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Technology news from top media sources in the 8 Southeast states and 25 citiesNashvillepost.com, jaxdailyrecord.com, charlotteobserver.com,

msbusiness.com, al.com, tennessean.com, ajc.com, savannahnow.com,newsobserver.com, myfox8.com, wraltechwire.com, refreshmiami.com,

usatoday.com, businesswire.com, techcrunch.com,wired.com, benzinga.com,thomasnet.com, americaninno.com, alabamanewscenter.com,

wbtv.com, businessalabama.com, orlandosentinel.com, hypepotamus.com,memphisdailynews.com, commercialappeal.com, miamiherald.com,

birminghamtimes.com, kentucky.com and more!

As a believer of a connected eight-state southeast technology business region, TAGTVSoutheast was specifically

created to encourage regional collaboration to developcommon strategies and banding a southeastern technology

alliance for maximizing resources and enhancing futurelocal prosperity. Phase one: Knowledge is power.

What’s next? Read on.

Generate New Opportunities in the Southeast U.S.*

First for Daily Southeast Technology News

*Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee

Community of One

SOUTHEAST US TRANSFORMATION IS BIG BUSINESS

As the impact from COVID-19 drags on and individual economies reopen, the pandemic has expanded both government and business organizations beyond physical restraints and the status quo mindset. “Remote working” and “Zoom” instantly revolutionized the workplace to embrace a digital transformation.

Digital transformation is about taking advantage of digital technologies to transform future business processes, improve speed to market, enhance customer experiences, and increase collaboration and innovation.

A new world of change compels leadership to see opportunities never before within reach. In the Southeast US, small business, entrepreneur and corporate “change” leaders are preparing for an eight state Southeast region virtual economy marketplace and digital transformation accelerator.

Why? More money stays in the region’s economy. More jobs are created in the region. More tax dollars stay in the region. More investment is made in the region’s entrepreneurs, start-ups and rural infrastructure. Then add more corporate and government resources created from regionally organized collaboration.

How? The Southeast Region US virtual market place, in development for launch Summer 2020, is the digital transformation accelerator portal for B2B and B2G sectors to learn, discover, meet, connect, collaborate, buy and sell.

Stage 1 of the regional initiative began in January 2019 with the TAGTVSoutheast.com Technology Network and its FintechSoutheast.com channel (with other channels coming soon), built as exclusive collaborative Southeast news aggregation sites enhanced with the bigger picture corresponding global news, videos and podcasts. With up-to-the-minute news from 26+ Southeast cities and the eight states researched daily from dozens of news sources, it’s a resource for learning about regional business opportunities and doing business with companies you know, trust and understand – the successful way of conducting business in a digital transformation.

Stage 2 relaunches TAGTVSoutheast.com in Summer 2020 as a Southeast US (SEUS) regional B2B and B2G business and global market relationship portal for secured collaboration, sales development planning and rapid market adoption. In the SEUS exchange portal, local product vendors and small business owners in each state will be enabled to make personal introductions, learn, discover, meet, connect, collaborate, invest, buy and sell. The interactive digital buying and selling exchange platform will specifically meet the needs of Southeast Region US to engage private and public economic development location specialists, investors, corporate decision makers, small business owners and rural development planners in an age of digital transformation.

Please consider this an invitation to collaborate as we seek strategic relationships with government and company leaders that share our passion and mission.

Southeast US: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee

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ABOUT

TAGTVSoutheast, a community of one, is a unique eight state public/private ecosystem for C-level executives, owners, partners, top economic development agencies and global trade government organization decision makers to assure their business transformation and to accelerate widespread local regional/sector/market collaboration with equal access to achieve maximum economic growth potential from new economy innovation.

Globalspeak, the publisher of TAGTVSoutheast.com, is a highly experienced internet pioneer and recognized thought leading eConsultancy.

Through its Technology Alliance Group (TAG), Globalspeak is a collaborative resource provider for the new generation of technology, education and innovation.

