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		<description><![CDATA[Veteran Owned Business News Posted: September 21, 2009 &#8211; Leading free directory of businesses owned by United States military veterans, active duty military, reservists and service disabled veterans surpasses the 2,000 listing mark. Read More&#8230;]]></description>
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<p><em><strong>September 21, 2009</strong> &#8211; </em>Leading free directory of businesses owned by United States military veterans, active duty military, reservists and service disabled veterans surpasses the 2,000 listing mark. <a title="Veteran Owned Business Directory Surpasses 2000 memberships" href="../../veterans_businesses-directory_2000_members.php" target="_blank">Read More</a>&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Veteran Owned Business Directory Surpasses 1,500 Free Business Listings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We proudly announce that our Veteran Owned Business Directory has surpassed the 1,500 free listing mark. Press release with details to be released soon.]]></description>
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		<title>VeteranOwnedBusiness.com Reaches 1,000 Listings in Under 100 days</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian St.Ours</dc:creator>
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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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		<title>VeteranOwnedBusiness.com Released into Beta</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian St.Ours</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;"><em>New directory of Veteran Owned and Service Disabled Veteran Owned businesses to provide comprehensive product and service search capabilities for agencies, contractors and consumers</em></p>
<div id="attachment_48" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 170px"><a href="http://www.VeteranOwnedBusiness.com"><img class="size-full wp-image-48" title="Veteran Owned Business Directory" src="http://www.veteranownedbusiness.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/veteranownedbusinesscom-li.jpg" alt="Proud to be a veteran owned business" width="160" height="120" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Proud to be a veteran owned business</p></div>
<p>November 11, 2008 (Veteran&#8217;s Day) &#8211; Veterans who own and operate businesses now have a new, comprehensive online resource to help grow their respective businesses: <strong>VeteranOwnedBusiness.com</strong>. </p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>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: <a href="http://www.veteranownedbusiness.com/">http://www.VeteranOwnedBusiness.com</a> 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.</p>
<p>“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!”</p>
<p>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.<br />
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About VeteranOwnedBusiness.com:</strong><br />
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 <a href="http://www.veteranownedbusiness.com/">http://www.VeteranOwnedBusiness.com</a>.</p>
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