Raley's Launches Groundbreaking Mobile App Program to Assist Wine Shoppers

West Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) November 17, 2011

Hello Vino, Inc. today announced a partnership with Raley's Family of Fine Stores to provide a free mobile app to assist shoppers with selecting the perfect wine for their needs amongst the hundreds of bottles available at retail.

Hello Vino, a free mobile app available for both iPhone and Android devices, recommends the perfect type of wine for a meal, specific occasion, or by personal taste preference. The app features will be customized to Raley's 124 retail locations throughout northern California and Nevada, which also include Bel Air and Nob Hill Foods stores.

Wine brand recommendations provided by the app will be customized to reflect each individual stores inventory, utilizing the mobile device's location-based services. Additional app features allow shoppers to save and rate wines for future reference and return shopping trips.

Raley's is the first retailer to offer digital coupons through the Hello Vino app, delivering offers to shoppers' mobile devices for easy redemption at checkout. In addition, image recognition technology in the iPhone app will allow shoppers to snap a picture of a wine label to instantly receive tasting notes, food pairings, and ratings from both professional critics and consumers.

"We are very excited to be working with Raley's as the first retail chain to launch this ground-breaking mobile app program for their wine shoppers," remarks Jim McNamee, Co-Founder of Hello Vino. "A feature-rich smartphone app is the perfect vehicle to deliver a personal and well-informed wine shopping experience."

Raley's partnership with the wine industry's leading mobile app provides their shoppers with an educational resource on their smartphones, delivers coupons for redemption in nearby stores, and leverages benefits like helpful message reminders within the app.

"At Raley's, were always looking for innovative ways to provide our customers with an easier and better shopping experience in our stores," said Joe Lima, Raley's Senior Business Manager for Wine, Beer and Spirits. "The Hello Vino app will be an incredibly useful resource for our customers to easily find the right wine based on their particular varietal preferences, price points and food pairings, while also offering instant savings in our stores."

About Raley's

Raley's is a privately owned supermarket chain with headquarters in West Sacramento, CA. The company is comprised of four chains - Raley's, Bel Air Markets, Nob Hill Foods and Food Source - located in Northern California and Nevada. For media requests, please call (916) 373-6043 or (916) 600-1081.

About Hello Vino, Inc.

Hello Vino delivers wine recommendations to mobile phones, assisting consumers with the perfect bottle of wine for a meal, occasion, or according to taste preferences. The service is available on any smartphone through free iPhone and Android apps, as well as mobile web sites for BlackBerry and Windows Phones. More information, including video demonstrations and features, are available at HelloVino.com

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iPhonesIntoCash.com Launches Referral Program with a Special Reward

Kansas City, MO (PRWEB) November 16, 2011

iPhonesIntoCash.com announced today they are rewarding individuals for spreading the word about their service. The company launched a new iPhone referral program, http://iphonesintocash.com/referral_program, to reward not only their own customers, but also non-customers. Individuals earn $ 20 for iPhone referral sales and there is no limit to the amount of money that can be earned through the program. In addition, the company is hosting a contest for an iPad2 to kick-start the program.

iPhonesIntoCashs founder and president, Geoff Lilienfeld, explains about the companys decision to reward the general public in addition to the companys own customers, When we saw how much our customers appreciated the extra money they could earn through referrals we began to realize that we should make this program available to everyone. Even if you are a Blackberry or Android user, you probably have 20 friends who use iPhones. Why wouldnt you want to recommend a service where they would get paid for their old iPhone and youd make some money too?

The iPhone referral program includes a new referral portal, http://iphonesintocash.com/referrals, where the program is fully explained and users can acquire a personalized referral link which uses a unique code to register all referral sales and credit $ 20 to the users account. The unique referral URL can be shared via email, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, websites, or any other means. The portal also allows referral sales tracking, useful tips for increasing referrals and overall earnings reports.

Over the coming months, iPhonesIntoCash intends on adding additional features to the referral portal including a creative library which will allow users to download creative to place on their own blogs and website. The iPad2 contest is also featured in the referral portal. Each referred iPhone received gets the referrer an entry into the contest. Contest rules can be found on the iPhonesIntoCash website at http://iphonesintocash.com/referral_program/contest.