We are TAG Radio, Fintech Southeast, TAGTV Southeast an array of new media products, production services, influence content creation and digital distribution networks.

COHERENCE. PURPOSE. SIGNIFICANCE.

Make contact now to discuss exclusive special offers and collaborative opportunities. Frank Baia Frank.Baia@globalspeak.com 678.596.9803

A Community of One 8 States, 25 Major Cities

Alabama Birmingham Montgomery Mobile Huntsville

Florida Miami Tampa-St. Pete Orlando Jacksonville Tallahassee

Georgia Atlanta Columbus Savannah

Kentucky Louisville Lexington

Mississippi Jackson

North Carolina Charlotte Raleigh Greensboro Durham Winston Salem

South Carolina Charleston

Tennessee Memphis Nashville Knoxville Chattanooga

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ONE REGION’S DOMINANCE AND LOCATION ADVANTAGE

Top U.S. States for Doing Business 2019 (All 8 of the Southeast States are in Top 12)

1. Georgia – sixth year in a row!2. Tennessee3. South Carolina4. Alabama5. North Carolina6. Texas7. Mississippi8. Louisiana9. Ohio10. Indiana10T. Virginia 12. Kentucky12T. Florida Source: Area Development Magazine Area Development is considered the leading executive magazine covering corporate site selection and relocation. The overall rankings are determined by crunching assessments in a dozen different attributes. States at the top of the overall list tend to do well in multiple categories including the friendliest tax or regulatory environments, which lead in workforce development, which have the most competitive cost of doing business, etc.

Corporate Tax Environment: No. 1 is Texas, second-place is North Carolina, Georgia and Florida tied for third on the Area Development list in this category,

Competitive Labor Environment: The overall top-ranked state is Georgia. Texas, last year’s leader, ranks second this time. Tied for third is Tennessee and North Carolina.

BREAKING NEWS: CBRE SOUTHEAST US REAL ESTATE MARKET OUTLOOK Migration of Talent and Global Trade should Fuel the Southeast U.S. Economic Engine The Southeast U.S. features a diverse set of drivers including tourism, technology, manufacturing and logistics. Markets like Atlanta, Tampa, Nashville, Raleigh-Durham and Charlotte feature strengthening tech sectors as featured in CBRE’s Tech-30 Report. One of the most important features of the Southeast is its enduring ability to attract talent to the region due to a combination of a favorable climate, widespread affordability and ample economic opportunities. Every primary economic driver in the region is all trending in a positive direction. (Source CBRE)

Top 10 US States Overall Lowest Cost of Doing Business 2019

1. Tennessee

3T. Georgia

3T. South Carolina

3T. Alabama

6T. North Carolina

6T. Mississippi

9. Florida

7 of 8 Southeast States In the Top 10

(Source: Area Development)

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ONE DIGITAL SOLUTION MAKES EIGHT SOUTHEAST US STATES STRONGER TOGETHER

SBA Region IV: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee

with 25 Dynamic Business Cities

As an advocate of a connected southeast business region, TAGTVSoutheast was specifically created to encourage regional collaboration to develop common strategies, and banding a southeastern alliance for maximizing resources and enhancing future local prosperity. To stimulate the Small Business Administration (SBA) Region IV Southeast U.S. technology business identity and competitiveness, TAGTVSoutheast.com is building unique and valuable relationships throughout the southeast region.

It starts with knowledge. Knowledge is power. TAGTVSoutheast.com is the definitive source for technology news and analysis within the southeast as well as the global technology news and information landscape for contextual knowledge.

Not available anywhere else, TAGTVSoutheast.com compiles news about the regional southeast technology business community, economic development initiatives, public-private partnerships, academia, government and non-government organizations

relating to technology.

Broad readership and solid reputation, combined with in-depth coverage of southeast and global technology news makes TAGTVSoutheast the leading resource for technology buyers, sellers, developers, integrators, other specialists and business people across the sector, from collaborations to leads.

