Corporate Stylist Margaret Batting Joins Business Staff of GoLocalProv.com

Dec. 20, 2010 - PRLog -- BARRINGTON, RI – Margaret Batting, president and owner of Eleve Image Consulting, announces the launch of a new business column for Rhode Island online news site, GoLocalProv.com.

As one of the only certified image and personal brand strategists in Rhode Island, Batting serves as the “go-to” correspondent on everything relating to business style and professional first impressions. GoLocalProv.com is a digital news media site that operates exclusively online, delivering news through multimedia, written and video platforms.

“Our readers seek the highest quality fact-based content and the top contributors. Margaret’s addition is of tremendous value to our users – they get to learn from one of the top experts in the country and she is from the community,” said Josh Fenton, co-founder of GoLocalProv.com.

With GoLocalProv deriving 20 percent of readers from Facebook, Batting’s contributions will be in written and video formats. Batting, a Barrington, RI resident, also serves as national corporate image consultant for CareerBuilder.

“I’m honored to be an online contributor for an outstanding company like GoLocalProv.com,” said Batting. “I look forward to helping GoLocalProv.com readers succeed with style.”

Prior to launching Eleve Image Consulting in 2008, Batting acted as Vice President of Merchandising Process Improvement and VP of Print Advertising for Staples Inc. She has more than 20 years experience representing major retail companies and uses her corporate experience to help entrepreneurs and business leaders make a more favorable first impression.

GoLocalProv.com is Rhode Island’s “go to” local Web news experience that breaks the biggest local stories. Information is delivered through multimedia, written, and video platforms. GoLocalProv.com features more than 50 contributors including weatherman John Ghiorse, Scott Cordischi and Mike Parente on Sports, and lead journalists investigative reporter Stephen Beale, Lifestyle Editor Andrea McHugh and Features Editor Tracey Minkin (former Editor at RI Monthly). For more information, visit www.GoLocalProv.com.

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Margaret Batting is the owner and president of Elevé Image Consulting and the only certified image consultant and personal brand strategist in Rhode Island. She received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mass Communication from Boston University and studied couture at the Paris Fashion Institute in Paris. She is a certified Image Consultant by the Association of Image Consultants International, the London Image Institute and the Institute of Image Communications in New York. Batting’s 20 years in corporate management gives her an insider’s edge in personal business style. She travels the country as the national corporate image consultant for CareerBuilder and also serves as the style advisor liaison for Dress for Success Rhode Island. For more information, visit www.eleve-style.com. Review her profile on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/MargaretBatting
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