Before the opening bell, Momentous Entertainment Group, Inc. (OTC: MMEG) announced the formation of a new subsidiary, Music One Corp., as part of its ongoing efforts to increase its presence in the musical niche of the entertainment industry. The business unit will be led by newly-appointed president Charlie Rodriguez, a veteran of South Florida’s live venue circuit and the founder of Charlie Rodriguez Live Entertainment. As Momentous continues to adhere to an aggressive business plan in both its primary markets and satellite markets relating to the entertainment industry, the formation of Music One Corp. is expected to supplement its organic growth initiatives moving forward.

“We are pleased to add Charlie and Music One to our entertainment lineup,” Kurt Neubauer, chief executive officer of Momentous, stated in this morning’s news release. “We’re excited for what this potentially means for us in terms of revenue generation, and look forward to informing shareholders of our continued progress.”

The formation of Music One Corp. marks the company’s second significant milestone related to the music industry announced this week. On Monday, Momentous announced the completion of its first music video. The video captures Suzanne Olmon’s performance of “I Believe,” a song that was originally recorded for the company’s debut album, The Greatest Story Ever Sung. The new music video can be viewed at http://dtn.fm/GOsp2. Momentous has also outlined plans to release a second music video, a production of “A Baby Changes Everything,” in the coming months.

Through its music division, Momentous is focused on recording, producing and distributing various contemporary, faith and gospel musical talents through worldwide distribution channels. Through Music One Corp., the company is set to broaden its reach in the music industry with the production of live shows that should serve to increase the exposure of its growing entertainment brands in a variety of competitive markets.

“It’s an honor to join the professionals at Momentous, and I am excited to share my passion, vision and experience to help bring the company’s goals to fruition,” Charlie Rodriguez, president of Music One Corp., stated in this morning’s news release. “My vision is to provide an entertainment choice to a segment of the population that has been underserved. The shows we produce will be comprised of a business model that can be executed with all genres of music, which will increase the exposure of the Music One brand to a cross-section of the listening audience around the world.”

In addition to its work in the music industry, Momentous has continued to make strides in the development of its highly anticipated television programs. In late April, the company announced the commencement of initial filming for a reality series offering a unique look at the daily lives of football quarterbacks as they prepare and perfect their skills to play the game. Momentous is also rapidly approaching the completion of a pilot reel for its television series following the progress of Bobby Dale Earnhardt as he attempts to follow in his uncle’s footsteps and claim the coveted NASCAR championship title.

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Fundamental Research Corp. analyst Siddharth Rajeev recently initiated coverage on Laguna Blends, Inc. (CSE: LAG) (Frankfurt: LB6A.F) (OTC: LAGBF) issuing a “Buy” rating on the company’s stock on the Canadian exchange with a price target of C$0.45 per share. The 31-page investment analysis gives readers a comprehensive look at Laguna Blends operations, including investment highlights and risks, financial and industry data, the company’s products and marketing strategy, management, as well as peer comparisons.

The full report is available to subscribers here: http://lagbf.qualitystocks.net/lagbf-frr.pdf

Laguna is a multi-level marketing (MLM) company focused on generating sales of hemp-based functional beverage products through a network of independent affiliates. The company currently has two products in the market: Caffe, a hemp-infused instant coffee product; and Pro369, a water soluble hemp protein powder. Operating as a direct selling company, Laguna’s growth depends on its ability to attract independent sales affiliates. In March 2016, Laguna launched sales of Caffe with 135 affiliates on board; as of April, the company had more than 700 affiliates.

In his opinion, investment analyst Rajeev cites the World Federation of Direct Selling Associates, which reports sturdy growth in the number of both direct sellers and correlating retail sales. In 2014 there were 99.7 million direct sellers worldwide who generated sales of $182.8 billion, up from 84.6 million sellers in 2011 who generated $151.3 billion in sales. The United States is the largest market, accounting for 19% of all global direct sales.

After an extensive review of the direct sales market and the performance of several recognizable MLM companies such as Avon (NYSE: AVP), Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) and others, the investment report discusses Laguna Blends CEO Stuart Gray, who founded the company in 2014.

Under his leadership, the company’s management team enhanced the traditional direct selling model with the integration of a virtual 3D technology platform called Laguna World, which enables independent affiliates to recruit, train and generate sales online.

“The primary objective of the platform is to enable affiliates to build their business from their own home, or while travelling, replacing the need for physical meetings. The platform also allows affiliates to record and tracks their sales, and the company to track the performance of all of its independent consultants, and the various incentives earned. According to Laguna, they are the only network company that utilizes such a technology, and believes this technology is a game changer in the industry. We were provided a virtual tour of Laguna World and witnessed the platform’s features, which we found to be very impressive,” reads the report.

