As Americans we hear so much negative news each and every day. I've spoken to clients, friends, fellow business owners and many others that "business is good, cash flow is terrible." It's truly crazy that with all the bank bailout talk that cash is still tight and that banks won't lend unless you don't really need the money. Crazy.
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ORLANDO, FLA., April 7, 2010: The Central Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America is celebrating 100 years of Scouting with the “Scouting for Change” coin drive.
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There’s a business in Seattle with a 22-person staff and a space that combines a factory, showroom and retail store – which is open to the public only one day a month. Its product category has intense competition from several big-name brands sold through hundreds of distribution channels, yet the business owner designs all the products and hand-makes all the prototypes. Other than the once-monthly store opening, his goods are sold through his Web site. Sound like the perfect way to ensure your foray into entrepreneurship is brief – or, at best, get just enough business to get by? Actually, Tom Bihn is one of today’s most outstanding success stories.
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It isn’t often these days that insurance companies are seen as the good guys, but State Farm bought a ginormous amount of positive brand image with its sponsorship of OK Go’s new video, “This Too Shall Pass.” The sponsorship included the expense involved to allow fans to embed said video on their own blogs and Web sites – an action that the Australian band’s own label, EMI, no longer permits.
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Attempts to explain social media vary according to the teller – much the old story about five blind people describing an elephant based only upon whatever part of the animal they’re able to touch: Those who experience just one aspect of it lack the total vision.
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Regular followers of this blog may recall my posting of December 22, 2009, “Santa’s Mixed Bag of Holiday Commercials.” Leading the post were my less-than-approving critiques of two Target ads: “From Santa” and “There Yet,” accompanied by the spots themselves, embedded from YouTube.
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ORLANDO, FLA., December 1, 2009: The Central Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America is joining the national organization in celebrating 100 years of Scouting with the Scouting for Change coin drive service project.
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ORLANDO, FLA., November 17, 2009: When baseball stars take to the golf links, you can be sure of fun and surprises – all the elements that made the Second Annual Florida Collegiate Summer League Celebrity Golf Tournament on November 16 a resounding success.
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