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Top Woman Technology Entrepreneur In U.s. For Australia Week.

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Profit from the Know-how that Tammy Halter can Propose
Tammy is due to visit the USA mid January 2008

Broadcaster Media is a Mobile Marketing Company providing services that allow brands to connect with consumers through their cell phones. Coupons, Click to Fone Thru, and Send to My Inbox, are just a few of the many characteristics. Tammy is the woman behind the technology and she repurposed it out of her own 10 year old military security data company, Absolute Data. The many honors and accodlades are a well deserved tribute to this Mother and CEO.

Tammy Halter started her business ten years ago with a meagre $500. Now the CEO of Absolute Data Group (ADG) has started the New Year with 2 prestigious business awards under her belt and the triumphant launch of ADG’s most recent marketing solutionBroadcaster.

Thru hard work, vigour and sound business decisions Tammy has become an inspiring and real role model for business woman and men alike to aspire to and follow.

Talking at a recent awards ceremony in Brisbane, Australia, Tammy acknowledged the tests of developing a business in a significantly male-dominated line of work.

I want to encourage women everywhere to believe that they truly can do anythingand not to take no for an answer, Tammy said.

The interesting young businesswoman started in stockbroking at the young age of fifteen and then went on and signed up for the Navy. While serving her country Tammy became aware of a need for better software platforms for technical documentation in the defence and aviation industry. She set her aspiration to supply and implement that need.

Today, Tammy’s company ADG supplies world class software to companies such as Virgin Blue, Boeing, Australian Defence and General Atomics (a provider of Unmanned Air Vehicles to the US Defence Forces).

Small business owners today can now learn from Tammy’s experiences, expertise and business acumen. In a visit to Los Angeles and New York (LA 16th 19th Jan and New York 20th 26th Jan), Tammy wants to impart the exhilarating news of her brand new product launch and business achievements with other business owners. Her enthusiasm for technology and marketing will give marketing professionals within these groups the techniques for success that they are so steadfastly looking for. This enthusiasm has more recently been poured into ADG’s newest application, Broadcaster.

Companies are learning what it takes to gain customers and appreciate the need for multi channel marketing as today’s consumer is sophisticated and content hungry. They expect to use multiple channels for purchasing, Ms Halter said.

The challenge for companies today is to deliver relevant, personalised content at a time when buying impulses are high.

With Broadcaster we are putting the shop into the pocket of consumers, all day, every day. Ms Halter said.

Broadcaster is quick and effortless to use and can allow companies to give catalogues, brochures, updates, specials and other forms of marketing directly to consumers via their cell phone.

Broadcaster engages one-on-one communication with consumers, lets companies receive qualified, committed marketing leads, and quickly respond to customer-driven requests, 24/7.

Famous Scottish Entrepreneurs

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Invention and entrepreneurship are concepts that are synonymous with Scotland. Scotland has a long standing tradition of producing world renowned inventors and entrepreneurs. The invention of the steam engine, television and penicillin can all be attributed to Scottish inventors and in this article I would like to highlight some of the most famous Scottish Entrepreneurs of recent years.

Arnold Clark

Sir Arnold Clark grew up in Glasgow and joined the RAF in 1944, aged 17. He rose quickly through the ranks eventually becoming a Corporal and a Motor Mechanics Instructor. Upon leaving the RAF, Clark began buying and selling cars, and opened his first showroom in 1954 in Glasgows Park Road. Arnold Clark Automobiles is now the largest car dealership in Scotland, with over 145 car dealerships throughout the UK.

Michelle Mone

Michelle Mone OBE is the co-owner of MJM International and creator of Ultimo. She grew up in Glasgow and began her corporate career with Labatt Brewers. She rose quickly through the company and was running the Sales and Marketing department by the time she was 20. In 1996, came up with the idea to create Ultimo after wearing an uncomfortable bra to a dinner dance. Today Ultimo is one of the UKs leading designer lingerie brands.

Sir David Murray

Sir David Murray was born in Ayr in 1954 and educated at Ayr Academy, Fettes College and Broughton high School. By the age of 23 Murray had set up the metal company, Murray International Metals Limited. The Murray Group has expanded to include a wide range of industries including property, call centres, venture capital and mining.

Sir Brian Souter

Sir Brian Souter is another famous Scottish entrepreneur. Sir Brian Souter started his working life as student bus conductor while studying at University. Upon finishing University, Sir Brian Souter began working with Arthur Andersen, a leading chartered accountancy firm. In 1980, using his fathers redundancy money, Sir Brian Souter established Stagecoach Group with his sister. Thirty years later Stagecoach is one the largest transport companies in the world with 13,000 buses, coaches, trains and trams, employing over 30,000 employees worldwide. Sir Brian Souter also founded Souter Investments and the Souter Charitable Trust.