Archive for October, 2009

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Brightgeist Media Announces Launch of New Bariatric and Weight Loss Website SkinnyWishes.com Connecting Consumers in Search of Professional Treatment

Skinny Wishes to Donate Portion of Doctor Enlistment Online Fee to Non-Profit Organization Louie’s Kids to Help Fight Childhood Obesity

September 22, 2009 New York, NY – Brightgeist Media Inc., a leader in performance advertising, today announced the launch of SkinnyWishes.com, a bariatric and weight loss website designed to bring consumers in search of professional treatment and physicians together in one intuitive, user-friendly platform. The new website builds on the success of Brightgeist’s current online advertising solution and is among the first services of its kind to specifically address the needs of both the consumer and service providers within the bariatric and weight loss community.

In addition, as part of its corporate mission to help fight obesity, Skinny Wishes will donate a percentage of its doctor enlistment online fee to Louie’s Kids, a nonprofit organization that helps to treat childhood obesity on behalf of economically disadvantaged children nationwide.

SkinnyWishes.com provides an efficient life cycle “roadmap” to help guide individuals searching for professional bariatric and weight loss information in the appropriate direction of a healthier lifestyle. The site features a directory of physicians, weight loss seminars in local regions, and an “Experts Forum” which is an interactive community of physicians, nurses and nutritionists who answer readers’ questions and share their insight on issues and topics related to obesity, weight loss and nutrition. The Forum’s Q&A segment can be followed on Twitter.

In the coming months, SkinnyWishes.com will be introducing new site features including additional professional directories enlisting nutritionists and non-surgical based weight loss clinics; weight loss programs and post maintenance solutions; a comprehensive Spanish- language section; and customizable pages populated with additional user defined bariatric and weight loss content.

“SkinnyWishes.com is committed to connecting consumers searching for bariatric and weight loss solutions with doctors and surgeons by leveraging our network of high quality traffic and content in order to offer a more measurable and meaningful alternative than cluttered online directories,” states chief executive officer of Brightgeist Media Marcela Shine. “Our corporate mission is to arm individuals with the proper knowledge and tools so that they, in turn, can find the service professional that will guide them to a healthier lifestyle. We are pleased that part of the doctors’ enlistment fees will be donated to Louie’s Kids to help fight children’s obesity in the U.S.”

For more information about SkinnyWishes.com or if you are a doctor or service professional who would like to be listed on the site, please visit http://www.skinnywishes.com/signup.

About SkinnyWishes.com

SkinnyWishes.com is a leading bariatric and weight loss site that connects individuals seeking weight loss treatment to service professionals. Our platform delivers the tools necessary to make  this connection more meaningful and efficient. SkinnyWishes.com is owned by Brightgeist Media, a leader in performance advertising since 2004.

About Brightgeist Media, Inc.

Brightgeist Media, a leader in performance advertising, connects consumers to the right service professionals through relevant information and compelling content. Our vision is to optimize the quality of this connection efficiently using our network of high quality traffic and lead generation.

Since 2004, Brightgeist Media has been a leader in property based lead generation and is a publisher of high quality networks including financial, health and legal. The company started as a supplier of financial leads and has since expanded into multiple channels and media. Brightgeist Media is headquartered in New York City.

Hey everybody! It’s Bucky here and I’ve got an update for you for our John’s Island launch of Fit Club. It has really been amazing out on John’s Island. The staff at Haut Gap has really been amazing! They are extremely supportive not only for our program, but to many others that are also at the middle school.  Right now, everyone is working tirelessly to bring everything we can to our kids out there.  So far this Fit Club we’ve really increased our fitness component.  We’ve already done karate, a little football, and some serious cardiovascular activities.  Two weeks ago, we also had a visit from Brooke Kotcella and Tony White Jr. from the College of Charleston’s Mens and Womens Basketball Teams.  They helped us put on a mini clinic for our kids.  It was a great day and we end that day with a basketball signing!

We also had our first trip to the pool.  We brought 15 kids off of John’s Island and into the city.  Over half the kids have never seen a pool before and almost all of the kids have never swam before!  It was so exciting for me to beable to share a part of my life with these kids that day.  I’ve included a photo from the pool visit and there are more on my facebook page and you can click here to see them.  By the end of the hour, we had all the kids swimming by themselves.  As always we’re only as good as the good people we surround ourselves with, and that day we had some amazing volunteers (all former collegiate swimmers) to lend a helping hand.

What is upcoming for Fit Club??  Well, we’ve got less than 10 weeks left and already we’ve lost over 60 pounds collectively.  The next 9 weeks will really be an adventure.  We’ve got the TrySports’ van coming out to John’s Island to outfit the kids is state of the art athletic shoes.  We’ve got a few more guest fitness instructors coming soon including yoga and volleyball.  The Yoga Marathon at Marion Square is happening on the tenth of October from 12-3, and we’ll have some of the kids out there participating.  There’s a great Halloween run happening on October 24 to support Louie’s Kids and we’ll be out there running the race with everybody else!

As you can see we are busy, and we do not have plans to slow down.  We can always use a helping hand so if you’re interested please connect with us using the volunteer button.  Please stay tuned and keep your eyes on the look out for us.

Thanks!!