Concord International Group, Inc.
and
Our Town USA, Inc.
Media Advisory Update
October 10, 1996
CONCORD INTERNATIONAL'S AQUISITION OF AN
INTERNET SOFTWARE COMPANY SET TO CLOSE THIS WEEK
JENKINSTOWN, PA -- Concord International Group, Inc. (NASD BB -- CIGI) announces the delivery of a strategic letter of intent by CIGI to acquire controlling interest of Our Town USA, Inc. (OTUSA) a privately held Florida corporation. Headquarters in Tallahassee, OTUSA (an Internet software development and multimedia marketing company), recently released the "Internet on a Disk" (IOD) for US distribution. OTUSA and the IOD were recently nominated for several national awards presented by CommerceNet. OTUSA was nominated in the following categories: Best Implementation of a Particular Technology; Most Impactful Application in an Industry; Marketing; On-Line Community and Best New Business Model Enabled by the Internet. Soon to follow this year will be 9 NEW Internet and Multimedia products.
This agreement will provide for the assumption of management responsibilities of CIGI and majority interest of CIGI stock by OTUSA. "Both Companies expect the completion of their respective due diligence this week," stated OTUSA President and CEO Sam Musslewhite.
For More information please contact: Rudy De La Garza VP Business Development (904) 893-9439 or email; rudy@ourtownusa.net. The mailing address is: Our Town USA, Inc., 1471 Timberlane Road, Suite 101, Tallahassee, FL 32312. URL address: ourtownusa.net
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Company Overview
OUR VISION BECOMES A REALITY
Our Town USA, Inc. in early 1994 was the vision of a small group of close friends who had been working together for several years as publishing and digital photography consultants. Founded in 1995, Our Town USA, Inc. was the manifestation of a dream, shared by a few good friends, to provide an economic and easy to use method for individuals and small businesses to communicate. This led to the development of goals and objectives aimed at re-purposing printed information into digital electronic form to enable individuals and businesses a truly cost effective and easy to understand method of advertising to and communicating with the largest possible audience in the world, The Internet.
Together, Our Town USA management, programmers, system engineers, and graphic artists shared this common vision and goal of providing an affordable vehicle for global communications on the Internet for everyone. Early during the Internet's development, everyone rushed to provide access, content, search engines and browsers. Our Town USA determined that the Internet or World Wide Web was clearly moving in two directions: 1) providing user connection (these providers are know as Internet Service Providers or ISPs); and 2) providing user design, presence and marketing (commonly referred to as Internet Content Providers). After careful evaluation of our talents and areas of expertise, we determined that providing affordable Internet Web Site content design and maintenance services would best serve the general public and small businesses.
Our Town USA believes that individuals, families, small businesses and organizations will become the backbone of the Internet and deserve the same Internet exposure and benefits currently enjoyed by big business and government. With more than 35,000 new users accessing the Internet for the first time in North America each week, providing a dynamic and effective content publishing strategy is paramount to directing user traffic to a Web Page.
INTERNET SUCCESS
Successfully published Web Pages must be visible, accessible, comprehensive, innovative, affordable and strategically publicized by the Content Provider/Publisher and Host. Most Internet companies advertise Web Site design, publishing and maintenance but do nothing to insure a Web Site's exposure and success. They simply rent space on an Internet server, making you one of the hundreds of millions of Web Pages out there on the Internet or they offer freebies to attract attention and charge exorbitant fees for design and maintenance. Our Town USA was founded on the principle that the Internet should be available and affordable to all. Everyone should have the opportunity to use, enjoy and benefit from all it has to offer.
Out of this founding principal was born Our Town USA's premier product "Internet on a Disk". A product developed and tested in 1995, the Internet on a Disk (IOD) provides a stand-alone software application allowing anyone with a PC to experience the Internet first hand and preview all the Internet has to offer. Released in September of 1996, the IOD provides a simple to follow, step-by-step, fill in the blank format for Web Page Building. This one-of-a-kind disk allows individuals and small business to easily design and publish Web Pages at a fraction of the cost.
THE OUR TOWN USA WEB SITE SUCCESS THEORY
A thriving Web Site requires the Content Provider/Publisher and Host to: 1.) Maintain a superior technically trained staff; 2.) Maintain state-of-the-art hardware and software; 3.) Create imaginative and entertaining content; and 4.) Provide timely, courteous and competent customer service and support. Our Town USA possesses all of these. Our Town USA understands the importance of each of these elements and rigorously reviews all departments to insure their adherence to the Our Town philosophy and policies . Our Town USA performs a comprehensive assessment on each and every client, large or small, to determine how best to design their Internet page and strategy.
After the Our Town USA graphics and design staff completes the web page design to a clients complete satisfaction, Our Town immediately begins promoting the Web Site by seeding over 60 Internet search engines. Additionally, Our Town USA publishes the client's Web Site on a local directory, regional geographic (state based) directory and on a national (state based) directory. In addition, Our Town USA aggressively promotes a global presence with connecting links from these directories directly to the Client's site.
Our Town USA has a program for every level of Internet user. From the novice to the experienced user, the Our Town USA staff is providing simple and affordable solutions to the once complex and expensive Internet dilemmas. The 21st Century Frontier is cyber space. Our Town USA is committed to assisting in the use, enjoyment and the countless benefits it offers our society. For More Information about Our Town USA contact John Collins at (904) 893-9439 or e-mail at jcollins@otusa.net. |
