AnswerLab Recognized in top Small Company Workplaces Competition

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 26, 2011

AnswerLab, the nations leading firm with an exclusive focus on user experience research services, today announced that the company was named a finalist in the Inc. magazine and Winning Workplaces 2011 Top Small Company Workplaces competition. The contest recognizes the nations best small and mid-sized company work environments. AnswerLab was acknowledged for its financial success, excellent management, low turnover, flexible work arrangements, and employee satisfaction. All of AnswerLabs employees participated in the Competitions employee survey, and AnswerLab earned a 99% overall favorable rating.

At AnswerLab, we place a high priority on building a team devoted to providing our clients with trusted, objective user experience research, said Dan Clifford, Co-founder and Managing Partner of AnswerLab. As a professional service organization, we are particularly honored for being recognized by Winning Workplaces and Inc. magazine for keeping both our employees and our clients happy.

Amy Buckner, AnswerLab Co-founder and Managing Partner, added AnswerLab has to compete for great talent here in the Bay Area in this national contest, 14% of the winning Top Small Company Workplaces are from our area alone. That is why we continue to develop innovative ways to attract and retain the Bay Areas best user experience talent.

The Top Small Company Workplaces contest permits companies with up to 500 employees to compete. Winning Workplaces and Inc. received 427 applications for the competition. A national panel of experts in leadership and small to mid-sized business judged the finalists. Selections were based on specific metrics and qualitative assessments of the finalists' success in creating the kind of workplaces that engage employees and deliver bottom-line results. This years winners were announced in Inc. magazine.

About AnswerLab

AnswerLab delivers trusted customer insights that help the worlds leading brands build outstanding digital products and services. The company focuses exclusively on user experience research to understand what people see, do, think and feel when using web sites, mobile applications, and other digital products and services. AnswerLabs clients depend on their recommendations about product concepts, features, design and messaging to create more engaging digital experiences that drive results. Global market leaders select AnswerLab as their user experience research partner, including PayPal, Facebook, TIAA-CREF, Amazon.com, Walmart, Honda, Microsoft, Intuit, ESPN, FedEx, Genentech, eBay, and Harley Davidson. For more information about AnswerLab, please visit http://www.answerlab.com.

About Inc. Magazine

Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures, Inc. magazine (http://www.inc.com) is the only major business magazine dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies that delivers real solutions for today's innovative company builders. With a total paid circulation of 708,450, Inc. provides hands-on tools and market-tested strategies for managing people, finances, sales, marketing and technology.

About Winning Workplaces

Winning Workplaces (http://www.winningworkplaces.org) is an Evanston, IL-based not-for-profit, whose mission is to help the leaders of small and mid-sized organizations create great workplaces. Founded in 2001, Winning Workplaces serves as a clearinghouse of information on workplace best practices, provides seminars and workshops on workplace-related topics and inspires and awards top workplaces through its annual Top Small Company Workplaces initiative.

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Utah Software Company Overhauls Its Website for Online Retailers

Orem, Utah (PRWEB) May 30, 2011

Doba, a leader in drop ship product sourcing for online retailers, small businesses, manufacturers and wholesale suppliers, has given the members sections of its website a major facelift, updating its design and how its product catalog and inventory management tools work.

Among the recently updated features are My Inventory, which acts as a personalized, searchable and filterable catalog of niche products that retailer sells; Push to Marketplace, which simplifies the process of placing products on eBay and other commercial sites; and an updated Doba product catalog of nearly 1.3 million items with advanced filters that manage inventory and ultimately help online retailers keep shipping time and costs low.

We spent a great deal of time observing the behavior of retailers in the offline world, Doba co founder and President Jeremy Hanks said about the redesigned website. We studied how they use physical catalogs gathered at trade shows to decide what products to put in their shops. Some dog-ear pages, while others tend to use highlighters, sticky notes or other reminders. Understanding that process was the basis to building a better version of the site.

