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VeteranOwnedBusiness.com Celebrates 1st Year Anniversary by Releasing New Military and Business Ownership Tribute Section

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Leading free directory of businesses owned by United States military veterans celebrates significant milestone by releasing a new section with comments from over 500 businesses as to why “being in the military helped me become a better entrepreneur”

Melbourne, Florida – November 11, 2009 – VeteranOwnedBusiness.com, the most comprehensive, user friendly directory of businesses owned by veterans, active duty military, reservists and service disabled veterans, celebrated their 1st year anniversary today by releasing a new “tribute to the military and business ownership” section that highlights quotes from veterans around the country who own businesses and feel being in the United States Military has helped them become a better entrepreneur.

The military and business ownership testimonial section in VeteranOwnedBusiness.com highlights feedback from several hundred business owners from every state and just about every industry imaginable.  Individual testimonials run randomly throughout the directory’s 300,000 plus pages and are listed in the testimonial section.

VeteranOwnedBusiness.com, while only a year old (launched on Veterans Day 2008), has experienced phenomenal growth in both businesses profiled (nearly 2,500) and site visitors.  Since going live last November, VeteranOwnedBusiness.com has had nearly 300,000 unique visitors, nearly 2.5 million page views and has received 1,000s of phone calls and emails from companies, consumers and fellow veterans around the country who proudly use VeteranOwnedBusiness.com when searching for products or services online.

“Many business owners have left very detailed comments mentioning ‘respect,’ ‘loyalty,’ ‘dedication,’ ‘discipline’ and other traits gained while serving our country that each feels has made him or her a better person and leader and, therefore, a better business owner.” said Brian K. St.Ours, VeteranOwnedBusiness.com’s Founder and President.  “A vast majority of the business owners profiled in VeteranOwnedBusiness.com credit their time in the United States Military for their business’ success.  Those of us who work with businesses owned by prior military members know that these same traits that make our military the elite force that it is are the same traits that make a business successful in today’s tough economy.  What better way to celebrate Veterans Day and our first anniversary at the same time than by showing this tribute from veterans who thank the military for their business’ success.”

Membership in VeteranOwnedBusiness.com is absolutely free.  Each qualifying company gets a detailed online company profile which includes contact information, directions with a detailed mapping system, a product/service description, link to the company’s website (if one exists) and several other details.  Each member’s listing is integrated into VeteranOwnedBusiness.com’s search capability so each company, product and/or service can be found geographically, by category and even within a certain radius of a zip code.

Veterans, active duty military, reservists and especially service disabled veterans who own a business are encouraged to visit VeteranOwnedBusiness.com for more information and to sign up for their company’s free business membership and profile.

About VeteranOwnedBusiness.com:

VeteranOwnedBusiness.com is a free, comprehensive, user-friendly directory of businesses owned by veterans, active duty military, reservists and service disabled veterans of the United States Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy, Coast Guard and National Guard.  More information about VeteranOwnedBusiness.com can be found by visiting http://www.VeteranOwnedBusiness.com or by calling their toll free number at (877) VOB-List. You can also fan VeteranOwnedBusiness.com on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/VeteranOwnedBusiness and follow them on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/VeteranOwned.

VeteranOwnedBusiness.com Becomes Founding Member of Historic Veterans’ Small Business Ownership Movement

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

VeteranOwnedBusiness.com receives SDVOSB verification by The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs’ Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE)

Melbourne, Florida —(April 28, 2009)— eWareness Inc., (dba VeteranOwnedBusiness.com) a leading, veteran owned web marketing communications agency and Internet publisher, today announced that the company has been certified as a service disabled veteran owned small business (SDVOSB) by the United States Department of Veteran Affairs’ Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE).

The VA Department’s Center for Veterans Enterprise has a goal to establish a strong Veterans’ movement by helping brand verified businesses as service disabled veteran owned small businesses.  Verified businesses will be eligible to participate in the Veterans First Contracting Program opportunities with the VA.   

eWareness’ President, Brian K. St.Ours, stated, “eWareness is extremely proud to be a founding member of this historic movement in veterans small business ownership.  With several million businesses in this country owned by United States military veterans, we feel any program that helps validate businesses owned by our country’s military heroes can only be a step in the right direction!” 

eWareness, Inc. is a U.S. Veteran owned Web Marketing Communications Agency specializing in web-based marketing, web-based advertising and web-based public relations services to businesses and government agencies. eWareness helps formulate web-based strategies to help companies launch new products and services. Everything eWareness does is built with the goal of increasing online traffic, building online brand recognition and ultimately helping to increase sales. 

eWareness is also the publisher of several online directories including VeteranOwnedBusiness.com.  VeteranOwnedBusiness.com is an online directory of nearly 1,500 businesses throughout the United States owned by veterans, active duty military, reservists and especially service disabled veterans of the United States Air Force, Army, Marines, Navy, Coast Guard and National Guard.  VeteranOwnedBusiness.com was released live on Veteran’s Day 2008.  In less than 6 months since going live, nearly 1,500 businesses owned by past or present men and women of our country’s military forces have received a free listing.  Visit http://www.VeteranOwnedBusiness.com for more information.

