CD Solutions and YANNI International Sign Distribution Agreement for Using
the Internet for Profit

CD-ROM teaches small businesses to use the Internet for sales and
marketing

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- (May 15, 1996) -- While most businesses are aware of
the Internet as a potential marketing and sales channel, for many smaller
ones, figuring out how to use the Internet effectively for those purposes
is a major challenge. 

To help, CD Solutions, Inc., a publisher of interactive training media,
today announced that it has signed an agreement with YANNI International
Trade, LLC to distribute its most recent Internet-related CD-ROM title,
Using the Internet for Profit, to the fast-growing, small business market.


"YANNI International offers a highly focused distribution operation that
can deliver Using the Internet for Prof t to its target market-small and
home-office businesses-through both conventional and Internet channels,"
said CD Solutions President Paul H. Earl. 

Commenting on the alliance, Richard J. Yanni, president of Colorado
Springs-based YANNI International, said, "Using the Internet for Profit
provides smaller companies an excellent way to upgrade their Internet
skills in a self-paced, affordable manner. enabling them to employ the
Internet as a business building tool. By treating the Internet as one
element of the marketing mix and not as an end in itself, those companies
stand to gain in domestic and international sales." 

Using the Internet for Profit, released last fall, is the first CD-ROM
aimed specifically at teaching the largest, fastest growing market in the
U.S.-small businesses-how to promote themselves and use the vast resources
of the Internet to their competitive advantage, according to the
publisher. As part of the CD Solutions Library, Using the Internet for
Prof t complements The Internet for Everybody of which more than 120,000
copies have been sold in little over a year. 

Using the Internet for Profit is based on a nationally acclaimed seminar
series developed by McQueen and Associates of Baltimore. Using a
combination of slides shows, video and audio instruction, graphics, and
case histories, the CD-ROM provides an interactive approach to learning.
It includes software for connecting to the Internet and creating a home
page on the World Wide Web, as well as an on-screen notepad for later
reference. 

"Although more than 100 million people and most companies will be using the
Internet by the turn of the century, relatively few companies today know
what it offers, much less how to connect to it," said Earl. "Using the
Internet for Profit addresses these concerns by providing an informative,
non-threatening introduction." 

Using the Internet for Profit, runs on Windows 3.1, Windows 95, and
Macintosh platforms and has a suggested retail price of $29.95. It can be
ordered directly from YANNI International, through its Web site at
http://www.yanni-trade.com or by calling toll free 1-888-299-2664 in the
U.S. or Canada. 

YANNI International Trade, LLC provides value-added Web site development
and related software-based marketing training assistance to smaller'
growing businesses that want to expand sales internationally. 

CD Solutions, Inc., based in Framingham, Mass., an operating company of the
International Data Group, publishes The CD Solutions Library, an education
and reference set of CD-ROMs for the business market to help users make
the best use of their technology investment to grow their business and
manage their use of information. The company has also published more than
40 custom CD-ROMs to help businesses distribute information and market
themselves. 

CD Solutions is on the World Wide Web at
http://www.cdsolutions.com/cdsolutions/

CD Solutions Inc
111 Speen St, Suite 202
Framingham, MA 01701-9107
508-879-0006,  fax 508-820-4396
info@cdsolutions.com
 
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