
VIDEO PROFESSOR PARTNERS WITH VISCOM TECHNOLOGY GROUP
TO OFFER SOFTWARE TUTORIALS WITH V2 PREMIER COMPUTERS
Leading Computer Tutorial Company to Offer Comprehensive Software Tutorials
on Successful Shop NBC Program
DENVER, CO., April 4, 2003– Video Professor, Inc. of Lakewood, Colorado and Viscom Technology Group of Chaska, Minnesota will be bundling Video Professor’s industry leading computer tutorial software with Viscom’s state-of-the-art V2 Premier computer. Viscom, the dominant supplier of computers and peripherals to the U.S. television shopping market, will offer this software/computer package on its very successful ShopNBC program.
“Video Professor and Viscom are ideal partners,” said John Scherer, CEO and founder of Video Professor. “Our industry leading computer tutorials are a valuable tool for Viscom’s customers who look to Viscom to help them make the right hardware decisions as well as to provide them with the best tools for utilizing their new purchase.”
Viscom diligently researches the latest and greatest products in the industry to be the first to market for its customers. With over 300,000 personal computers shipped to home television shopping customers, Viscom credits its success to its multi-lingual, nation-wide product support as well as its cutting-edge fulfillment services that provides shipping from multiple distribution centers.
“With this relationship, Video Professor is able to reach a new audience of customers that need our help to understand their computers, and Viscom is able to show its customers how much they are valued by providing them with a great learning tool,” added Scherer.
Video Professor has been shipping software tutorials since 1987 when the Company shipped its first lessons on VHS tapes. Since then, the Company has rapidly evolved to become a leader in CD-ROM based, self-paced tutorials. Video Professor is now shipping 250,000 CD-ROMs monthly for some of the most commonly used PC software applications such as: MS Word, MS Excel, Outlook, Windows, the Internet and Quicken. With its free trial offer, the software has received critical customer praise, as evidenced by the fact that more than 50% of all Video Professor customers continue learning with additional software titles the Company sells.
“One of the reasons for our great success on programs such as ShopNBC is that Viscom is constantly looking for ways to provide extra value to our customers,” said Jim Peterson, President of Viscom. “This new relationship with Video Professor is right in line with that philosophy. We have once again chosen a best-in-category partner, in this case to provide software tutorials to help our customers really understand the value of the computer they have purchased from us. I have no doubt that this will prove to be a fruitful relationship for both companies and our customers.”
John Scherer will be appearing live on ShopNBC along with Jim Peterson on Saturday, April 5 from 7-9 AM CST. In addition, the Video Professor offer will continue to run for several weeks after Scherer’s appearance.
About Video Professor
Based in Denver, Colorado, Video Professor has been the leader in comprehensive self-paced computer software tutorials for over 20 years. The core of Video Professor's learning initiative is to provide home users as well as corporate professionals with valuable and user-friendly learning solutions for today's most common software titles. In addition to pioneering the future of easy-to-use online tutorials, Video Professor currently ships over 250,000 CD-ROMs every month and has helped over 8 million people learn the computer skills they need to remain viable in today's computer driven marketplace. For more information on Video Professor's full line of "What You See is What You Do" software tutorials, please visit our Web site at www.videoprofessor.com.
About Viscom Technology Group, Inc.
Headquartered in Chaska, Minnesota, Viscom Technology Group has served various businesses and industries across the country as a supplier of computer systems and peripherals (printers, digital cameras and other accessories). As a result of our associations with leading marketers in the television shopping industry throughout the 1990s, Viscom has become the dominant supplier of computers and peripherals to the U.S. television shopping market.
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