According to a CNBC ranking, Virginia ranked well in States to do business, coming in ranked #2 in the United States. Virginia’s economic ranking came in at #11 and education ranking came in at #13. See the source article here on Virginia Business. RSS and Facebook readers: click here to view and enter comments. On [...]
I agree with Chris. Don’t take the holidays off from creating content for your blog. Many companies do scale back on a lot of tasks during the Thanksgiving-to-Christmas-to-New Year holiday period. This is our opportunity to shine. I equate this time period to the efforts we have preached about during this tough economic downturn in [...]
During these days of tight economic times a lot of us that are decision-makers for our respective companies are thinking hard about the details of our marketing initiatives. How should we market? Should we market? How should we spend? And at what rate should we spend? JASE published an article on our company blog a [...]
“Listen less to the news. Spend money and support America and we will all be okay,” says a sign at San Antonio Sams. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
2009 has been a solid year so far for our organization. Business is on a steady increase and outperforming our sales goals. Pondering the causes of this growth during a tough economy, I thought back to my professional goals I set for myself on January 1, 2009. Here they are. I will identify those in [...]
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Grab your 2nd cup of coffee and let’s chat. I want to introduce you to what economists say it takes to make you an entrepreneur. Let’s see if they say you have the beans or not (coffee pun intended ). Reference post: The Entrepreneurs Forum of Hampton Roads – Born, Not Made by Dr. James [...]
Coffee time! This morning I’ll talk about the importance of working to build your brand during tough economic times.
We are in discussions with a client on developing budget line items against a marketing plan. As with a lot of small businesses, a marketing budget has not yet been established. Most business owners understand the importance of smart money allocation and the results gained from the plan execution but they’ve just not gotten around [...]
Mark Cuban published on his blog yesterday an idea on how he thinks we can help the economy. Mark’s blog entry is only a few sentences so I’ve copied the complete entry for you. You can see his original blog post here. Consumer savings are way up. Doesn’t more savings mean more money in banks to lend ? [...]
At our most recent Entrepreneurs Forum of Hampton Roads meeting earlier this week, we were honored to have Dr. James Koch speak to us on his economic study of entrepreneurial traits. The topic of his presentation was follow-named with his newest book, Born, Not Made. For those that do not know, Dr. Koch (pronounced like [...]
I know most of you may have off a few days next week for the Christmas holiday and tomorrow may be your last day at work. So I wanted to send you a sincere, joyful holiday wish before you skate out to be with your family. During today’s trying economic times it is often tough [...]