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WINERIES ADOPT NEW COST EFFECTIVE EVENT CALENDAR TECHNOLOGY

Wineries Among The First To Share Event Calendar Information Using Low-Cost Communications Platform

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media contact:
Katie Stringer, LANE PR
503.546.7877 or katie@lanepr.com

Portland, Ore. (March 25, 2010) – More than 50 Pacific Northwest companies now subscribe to dotCal.com (dotCal), an Internet-based calendar communication service. dotCal works with each business's Web site to enhance event marketing and communication strategies. Its clients fall within a variety of industries, including nonprofit organizations, retailers, wineries, studios, health clubs and restaurants. dotCal subscribers include:

"The dotCal platform allows Domaine Serene to communicate directly with our supporters and further involve them in our events and happenings," said Allan Carter, vice president of sales and marketing for Domaine Serene. "Very easy to update and manage, the program is a no-hassle investment that helps us to draw in more visitors and ultimately enhance the customer's experience with our wines." 

In addition to using the online calendar system to post and share event information, wineries are using dotCal as a gateway to posting information on sites like Twitter and Facebook. From the dotCal platform, users can publish event information on social networking sites in just one click. 

"We're finding more and more wineries are using the dotCal platform to post events to their Facebook pages and Twitter accounts without having to log in to each individual site, saving them time and resources," said CEO and founder Danton Mendell. "It's social media, made easy." 

Like RSS for Calendars
Similar to RSS and other publishing programs, dotCal enables businesses, nonprofit organizations and individuals to share and publish a variety of time-relevant information that can be accessed across numerous online calendar platforms. Because dotCal is standards based, it is compatible with most calendar programs, including Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, Apple iCal, Yahoo Calendar and Mozilla Thunderbird, as well as many mobile phone calendars, including the iPhone. Individual subscriptions are no cost, with monthly business and nonprofit subscriptions starting at $29.

Member CalConnect
California. dotCal and CalConnect are focused on the exchange of calendar and scheduling information across various programs, platforms and technologies. Active dotCal CalConnect partners include Apple, Google, Carnegie Mellon, Eventful, IBM, Dartmouth, Microsoft, Nokia, Mozilla, NASA, Oracle, RPI, and Yahoo!.

About dotCal
dotCal is an Internet technology start-up founded by Danton Mendell, the founder of 1-800-Support and Pacific Dataware Inc. An Internet marketing service, dotCal enables businesses to communicate event information across a variety of business and consumer calendar programs, similar to e-mail and RSS. In addition to enabling businesses to share calendar events and other information directly with customers and their favorite social networks, dotCal allows individual users to connect with friends and family.

For more information or to start using dotCal, please visit http://dotCal.com or call (888) 545-7846.