First for Southeast daily technology news offers

brands the ability to reach an audience with

diverse and dynamic daily technology

content not available elsewhere

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ONE SOURCE DELIVERS SOUTHEAST TECHNOLOGY NEWS EACH WEEKDAY!

One or more daily technology news articles are featured from the eight southeast states and the cities of Atlanta, Biloxi, Birmingham, Charleston, Charlotte, Chattanooga, Jacksonville, Louisville, Nashville, Memphis, Miami, Orlando, Raleigh, Savannah and 11 others. A sample of daily Southeast news headlines at the beginning of the third quarter 2019: Nashville TN: Oracle Plans Massive Local Presence (nashvillepost.com) Jacksonville FL: Web.com to Acquire Dreamscape Networks to Expand

into Australia and Southeast Asia (jaxdailyrecord.com) Charlotte NC: Lowe's Picks Charlotte for Huge Tech Hub

(charlotteobserver.com) Indianola MS: Tech Company Opens Plant (msbusiness.com) Research Triangle Park NC: Cisco Targets Data Center Market with $2.6B

Buy of Acacia (wraltechwire.com) Charleston SC: Project Planners Envision Tech Hub in Charleston

(charlestonbusiness.com) Miami FL: Big Funding News Keeps Coming for South Florida’s Larger

Tech Firms (refreshmiami.com) Memphis TN: FedEx New $450M Investment in Memphis Hub Brings

Total to $1.5B (usatoday.com network channel)

One media puts your business in front of technology buyers, sellers, developers,

integrators, other specialists and business people across the sector, from collaborations

to leads.

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ONE STOP DELIVERS 60+ GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY NEWS ARTICLES EACH DAY

Continuously updated news from RSS feeds provides 60+ fresh technology news articles every day from the U.S. and around the world! In one hour at the beginning of the third quarter 2019, these news stories (along with many others) were featured on TAGTVSoutheast.com: From Business Wire, Tech Crunch and Wired News 24/7: Libra, Facebook’s global digital currency plan, is fuzzy on privacy,

watchdogs warn Google pledges carbon-neutral shipping, recycled plastic for all devices SpaceX will now offer dedicated ‘rideshare’ launches for small satellites Want to know the real future of AR/VR? Ask their devs StockX admits it was hacked Doubling down on business travelers, Airbnb acquires Urbandoor IBM and other companies launch new blockchain network for supply

management Walmart's Flipkart to add free movies, videos streaming to its app Apple spars with EU as $14 billion Irish tax dispute drags on

Old Ways Do Not Open New Doors. Gain insight into the innovations that enabled the

sixty two (62) southeast companies listed in the 2019 Forbes Fortune 500.

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ONE ONLINE PORTAL FOR TECHNOLOGY VIDEOS & PODCASTS

New Video Webvisions Each Weekday The best technology videos are filtered and compiled for the viewing convenience of the TAGTVSoutheast.com audience. The beginning of the third quarter 2019 topics included:

Monday -- Tech NewsSocial Media, Pixel 4, iPhone, Facebook, iPadOS, Pi4, Apple, Nintendo,Facebook… (Sources: Technology News, Tech News Today & Others)

Tuesday -- The Latest ElectronicsGalaxy Fold Coming Soon, The Three New iPhone 11s, New Ultra-ThinThinkpad… (Sources: CNET, Wired, Unbox Therapy & Others)

Wednesday -- Thought LeadershipHumanity and Technology, Top 10 Tech Trends for the Future, Blockchainand Trust… (Sources: Talks at Google, Kurzweil, Leonhard & Others)

Thursday -- Wild Card!Amazon's Echo, Wildest New VR Kit, The Tesla of Electric Scooters,Robots… (Sources: Tech Stars Marquis Brownlee, Rettinger & Others)

Friday -- Industry UpdatesFintech, Artificial Intelligence, Self-driving Autos, Gaming, eSports,MedTech… (Sources: Industry Specific 1 Time Research Resource)

Popular Podcasts Feeds and Original Podcasts In addition to TAGTVSoutheast.com original podcasts – School of Thought, Tech Talk and more – listen to convenient podcast feeds from: Wall Street Journal Tech News Briefing, TWiT Bits, CNET All Tech!

