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Escalate Media Launches New Women’s Web Destination: TotallyHer

There is a group of people that have been steadily taking on new roles in business, technology, politics, commerce, and every other aspect of life: Women. Unfortunately, many of the resources targeted at women focus on topics that are becoming increasingly irrelevant to their everyday lives, including supermodel physiques and celebrity gossip. These resources also fail at providing women with the resources to communicate with one another and relate their own personal stories.

Escalate Media has launched TotallyHer.com in response to the need for a women’s destination without the irrelevant fluff. This site is designed to provide real information, stories, resources, and tools to intelligent, savvy women who have risen above gossip and unrealistic stereotypes. We’re true to our tagline, “No Celebrities, Just Reality”. Covering topics from Pregnancy to Travel, Cooking to Career, Fitness to Environmental Conservation, and more, TotallyHer.com is a place where women can learn, grow, and share with each other. On top of original content written by a team of experienced, dedicated writers, TotallyHer.com features a forum (registration is free), polls, news, and contests.

We think TotallyHer rocks. But here’s why it might be killer:

Featuring a fresh design, professional and original content, free forums, contests, and more, TotallyHer.com is poised to become the biggest resource on the web for women. With the scope of topics covered by the site, women from every walk of life, every background, and every circumstance will find information relevant to them, as well as the opportunity to communicate with other women from around the world. Never before has a website been so intuitively organized with women in mind.

Escalate Media Acquires Online Marketing Community V7 Network

Dayton, TX - Escalate Media announces the acquisition of the V7 Network. V7 is an extensive online resource and community to support those who want to learn about and practice Internet marketing for profit. The site joins a growing list of sites acquired by Escalate Media which center on technology and family.

V7 Network was established in 2003. The site provides reliable resources, accurate information, and peer support for those who make their living (or aim to) on the web.The V7 Network does this through informative articles, Internet marketing forums, blogs, tools, and reviews of host and scripting companies.

“V7 Network is full of advice and tips for people who earn or want to earn their living online. It has an active, sizable community that supports the growth of its members as individuals and as web professionals. With these attributes, V7n.com is a welcome and fitting addition to Escalate Media’s family of websites,” says Lee Dodd, founder of Escalate Media. Dodd has been making money online since the beginning of the web and communities like V7 have been part of his success.

The founders of V7 Network share a similar philosophy to ours. That is that the Internet is more than a medium or a marketplace – it is a community. Their community is based on respect and growth of its members – web marketers. That is one reason we found this acquisition to be ideal for both businesses Escalate Media looks for online communities to invest in – a site people return to often and that supports its members. “The founders of V7 Network share a similar philosophy to ours. That is that the Internet is more than a medium or a marketplace – it is a community. Their community is based on respect and growth of its members – web marketers. That is one reason we found this acquisition to be ideal for both businesses,” said Dodd..

Among V7N’s resources is an active forum with over 46,000 registered users (growing at a rate of 1,500 per month) along with many resources for webmasters, including:

A regularly-updated SEO blog keeps members updated on information about search engine optimization. An extensive scripts directory (including tools and tutorials). A graphics section where members can analyze and rate graphics tutorials. Internet marketing forum and book reviews. Job listings and advice for online professionals.

Escalate Media is working to bring improved development and continued growth to the site and its community and continues to add community-based web sites to join their network.

About Escalate Media: Founded by David Adams and Lee Dodd, Escalate Media (EM) builds and purchases online publications and web-based communities. Each site focuses on a specific niche related to two distinct channels – family and technology. Escalate owns more than 20 community web sites which have been both purchased or which they have built. Examples of their sites include diaperswappers.com, and Sprintusers.com.

To see all of Escalate Media’s web sites, see EscalateMedia.com To learn more about the V7 Network community for Internet marketers, visit V7n.com

Escalate Media Launches New Company Website

Dayton, TX – Escalate Media announces the launching of its new website, escalatemedia.com, on Tuesday, July 1st, 2008. The newly-designed site features straightforward functionality and easy access to the company’s acclaimed attributes.

The site highlights Escalate’s network of community and content websites, as well as information on the company’s projects, goals, and achievements. Along with information on their network, the site also introduces their dedicated team of managers, technicians, and administrators.

