Award-Winning Production Guru Joins UWC; Looks to Enhance Audience Engagement Starting at UWC – Capital Punishment

FAIRFAX, VA— Ultimate Warrior Challenge (UWC), the top Mixed Martial Arts organization on the East Coast, announced this week that it will bring Bill Ganz on as the new show Producer. Ganz, founder of the MORE Media Group, has handled marketing and live event production efforts for Fortune 500 companies and is considered one of the top live event producers in the world. His first show with UWC will be the April 25th UWC – Capital Punishment at the Patriot Center.

“The state of the audience is what gets passed around virally both on and offline,” said Ganz. “And since UWC’s relationship with the audience thus far has been based on a high-quality show, we would like to create more pre-event and post-event points of engagement for the audience.”

Ganz supports UWC CEO S. Marcello Foran’s vision for the direction of the organization and is eager to apply his knowledge to all aspects of the UWC Company.

“To bring in a mastermind like Bill Ganz is a true step in the right direction for UWC,” said Foran. “With nine engineering degrees in lighting, sound, and many other aspects of live event production he will, without a doubt, take our production to the next level. Our entire organization is excited to see him in action on April 25th at UWC – Capital Punishment.”

Ganz will employ his 25-year knowledge of live event, multi-media, broadcast and narrowcast design, off and online marketing skills, and lethal imagination with new media and Web 2.0 social media conversational marketing skills to revolutionize UWC’s marketing efforts.

“In my opinion MMA is in its infancy and yet is the fastest growing sport in the world,” said Ganz. “We have a new and very holistic messaging package that we will be developing in the months to come to elevate the sport.” See more about Ganz at www.billganz.com or www.fasttrackonlinemarketing.com .

Buy tickets today at all Ticketmaster outlets and Ticketmsater.com with general admission prices set at $35, $58.50, $78.50 and $128.50. A limited number of Ultimate VIP (UVIP) and VIP packages ($500 and $250) are available, which include cage side seating, UVIP fight night pre-party, UVIP event lanyard, special guest fighter meet and greets, UVIP suite access, full food and beverage service and more.

Find ticket information, photos, videos, fight card updates, and other UWC news:
Text “UWC” to 30644 or visit the UWC Website: www.uwcmma.com
Official Event Flash Website: www.uwcmma.com/uwc6
Facebook: UWC Fans Group http://groups.to/uwc and UWC Fans Page http://companies.to/uwc MySpace: www.myspace.com/uwcmma and on Twitter: www.twitter.com/uwcmma

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For a chance to “WIN” the UltimateVIP Fight Night Ticket Package and a Meet and Greet with Tito and other special celebrity guests TEXT “VIP” to 30644

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UWC Capital Punishment will be streamed “LIVE” and for “FREE” on the number one MMA website in the world Sherdog.com
(*Unavailable within 100 miles of the Washington DC Metro area)

About UWC:
The Ultimate Warrior Challenge (UWC) is the Mid Atlantic Regions leader in providing fans with the best, most competitive and highest quality professional mixed martial arts (MMA) events. In addition to featuring elite fighters from the top MMA teams across the country, UWC also showcases and builds the careers of the many top pro fighters from the leading Virginia, D.C. and Maryland teams and gyms by giving them an opportunity and platform to challenge the very best in their highly competitive hometown area. UWC’s fighters and events will serve as the catalyst for turning the Mid Atlantic Region and Washington DC area into a powerful and highly-regarded MMA east coast destination.

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Bill Ganz and Steve Aust Founders of FastTrack™ Online Marketing, Inc receive the Gold AVA Award honoring Excellence in website design based on its use of multi-media.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) February 26, 2009 — The AVA (http://www.avaawards.com) Gold Award for 2008 honoring excellence in overall website design based on its use of multi-media and Web 2.0 interactive technologies was presented to Bill Ganz, Founder and CEO of More Media Group, Inc., and its subsidiary FastTrack™ Online Marketing, Inc. (www.fasttrackonlinemarketing.com), Southern California based companies.

FastTrack™ Online Marketing, Inc., Founders Steve Aust and Bill Ganz have this to say “We are honored to receive this prestigious award on behalf of ourselves and all the great staff of people who participated in its development. It is always nice to be recognized by your peers especially when the competition includes companies from the Fortune 500.”

FastTrack’s website, although a commercial endeavor for training, was also designed to help company owners and executives get a grasp of this new marketing environment called “Social Networks (http://www.fasttrackonlinemarketing.com/)”. The basis of this is to understand conversational marketing and its impact on the new prosperity paradigm with Social Media.

