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The restaurant will be located in the former Plazqa III Steakhouse space and will open by said a news release issuedby Brookwood’s managementg company, . This is Zea’s fist locatiom in Birmingham and its 13th in the Other locationsinclude Mobile, Albuquerque, Pensacola, Fla.; Plano, Texas; and New Orleans and Lafayette, La. “We have had our eye on Birminghak for some time and we were waiting for just the right location,” said Hans Limburg, one of threes founders of Zea.
“When we were presentefd the Brookwood Village we knew the location was perfect because of the successfuo and dynamic restaurant mix alreadyin place, the stron customer base and the proximity to a largw population of office workers.” The award-winning restauran t is known for its chicken, ribs, duck and seafood The space Zea will occupy has been vacant since high-end steakhouse Plazz III closed late last year.
пятница, 30 сентября 2011 г.
среда, 28 сентября 2011 г.
Starbucks makes food healthier - St. Louis Business Journal:
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The coffee giant says it has simplifiexd recipes to includemore high-quality ingredients like whols grains, blueberries from Oregon and cherriees from Michigan. “Starbucks customers have been telliny us that they want better tasting and healthief food options when they visifour stores,” said Starbucks food category vice president Sandrq Stark in a news release announcing the new “We answered their call with a delicious new menu of food made with real ingredientds and more wholesome options.” New menu itemse include a blueberry oat bar, a farmer’s market saladc and banana walnut bread that Starbucks says “is nearly 30 percenty real banana.
” Starbucks has been expanding its food menu in the last two yearsa to entice customers to visit more and to spene more per visit. The company was also among the firsf restaurant chains in the country to ban transd fat from its foodand beverages. Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is closin hundreds of locations and cutting thousands of jobs to trim expensexs asrevenue falls. The company reported salezs fell 8 percentlast quarter, followinh a 9 percent decline in first quarter It is also facing pressure from McDonalds (NYSE: MCD), whose new coffee drinks are drivingv sales higher.
The coffee giant says it has simplifiexd recipes to includemore high-quality ingredients like whols grains, blueberries from Oregon and cherriees from Michigan. “Starbucks customers have been telliny us that they want better tasting and healthief food options when they visifour stores,” said Starbucks food category vice president Sandrq Stark in a news release announcing the new “We answered their call with a delicious new menu of food made with real ingredientds and more wholesome options.” New menu itemse include a blueberry oat bar, a farmer’s market saladc and banana walnut bread that Starbucks says “is nearly 30 percenty real banana.
” Starbucks has been expanding its food menu in the last two yearsa to entice customers to visit more and to spene more per visit. The company was also among the firsf restaurant chains in the country to ban transd fat from its foodand beverages. Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is closin hundreds of locations and cutting thousands of jobs to trim expensexs asrevenue falls. The company reported salezs fell 8 percentlast quarter, followinh a 9 percent decline in first quarter It is also facing pressure from McDonalds (NYSE: MCD), whose new coffee drinks are drivingv sales higher.
понедельник, 26 сентября 2011 г.
Thomas's engine tuned to the minute - Sydney Morning Herald
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Sydney Morning Herald | Thomas's engine tuned to the minute Sydney Morning Herald AS GEELONG flogged West Coast to set up the long-awaited grand final rendezvous with Collingwood, Dale Thomas was not even watching. Thomas spent Saturday afternoon at Morwell, not far from his old stamping ground, seeing a few mates play for Drouin in ... |
суббота, 24 сентября 2011 г.
Cops: Boyfriend pocket dials woman's dad during attack - ABC7Chicago.com
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ABC7Chicago.com | Cops: Boyfriend pocket dials woman's dad during attack ABC7Chicago.com An accidental pocket dial from a cell phone may have saved a 20-year-old Town of Lima woman from greater harm. According to a criminal complaint, 21-year-old Floyd Rashid, of Sheboygan, is accused of pinning his girlfriend to the ground and threatening ... Pocket dial may have saved woman's life Accidental Pocket Dial May Have Saved Woman's Life Pocket dialing saves Sheboygan woman being attacked from greater harm |
четверг, 22 сентября 2011 г.
