The Franchise Look Up.com Reports New Employment Trends in Franchising

Montreal, Quebec (PRWEB) July 22, 2009

According to The Franchise Lookup.com, the current economic recession has taken its toll on many high level executives, mid-level business people and white collar workers. Over the past year, thousands have been laid off from well paying positions and are now finding it difficult to obtain comparable employment because they are over-qualified or labeled as too old. Others have been down sized, forced to work beneath their level of competence and compensation. For the lucky ones who have managed to keep their jobs, there remains a high level of stress with the uncertainty of what will happen next. In reaction, a substantial number of white collar workers are leaving the work force to become self employment franchise business owners so that they can take control of their own future, The Franchise Lookup.com reports.

There are many possible explanations for these trends. First of all, starting a franchise business makes perfect sense for former executives and white color workers who have reached the conclusion that there are no guarantees when you are an employee. It enables business owners to maintain control of their own lives and reap the rewards obtained through their skills and effort. Franchises allow new franchise owners to get their businesses up and running quickly. New owners receive assistance every step of the way and can rely on the invaluable advice and continued support that is made available to them. Franchises also offer a turn-key opportunity for self-employment where effort is rewarded and the valuable skills learned throughout a career can be fully utilized. There are franchise opportunities to appeal to all interests and in every business sector, including the financial, communications, retail and medical sectors, allowing perspective franchise owners to choose a business where their skills and expertise can be used to its best advantage.

Martin Santerre of TheFranchiseLookup.com (http://www.thefranchiselookup.com), a premier franchise directory that includes some of the most successful and recognized brands, believes that now is a great time to start a business. “There are a large number of exciting franchise opportunities that would be particularly suitable for white collar professionals who are considering starting their own business,” states Santerre. “One of our most recent listings is Interim HomeStyle Services, a non-medical home care division of Interim HealthCare Inc. which was founded in 1966 and is today the largest healthcare franchise organization in the United States. The Interim network has more than 300 locations, with 75,000 healthcare workers serving approximately 50,000 people each day. As everyone knows, health care is one of the fastest growing sectors in the economy today. The company’s aggressive growth strategy coupled with an aging population makes Interim HomeStyle Services a very interesting franchise opportunity,” adds Santerre.

In today’s economic climate, starting a franchise business can be a great option for white collar workers considering self-employment as a possible career path. As well, current low interest rates makes the purchase of a franchise business even more attractive. For those looking for an opportunity to own a successful and rewarding business and a chance to take charge of their own future, a franchise business offers the means to leave life as an employee behind.

About The Franchise Lookup.com: A leading online franchise directory, The Franchise Lookup.com (http://www.thefranchiselookup.com) is a one stop source for all the latest franchising information and available franchise business opportunities. Offering free up to date franchising news and extensive franchise industry information, The Franchise Lookup.com makes it easy to research a wide range of franchise businesses, helping prospective franchise owners find successful Canadian franchises and US franchises for sale in their area.

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Report Shows One Sixth of American Households Only Use Cell Phones; Site Responds to Increased Need for Reverse Cell Phone Lookups

Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) August 1, 2008

A new study released by the CDC by Stephen J. Blumberg, Ph.D., and Julian V. Luke shows that one in six American households rely solely on cellular phones and this number is expected to increase. While this trend indicates many social changes in America, it also will render a common household object obsolete: the telephone directory, which traditionally has only contained land line numbers. With consumers in uproar over the creation of a cell phone directory, it seems like there is no viable replacement for the neighborhood telephone directory. A service, Who Owns This Phone Number, however, does provide a useful service for those hoping to find out more about a cell phone number: reverse cell phone lookups.

Different from traditional forward searches that require a name in order to find a number, reverse cell phone lookups use a number to find a name. There are several different reasons why people today might want to learn more about unknown or unwanted phone call numbers. Whether the caller a person needs to learn more about is potentially threatening, a harmless prankster, or an annoying telemarketer, it’s very common to use the Internet to find out who’s behind the unknown calls on caller ID or on a phone bill. Many people might think that it’s difficult to find information about people with only their phone numbers, but Who Owns This Phone Number, http://www.whoownsthisphonenumber.com, allows them to do just that quickly and easily, even for difficult to find cell phone numbers.

With only a few clicks, consumers can go from ten strange digits to a name and address. These sites work by accessing large numbers of records and databases containing phone owner information. This means they can find information about almost any phone number, including land lines, cell phones, and even unlisted numbers. This can save time and worry, especially if the phone number they are searching for has been appearing on the call log of a child or loved one.