FastTrack™ Online Marketing., Inc. has already developed and implemented one of the first monetized social networks for one of its clients. My Social Income (www.mysocialincome.com) (www.mysocialincome.biz) is the first Green, Monetized Social Media platform of its kind. This Social Networking platform is based on an affiliate based marketing program which pays its site customer for usage. MSI is leading the way in online community development that is Movement Based Marketing. The challenge seems to be, how do companies develop a Social Network that rewards the Social Networkers for their participation. After years of investment in web psychology and Social Media philosophy, Aust and Ganz have the answer.

The FastTrack™ Online Marketing, Inc. team is available for media interviews and guest appearances by contacting:

Bill Ganz

MORE Media Group, Inc.

310.937.9663

Bill Ganz, CEO of FastTrack Online Marketing accepts Gold MarCom Award honoring Excellence in Marketing and Communications for his new book “Belonging Networks.” The book was written for entrepreneurs and executives to give a full understanding to the power of social networks in doing business on the internet.

Los Angeles (Vocus) January 27, 2009 — Bill Ganz, Founder and CEO of More Media Group, Inc. (www.moremediagroup.com) a Southern California company, engaged in the Digital Multi-Media and Social Networks Development industry as a lead agency was presented with the Gold MarCom Award honoring Excellence in Marketing and Communications.

The winning entry was for the Brochure/Consumer Awareness category for Mr. Ganz’s new book “Belonging Networks”. A free digital copy is available for download at www.fasttrackonlinemarketing.com. The book was compiled to assist Marketing Directors and Executive Teams to understand the impact of Social Media in today’s internet business environment. “Belonging Networks” is a book for people to simply understand step-by-step the impact of consumer-to-consumer, or business-to-consumer marketing through Social Media.

“It started out to be a whitepaper on Social Media”, says Ganz “but the more I researched and discovered, it was obvious to give a full understanding to the power of social networks in doing business on the internet, a comprehensive guide book would be necessary.”

This document will be the ground work for his book to be released in the fourth quarter of 2009 called ‘The Art of Engaging the Audience in an Online World.’ “Belonging Networks is my initial research at this time”, stated Bill Ganz “but it is also an end-to-end guide on understanding unique corporate social networks and the power of Social Media.”

Majid Abai, CEO of one of the leading Social Networking development companies, had this to say about Belonging Networks, “This is an exceptional resource book and I am placing it on our corporate website as a must read for all of our clients. This is an incredible book for C-level understanding of the how-to as it pertains to social media.”

The MarCom Awards is an International competition for Marketing and Communication Professionals involved in the concept, writing and design of marketing and communication programs and print, visual and audio materials. Entries come from corporate marketing and communication departments, advertising agencies, PR firms, design shops and freelancers.

The competition has grown to perhaps the largest of its kind in the world. A look at the winners shows a range in size from individual communicators to media conglomerates and Fortune 50 companies.

For additional information on the internet marketing services offered by More Media Group, Inc. and its subsidiary internet marketing arm, FastTrack Online Marketing. Inc. go to www.fasttrackonlinemarketing.com, there you will also be able to fill out a request for a free evaluation of your website or social media portal.

Bill Ganz says, “Today the key is understanding the simplicity of conversational marketing and its ease of use with regard to being better, faster and less expensive and everything having total measurable results. This could never be done before Web 2.0 Marketing and collaborative Social Media.”

Mr. Ganz is available for media interviews and guest appearances by contacting:

Bill Ganz

MORE Media Group, Inc.

310.937.9663

www.fasttrackonlinemarketing.com

www.billganz.com

Bill Ganz and Steve Aust Founders of FastTrack™ Online Marketing, Inc receive the MarCom Awards honoring Excellence in Marketing and Communications achievement. The award was won for Best Overall Website.

Los Angeles (Vocus) January 28, 2009 — The MarCom Awards honoring Excellence in Marketing and Communications achievement 2008, honorable mention has been presented to Bill Ganz, Founder and CEO of More Media Group, Inc., and its subsidiary FastTrack™ Online Marketing, Inc. (www.fasttrackonlinemarketing.com), Southern California based companies. The award is for Best Overall Website. This award was won for the structure, setup and design of the website www.fasttrackonlinemarketing.com and for Executive level education in the arena of Web 2.0 Marketing, Social Media and Conversational Web Community Development. This award also reflects the website’s vision for its executive training and impact on the media as it pertains to an added solution for traditional media to educate C-level understanding and leadership.

FastTrack™ Online Marketing, Inc., Founders Steve Aust and Bill Ganz have this to say “It is always an unexpected pleasure to receive an award of this nature considering the high level of competition from International companies to the Fortune 50″, they added, “Our team of highly dedicated professionals is the reason we are accepting this award, so it is for them we graciously accept this honor.”

S. Marcello Foran, CEO and Founder of UWC www.uwcmma.com and U-VIP www.ultimatevipclub.com says; “I call on FastTrack™ Online Marketing, Inc. in this ever changing world of Web Marketing to take me to the winners circle. Aust and Ganz and their team of industry experts are always on the scene as it pertains to Web Community Development, Web 2.0 Marketing and Social Media for site trafficking.”