From here, Rajeev reports on the hemp market, which serves as the basis for Laguna Blends’ products. As a viable source of protein, omegas, fatty acids, magnesium and zinc, hemp is found in a wide array of products, including many which are sold at large retailers such as Costco (NASDAQ: COST) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT), reports Rajeev.

He notes that Laguna Blends’ hemp products fit within the multi-billion dollar protein drink/sports nutrition niches of the functional food and beverages market, which is expected to grow 25% to $54 billion by 2017, compared to 2013 figures, according to food research company Leatherhead Research.

“Laguna’s focus is on daily consumable products and their strategy is to develop modified versions of such products by adding unique features and selling points … We were provided samples of both products and we found both of them to be convenient and of good taste,” opines the analyst.

Rajeev concludes the report with a look at Laguna Blends’ product development and peers, before further discussing the company’s management team and financial position.

“Based on our valuation models, we are initiating coverage on Laguna with a BUY rating and a fair value estimate of $0.45 per share. The company is expected to start reporting sales figures shortly. We believe the value proposition and market absorption of the initial set of products will play a key role in the company’s ability to attract affiliates,” concluded the report.

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Monaker Group, Inc. (OTCQB: MKGI), a technology-driven travel company, today announced that it has engaged corporate communications firm DreamTeamNetwork (“DTN”). Austin, Texas-based DTN has helped more than 300 public companies fine tune their corporate communications strategies, which include investor relations, public relations, and social media relations, as well as branding and marketing, video production and website development.

“As we continue to advance our business model and dig our heels into key niches of the travel industry, communication with our shareholders has never been more important,” says Monaker Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bill Kerby. “By partnering with DTN we have the opportunity to focus on both short and long-term corporate initiatives while strengthening our corporate message.”

Per the agreement, DTN will leverage its family of unique brands, along with an extensive network of partners, daily and weekly newsletters, social media channels, blog and other outreach tools, to further develop Monaker’s brand awareness and communication with shareholders.

“Monaker is rapidly gaining traction in the alternative lodging industry. With a visionary management team and unique booking engine, Monaker has potential for incredible growth in an increasingly lucrative market,” stated Michael McCarthy, Managing Director for DTN. “As a trusted partner, DTN looks forward to assisting the company with its transparency and communication with existing shareholders and the broader investment community.”

For more information, visit www.monakergroup.com

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Before the opening bell, Momentous Entertainment Group, Inc. (OTC: MMEG), an entertainment and direct response marketing company focused on creating, producing and distributing quality content and products, announced the completion of its first music video. The video shows Suzanne Olmon performing “I Believe,” a song that was originally recorded for MMEG’s debut album work, The Greatest Story Ever Sung. In 2014, the company’s album was submitted to the Grammy Awards in three distinct categories, including best Contemporary Christian Album, best Engineered Album (non-Classical) and best Produced Album (non-Classical).

“Suzanne Olmon did a wonderful job recording “I Believe,” and now the world will have a chance to watch her perform it,” Kurt Neubauer, chief executive officer of Momentous, stated in this morning’s news release. “I am extremely excited to have completed this first recorded work.”

The completed music video for “I Believe” can be viewed at the following link: http://dtn.fm/w6RlQ

Following the milestone of completing its first music video, MMEG’s music division has now turned its attention toward a second video project, a production of “A Baby Changes Everything,” that’s expected to be released in the coming months.

In recent weeks, Momentous has made considerable progress toward expanding its presence in the entertainment market. Leveraging the extensive experience of its management team, which includes more than 100 years in entertainment and marketing, the company recently commenced initial filming for its upcoming reality TV series, “The Quarterback Academy.” The new series will star Dennis Gile, a retired professional football player and the owner of a renowned quarterback school located in Scottsdale, Arizona. According to Neubauer, the series will offer “a unique look at what a football quarterback goes through to hone and perfect their performance levels.”

The company is also currently producing a reality series following the life of professional racecar driver Bobby Dale Earnhardt on his quest to claim the coveted NASCAR Championship title. Initial filming for this program, which is tentatively titled “Chasing a Legend: The Racing Life of Bobby Dale Earnhardt,” began in the fall of 2015. In early March, Momentous released a sneak peak of the high-octane action that fans can expect to see in the show. To view this preview, visit http://dtn.fm/12Ahj.