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DISCOVER WHAT’S COMING SOON AND WHAT’S NEXT

Community of One Directory Each Community member shares name, title, company, detailed products and services information, social media links, but also corporate videos, recorded executive introductions, podcasts, and blogs. Schedule introductions and meetings with prospects and customers in the Community online meeting rooms and more. And, because business is more than business, hobbies and activities such as golfing, tennis, fine wines and more will be highlighted for further networking locally and when travelling for business. The Community will be a valued source of equally shared information to build and conduct successful technology business relationships in the Southeast USA.

And, the Directory Feeds into a Cyber Mall of Ecommerce Deliverables!

Real-Time City Video News Reports What’s going on in the major southeast cities in technology and innovation that are “under the radar” of the news reporters? Technology thought leaders in each city that are in the know will provide the TAGTVSoutheast.com audience with the latest news: major technology trends, announcements ahead of a press release, government initiatives that aren’t of interest to news reporters and more. The “underground” reporting will be news you can use that your competitors might not know.

Virtual Meetups Want to meet a start up in the eight southeast states that’s into fintech artificial intelligence (AI) or a blockchain expert in Miami? Interested in cryptocurrencies? Participants will be invited to specific business live meetups that are designed for learning and networking in a virtual conference room. A moderator will conduct a lively, informal discussion with participants, and members can push virtual business cards and brochures to others in the meetup upon request.

Online Conferences When you want to learn more about a technology topic or meet people interested in the topic, an online venue has all the advantages: starting with less travel time and carbon footprint. Participating from the comfort of an office offers all the features of a land based event with breakout rooms, keynote speeches, Q&A sessions, polls, networking.

Technology Industry Specific Podcasts From the Internet of Things (IoT) and big data to specific industries such as banking, top global industry executives and government officials will share the latest news and information in a number of series. All or one could supply the competitive edge of knowledge.

And, City & State Special Coverage Podcasts A series of special reports on places and trends, newsletters and other long read documents will be offered as listening on the go!

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THE SOUTHEAST REGION AUDIENCE

TAGTVSoutheast.com covers the news and thought leadership from the eight southeast states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

Top 12 Southeast Region Cities Purchase Decision Survey

City Executives Owner/Partner/ Influence/Purchase Surveyed Top Mgmt Decisions

Atlanta 777,168 58% 79% Birmingham 217,994 62% 84% Charlotte 470,266 59% 78% Greensboro/Winston Salem 248,874 60% 82% Jacksonville 163,014 57% 79% Louisville 369,322 66% 84% Memphis 213,055 52% 72% Miami/South Florida 370,067 77% 83% Nashville 375,595 64% 80% Orlando 429,607 70% 78% Raleigh/Durham 378,969 59% 81% Tampa 384,187 52% 85% (General estimates based upon compiled public surveys and indicators and rankings of business audiences)

From technology news originating in the southeast cities to technology thought leadership podcasts from top global experts, the TAGTVSoutheast.com is a Community of One presenting digital content focused on technology and draws the pacesetting technology audience and executives who want to know more.

The median age of a visitor of any news website is 41.4. Those who used amobile device to engage with the news media have a median age of 38.6. (NewsMedia Alliance)

The average age for a C-suite technology services visitor is 54 and the averagetenure is 5.3 years. (Korn Ferry Institute)

Men dominate the audiences of the technology news sources, averaging 72% ofregular readers. (Pew Research Center)

The Top Division Technology Executive salary in the Southeast ranges between$198,178 to $276,449 plus bonuses. (Salary.com)

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A HISTORY OF FIRSTS The founding company and publisher, Globalspeak, uniquely converges proven visionary skills, creative strategies and management expertise in the area of local, regional, national and global economic development, public private initiatives and international business using dynamic marketing, brand development, communications, video and audio broadcasting, interactive Web media and business publishing.