Reverse phone searches aren’t the only way to find out more about unknown callers. Many searchers start by using a traditional Internet search engine. While this method may result in unrelated results, it can sometimes turn up information without a large amount of hassle or inconvenience. Other sites to check include free Internet people searches and social networking sites. While these sites don’t guarantee results, they sometimes have the added bonus of potentially revealing personal web space, which might hold a lot of valuable information but also some incorrect or out of date information. Who Owns This Phone Number eliminates the legwork and uncertainty by providing accurate and up to date results to its customers.

For consumers who need to find out about a phone number, even a cell phone number, they now have a standout service in Who Owns This Phone Number.

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Reverse Rising Statistics of Crimes Against Children with Reverse Lookup Resource

Boise, Idaho (PRWEB) July 3, 2009

In recent years, cell phone and Internet usage among America’s children has exploded, giving criminals more access to young victims, and forcing parents to become more aware of who their children communicate with on a daily basis. To help parents monitor children’s Internet and phone communications with reverse look up services, Jim Finks, a father of two, has launched the Reverse Lookup Resource, an easy-to-navigate guide to a number of helpful research services. The site provides recommendations to the best reverse phone number lookup services, reverse email finders, online child monitoring software providers and other services that can effectively help keep American households safe and secure.

“As the use of technology becomes even more prevalent in our society, many Americans have relied on federal and state officials to enforce certain laws and guidelines to mandate responsible use of the Internet, cellular phones, other communication technologies, and the safety of our children,” said Jim Finks. “Unfortunately, our governments are not always as diligent as we would expect them to be, especially in adhering to legislation such as the Adam Walsh Act and other measures put in place to keep our kids safe. Therefore, as parents, we have to be exceedingly diligent when it comes to protecting our children, and part of that responsibility includes actively monitoring who our children communicate with.”

By July 2009, all states should have been in compliance with new standards under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, which created a national standard in classification and reporting requirements for those convicted of a sexual offenses. According to recent reports, most states have not complied and many are requesting extensions. These reports are particularly alarming as sexual predators and other criminals are reaching out to children via telephone, text messages and email in record numbers.

“Criminals are well aware of the fact that today’s children use technology far more than any previous generation, and they are using this knowledge to prey on them,” said Finks. “Just last month, a 15-year-old girl in Georgia informed her mother that she had been receiving sexual images on her cell phone from a sexual predator. These types of illicit communications are becoming a common occurrence throughout the United States.”

Fortunately, the Georgia teen reported the images to her mother, who then alerted the authorities. But not all children are as wise or forthcoming. To help further protect children against these types of criminal offenses, parents can use Reverse Lookup Resource to trace the identities of individuals who communicate with their children to ensure that they are not being lured by adults who seek to exploit them. The site also provides detailed information on the Adam Walsh Act, a detailed review of Net Nanny, which was online child monitoring software featured recently on The Oprah Show, and other helpful resources related to keeping children safe.

In addition to using Reverse Lookup Resource to help ensure the safety of children, the resources on the site can help consumers effectively identify the origin of harassing phone calls, screen calls, track missed calls and organize and update address books. The site features a comprehensive database of reverse telephone look up services, reverse cellular phone look up services, reverse address searches, reverse email finders and other services. Several articles are also available on the site to help consumers best utilize available resources online.

“Reverse Lookup Resource is designed to help give you more control over who’s attempting to contact you and others in your family,” said Finks. “In an era where people are losing the battle against identify theft and struggling to keep sex offenders and other predators at bay, I think that our website will be instrumental in helping consumers keep their families safe and regain peace of mind.”

For more information on ways to use reverse lookup services and ways to protect your children from online predators, visit http://www.reverselookupresource.com.

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New Divorce Records Website Launches in Reaction to Latest US Census Bureau and NCHS Stats

Chicago, ILL. (Vocus) July 30, 2009

The website DivorceRecords.net recently launched in reaction to the latest statistics released by the US Census Bureau and the National Center for Health Statistics. According to these organizations, the most recent study shows that 43.7% of custodial mothers and 56.2% of custodial fathers were either separated or divorced. The divorce records website is focused on making it easier for people to lookup divorce records with online divorce records.

DivorceRecords.net allows people interested in obtaining online divorce records access quickly and easily. People can search the divorce record database, which is consistently updated so the most recent information is available.

In addition, the results are shown instantly for those who need to lookup divorce records. The online divorce records reveal the bride and groom’s names and age, the divorce date, the county and state of filing, the filing number, and more.

