Business Services Industry

AllBusiness.com Announces Education Center Partnership with Powered, Inc

Business Wire, Sept 18, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO -- AllBusiness.com, Inc., a leading online resource for businesses, today announced an agreement with Powered, Inc., a leading provider of online consumer education programs, to provide online educational business content on the award-winning AllBusiness Web site. The new education center can be found at http://education.allbusiness.com.

The collaboration marks the initial launch of 25 free online courses designed to provide business leaders a mini-tutorial on various business topics, including managing e-mail, wireless networks, Excel, PowerPoint presentations and business networking. The goal is to help business professionals build and grow their businesses. Over the next several months, AllBusiness will roll out dozens of additional courses along with new interactive features including quizzes, user ratings and message boards.

"This extremely intuitive and useful content provides our readers with a powerful online educational tool," said Kathy Yates, CEO of AllBusiness.com. "What makes our education center so unique is that the courses are free, and the user has the ability to take an in-depth look at topics that are of interest to them and that offer an opportunity to learn and improve their business skills. We're excited to be one of the first sites to launch this type of free business-oriented service with Powered."

"Engaging consumers through education is one of the most effective online tools available today," said Powered CEO Dave Ellett. "This education center will provide AllBusiness users with a wide variety of subjects to choose from to help them better manage and grow their business. AllBusiness' popularity as a business resource and Powered's engaging content are a natural fit."

The alliance with Powered is part of AllBusiness.com's broader strategy to collaborate with premier online services and properties to offer the best content possible to business professionals. The company's numerous other content partners include sites such as WashingtonPost.com, CBSNews.com, BusinessWeek Online, Yahoo!, SFGate.com and CareerBuilder.

About AllBusiness.com, Inc.

AllBusiness.com is a leading online resource for businesses. The Company operates one of the Web's premier business sites, providing practical information and services for business professionals and growing businesses. The site includes how-to articles and videos, business forms, contracts and agreements, expert advice, blogs, business news, directory listings, business guides and more. In addition to its flagship Web site, the Company's content can be accessed by its content syndication program, RSS feeds and e-mail newsletters. (www.allbusiness.com)

About Powered, Inc.

Austin-based Powered Inc. is the market and technology leader in online consumer education. Powered provides a proven way for the world's largest brands to use online education to drive sales, build brand loyalty and deliver a significantly higher ROI than other marketing programs. Manufacturers, retailers, media properties and web publishers also rely on Powered to gain new insights into consumer attitudes and buying behavior. Powered clients include AOL, Atkins, AT&T, BusinessWeek, Circuit City, HP, iVillage, Motorola, Radio Shack and Sony, among others. For more information, visit http://www.powered.com/.>