PHOENIX, AZ / ACCESSWIRE / April 13, 2017 / LookSmart Group, Inc. (www.looksmart.com) (OTC PINK: LKST) (OTC PINK: LKSTD) is pleased to announce its key partnerships with Clickable Institute of Technology, Entrepreneurship and Digital marketing (www.clickableinstitute.com) and Richie Bello West (www.richiebellowest.com) for its initiative for the Veterans, Minorities and Immigrants at Silicon Canyon in Central Phoenix, AZ. LookSmart's products and services include LookSmart's search engine, machine-learning and chatbot technologies, 360 degree digital marketing platform, data center and internet advertising.
Powered by LookSmart (www.looksmart.com) and Clickable (www.clickable.com) technologies to level the playing field, Clickable Institute (www.clickableinstitute.com), a nonprofit organization, plans to offer a digital marketing certificate program for Veterans, Minorities and Immigrants for workforce development training/retraining. This program intends to help them qualify for higher-level jobs in the digital marketing space such as search engine, pay-per-click (PPC) advertising and/or social media marketing such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Linkedin. In addition, Clickable Institute plans to develop a job search solution to create a job marketplace where veterans and employers can connect.
Richie Bello West (www.richiebellowest.com), also a nonprofit organization, is passionate about helping auto dealerships maximize their potentials both in sales and services. Led by Richie Bello, a veteran in the automotive industry for more than 30 years and who has direct relationships with auto manufacturers, Richie Bello West is joined by his team of experts that include Tom Hern, Howard Moore and Greg Jacobson. By providing full-service training to the car dealerships, Richie Bello West's greatest impact will be on community development. The training intends to help auto dealerships continue providing services to their customers, increase their auto sales, and retain their employees.
With access to LookSmart and Silicon Canyon resources, Richie Bello West will use LookSmart's technology (www.looksmart.com) to do conquest sales. Richie Bello West also plans to provide one-stop IT and Digital Marketing Solutions through Clickable technology (www.clickable.com) to do PPC digital marketing. In addition, Clickable's technology aggregates disparate data from apps, files, emails into a familiar spreadsheet to make speedy decisions for the C-Suite of auto dealers. All these measures intend to help increase car dealerships' market share, sales, cash flow and lower their fixed expenses. In connection with this partnership, Richie Bello will be making a visit to Washington, DC to meet with U.S. Representative Phil Roe, M.D., the Chairman of the Veteran Affairs Committee, and his team.
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SOURCE: LookSmart Group, Inc.