The vast majority of ads don’t register with consumers. Here are seven straight-up reasons why your message probably isn’t getting through
Recently, an AdweekMedia poll of LinkedIn members posed this question: “Of the ads you see in a typical day, how many engage your attention?” A remarkable two-thirds of respondents said “a small minority of them.” [...]
Danica Patrick and Daytona
Danica Patrick is heading to the play with the big boys this weekend, joining the likes of Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnheardt jr, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart and the other well known racers at the Daytona 500. The granddaddy of all racing venues is a tough place to get her feet wet in Nascar but the [...]
Valentines Day Ideas
Most businesses are steady year round but when a holiday pops up on the calender, they get a nice bump in business. This is the time that a business can generate some extra revenue for to cover those slow times. Valentines Day ideas are something that a business works hard on trying to make [...]
60 Day Money Back Guarantee!
In response to lingering car sales, Chrysler is now offering a 60 money back guarantee when you buy one of their 2101 Mini-vans. This is like taking a test drive for your lifestyle and a great selling tool as once you get used to the car, you are not going to be prone to [...]
Boston Rob is a True Survivor!
Boston Rob, notorious for being a reality show bad boy, has turned his bad boy image into a career. Reported to be injured in the new Survivor, Heroes vs Villains, Rob Mariano has had several gigs on TV and gave a run at starting his own reality show. He and his wife, Amber Brkich even [...]
White House Job Expectations
News from 1600 Pennsylvania ave is that we should expect to see 95,000 new jobs each month while personal savings remain high. The White House report lauded and applauded the stimulus package that was put together and gave it as part of the reason we are going to see the increase in jobs.
The explanation for [...]
Credit Check for a Job?
It happens all the time but it appears that the state of Oregon is going to make the practice illegal. SB 1045 is titled “Limits use of credit history for employment purposes to certain circumstances,” and will restrict the ability of an employer to use a credit check as part of the hiring process. There [...]
437,000 Toyota Recalls!
An astronomical amount of cars are about to be brought into Toyota dealers internationally as Toyota has recalled 437,000 more automobiles. The Prius is being recalled as are the other hybrid models due to a braking problem. The amount of money that Toyota is going to have to shell out due to the recall [...]
Shuttle Endeavour Launch Scrubbed
Shuttle Endeavour Launch Time Scrubbed
Ok, this isn’t business news but it is worth taking up some space on this blog as we are proud Americans and the efforts by NASA is something to laud and applaud.
Shuttle Endeavour Launch Time Scrubbed, Space Shuttle Endeavour is one of three currently operational orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet [...]
January 2010 Job Report – UGLY!
The job report that is coming out later today is going to be one thing and one thing only.
UGLY.
We can expect to see a rise in job losses by about 800,000 with the total jobs lost during this current recession to a staggering 8 million. Those numbers will be slowly offset by an expected 1.5 [...]