Regardless of the continued staggering numbers of divorces, the most recent reports could be considered promising as less people are getting married and the US has reached the lowest rate since 1970. According to the aforementioned organizations, there were approximately 2,230,000 marriages in 2005, which is down from the previous year that held 2,279,000.

This drop is in addition to a population increase of 2.9 million over the same period. The divorce rate this same year was 3.6 per 1,000 people. This is down from 4.2 in 2000 and 4.7 in 1990. According to the Associated Press, the peak was in 1981 with 5.3.

About DivorceRecords.net:

DivorceRecords.net is an online resource for people to quickly and easily lookup divorce records and search the divorce records database. The website is consistently updated and obtains results instantly. To learn more about DivorceRecords.net or obtain divorce records, please visit the website.

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New Divorce Records Website Launches in Reaction to Latest US Census Bureau and NCHS Stats

Chicago, ILL. (Vocus) July 30, 2009

The website DivorceRecords.net recently launched in reaction to the latest statistics released by the US Census Bureau and the National Center for Health Statistics. According to these organizations, the most recent study shows that 43.7% of custodial mothers and 56.2% of custodial fathers were either separated or divorced. The divorce records website is focused on making it easier for people to lookup divorce records with online divorce records.

DivorceRecords.net allows people interested in obtaining online divorce records access quickly and easily. People can search the divorce record database, which is consistently updated so the most recent information is available.

In addition, the results are shown instantly for those who need to lookup divorce records. The online divorce records reveal the bride and groom’s names and age, the divorce date, the county and state of filing, the filing number, and more.

Regardless of the continued staggering numbers of divorces, the most recent reports could be considered promising as less people are getting married and the US has reached the lowest rate since 1970. According to the aforementioned organizations, there were approximately 2,230,000 marriages in 2005, which is down from the previous year that held 2,279,000.

This drop is in addition to a population increase of 2.9 million over the same period. The divorce rate this same year was 3.6 per 1,000 people. This is down from 4.2 in 2000 and 4.7 in 1990. According to the Associated Press, the peak was in 1981 with 5.3.

About DivorceRecords.net:

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txtNation Launches Mobile Network Lookup Services

(PRWEB) March 19, 2011

To those unfamiliar with what a HLR lookup, Home Location Register, is, it is essentially a way that allows you to check in real-time, whether a mobile number is active, and which mobile network it currently belongs to. This is the technology and service that txtNation see a big future in and are actively promoting as a unique offering amongst current mobile payment providers and SMS aggregators.

Currently released as an API for developers to connect in-to, to perform number queries, txtNation see HLR lookup as the logical add-on to their suite of services, with the complementation of HLR towards Mobile Payments, Premium and Bulk SMS. txtNation have a full release of this service and is now live and available across it’s core platform.

Michael Whelan, Director of txtNation says: “Adding HLR to our portfolio allows existing clients and new clients alike the opportunity to add on this popular service to their current mobile activities, including tagging it on to their Premium or Bulk services. A major advantage to all service providers. We are still staying narrow, just adding another layer into the mobile mix.”

txtNation believe that this service can help mobile marketers identify and eliminate invalid numbers and help SMS aggregators and resellers optimise their SMS messaging. By using this service all service providers can look to avoid the cost and waste of having messages returned because the number has been ported, or is no longer in use.

txtNation have an extensive reach of mobile network connections in place to allow them to roll out HLR lookup anywhere in the world.

Longer term, txtNation believes it is services like this, in as many markets as possible, that allow their clients to deploy services under the one platform that makes them unique. txtNation would like to invite all developers and service providers to use the newly deployed HLR lookup platform.

You can find out more about txtNation, its Mobile Billing solutions and more on HLR Lookup services by visiting http://www.txtnation.com/about/call/, emailing sales(at)txtnation(dot)com or calling +44 (0)1752273491. Latest news can be found on txtNation’s blog at http://blog.txtnation.com.

About txtNation

txtNation is an outstanding multi award-winning solutions provider across billing, content and mobile messaging platforms. Focussing on sophisticated, ease-of-use solutions designed and supported by knowledgeable technical and customer support teams, txtNation have consistently proved itself one of the most efficient and cost effective messaging, billing and content providers in the business. txtNation’s global reach means that we can facilitate mobile messaging services and products via the SMS Gateway across North America, Europe, Australia and Africa. txtNation have developed strong partnerships with many major industry leaders to ensure our solutions are compatible, well-connected and adequately secure. txtNation have well over 7000 clients large and small on every continent who are already experiencing the outstanding advantages which txtNation has to offer. txtNation’s products and services increase customer acquisition, improve loyalty and build trusted brands and awareness through direct, personal, easy, and immediate communication.

