Monday January 10, 7:30 am Eastern Time Company Press Release JVWEB Launches www.ihomeline.com as the Home Improvement Resource On the Web HOUSTON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10, 2000--JVWEB, Inc. (OTCBB: JVWB - news, JVWBW - news) today announced the launch of www.ihomeline.com, as a joint venture with Jim Neidner, an award winning home builder, remodeling specialist and radio talk show personality. With over 4000 pages of information, more than 50 targeted information areas, and access to over 3 million radio listeners and visitors, this site is anticipated to quickly become America's primary resource website for home improvement.
Future plans include integrating Jim Neidner's radio talk show, Repair Talk, as a dual live webcast and radio broadcast. Repair Talk can presently be heard on Sunday mornings from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. on the Clear Channel 's Houston affiliated radio station, KPRC. The website will serve as an additional resource for Jim Neidner's expertise. Among the features the site has to offer is access to Jim Neidner's professional advice through the message boards that will be available on various home improvement topics, managed by Jim Neidner.
The site will be an invaluable resource for homeowners in finding accessible information to address their home improvement needs. Information is efficiently categorized for easy navigation.
President and CEO of Neidner Construction/Remodeling, Inc., Jim Neidner commented, ''Our goal is to be the best home and family resource guide for assisting all home enthusiasts internationally. The depth of knowledge and resources ihomeline offers is unparalleled. The addition of live webcasts is an innovative approach to capturing additional audiences.''
Greg J. Micek, CEO of JVWEb stated ''We are excited about bringing the vision of Jim Neidner and www.ihomeline.com to a broad audience around the world. JVWEB is proud to be involved with Jim Neidner and ihomeline.com. This joint venture demonstrates our commitment to be the marketing specialist for the web.''
ABOUT JVWEB
JVWEB pursues electronic commerce opportunities over the Internet. The Company's objective is to build strategic Internet services for two primary uses: 1) to offer products, services and advertising through joint ventures with established businesses and 2) to offer its services on a fee basis for clients. JVWEB provides the technical, web marketing and Internet business expertise while the established businesses provide the products and services offered and the related business acumen. For more information concerning JVWEB, please visit the Company's website at www.jvweb.com.
ABOUT JIM NEIDNER
Jim Neidner has over 27 years experience in the building industry. He is the President of Neidner Construction/Remodeling Inc., which has been responsible for the construction of over a thousand custom homes with prices ranging from 200,000 dollars to over one million dollars. Mr. Neidner is the recipient of many distinguished awards including the 1999 National ''Big 50'' Award by Remodeling Magazine, the 1999 Southeast Texas Remodeler of the Year Award by Texas Building Trends Magazine, and one Prism Award from the Houston Home Builders Association. In addition to running a large and successful company, Mr. Neidner is a remodeler, home consultant, author, radio talk show host, home building teacher, Realtor and author.
SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
Except for historical information, the matters set forth herein which are forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the level of business and consumer spending for computer software, the market acceptance and amount of sales of the Company's products, the extent that the Company's direct marketing operations achieve a satisfactory response rates, the ability of the Company to obtain sufficient supplies of marketable products, the competitive environment with the computer software and direct mail industries, the Company's ability to raise additional capital, the extent and cost-effectiveness with which the Company is able to develop, acquire or license marketable products, and the market acceptance and successful technical and economic implementation of the Company's Internet programs. Investors are directed to consider other risks and uncertainties in documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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