Using Social Media to Benefit Your Business
by ServeNow.com Staff

In the past 5 years, the internet has gone from a place to discover information to a place to share information. This shift has resulted in what is commonly called Internet 2.0. What does Internet 2.0 involve? Everything from being able to comment on articles, write product reviews on sites like Amazon.com, and being able to network with others via sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are included in Internet 2.0. Often times these sites are referred to as Social Media because anyone has the ability to publish and share information through these sites.While this might seem irrelevant to you, it is not. As the internet is quickly moving out of the home and office onto our phones, more and more people are turning to the world wide web as a networking source. Instead of asking their co-worker for a suggestion of where to eat later that night, people are turning to their online friends for suggestions and reviews. A good (or bad) review can spread farther faster than it has ever been able to.

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Meet the New Team of Marketing Consultants
by ServeNow.com Staff

ServeNow.com, ProcessServers.com & PInow.com are proud to announce Kimberley Conner, Pam McDonough and Mindy Naumer as our newest Marketing Consultants, Amanda de Bock as the new Client Concierge and Nora Sneberger as the Senior Marketing Consultant. Each of these women brings a diverse background to the team, but all are here for the same reason: to help the process servers and investigators we work with to be more successful. Click here to read more

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ServeNow.com & ProcessServers.com Testimonials
If you are interested in learning more about joining ServeNow.com click here or ProcessServers.com click here for more information or contact us at (877) 737-8366.

Within the first week of advertising on ProcessServers.com we received our first call and performed the service the next day. You and your staff ave been wonderful and I am grateful for the opportunity to work with you.

 Eric Audish
 The Audi Group
 Charlotte, NC

I've been working with ServeNow.com for almost three years and have been very happy. I saw results immediately after joining, and have continued to see a consistent increase in business since then.

 Robert Hopper
  Special Investigations, Inc.
 Noblesville, IN

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PInow.com Testimonials
If you are interested in learning more about joining PInow.com click here for more information or contact us at (888) 997-4669.

I am having great results with my advertising with PInow.com. I have already gotten multiple cases and a lot of great leads in just a few months. The majority of potential clients I hear from have indicated that they really appreciate that PInow.com takes the time to credential and verify their advertisers, so when I get a call I know that the client is ready to go with the investigation.

 Charles Blankenship
 Corporate Security Investigation
 Cordova, TN

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State and government contracts can provide process servers and investigators with steady, recurring revenue. Many ServeNow.com and PInow.com advertisers have been awarded contracts such as these as a result of being listed with us.

Government agencies advertise RFP's (request for proposal) for these contracts. As a free service to you, we provide the details of these contracts as they become available.

Would you like to be notified of Government Contract RFP's as they become available? If so, please join the following groups:

• Join the ServeNow.com Process Servers Yahoo! Group
• Join the PInow.com Investigators Yahoo! Group

Current Process Serving & Investigative Bid Opportunities

Polygraph Examinations
Avondale, AZ
Agency: City of Avondale
Description: The City of Avondale (the "City") is issuing this Request for Proposals (this "RFP") seeking proposals from qualified vendors to provide polygraph examiner services on an as-needed basis.
Bid Due Date: January 21, 2010
» Click Here for full details (Requires PInow.com Yahoo! Group Membership. It's FREE.)

Background Checks
Montana
Agency: Montana State University
Description: The professional services are requested by Montana State University to provided Background Check Services.
Bid Due Date: January 22, 2010
» Click Here for full details (Requires PInow.com Yahoo! Group Membership. It's FREE.)

Background Checks
Dallas, TX
Agency: Dallas County Purchasing Department
Description: Description: The intent of this request is to solicit proposals from qualified agencies, firms, organizations, and/or individuals to provide pre-employment background investigation services for various county departments to help ensure the hiring of the best-qualified applicants available for the requested position(s).
Bid Due Date: January 25, 2010
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Process Serving
Florida
Agency: Department of Children and Families
Description: The Department of Children and Families, Circuit 18 (consisting of Brevard and Seminole counties) is in need of qualified server of process services. The Circuit 18 Children's Legal Services office is in need of locating and serving parents, witnesses and other parties with summons, subpoenas and other documents pertaining to family legal matters. The selected server of process will provide services under a contract designed to keep this centralized with one provider servicing Brevard County cases only.
Bid Due Date: February 5, 2010
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The following articles, written specifically for the process serving and investigation industry, were featured in previous issues of the ServeReport.