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Enhanced Online Postal Code Lookup Utility Launches at Postalcodelookup.ca

Brampton, ON (PRWEB) September 4, 2007

The ever-increasing speed and ease of access to the Internet has made the World Wide Web the runaway favorite when it comes to research in the 21st century. Yet in spite of this, many common research tasks remain ill-served by leading search engines like Google and Ask.com. Steve Canning, owner of the Web development firm Dynamic Site Studio, found that a casual postal code lookup using search engines was so inefficient that he quickly built his own at postalcodelookup.ca.

The postal zip code utility at postalcodelookup.ca allows users to quickly find complete mailing and geographical data in the United States and Canada. Even when only partial information is available, users can enter incomplete zip or postal codes and browse through an alphabetized list of matches that includes city names, states or provinces, counties, time zones, telephone area codes, maps and complete postal or zip codes.

Users can access the same information at postalcodelookup.ca by searching based on city names or telephone area codes. An area code search yields a comprehensive list of all cities and towns in the specified area as well as a total city count.

“When users try to search for this information with traditional search engines, particularly when they only have partial numbers, the results are often largely irrelevant,” explains Canning. “Rather than sift through the first dozen or so of thousands of poor quality matches, they can use our free postal code lookup feature and go directly to the exact results they’re seeking.”

In addition to the postal zip code lookup capabilities of postalcodelookup.ca, the site lists all of its data in easy-to-browse directories that can be useful for compiling mailing lists or conducting other geographical research. A supplemental postal Web directory contains links to sites offering related services and information. The postal Web directory categories include address directories, direct mailing lists and postage stamps.

Canning’s Dynamic Site Studio is centered on the belief that the World Wide Web should serve as an endless source of valuable and free information, rather than simply as a vast advertising medium.

For more information or to use the free postal code lookup utility, please visit postalcodelookup.ca.

About postalcodelookup.ca:

Launched in 2007 by Dynamic Site Studio, postalcodelookup.ca allows users to enter whole or partial zip or postal codes, city names or telephone area codes to instantly receive complete, essential geographical data including county names, time zones and maps. The free postal zip code lookup utility also allows browsing of comprehensive city and area code directories and provides links to related sites like those for direct mail services, postal product sales and address information.

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Enhanced Online Postal Code Lookup Utility Launches at Postalcodelookup.ca

Brampton, ON (PRWEB) September 4, 2007

The ever-increasing speed and ease of access to the Internet has made the World Wide Web the runaway favorite when it comes to research in the 21st century. Yet in spite of this, many common research tasks remain ill-served by leading search engines like Google and Ask.com. Steve Canning, owner of the Web development firm Dynamic Site Studio, found that a casual postal code lookup using search engines was so inefficient that he quickly built his own at postalcodelookup.ca.

The postal zip code utility at postalcodelookup.ca allows users to quickly find complete mailing and geographical data in the United States and Canada. Even when only partial information is available, users can enter incomplete zip or postal codes and browse through an alphabetized list of matches that includes city names, states or provinces, counties, time zones, telephone area codes, maps and complete postal or zip codes.

Users can access the same information at postalcodelookup.ca by searching based on city names or telephone area codes. An area code search yields a comprehensive list of all cities and towns in the specified area as well as a total city count.

“When users try to search for this information with traditional search engines, particularly when they only have partial numbers, the results are often largely irrelevant,” explains Canning. “Rather than sift through the first dozen or so of thousands of poor quality matches, they can use our free postal code lookup feature and go directly to the exact results they’re seeking.”

In addition to the postal zip code lookup capabilities of postalcodelookup.ca, the site lists all of its data in easy-to-browse directories that can be useful for compiling mailing lists or conducting other geographical research. A supplemental postal Web directory contains links to sites offering related services and information. The postal Web directory categories include address directories, direct mailing lists and postage stamps.

Canning’s Dynamic Site Studio is centered on the belief that the World Wide Web should serve as an endless source of valuable and free information, rather than simply as a vast advertising medium.

For more information or to use the free postal code lookup utility, please visit postalcodelookup.ca.

About postalcodelookup.ca:

Launched in 2007 by Dynamic Site Studio, postalcodelookup.ca allows users to enter whole or partial zip or postal codes, city names or telephone area codes to instantly receive complete, essential geographical data including county names, time zones and maps. The free postal zip code lookup utility also allows browsing of comprehensive city and area code directories and provides links to related sites like those for direct mail services, postal product sales and address information.

