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		<title>VeteranOwnedBusiness.com Reaches 1,000 Listings in Under 100 days</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3 style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #000000;">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.</span></span></span></h3>
<p style="line-height: 150%; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial;">Veterans who own and operate businesses have found a new, comprehensive directory to help promote their products and/or services to </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial;">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.</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #000000;">VeteranOwnedBusiness.com was released online into Beta on Veteran’s Day 2008 (November 11, 2008).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>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.</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #000000;">“This marks a significant milestone for VeteranOwnedBusiness.com,” said Brian K. St.Ours, VeteranOwnedBusiness.com’s Founder and President. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“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.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The more businesses we have listed, the more fellow veterans we have out there helping spread the word about this excellent online resource.”</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #000000;">Listings in VeteranOwnedBusiness.com are free.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>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.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #000000;">Traffic for VeteranOwnedBusiness.com has grown just as rapidly as sign ups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>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.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 150%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #000000;">“We anticipate traffic to significantly increase as we work to hit our next milestone of 2,500 business listings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>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. </span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #000000;">About VeteranOwnedBusiness.com:</span></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><span style="color: #000000;">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.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>More information about VeteranOwnedBusiness.com can be found by visiting </span><a href="http://www.veteranownedbusiness.com/"><span style="color: #000000;">http://www.VeteranOwnedBusiness.com</span></a><span style="color: #000000;">.</span></span></p>
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