For more information, visit www.momentousent.com

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Giggles N’ Hugs, Inc. (OTCQB: GIGL) is the company behind three award-winning, family-friendly restaurants that incorporate fun with education on all levels. The company’s restaurants create an environment where adults can enjoy some relaxation while their kids can act exactly how they are meant to: like children. GIGL does not just conform to modern trends by putting children in front of video games or computers while adults mingle amongst each other. It provides entertainment that teaches young children a set of skills for them to develop in a healthy way.

Recent studies have shown that children are relying on technology as their main form of entertainment. This, in turn, has proved to have negative impacts on a child’s development, both mentally and physically. A study published on the Huffington Post website, entitled ‘How Technology Is Having A Serious Impact On Your Child’s Development’, states, “A recent study has revealed that children are losing touch with vital life skills due to digital device overuse. More than half of children aged between two and ten feel more confident using a tablet than learning to swim, telling the time and tying their shoe laces.”

Although technology also has a positive impact on the development of human beings, things have gone from one extreme to another in the past 20 years. The days of families sitting around a dinner table without the television on are becoming fewer. In addition to this, many children find more pleasure sitting inside on their tablet than playing outside in the yard.

The lack of social skills and need for nature are not the only issues that have arisen since the increase of technology as a source of entertainment. In ‘Determining the Effects of Technology on Children’, a study published by Kristina E. Hatch from the University of Rhode Island, the author highlights the health-related issues that have come with this new phenomenon. Hatch says that, according to Livestrong.com, “The obesity rate in children has tripled in the past 20 years.” Other health related issues have also come to light, including the fact that children’s sensory skill development has been put at risk and children are communicating differently than previous generations (not necessarily in a good way).

It must be said that the technological advancement witnessed in the past 20 years has not all been negative. There have been advancements that have benefited children in the classroom, socially and even physically. This said, with no boundaries and a lack of other options outside of referring back to a device for fun, there have been a considerable number of rising issues.

Fortunately for families in the U.S., the days of finding a child-friendly environment with healthy meals are not lost. Yes, Giggles N’ Hugs owns and operates three family-friendly restaurants, but it also offers parents the opportunity to feel relieved that their children are being entertained the old fashioned way. Aside from providing children with hours of amusement, GIGL runs an endless number of activities that benefit kids on both a physical and educational level. From team building to a range of other artistic and creative games, kids are having their minds opened to a mound of new skills that would not be possible in front of a tablet. To top everything off, all of these are accompanied by Giggles N’ Hugs’ range of healthy, child-friendly recipes.

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Earlier today, eXp World Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: EXPI) announced the appointment of a new chief executive officer and a new president of its real estate brokerage division. Jason Gesing, who joined the EXPI team in 2010 and became the company’s president in 2013, will now serve as CEO of its rapidly expanding real estate division. Vikki Bartholomae, who originally joined EXPI in July of last year, will serve as division president.

“I am very excited about Jason and Vikki working together to steward the real estate division of eXp World Holdings,” Glenn Sanford, founder and chief executive officer of EXPI, stated in today’s news release. “I believe, based on my observations over the last six months in particular, that Jason and Vikki working together to lead the real estate division will result in even greater differentiation of the agent ownership model relative to the rest of the industry. I fully expect that the culture of the company will continue to strengthen and that the growth of the company will continue to accelerate.”

Vikki Bartholomae brings more than 15 years of real estate industry experience to the EXPI management team, including a stint of more than six years as a team leader in the expansive Keller Williams organization. During her time with Keller Williams, Bartholomae achieved net agent gain of 192 percent, as well as a 47 percent gain in agent production and a 56 percent increase in profit in the market centers she managed. As new president of EXPI’s real estate division, Bartholomae’s extensive experience in the training and coaching of real estate professionals, particularly as it relates to the development of new agents, is expected to play a key role in the company’s ongoing efforts to promote the sustainable growth of its disruptive Agent-Owned Cloud Brokerage™.

“It is so exciting to be part of the future of the industry I love,” Bartholomae explained in the news release. “eXp’s business model is completely disruptive in real estate by eliminating bricks and mortar and giving the agents true ownership in the company. My role as President gives me the opportunity to serve my agent ownership partners and bring about revolutionary change to our industry at the same time.”

Jason Gesing’s proven track record at the helm of EXPI makes him an obvious choice for CEO of its real estate division. Since stepping into the role of president in 2013, Gesing has successfully steered the company’s brokerage division from roughly 300 real estate professionals to more than 1,200 across the United States and Canada. Additionally, EXPI’s revenues over the three-year span have grown from $10.7 million in 2013 to $22.87 million last year, an increase of more than 110 percent.