Founding partner and COO Lee Dodd feels that the new site more accurately reflects Escalate’s vision: “My partner and I are extremely pleased to launch the new corporate site design to the public. This has been the result of a lot of hard work from many on the Escalate team, due to the multiple other projects we have under way. We feel that the new site better shows Escalate Media’s true colors, especially in the areas of providing true resources to people on the internet and great value to those that advertise across our growing network of sites.”

Escalate Media boasts two divisions of websites: Family and Technology. The former includes communities and publications dedicated to parenting, finance, and personal interests. The latter focuses on providing communities and information about various areas of technology, website management, and marketing. Check out Escalate’s Network page to get an in-depth look at the company’s network of sites.

Exploring Escalate’s new site reveals a wealth of information about the company, its network, and its people. Its serves not only to give Escalate a new look, but to reflect the company’s continued growth and development.

Popular Parenting Forum, DiaperSwappers.com, Wins Glam Media Award for Best in Lifestyle Website

Dayton, TX – DiaperSwappers.com is a thriving community of moms with parenting advice, child rearing discussions, with a very active online flea market and shopping area. The community website has been in existence since 2005 and receives nearly 9.6 million page views monthly. The popular website has won the Glam Media Publisher Network Awards for “Best in Lifestyle” website. The annual award, is voted for by both Glam.com editors and readers recognizing the best-of-the-best from among the network of more than 500 premium lifestyle blogs and websites.

“Glam Media is thrilled to celebrate the achievements of our publishers,” said Scott Swanson, Vice President and General Manager of the Glam Media Publisher Network. “These annual awards are a great way for both Glam’s readers and editors to recognize the amazing talent and premium content showcased by our bloggers and publishers on a daily basis.”

“We’re always delighted to receive recognition for our publications. It’s gratifying when readers acknowledge the work we put into making the community the best it can be. This award is particularly important, as the competition is stiff in this marketplace. There are so many great Lifestyle publications online,” commented Lee Dodd, Chief Operating Officer for Escalate Media LP.

DiaperSwappers.com is one of twenty wholly-owned online publications in Escalate Media LP’s network of Family and Technology publications online. DiaperSwappers.com is the flagship website in the company’s Family Channel and it is among the most mature sites in the network with nearly 9,600,000 monthly page views. The community is comprised of an audience of which 51% of viewers have household incomes between $30,000 and $60,000, and another 24% bring in $60,000 to $100,000 annually. 59% have college educations and 21% have some graduate school as well. 67% of the audience is between the ages of 25 and 34, with another 19% between 35 and 44.

Escalate Media, LLC Founding Partner, Lee Dodd, Interviewed By Entrepreneur’s Web Publication, Retireat21.com

Dayton, TX – This month’s issue of Retireat21.com, the well-respected online publication for entrepreneurs, contains an extensive interview with Escalate Media founding partner Lee Dodd. The interview, conducted by Retireat21.com’s founder Michael Dunlop, focuses on the structure of the Escalate Media website network and how the organization is monetized.

Dodd answers questions about the various websites in the network, their audiences, monetizing web-based communities and shares some of what he has learned as an Internet entrepreneur.

Lee Dodd comments about their online magazines, “Escalate Media has been in business since 2006. My business partner is David Adams. We currently own and maintain 17 forum-based websites all of which are monetized by selling advertising and products. We plan on adding more.” Escalate Media’s website holdings fall into two channels: Family and Technology. The Family Channel’s largest sites include DiapperSwappers.com and BabyUniverisy.com for parents, and Menewsha.com for young women and teens. The Technology Channel has SprintUsers.com catering to cell-phone users and WebMaster-Talk.com provides resources and blogs for website owners and operators.

Dunlop asked a number of questions related to what Dodd has learned from his years as an Internet entrepreneur. Dodd mused, “…I have to love what I do in order to be successful at it. So make sure to pick a subject that inspires you and that makes you jump out of bed in the morning and head for work. It’s unpleasant and unmotivating to spend your time each day facing a subject you don’t care about.” Furthermore he commented that you must, “Believe in yourself and your ideas, but don’t be blind to reality… Never fear asking questions… Pray. Inspiration often comes in the quiet moments. And if you don’t pray, meditate.”

Lee also offers this advice about building an advertising network, “Brand. If you plan to sell advertising know that the agencies and the companies they work with expect and need the sites that they purchase ads on to be brands in their own rights.”

The full interview appears at www.retireat21.com. For more information about Escalate Media, LLC, visit www.EscalateMedia.com.