Solobiz.com promoted

A group of students are assisting Solobiz.com in promoting its Web site this week.

"It's an event to make people aware of Solobiz.com," said event organizer and Cal State Long Beach public relations student Leslie Torres.

The event, which started Tuesday and runs until Saturday, is part of the Bateman Case Study Competition, a national contest for college public relations programs.

The Public Relations Society of America chose Solobiz.com to be the focus of the competition, Torres said. 

Different public relations programs will be judged by quality of their press releases, designing of the Solobiz.com logo, hits on the Web Site and other criteria, Torres said. 

A pep rally for the Web site will be held today in front of The Nugget from noon to 1 p.m. with information at a tailgate party on Saturday. 

Students can sign up for Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers tickets, T-shirts and hats throughout the week. A drawing for the prizes will be held toward the end of the week, Torres said. 

Torres, Tim Gilman, Julie Weitzberg, Latreisha Gee and Katie Gahagan helped organize the event with adviser Emma Daugherty, associate professor of journalism.

The public relations group placed first last year in the Bateman competition against colleges such as the University of Florida, the University of Georgia, Brigham Young University and Fresno State.

Solobiz.com is a Web site that assists potential entrepreneurs with information.