About iPhonesIntoCash

iPhonesIntoCash.com provides consumers with an easy way to earn money for used, unwanted, and even broken iPhones. The company pays top dollar for iPhones that are then either refurbished or recycled. Because the service keeps dangerous materials out of landfills and reduces electronic waste, iPhonesIntoCash has been certified as a significant waste reducer by The ULS (Use Less Stuff) Report's Sustainable Products Certification Program. A portion of the companys proceeds support the efforts of the Kids in Need Foundation, which helps ensure that every child is prepared to learn and succeed by providing free school supplies to students in need.

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MailTank More Versatile Than Ever: Features From Popular MailTemplate Program Enhance Effectiveness

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) February 13, 2007

MacTank, an innovator in providing customer service solutions for small business, announced today that features from it highly regarded MailTemplate program are now being included in the latest version of MailTank, the leading email customer service program for small business. Developed by Mac users for Mac users, the MailTank is also fully compatible with PCs.

In the newest version of the software program, a customer template is automatically accessible from the MailTank and personalizes responses with a minimum of effort. A customer's contact information - to name just one feature -- will be imported into The MailTank to allow rapid and uncomplicated custom responses to customer queries.

Other features from MailTemplate have also been incorporated. The MailTank now can seamlessly import first names, last names, dates, and quoted content from previous customer contacts.

The new functionality also includes collapsible threads to provide better organization for the customer histories so important to making excellent customer service a key element of any small business, especially those who communicate with customers regularly through email.

The MailTank -- with its added MailTemplate functionality -- was engineered to work best inside Safari, Apple's web browser. Since iPhone will include a full version of Safari, the MailTank will work perfectly inside iPhone.

MailTank also is engineered to work effortlessly within Apple's new Leopard OS and Microsoft's new Vista OS. Whether using Vista, Leopard or the iPhone, users will have full access to MailTank and MailTemplate features, regardless of the platform they are using.

Christian Winter, co-founder and CEO of MacTank, said, "You not only can respond with fewer key strokes with the incorporation of MailTemplate functionality in The MailTank, but because you can respond to specific senders automatically, your responses can be more personal and more authentic. We think our customers will be very pleased with this latest version of the MailTank."

Lon Baker, CTO and co-founder, added, "MailTemplate is an immensely popular plugin for Apple's mail client. We had a great time migrating all of the features customers love into our MailTank application. We are sure this will be a big hit with our customers."

Those unfamiliar with The MailTank can learn more by watching this interview with MacTank founders, Christian Winter and Lon Baker at MacWorld 2007. Popular website 43folders.com has favorably reviewed the capabilities of MailTemplate here. (You must have iTunes to view this podcast.)

For demonstration videos of the MailTank in action, click on the following link: http://mactank.com/demo.

About The MailTank

The MailTank solution was created out of MacTank's experience in helping over 100,000 Mac users who came to us with questions. The answers we gave our customers provided us with ideas for improving features and enhancing functionality that resulted in a new MailTank -- the best email management system currently available for Mac users and others. For customer service that means business, ride the MailTank.

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Popular Costa Rica Flexi Drive Program Now Includes 3 Traveling for the Price of 2

(PRWEB) November 8, 2010

There is no better way to discover Costa Rica than driving by yourself around the country, visitors can choose each destination, decide how long they want to stay, and drive at their own pace. With this new, exclusive package, 3 people can travel for the price of two!! Find the wonders of this small country located in Central America! Costa Rica is best known for being a friendly and peaceful country, with impressive nature, volcanoes, canals, beaches and more.

This expanded Flexi Drive program is being offered by Costa Rican Trails (http://www.costaricantrails.com), a tour operator with more than 20 years of experience in the travel business. This is the perfect package for those who like to take their own time to discover each destination. Freedom and independence are the words that better describe this great package. Visitors can decide when, where and how long they wish to stay in each place. This package allows them to design their own itinerary and receive lower and better rates, plus have a third person free.

This is how it works? It is very easy! Meet and Greet at the airport by a representative of Costa Rican Trails and transfer to a pre-booked hotel in San Jose. The next morning, a 4x4 car will be delivered to the hotel by the rental car company, Sixt Rent a Car (http://www.sixtcostarica.com), a German franchise which offers quality services and the best cars in the market. After the car has been delivered, visitors are free to explore the country at their own pace. This package is valid until December 15th, 2010, so this is the time to come to Costa Rica and be ready to explore it!

The Flexi Drive package includes: arrival transfer and briefing at the hotel, 1 pre-booked night in San Jos