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  Business Development
WomenSportsJobs.com
reports
4th quarter of increased sales
Online Career center turns corner on
profitability after one year
 HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA.( December 9,
2001)WomenSportsJobs.com has reported four consecutive quarters of increased
sales. One of several online brands under the umbrella of Women'Sports
Services, the site was not expected to turn a profit until 2003. A year ahead
of projections the online sports career center for women has seen its sales
increase an average of 80% a quarter since its launch in October, 2000.
Created in a partnership with Franklin Covey & Sports Careers, the
comprehensive site includes a national job listing database, resume support,
career resources, profiles, events calendar, online newsletter, chat rooms,
and a news component, the Women'Sports Wire. Developmental phases are underway
for an improved resume database and women's sports oriented store.
The site is receiving half a million hits a month and signing up over 300
women a month for it's online newsletter, which lists "Hot Sports Jobs of
the Week". "We are very pleased with the interest in our site from
both our customers and our corporate partners. We look forward to doing more
to support the interest of women in sports related careers, said Becky
Heidesch, CEO."
The online brand is an extension of Women'Sports Services, a six year old
women's sports marketing agency that manages events and provides corporate
consulting for clients such as; Oshman's Sporting Goods, Franklin Covey,
Hyundai Motor America, Zurich Scutters Investments, Alta Dena Dairy,
California Intersholastic Federation, and several grass roots organizations.
The California based company, launched in 1995, manages several brands in
the women's sports market including the online news center, the
Women'SportsWire, the annual Girls Sports X-travaganza & Women's Health
& Fitness Expo in celebration of National Girls &Women in Sports Day,
and a charitable arm the Women In Sports Careers Foundation (WISC).
[Source: Women'Sports Services, Tel: (714) 848-1201 * Fax (714)
848-5111 www.WomenSportsWire.com * www.WomenSportsEvents.com *
www.WomenSportsJobs.com]
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