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AllAboutVision.com and Vision Research Center Begin Strategic Research Alliance

Agreement provides AllAboutVision.com with up-to-the-minute consumer survey findings to augment its award-winning web content

PHILADELPHIA, January 5, 2009 – AllAboutVision.com, the premier online source for vision information, and Vision Research Center, a unique specialty research company, have reached a strategic agreement giving AllAboutVision.com access to both consumer and professional opinion research on vision-related topics. With this agreement, Vision Research Center will gain access to AllAboutVision.com’s engaged consumer audience of vision-related information seekers.

New, Online Vision Research Center Launched

ATLANTA, November 3, 2008 - Kate Maguire, president and founder of Motivation Mechanics, a three-year old, independent opinion polling and marketing research services company, announced the formation of a new, online division, Vision Research Center, Inc. (VRC), at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology in Atlanta. “The use of online capabilities to gather data on a real-time basis from vision care experts, patients and caregivers in a secure, private setting opens exciting new ways to identify and understand the real issues surrounding new vision-care products and services,” said Maguire.

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