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PhoneDirectorySource Focuses On Customer Service Excellence

Seattle, WA (PRWEB) December 31, 2010

As part of its quest to become the most trusted online background check service, PhoneDirectorySource has dedicated itself to providing the highest level of customer service.

“One of the biggest problems facing online commerce is that customer service is often poor or nonexistent,” Cameron, a company spokesman said. “That makes customers wary of doing business online. We want to change that by offering superior customer service and encouraging other companies to follow our example.”

PhoneDirectorySource is a tool for people to discover information about whoever has called them or interacted with them or their families. They offer both reverse look-up and people look-up services.

With a reverse look-up, users simply need to type in the phone number of the person who called. The site then discloses the name and address of the caller and gives the user the opportunity to purchase a comprehensive background check. With a people look-up, users don’t need a number but only the name of the person, and their phone number and address pop up. Again, there is the chance to buy a background check on the individual.

“Customer service is very important in our niche,” Cameron said. “Sometimes people won’t understand what the information in the report means. Other times there may be multiple people with the same name. In that case our support staff can help them determine which background report they should purchase.”

PhoneDirectorySource has two different ways users can interact with their customer service department. They have the option of communicating online 24 hours a day, seven days a week through their extended online customer service. They also may call the company’s customer service hotline during regular business hours. The phone services are staffed by North American-based customer service representatives.

“With something this sensitive, we didn’t think it was a good idea to outsource our customer service overseas,” Cameron said. “We want people to be able to get responses to their urgent questions as quickly and easily as possible.”

The company noted that unlike many other companies, their customer service is free of charge.

“Our representatives can even connect you with our trained research staff if you need to clarify information – all at no additional cost,” Cameron said.

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Numberinvestigator.com Enables Consumers to Conduct a Reverse Phone Lookup On Unknown Numbers and Make Public, Online Complaints About Harassing Phone Callers

Numberinvestigator.com’s free dynamic heat map shows phone number complaints across the United States

Bellevue, WA (PRWEB) June 29, 2010

Numberinvestigator.com today announced that due to the high volume of consumer complaints reported on its site regarding potential telemarketing fraud and harassing phone calls, it has enhanced its reverse phone lookup service with a dynamic heat map that helps users identify the area codes that have the most reports of potential fraud.

Most every consumer experiences unwanted calls on their phones. Some can be attributed to wrong numbers but there are a lot of different kinds of unwanted calls that can be truly annoying such as telemarketers and prank callers. Numberinvestigator.com is a reverse phone lookup site and phone number consumer complaint service that makes it easier for consumers to accurately find callers identities, widely communicate complaints and read others complaints about harassing phone calls and potential telemarketing fraud.

Until recently, most users could only complain to friends or file a complaint with various government organizations, such as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). These organizations don’t typically reveal complaint information to the public and rarely with any significant detail. With this information, the consumer may be able to find out enough about their unwanted calls without having to pursue any additional action simply by using some of the information learned from finding callers’ identities and reading other people’s complaints and comments.

Numberinvestigator.com is one of the few consumer advocate sites that goes one step further and reports valid phone number complaints to organizations that have the ability to investigate and take action. Numberinvestigator.com gives consumers the collective power to not only report potential fraud to each other, but bind together to take action to eliminate these phone callers altogether.

Numberinvestigator.com is a leading provider of reverse phone number lookup services that enable consumers to simply search a number, including cell numbers (where available), landline numbers and VoIP to accurately find the owner of that number. Now you can be assured that if you don’t recognize a number or if you miss a call from a person that doesn’t leave a message, you can use this service to find out if the number is from a business associate, bill collector, or just a wrong number. Reverse phone lookup services can be easier to use than traditional white pages people searches because phone numbers are more easily linked with specific people helping to get you to the right person faster.

It is important as consumers to learn how to recognize and report telephone fraud to help stop some scams. Organizations to contact:

    Contact a consumer advocacy group like the Better Business Bureau, which seeks to resolve     complaints on behalf of consumers.
    Look up the Attorney General’s office for the state in which the business is based: http://www.naag.org.
    Contact the Federal Trade Commission at ftc.gov/phonefraud.

Of course, if you put your number on the National Do Not Call Registry, you can reduce the number of unwanted telemarketing calls you get.

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Numberinvestigator.com is a leading provider of reverse phone number lookup services that enable consumers to simply search a number, including cell numbers (where available), landline numbers and VoIP to accurately find the owner of that number. Please visit online at http://www.numberinvestigator.com.

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