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Conferences
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The 2001 Shareware Industry Conference, was a huge success ! Next years conference will be also held in St Louis, Missouri USA from July 18-20 its never too early to start planning.
Another conference you may want to consider attending is the European Shareware Conference it is not affiliated with SIC, but it still promises to be a fun event.
In addition the annual Columbus Schmooze is scheduled for the weekend of October 20th in Columbus Ohio. Schmooze are far less formal but it gives you an opportunity to meet fellow developers in an informal environment.
Lest I forget, Gnomedex is also on the horizon. Gnomedex is scheduled for September, in Iowa of all places. Gnomedex is being promoted and hosted by Lockergnome.

Awards
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Currently nominations are underway for the 2001 CODIE Awards a fee is charged for nominations. In addition we've put together a new page that details the sites that run Annual Software or Shareware Awards. If you have any additions please let us know !

Mirroring
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If you have an interest in replicating any of the content on the softwaremarketingsolutions.com site, please contact us. We are generally fairly agreeable to this as long as softwaremarketingsolutions.com is sited as the source with a link. This will allow us to keep the content fresh.

Promotional Opportunities
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Software Vault is currently offering inexpensive banner advertising. Select spots are also available throughout the softwaremarketingsolutions.com site, a static banner is $ 10.00 per month.

Site of the Week
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Each week softwaremarketingsolutions.com features two sites of the week. One is a software site featured, the other is a site targeted at software developers or authors be sure to check out the latest sites. If you are interested in being the feature contact us !
http://www.softwaremarketingsolutions.com/softwaresiteoftheweek.html
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Articles - New News
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Interested in some free exposure? Consider submitting a marketing article to be hosted for a month on softwaremarketingsolutions.com Software Marketing section. This is a great way to reachout to the development community and establish branding. !
http://www.softwaremarketingsolutions.com/articledirectory.html

Partnering & Bundling
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Looking for a partner? The list is growing be sure to list your software at http://www.softwarebundles.com/bundlepartners.html this is a great way to expand your products appeal. This will allow you to reach new markets. A number of opportunities exist for creative partners.

Link to Us
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