The Ardell Group provides public relations services to start-up and mid-cap companies in the communications infrastructure, wireless technology, software, and medical technology sectors, including AMCC, Cisco Systems, National Semiconductor, and United Plastics Group. It assesses no retainer fees; clients pay for what they get. The Ardell Group launched a consumer-oriented public relations subsidiary, The Domino Group, in 2005.

Music Genome Project co-founder (and Pandora chief strategy officer) Tim Westergren founded Pandora in 2000. This Pandora's box is filled with music. The Internet radio station generates playlists based on a user's favorite artist or song. Songs are analyzed according to about 400 musical features -- including details of instrumentation, harmony, lyrics, melody, rhythm, and vocals -- as part of the Music Genome Project. Users enter the name of a song, and Pandora creates a playlist of songs with similar characteristics. Pandora's service, free to its more than 25 million registered users and available only in the US, is supported by advertising from the likes of Microsoft, Nike, and Procter & Gamble.

Satellite Video Productions offers pre- and post-production video services including editing, visual effects, and animation.Satellite Video Productions has a 20 ft. x 30 ft. production stage and houses two Avid editing suites, a compositing suite, and a linear (non-digital) editing suite, among other editing tools. Additional Satellite offerings include directing, copywriting, art direction, and graphic design. Customers include infomercial heavyweight Guthy-Renker, Hyatt Hotels, Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres, and Spanish language television station, Univision.

NFL Films company has won more than 90 Emmy awards. Ed Sobol and his son Steve (company president) co-founded NFL Films in 1964 when Ed convinced the NFL it needed its own film company. NFL Films promotes and preserves the history of the gridiron. Every year, the National Football League (NFL) subsidiary films about 270 professional football games, consisting of about 1,000 miles of film. Since its inception, NFL Films has shot more than 9,000 games. It also records other sporting events such as the World Series, produces content for the NFL Network, and offers commercial and corporate video production services unrelated to football. All told, NFL Films produces more than 4,000 hours of programming every year.

Sanoma history stretches back to 1860 when Gustaf Soderstrom founded his book printing business. Total media saturation is all in a day's work for Sanoma Corporation. The group is a leading media company in Finland and the Nordic region; it also operates in other European regions (a total of some 20 countries). While its bread and butter is magazine publishing (Sanoma Magazines), the company also has subsidiaries devoted to newspaper publishing (Sanoma News); TV, radio, and Internet (Sanoma Entertainment); bookstores, movie theaters, and distribution (Sanoma Trade); and education materials (Sanoma Learning and Literature). The company's Helsingin Sanomat is the largest daily newspaper in the Nordic region.

The Thunderbolt Group advises clients how to get the most bang for their bucks when it comes to online advertising and sponsorships. Thunderbolt Group company's services extend to both sides of the online marketing coin -- advertisers and Web publishers. Services for publishers include advertising product development, pricing consulting, collateral materials development, and a host of services that help clients measure and track advertising on their site. The Thunderbolt Group offers marketers expertise in branding, online distribution, and customer transactions as well as affiliate program and Web campaign management.

The agency has developed advertisements for Credit Suisse, Lufthansa, and IMS Health. The Interpublic Group established Gotham in 1994, and it continues to operate as an independent agency of the global marketing services holding company. The residents of this Gotham are mad about marketing. One of New York City's leading advertising agencies, The Gotham Group -- known better as Gotham -- provides creative development and campaign management services aimed at building and promoting consumer brands. In addition to traditional ad work, the firm offers targeted retail marketing and allied communications services, as well as product and packaging design services.

Eric Mower and Associates offers a broad range of advertising and marketing services, including brand promotion and development, consumer advertising, digital relationship marketing, public relations, and public affairs services. The agency has counted such companies as Dresser-Rand, FedEx, and Motorola among its customers. It provides its services through offices in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Albany, New York; as well as in Charlotte, North Carolina; Torrance, California; Sarasota, Florida; and Atlanta. Eric Mower expanded its operations in 2008 by acquiring agencies Mark Russell and Associates and Sawchuk Brown Associates.

Founded in 1999, Hispanic Teleservices is a unit of Teleperformance S.A., one of the largest call center operators in the world. Hispanic Teleservices offers bilingual customer service, technical support, and other telemarketing services serving the US Hispanic market. Hispanic company helps its clients connect with Spanish speakers by providing inbound sales, order taking, product registration, and customer satisfaction surveys. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Hispanic company provides its outsourced contact services from centers in Monterrey and Guadalajara, Mexico.

Sony/ATV licenses its songs for use in movies, TV, and advertising and collects royalties for its songwriters. It has offices in about 40 countries. Jackson avoided having to sell his half to pay off debts when Sony loaned him money in 2006. The pop star died in 2009 at the age of 50. The King of Pop was no "Fool on the Hill" when he invested in the music publishing business. Sony/ATV Music Publishing, jointly owned by the estate of singer Michael Jackson and Sony Corporation of America, is one of the world's top publishing firms with rights to more than 500,000 songs, including more than 250 compositions recorded by The Beatles. Other collections include the country catalogs of Acuff-Rose and Tree Publishing.

Inviting Real Estate Agents, Job Placements Agents, Educational Institutes, Software Service Providers, Real Estate Builders, Marriage Bureaus, Travel Agents, Restaurant Owners, Health & Fitness Centers and other Local Businesses to Post a FREE Classified Advertisement on Cootera.com Classifieds Website.