Orlando Based, RedCarpetMonday® Ready to Launch Nationwide

Orlando, Florida –– Monday, August 27th at the Grand Bohemian Hotel will feature another marquee event for Orlando’s top business owners, professional and entrepreneurs as RedCarpetMonday® hosts an exclusive evening benefiting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the UCF Scholarship Foundation.

RedCarpetMonday® is a sophisticated, invitation-only social business network that has quickly become the spotlight for the ‘who’s who’ of Orlando's most successful professionals and entrepreneurs. Past attendees included *NSYNC’s Joey Fatone, Hall of Fame Running back, Thurman Thomas, and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer serving as the previous master of ceremoniesThis upcoming event boasts to be the largest yet, with proceeds from the event benefiting the National MS Society & the UCF Scholarship Foundation.

‘We could never have imagined the momentum that this type of event would create,” commented Ryan Totka, RedCarpetMonday® Founder and President. “We are expanding into Tampa by the end of the year and expect to host bi-monthly events in Miami & West Palm in the next 6 months. Our plan is to be nationwide and in more than a dozen major markets by the end of next year.”

In addition, RedCarpetMonday® will announce the upcoming nationwide expansion of RedCarpetMonday.com. The site intends to be the leading online business social networking destination, providing members with tools & technologies to help professionals develop and grow their businesses. The national strategy will provide professionals in major markets throughout the U.S. with additional access to local networking resources. RedCarpetMonday® has partnered with Orlando technology company DataBanq Media to develop the online strategy.

“We’re thrilled to be working with a socially conscious organization that bridges the gap between online and offline business networking,” says David Bayer, President of DataBanq Media. “RedCarpetMonday.com has tremendous synergies with our existing network and we expect this to be the number one business social networking site on the Internet by 2009. The national rollout is planned to go live in November with initial beta testing available to select RCM members in early October.

For more information on attending or covering the event, visit www.RedCarpetMonday.com or call Ryan Totka at 407-619-6416. For more information about DataBanq Media, please visit www.databanqmedia.com or contact Kamuti Kiteme at 407.896.0485, kamuti@databanqmedia.com.