Dobas old website had four or five places where online retailers could group products (exports, downloads, saved searches, etc.). Now they are united in one area called My Inventory, saving retailers time in gaining access to just the information they need. Many of the sites catalog features, including browse, search, image quality and size, and more, were overhauled, as was the Push to Marketplace tool, which now integrates with the sites new My Inventory feature.

The redesigned website also includes links to valuable video tutorials and how-to articles that help online retailers learn and use the sites many time- and money-saving features. The heart of Dobas new catalog functionality lies within the power of inventory lists, Hanks explained. Learning all the ins and outs of Dobas catalog actions can change the way online retailers manage their product inventory.

For more information, members can login to their Doba accounts and click the Education tab. Those without an account can sign up for a free dropship trial.

About Doba

Doba is an industry leader in helping retail entrepreneurs and small businesses gain access to a consistent supply of wholesale, drop ship products to sell online. Doba simplifies product sourcing by providing access to millions of products, through a network of wholesale suppliers and manufacturers. Products are consolidated into a single catalog with images and descriptions, and then sold products are drop shipped directly to the customers. Doba's service fills the gap between wholesale suppliers and manufacturers on one end and retailers on the other end by providing them with a common platform through which to conduct business. For more information visit their dropshipping site.

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Mariner Expands Its Reach Into the Creative Writing Market by Forming a Partnership With the Online Publishing Company _trekden

Minneapolis, Minnesota (PRWEB) November 02, 2011

Were not sure how Ernest Hemingway would react today. With the availability of a wide variety of creative writing software, anyone who has a story to tell, can write one. Mariners own popular novel writing software, StoryMill, has a numerous and impressive following of both first-time and published professional writers. Established professional writers have a number of options at their disposal to get their writings published. For the rest of the world, whose works remain unpublished, who helps them?

Mariner has teamed up with _trekden, a one-of-a-kind, online publisher, specializing in getting those unpublished stories published using mediums like Apples iBook Store and Amazons Kindle Store. Both companies share a common interest in the creative writing community. Mariner plays a role in the writing process by providing innovative software, like StoryMill, designed to inspire writers to produce their best work. Trekden represents that second step in a writers journey by helping them overcome the administrative and financial hurdles of publishing. Together, Mariner and _trekden will form the complete experience for writers. When using Mariners StoryMill, writers will be able to bring their story from conception to completion. With _trekden, StoryMill users will have the advantage of their stories being expedited through the _trekden publishing process as premium clients.

"The partnership between Mariner Software and _trekden is important for just one reason it creates the turnkey solution for authors to write and publish their books," said T.K. Dennis, President of _trekden. "Becoming a published author is one of the most popular "bucket list" items throughout the world. Thats why _trekden and Mariner Software have teamed up. Our goal is to eliminate as many barriers as we can from the writing and publishing process."

With this collaboration, StoryMill now has a new Publish feature. When the user selects Publish, they will be connected to _trekdens full publishing services which includes general editing, cover design, ISBN assignment, and then, out to the marketplace. This new feature in StoryMill, and _trekdens services, are completely free to the user.

"This integration of publishing through _trekden in StoryMill adds incredible value," said Michael Wray, President of Mariner. "Youre not just buying an app that makes the writing process fun and easy, youre also investing in a means of publishing that will make the dream of becoming a published author a reality."

StoryMill is available as a full working demo from the Mariner Software website. Free review copies of StoryMill are available to the press.

About Mariner Software

Mariner Software Inc, is a developer and republisher of industry recognized Mac OS, iOS and Windows products. Founded in 1990, Mariner has established itself as a leader in the consumer, business and education markets with such products as MacJournal, Mariner Write, Mariner Calc, MacGourmet Deluxe, StoryMill, WinJournal, MacJournal for iPad and iPhone, Mariner Calc for iPad and iPhone and Paperless for Mac and Windows. For a complete listing of all products visit Mariner Software. With customers worldwide, Mariner Software is committed to delivering the highest quality software with an emphasis on total customer satisfaction.

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