Biz360, a leading provider of media and market intelligence solutions, has forged a strategic partnership with Chess Media Group and named its co-founder, Jacob Morgan, an advisor to the company. Both companies help organizations realize the impact of social media and the partnership provides accountability of social media investments made today.

Both Jacob Morgan and Chess Media Group are well recognized and respected social media business advisors. They have provided many companies, small and large, with expert strategy, implementation, and ROI analysis of their social media programs.

“Our leading monitoring and measurement technology is a perfect complement to the social media strategy and ROI expertise of Chess Media. We are proud to work with them to leverage our technology and their expertise to better serve the growing customer demand in social media,” says Brad Brodigan, CEO of Biz360, Inc.

Biz360, which recently launched its Community Insights Professional system, now offers the most flexible social media monitoring solution from affordable, self-service to full service, enterprise-wide rollouts. Businesses of any size can immediately experience the power of social media monitoring by visiting http://ci.biz360.com for a free trial.

“We are very excited to be partnering with a leading technology company such as Biz360. Their business intelligence platform combined with our accountable social business approach delivers compelling solutions that will justify and optimize our clients’ marketing investments,” says Jacob Morgan, Principal & Co-Founder of Chess Media Group.

Chess Media Group offers services that enable clients to create and capture the value of social media. Our processes can provide solutions that will optimize the effectiveness of any business’ social media investments.

The Modellers has named J. Mark Wirthlin President and Chief Operating Officer.

With over 25 years experience in marketing and strategic research, Wirthlin is ready to put his ideas for The Modellers into action.

Wirthlin has worked with some of the world's largest corporations including Intel, Proctor & Gamble, eBay, Yahoo!, Microsoft and Samsung. His expertise and initiatives produce measurable returns. While serving as COO for Wirthlin Worldwide, Mark increased profitability by over 38% by simultaneously improving internal customer satisfaction and reducing costs and process times.

The appointment of Wirthlin is the latest move in a period of significant growth for The Modellers. Despite the challenging economy, the company expects 2009 to be its best year to date with sales up 30% over last year.