“The eXp Realty business model offers unique and empowering professional development and wealth-building opportunities to real estate professionals because of the Company’s innovative use of technology,” Gesing stated in the news release. “However, as beneficial and lucrative as the model is, people are joining us because we’ve been able to create an environment and a community that entrepreneurial agents want to be a part of. It’s a community of professionals who work very closely together, who support one another, and whose voices are and will continue to be heard, both as agents and brokers of the company, and as its shareholders.”

In recent months, EXPI, through eXp Realty, has continued to promote the growth of its innovative, cloud-based brokerage model. Since December, the company has launched operations in six new states, including an update earlier this week in which it announced commencement of operations in Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota and Idaho, as well as the District of Columbia. To date, EXPI has developed a presence in the real estate markets of more than 35 U.S. states and Canadian provinces.

For more information, visit the company’s website at http://investors.exprealty.com

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Giggles N’ Hugs, Inc. (OTCQB: GIGL) is one of kind in that it’s positioned as the only restaurant company that weaves a high-end, organic food menu with top-notch and emotionally stimulating play environments for children ten years of age and younger. Giggles N’ Hugs’ Los Angeles mall locales deliver a family-friendly, upscale setting with play areas that their target age group absolutely soaks up with smiles from ear to ear. The company features high-quality, gluten-free menus made from fresh and local foods. There is nightly entertainment in the form of concerts, magic shows, face painting and puppet shows, which are increasingly popular among families looking for an outside of the box experience.

Activities at Giggles N’ Hugs are plentiful. There are team building games that offer encouragement to kids to play and work in teams to solve problems. The company’s highly trained, respectful and professional staff watches the children, making sure they are engaged in the activities at hand. GIGL’s indoor ‘playspaces’ are staffed by musicians who lead the kids in sing-alongs or simply take time out to read them a good story. There are arts and crafts centers guided by directors who aid in helping each child with their individual works of art.

All-day discounted passes provide hourly and all-day passes to the children’s indoor playground – which in some cases can become an activity in and of itself, lasting well after dinner. The all-day passes start at only $6 per child. Giggles N’ Hugs is open until 9 p.m. on select days of the week, so your kids can enjoy an extra hour of fun beyond the regular 8 p.m. closing time.

Parties and packages are a big draw at Giggles N’ Hugs. The company’s calendar is chock full of special activities around the kids indoor playspace while also offering an award-winning café that is becoming well known for serving organic snacks and meals. GIGL can also cater your next party and offers party packages for your children and their friends.

Giggles N Hugs, Inc. owns and operates restaurants geared toward the entertainment and dietary needs of kids with play areas for children 10 years and younger in California. Company restaurants are located in the Westfield Mall in Century City, Westfield Topanga shopping center in Woodland Hills, and the Glendale Galleria in Glendale, California. Founded in 2010, GIGL is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

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Moxian, Inc. (OTCQB: MOXC) is in the information business. The company uses big data to help business-to-consumer (B2C) marketers know their businesses, consumers and competitors so that they can enact smart, stable and sustainable growth measures. A pioneer of novel social marketing and promotion platforms, Moxian is a decidedly unique information partner for B2C marketers. Using the best interactive marketing solutions of the mobile Internet era, Moxian collects consumer data that businesses can use for win-win solutions.

While consumers are using the Moxian+ (User) App to play games, collect loyalty points from issuing merchants and redeem these points with merchants in the Moxian eco-system, the company is collecting information. While consumers are engaging with the social networking features on the app – setting up personalized multimedia profiles; looking for friends, interest groups, clans and topics; and sharing and chatting with their social circles, Moxian is collecting information. Ultimately, all of this big data collection has allowed the company to amass a fountain of information about its users, from their location, which is pinpointed with geo-tags when they search for merchants in their nearby vicinity, and beyond.

When businesses connect with the Moxian+ (Business) App, however, they access a mobile app that uses intelligent data analytics, business tools, loyalty programs and advertising media to help them grow their business. With its automated data capturing, learning and analytical features, the app helps businesses know their customers, hold onto them and push periodical messages and marketing prompts to them.

It’s precise and predictive marketing at its finest. The app helps businesses edge out the competition with tools like its loyalty programs, which allow marketers to target the right audiences, and its advertising media, which allows them to create promotional campaigns directly on the Moxian platform.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Moxian.com

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Contemporary Nielsen data indicates that the trend of people watching online versus traditional channels will continue, with 18 to 24 year olds, in particular, adhering to this trend, as one can see a clear 34 percent drop in traditional TV viewing from 2011 to 2015 (http://dtn.fm/JS3Mx) among this demographic. So-called millennials aren’t the only one’s watching online, of course, and binge-streaming an entire series on Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) or Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Prime has now become a popular way of consuming one’s favorite content. However, the social media envelope has yet to really be pushed by the big streaming services, and the migration of how people consume TV content to online sources merely serves as an indicator for how we live our lives online these days. In the world of marketing, you have to go where the people are.