More information about eWareness can be found by visiting their corporate website at: http://www.ewarenessinc.com or calling them toll free at 800-517-4130.

VeteranOwnedBusiness.com Profiled on Business Owner’s Idea Cafe

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

VeteranOwnedBusiness.com’s founder was recently profiled on Business Owner’s Idea Cafe.  While the profile was done fairly recently, some of the information is already outdated as the directory has nearly three times the amount of listings now.  We have also relocated to a larger building to accommodate our growth.

You can view VeteranOwnedBusiness.com’s by clicking on the image below.

Profiled on Business Owner's Idea Cafe

New Veteran Owned Business Directory Press Release

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

VeteranOwnedBusiness.com released a press release via Business Wire on March 10, 2009 highlighting details about hitting the 1,000 business listing milestone. Click here to read the press release.

VeteranOwnedBusiness.com Reaches 1,000 Listings in Under 100 days

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

New directory of Veteran Owned and Service Disabled Veteran Owned businesses reaches 1,000 business listing milestone in just under 100 days of going live.

Veterans who own and operate businesses have found a new, comprehensive directory to help promote their products and/or services to millions of fellow veterans, government agencies, corporate purchasing departments, contractors and consumers who wish to proudly support veterans by choosing to review their products and/or services for possible purchase.

VeteranOwnedBusiness.com was released online into Beta on Veteran’s Day 2008 (November 11, 2008).  In just under 100 days, since being released online, this directory of veteran owned and service disabled veteran owned businesses has surpassed the 1,000 business listing mark.

“This marks a significant milestone for VeteranOwnedBusiness.com,” said Brian K. St.Ours, VeteranOwnedBusiness.com’s Founder and President.  “We are trying to reach as many veteran owned and service disabled veteran owned businesses as possible in order to make sure each company signs up for a free listing.  The more businesses we have listed, the more fellow veterans we have out there helping spread the word about this excellent online resource.”

Listings in VeteranOwnedBusiness.com are free.  Each company gets a very detailed company profile which includes contact information, directions with a detailed mapping system, a product/service description, link to the company’s website (if one exists) and several other details. 

Traffic for VeteranOwnedBusiness.com has grown just as rapidly as sign ups.  In January, just a few weeks after going live, VeteranOwnedBusiness.com was receiving thousands of weekly visitors and ended the month with over 100,000 page views. 

“We anticipate traffic to significantly increase as we work to hit our next milestone of 2,500 business listings.  We will be implementing a very aggressive marketing campaign over the next few months to ensure we reach as many veterans, active duty military, reservists and service disabled veterans who own businesses as possible,” added St.Ours.

About VeteranOwnedBusiness.com:

VeteranOwnedBusiness.com is a comprehensive directory of businesses owned by United Statesmilitary veterans, active duty military, reservists and service disabled veterans of the United States Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy, Coast Guard and National Guard. VeteranOwnedBusiness.com itself is owned and operated by veterans.  More information about VeteranOwnedBusiness.com can be found by visiting http://www.VeteranOwnedBusiness.com.

VeteranOwnedBusiness.com Released into Beta

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

New directory of Veteran Owned and Service Disabled Veteran Owned businesses to provide comprehensive product and service search capabilities for agencies, contractors and consumers

Proud to be a veteran owned business

Proud to be a veteran owned business

November 11, 2008 (Veteran’s Day) – Veterans who own and operate businesses now have a new, comprehensive online resource to help grow their respective businesses: VeteranOwnedBusiness.com

VeteranOwnedBusiness.com is a new, user friendly directory of businesses owned by veterans and service disabled veterans released into Beta on Veteran’s Day 2008. 

Though in Beta, VeteranOwnedBusiness.com has already received nearly 2,500 pre-registered listings from veteran owned businesses throughout the United States looking to be added.  While there is a four step listing process, there is absolutely no cost for veterans who want to get their businesses listed.  Veterans simply need to visit: http://www.VeteranOwnedBusiness.com and click on the “sign up now” button to submit their listing.  Once a listing has been submitted, a staff member will review the information for accuracy and to ensure the business is in fact owned by a United States military veteran.  Once approved, the listing will be immediately added to the directory, making it searchable by site visitors.

“VeteranOwnedBusiness.com was created as a way to help veterans who run their own businesses increase their global exposure to fellow veterans, government personnel and contractors as well as consumers who want to show their support for veterans,” said Brian K. St.Ours, VeteranOwnedBusiness.com’s Founder and President.  Mr. St.Ours added, “We are creating an all-inclusive site that allows visitors a user friendly way to search for product and service offerings that are unique in the fact that they are all made by, sold by or serviced by veterans!”

Site visitors are asked to bare in mind that the site has just been released and will undergo thorough updating and enhancements over the next several weeks in order to populate the database and add enhanced functionality.

About VeteranOwnedBusiness.com:

VeteranOwnedBusiness.com is a comprehensive directory of businesses owned by United States military veterans and service disabled veterans. VeteranOwnedBusiness.com itself is owned and operated by a Veteran.  More information about VeteranOwnedBusiness.com can be found by visiting http://www.VeteranOwnedBusiness.com.