SMVI Signs Marketing Agreement With Pet Pharmaceutical Company, Petscriptions.com

JERICHO, NY--(Marketwire - 10/27/09) - Social Media Ventures, Inc. (Pinksheets:SMVI - News) a provider of niche social networking sites, including the unique site for pet owners, Petsplaces.com (www.PetsPlaces.com), is pleased to announce that it has signed a marketing affiliate agreement with Petscriptions.com (www.Petscriptions.com). Petscriptions.com is a provider of pharmaceuticals, medicine, and other innovative products for pets. Petscriptions.com offers pet owners access to inexpensive pet products including medicine and pharmaceuticals. The online retailer offers direct shipments of pet pharmaceuticals and other pet supply products directly to its customers, offering customer savings on a wide array of pet medicines. All products are inspected by the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy.Americans currently spend over $51 Billion annually on their pets, which double the expenditure from just a decade ago. Proving to be recession-proof, the market is expected to grow to $57 billion in 2010, and accelerate exponentially. Currently over 60% of Americans own pets.According to the terms of the marketing affiliate ag...
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SMVI Enters Marketing Partnership With Celebrity Dog Trainer, Vladae, "The Russian Dog Wizard," to Promote PetsPlaces.com

JERICHO, NY--(Marketwire - 10/23/09) - Social Media Ventures, Inc. (Pinksheets:SMVI - News) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a marketing agreement with leading dog training expert, Vladae, the Russian Dog Wizard (http://www.socaldogtraining.com) to promote its social networking site for pets, Petsplaces.com (www.Petsplaces.com). Vladae is a world-renowned dog behavior specialist whose innovative techniques have been featured on major television networks including CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN and FOX, among others and is frequently featured on AnimalRadio�, known as America's "most listened to" pet-related program.At 12, Vladae got his first dog. Two years later he won a top training championship in his native Azerbaijan. Vladae went on to train dogs for Soviet intelligence, teaching canines to jump from airplanes for paratrooper missions. Since coming to the US a decade ago, Vladae has developed a reputation as one of the leading dog training experts in the country.According to the terms of the marketing agreement, the celebrity trainer, Vladae, will provide PetsPlaces.com with a variety of cont...
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Social Media Ventures, Inc. Announces Online Advertising Banner Promotion With YourNetPlus.com for the Marketing of PetsPlaces.com

JERICHO, NY--(Marketwire - 07/30/09) - Social Media Ventures, Inc. (Pinksheets:SMVI - News) announced a new online banner promotion for its social networking site for pet enthusiasts, PetsPlaces.com (www.petsplaces.com). A banner advertising PetsPlaces.com will be featured on approximately two hundred active web portals in the United States, which are hosted by YourNetPlus.com. The Agreement states the PetsPlaces banner will be shown on these portals for the next twelve months. This marketing campaign is the result of an agreement between Social Media Ventures, Inc. and YourNetPlus.com. "This agreement with YourNetPlus.com is a perfect fit for the advertising campaign planned for our social networking site, PetsPlaces.com. YourNetPlus.com provides operational services to many Internet Service Providers in the United States. The exposure will be tremendous for PetsPlaces.com as the banner will be prominently displayed on many of these portal pages", stated Robert W. Thayer, CEO of Social Media Ventures.Vince Dima, CEO of YourNetPlus.com, agreed; "To have YourNetPlus.com involved with an advertising campaign for an up and coming social networking site like PetsPlaces.com is very exciting. I am a dog owner myself and this site consists of a terrific online community of pet owners."The banners promoting PetsPlaces.co...
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Social Media Ventures, Inc. Announces New Affiliate Marketing Program, Featuring PETCO

JERICHO, NY--(MARKET WIRE)--Jan 28, 2009 -- Social Media Ventures, Inc. (Other OTC:SMVI.PK - News) announced that it has agreed to a new online affiliate marketing program, to feature special savings on pet products from PETCO, for its social networking site for pet enthusiasts, PetsPlaces.com (www.petsplaces.com). The online affiliate marketing program consists of many top tier advertisers for pet products to choose from, which makes it an attractive offering for Social Media Ventures. PetsPlaces.com is now offering its members savings on pet products from PETCO, when ordering online from its social networking site. Members and visitors to PetsPlaces.com can now click on any of the banners advertising PETCO products to order products online for their dogs, cats, fish and small animals."We are looking to maximize any and all potential revenue opportunities for PetsPlaces.com and hope it begins with this affiliate marketing program. We are excited to offer quality products from the nation's leading pet specialty retailer, PETCO. I am pleased to make PETCO the first part of our affiliate lineup," said CEO Robert W. Thayer.PetsPlaces.com allows pet owners from all over the world to come together online, create member profiles, share photos and interact with each other on a daily basis.About PETCO:PETCO is a privately held special...
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