U.S. Department of Commerce Commercial Service (DOC) Globalspeak took the Department of Commerce into the future in 2001 by transferring land based “How to Export” seminars for small businesses to the Internet, for which a plaque on the DOC Wall of Fame honors the Globalspeak new media webcasts. In addition, Globalspeak’s President Frank Baia was recognized by former Secretary William Daley for his innovation and leadership. Baia was also appointed as U.S. Chair of the TransAtlantic Small Business Initiative (TASBI) as an adjunct to the DOC activities. For many years, Globalspeak produced interactive online training platforms for the DOC to highlight U.S. export opportunities in countries around the world.

World Trade Organization (WTO) Globalspeak was engaged to manage public relations on live interactive discussion boards in Geneva, Switzerland for the 1999 WTO Annual Ministerial Conference. A live stream was also included in the project and CNN, not having the live stream origination capabilities at the time, picked up from Globalspeak.

Economos Trade Journal and Radio Show Globalspeak developed and published a quarterly global business trade journal – amicably supported by “competitive” economic development organizations and businesses – distributed throughout the world promoting the state of Georgia. Globalspeak also produced a daily live hour-long radio program on global economic development topics featuring interviews with top business and government leaders.

Technology Association of Georgia As a recognized technology industry marketing leader, providing consulting, marketing and creative services for a wide range of the state’s technology industry sectors, Globalspeak produced the association’s Internet video channel and podcasts from 2006 through 2017. For 16 years, President of Globalspeak Frank Baia served as an organization board leader, produced major events and was a driving force behind the state’s “Where Georgia Leads” initiative and the “Technology Hall of Fame.”

And, More Other Globalspeak projects have included clients such as the U.S. Postal Service, French Tourism Department, Tennessee Virtual Venture Forum and more! An important recurring trend in Globalspeak President Frank Baia’s career has been the ability to inspire regionalization of business and economic development across competitive, yet adjacent, communities. Dedicated to the regionalization concept, Baia published a NW Georgia weekly business newspaper and added a second newspaper promoting regional goals to the business community in NE Georgia. Prior to moving to Georgia, Baia founded and managed an Addy-award winning advertising and marketing agency.

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Prospects! Leads! Select sponsor packages offer personalized lead generation email marketing delivered each week before they are published on TAGTVSoutheast.com! The articles research team delivers prospects based upon your exact criteria! Who’s building, expanding, collaborating, moving, acquiring, growing and more? Any one of the TAGTVSoutheast news articles can provide a major revenue generating prospect before your competition reads about it – or never reads it because the research team deemed the article not broad enough for the audience but a perfect lead for you!

Target Market Audience! Nowhere else can the technology audience in the Southeast or interested in the Southeast US tech industry discover the compiled local and global technology daily news for total context. TAGTVSoutheast researchers find the latest Southeast technology news from local city newspaper and television websites, state business news sites such as AL.com, and WRALtechwire, press release sites, corporate news rooms, city and state economic development organizations, search engine results and more – simply not available conveniently combined anywhere else.

Branding Expansion Press releases, social media activity on LinkedIn and Twitter, along with promotional emails and announcements of new TAGTVSoutheast.com programming and sponsors to region wide Southeast city and state chambers, economic development organizations, technology industry associations, local, regional, and global traditional and online media, plus more, enhances your company branding as supporting the Southeast region in the global marketplace.

Return on Investment According to a Cone Corporate Citizenship Study, all other things being equal, buyers would choose to purchase from a company that supports initiatives committed to education, public service, economic expansion, jobs creation.

A solid reputation and broad diverse audience, combined with in-depth credible coverage of technology news makes TAGTVSoutheast.com the leading resource for technology buyers, sellers, developers, integrators, other specialists, economic development and public/private initiatives and technology business people across the sector.