The ongoing growth of Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) as a marketing platform is a good way to understand the real story here, given that, for millions of people, constantly interacting with Twitter, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and other feeds has become a kind of seamless, interactive, reality TV show. This is especially true when you consider how the online ecosystem is evolving, with various entities all tying together to create a cohesive multimedia experience, as social media entities like Twitter and Facebook continue to become active content timelines where images and video define the experience and act as jumping off points into further content. This traction space is massively appealing to any sort of business, from small mom and pop shops to multinational corporations, and enablers who can successfully harness these underlying forces stand to become the next hot tech stocks.

This is where a company like Agora Holdings, Inc. (OTC: AGHI) comes into focus as an investor-accessible way to tap into the raw power of the underlying equation. Agora is the parent company of wholly-owned Geegle Media, which, in addition to its web platforms, such as its on demand GeegleTV, RealtyTV, LobbyTV and 1000Salads, has developed an internet dashboard solution known as FRAME and subsequently enhanced it to provide businesses and PR/IR firms with an end-run social media management engine. Logging in to one platform that lets you post to your entire online footprint is the wave of the future when it comes to marketing, but few, if any, companies have engineered truly compelling solutions in the space that are easy to use but still have the reach and backend analytics needed.

Engineered as a sole-source front-end solution for daily-use websites, with the emphasis decidedly on social media sites and subscription-based accounts, FRAME is an innovative dashboarding platform whose advent is long overdue as far as many in the industry are concerned. Let’s face it, the sheer number of social media sites that the average person interacts with now on a daily basis is enormous, whether it is constant-use social media juggernauts like Twitter and Facebook; Facebook’s Instagram (all three of which are currently integrated with FRAME); the increasingly social, professional networking titan LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD); or even the fast-rising star (incubated by social commerce code shop Cold Brew Labs) that we’ve all come to know as an image-driven “catalog of ideas,” called Pinterest. FRAME is currently being developed toward encompassing Google+ and YouTube, as well as LinkedIn and Tumblr, and with a build footprint already spanning Android, iOS and desktop computers, FRAME’s unique technological capabilities are rapidly emerging as the ideal means of publishing brand-relevant content that can hit every possible vector, across an entire organization’s social media presence.

Social media presence is indisputably essential to success these days, but managing a huge social media footprint can be extremely challenging, and the constant need to present a consistent presence across the entire social media spectrum is a problem that demands precisely such a solution as FRAME. Moreover, it becomes an ease-of-use issue at a certain point, especially for SMEs that are trying to maximize their end user traction through broad-spectrum social media engagement. FRAME was engineered from the ground up to be able to hand customers exactly the kind of robust engagement and customer care tools they need to really assess the efficacy of all-too-costly campaigns, as well as performance across social media, with reporting based on granular metrics such as reposts, mentions, and brand-related conversations.

FRAME being redeployed in an enhanced version that allows businesses (and particularly public relations/investor relations agencies) to easily wrangle their increasingly complex social media presence via a sole-source dashboard that is truly user-friendly gives the platform a real chance to shine through its built-in analytics system. Not that this concept is wholly-new, mind you, with competing solutions existing that can schedule posts which go out to the entire footprint, but the ease-of-use and overall design of FRAME hurdles the major sticking points with existing solutions, which range from usability to target site integration issues.

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LD Micro and Marcum, LLP have announced their partnership for their upcoming investor conferences, which means that for the second consecutive year, qualified attendees from LD Micro can attend the Marcum Conference at no charge.

The Marcum Micro-Cap Conference will be June 1-2 at the Grand Hyatt in New York, where executives for about 150 companies will make corporate presentations and participate in one-on-one meetings with high net worth investors, fund managers and other attendees. This year’s two-day event will also feature panel discussions and a keynote address by Harvey Pitt, former chairman of the SEC, as well Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.

View the list of companies presenting at the 2016 Marcum Micro-Cap Conference here: http://www.marcumllp.com/MicroCap/presenting-companies

The following week, Marcum will be one of two main sponsors for the 2016 Invitational and Main Event June 7-9, in Bel Air, California. The conference will feature three days of corporate presentations from hundreds of small-cap companies across a wide range of industries, panels and more.

For more information visit www.Marcumllp.com or www.LDMicro.com