penquis.org

Jenika brings experience in project management, customer service, and website marketing and will manage Hall’s Channel Marketing services to Fortune 500 companies. Alayna’s skills in CMS development and support, project management, and integration of social media into web marketing will add to Hall’s Web Development team and help enhance Hall’s CMS and Tools Software.

“We’re thrilled to have Jenika and Alayna on board to help us expand our channel marketing services and develop new web software,” said Tom Hall, President of Hall Web Services. “Our goal is to create more jobs in Portland – well paying, benefited jobs that will stay in Maine for the foreseeable future. Jenika and Alayna are both from Maine and they both graduated from the University of Maine. It’s great to offer jobs that keep Maine’s talent in-state.”

About Hall Web Services
Hall Web Services of Portland, Maine partners with small to medium sized businesses to grow their businesses through the creation of a comprehensive web strategy.  Hall’s services include web design and development, managed hosting, internet marketing, inbound marketing strategies and multimedia production.

For Immediate Release

November 28, 2009

Show Products and Charge Customers on Your Phone
30 Day Free Trial. No Credit Card Required for Signup

Portland, Maine – App Publishing has launched a 30 day trial for Mobile Store Maker and Mobile Invoicer. This gives users a fully functioning account during the holiday season at no charge. Users can build a mobile store with their own products and begin charging customers on their mobile phone using a choice of credit card, PayPal and Google Checkout.

Using Mobile Store Maker, merchants can quickly create a mCommerce site to sell their products on mobile phones worldwide. They can add the mobile store url to their main site, in emails and in text messages. Their customers can buy their products using a credit card, PayPal or Google Checkout.

Mobile Invoicer gives these same merchants the ability to charge their customers on their mobile phone immediately, on the spot, or by sending an invoice to their customer. Their customer can pay on their mobile phone or on their computer. Payments are accepted by credit card, PayPal and Google Checkout.

“It’s a good time of year to sign up. In a few hours, you can have a mobile store up and running and be able to charge customers on your phone. If you make some money during the holiday season, the value of subscribing will be evident and an easy decision to make.” Bill Broadbent, App Publishing’s co-founder, said of the apps.

“The ecommerce landscape is changing and people are moving very quickly to accessing the web with their phones. These applications allow small to mid-size companies to keep up with this new and dynamic ecommerce trend.” Added Link Stevens, the other co-founder.

About App Publishing:
App Publishing is a software development company from Portland, Maine that focuses developing mobile commerce applications.

For more information:
www.apppublishing.com
www.mobilestoremaker.com
www.mobileinvoicer.com

To schedule a product demonstration or interview, please contact:

Bill Broadbent
Local: (207) 841.5174

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