Business
	Is Personal Service of Civil Subpoenas Coming to an End? (Dec. 2009)
	10 Tax Tips for 2010 (Nov. 2009)
	Thank You for Supporting Our Veterans! (Nov. 2009)
	The ProcessServers.com Team Welcomes Nora Sneberger (Nov. 2009)
	5 Free Tools to Run Your Process Serving Business (Oct. 2009)
	Be a Professional on the Phone (Sep. 2009)
	Staying Safe On the Job (Aug. 2009)
	Grow and brand your business with ProcessServers.com (Jul. 2009)
	What Counts When Collecting (Jun. 2009)
	Competing on Value or Price? (May. 2009)
	60 Minutes To a More Professional Process Serving Business (May. 2009)
	Use Technology To Your Advantage (Apr. 2009)
	Roadmap to Success: Leadership, Technology and Professionalism (Mar. 2009)
	Thomas Ruskin: From NYPD to PI (Feb. 2009)
	Six Ways to Thrive in 2009 (Jan. 2009)
	Top Ten Tax Tips Before the Year Ends (Dec. 2008)
	Six Items to Put on Your Holiday Wish List (Dec. 2008)
	Your Business Card, Your Brand (Nov. 2008)
	Preparing Your Business for Sale (Sep. 2008)
	Why Offer Process Serving? (Aug. 2008)
	Six Ways to Run Your Business More Efficiently (Jul. 2008)
	When Hiring a Full-Time Employee is Not an Option (Jun. 2008)
	Roadmap to Success: Paula Ashcraft's Growth and Sale of Her Business (May. 2008)
	Ways to Recession-Proof Your Process Serving or Investigation Business (Apr. 2008)
Data Providers
	Choosing and Using Data Providers (Jun. 2007)
	An Easy Source of Additional Revenue for Servers (Jun. 2007)
Government Contracts and RFPs
	The Benefits of Securing Government Contracts (Aug. 2006)
	Determining Which Contracts are Right for You (Aug. 2006)
	Responding to a Request for Proposal (Aug. 2006)
Insurance
	Know What's in Your Insurance Policy (Nov. 2005)
	Investigator & Process Server Insurance Primer (Sep. 2005)
Marketing
	10 Ways to Make Your Process Serving Business Thrive in 2010 (Dec. 2009)
	Social Media? What's That, and Why Do I Need It? (Jul. 2009)
	Five Tips to Try When Your Website Isn't Ranking (Oct. 2008)
	500 New Potential Clients Per Year (Oct. 2007)
	Referrals: The Power of Word-of-Mouth Marketing (Sep. 2007)
	Don't Let Another Process Server or Investigator Steal Your Name! (Aug. 2007)
	Why Join Your State Associations? (Aug. 2007)
	Marketing Effectiveness for Process Servers & Investigators (Jan. 2006)
	Growing Your Process Serving and Investigation Business (Feb. 2005)
Software
	Try ServeManager Today! (Sep. 2009)
	Analyzing Process Server Software Functionality (Jul. 2008)
	Process Server Software: Benefits and Options (Jul. 2005)

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Below you will find a list of upcoming industry events. For detailed information, please click on the links below.

If you have information on upcoming events or have articles you would like to contribute to the ServeReport please email us at info@serve-now.com or call (877) 737-8366

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The ServeNow.com and PInow.com Member badges were created for advertising members to place on their home page. Thousands of legal professionals use ServeNow.com and PInow.com on a daily basis to find process servers and investigators. These brands are synonymous with process serving and investigation services - displaying these graphics on your site can lend credibility to your business.

Please visit the links below for the HTML code to place the following icons on your site.

ServeNow.com Member Badge	PInow.com Member Badge
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ProcessServers.com Member Badge
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If would like more information on joining the web's most visited and most trusted resources for finding process servers and investigators call us at (877) 737-8366 or visit us online.

Below you will find a list of our newest members.
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(pn) = PInow.com Members
(ps) = ProcessServers.com Members

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