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Welcome to npsoft Software Marketing news. There are currently a number of marketing opportunities available for Software Developers and members of the shareware industry.

Awards
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Currently voting is underway for the Educational Software Cooperative (ESC) Awards.http://www.edu-soft.org/vote/

Bandwith
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Simtel has recently announced new bandwith options for shareware authors and developers. See http://www.simtel.net/infobws.php for details.

New & Improved
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Download 32 is now accepting PAD Files !!! We've recently cleaned and updated the listing of software sites at http://www.softwaremarketingsolutions.com/softwaresites.html . In addition, a printable version and excel download is now available. There are a number of new sites in the list be sure to check it out.

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Conference
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SIC is expecting a guest speaker from the FBI to speak on the "Hack, Crack and Fraud" panel. This is only one more reason to attend this years Shareware Industry Conference. The conference is scheduled for July 19-21, 2001 Be sure to register to attend this event. http://www.sic.org

Promotional Opportunities
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If you are interested in being featured as softwaremarketingsolutions.com featured site of the week, please contact us !
http://www.softwaremarketingsolutions.com/softwaresiteoftheweek.html
http://www.softwaremarketingsolutions.com/siteoftheweek.html

Articles - New News
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Each month an article dedicated to software marketing appears, this month a collection of marketing tips are listed as well as an vertical marketing article
http://www.softwaremarketingsolutions.com/articledirectory.html

Vertical Marketing
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Interested in targeting vertical markets? Be sure to check out the growing resource section at http://www.globalsoftwaresolutions.net when submitting software be sure to include vertical industry that is targeted !

Sections include organizations, publications and other resources for industry professionals.

Sneak Peak
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Tucows has big plans for developers. Additional information should be revealed within the next month. This site will provide developers additional promotional opportunities.. stay tuned for details.
http://www.tucows.com

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Sharon Housley
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