FastTrack’s website, although a commercial endeavor for training, was also designed to help company owners and executives get a grasp of this new marketing environment called “Social Networks”. The basis of this is to understand conversational marketing and its impact on the new prosperity paradigm with Social Media.

FastTrack™ Online Marketing., Inc. has already developed and implemented one of the first monetized social networks for one of its clients. My Social Income (www.mysocialincom) (www.mysocialincome.biz) is the first Green, Monetized Social Media platform of its kind. This Social Networking platform is based on an affiliate based marketing program which pays its site customer for usage. MSI is leading the way in online community development that is Movement Based Marketing. The challenge seems to be, how do companies develop a Social Network that rewards the Social Networkers for their participation. After years of investment in web psychology and Social Media philosophy, Aust and Ganz have the answer.

The FastTrack™ Online Marketing, Inc. team is available for media interviews and guest appearances by contacting:

Bill Ganz

MORE Media Group, Inc.

310.937.9663

Bill Ganz, CEO of More Media Group and his Team Unfair Advantage have produced new marketing media and content that has won a variety of awards in the past year.

DV Awards

MORE Media Group, Inc./FastTrackTM has just won a DV Award for its on-line educational and entertainment based interactive learning program. This program was a training program for the Direct Selling industry to train the master distributors about Network Marketing both on and off line. This program – The Networker’s Edge – was made up of the top Networkers, coaches, motivators and industry experts. The program has won a number of awards for monetizing content via subscription on the internet.

Web Marketing Association

MORE Media Group, Inc. won this award for the development of its founder’s site. This site – http://www.billganz.com - was built to display all of the founder’s different websites in one portal initiative. This self-promotion platform was developed as an additional Marketing site for traction, education, event registry and client successes.

Telly Awards

More Media Group (Bill Ganz) has won 2 Telly Awards for there On-line Rich Media Content Delivery Network’s.

The first one that More Media Group, Inc. submitted was for a project that Bill Ganz, President of MMG, brought to Epson America (Keith Kratzberg - Vice President of Marketing at Epson America) for the On-line Educational Documentary to support the existing National Road Show Tour called Print Academy headed up by Dan Steinhardt, Marketing Manager for Epson America. This on-line interactive rich media content delivery network was uniquely designed by More Media Group, Inc. for Epson America before there was any plug and play content delivery networks on the web. This project followed the top digital photographers in their professional and personal lives behind the scenes. This was an on-line video documentary approximately 6 hours in length delivered to the subscriber 5 minutes long - 5 days a week for 3 months. We call this format 5 Minute Media (5MM). Epson America has continued to submit and win awards year after year for the updated On-line Print Academy.

The second project that MMG submitted was for an Electric Press Kit (EPK) that MMG developed called the Interactive Demo Reel or Promotional Disc. This format has continued to win awards year after year.

To view these projects please visit the www.EpsonOnlineExperience.com and www.Epson.com/successstories.

Horizon Interactive Award

5 Minute Media (5mm) announced today that the 5mm series they produced and continue to deliver for Epson has won the 2005 Horizon Interactive Award for Education. The Epson Online Experience www.epsononlineexperience.com takes subscribers on a three month episodic journey into the world of professional photography and digital printmaking.

The 5mm series was developed to attract photo enthusiasts. Subscribers join some of the top photographers in the world as they prepare for a shoot, set up the lighting, deal with the elements and capture their images. Then they watch and learn as they color correct, dodge and burn and enhance the images for spectacular results.

The Epson Online Experience is an innovative web based program. Subscribers can view daily new videos packed with professional techniques, tips and step-by-step tutorials for creating spectacular images and digital prints.

5mm is a dynamic, rich media experience that is delivered to a user’s inbox or mobile device in daily 5 minute episodic bites of knowledge. Content is engaging, immersive and interactive, creating a new dimension in learning that is entertaining and appealing.

The Horizon Interactive Awards is an international competition that was created to recognize outstanding achievement in the field of Interactive Media. The awards focus on multimedia firms, advertising agencies, in-house communications, marketing departments and freelancers who strive to create innovative, interactive solutions for themselves and for their clients. The competition strives to recognize the best blend between creative concepts and technical execution with a special emphasis on graphic design, artistic expression and user experience.

Direct marketing agency Olson/Kotowski submitted the Epson Online Experience to the Horizon Interactive Awards on behalf of the producers, directors, content management house and marketing teams that collaborated on this award winning project. The award can be viewed at www.horizoninteractiveawards.com under 2005 winners in the education/training bronze category. The award is listed under Olson/Kotowski - Print Academy Online Experience.