Health coverage up among young adults: Is "Obamacare" working? - CBS News
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Brisbane Times | Health coverage up among young adults: Is "Obamacare" working? CBS News Recent surveys show that about a million more young adults are getting insured under the Affordable Care Act, and backers of the law hope the findings will dissuade its opponents from trying to repeal it. "Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, ... Survey: Significant drop in uninsured young adults Obama Health Care Law Sees Nearly 1 Million Young Adults Gain Coverage: Poll Young adults make gains in health insurance coverage |
вторник, 20 сентября 2011 г.
AT&T activates Pasco, Hernando cell towers - Kansas City Business Journal:
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The Hernando County cell site, located on U.S. 19 northn of the Forest Oaks Boulevard intersection, is providing additionap wireless coverage in northern Sprinh Hill andalong U.S. 19 just south of Weeki In northwesternPasco County, a new cell site on Antlert Lane is just east of the Suncoast Parkway/Veterans Expressway and north of the Shadyh Hills Road exit. It is boostinb coverage in Shady Hills and easternSpringb Hill, the company said. Anotherd new cell site is near Countyh Line Road and Meadow Pointe Boulevard in Wesley Chapeland that’s expandingh coverage in the Meadow Pointe according to a release.
The new Hernando and Pascok county cell sites are partof AT&T’s continued expansiohn of its high-speed, third-generation network. AT&T announced late last month that it wouldf be upgrading its network with the goal ofincreasing speed. Those upgradea are slated to begin later this year for completion expectexin 2011. No details were provided about the cost of thelocakl upgrades. AT&T did say it planss to invest between $17 billion and $18 billion in totaol capital expenditures throughout the United States this about two-thirds of which is devoted to network enhancementy and expansion. AT&T’s 3G network is now available in nearl350 U.S.
major metropolitan areas and roughly 20 additional metro areasw are plannedfor deployment. AT&T (NYSE:T) is a communicationds holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates — AT&Tf operating companies — are the providers of AT&Tf services that include wireless, Wi-Fi, high-speed Internetf and voice services.
The Hernando County cell site, located on U.S. 19 northn of the Forest Oaks Boulevard intersection, is providing additionap wireless coverage in northern Sprinh Hill andalong U.S. 19 just south of Weeki In northwesternPasco County, a new cell site on Antlert Lane is just east of the Suncoast Parkway/Veterans Expressway and north of the Shadyh Hills Road exit. It is boostinb coverage in Shady Hills and easternSpringb Hill, the company said. Anotherd new cell site is near Countyh Line Road and Meadow Pointe Boulevard in Wesley Chapeland that’s expandingh coverage in the Meadow Pointe according to a release.
The new Hernando and Pascok county cell sites are partof AT&T’s continued expansiohn of its high-speed, third-generation network. AT&T announced late last month that it wouldf be upgrading its network with the goal ofincreasing speed. Those upgradea are slated to begin later this year for completion expectexin 2011. No details were provided about the cost of thelocakl upgrades. AT&T did say it planss to invest between $17 billion and $18 billion in totaol capital expenditures throughout the United States this about two-thirds of which is devoted to network enhancementy and expansion. AT&T’s 3G network is now available in nearl350 U.S.
major metropolitan areas and roughly 20 additional metro areasw are plannedfor deployment. AT&T (NYSE:T) is a communicationds holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates — AT&Tf operating companies — are the providers of AT&Tf services that include wireless, Wi-Fi, high-speed Internetf and voice services.
суббота, 17 сентября 2011 г.
Summit Development Group seeks new plan as MacKenzie moves on - St. Louis Business Journal:
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LLC had planned to team with local firm to developa high-enfd senior residential community on 12 acres at 3200 Lacledwe Station Road, the site of the . The known as MacKenzie Place atDeer Creek, was slatede to include a 77-bed assisted-living facility and more than 200 independeng living units as well as retail However, financing issues have caused MacKenzie House to re-evaluatee the project, according to a filing with the Missouri Certificatee of Need program. MacKenzie now has set its sights on a much smalleeproject — a $17 million community to be built on the campuss of the existing Stonebridge Communities at Brookview in Marylandc Heights.
campus includes the Brookview Nursintg Home, a 223-bed skilled nursinvg facility at 2963Doddridge Ave. The facilityg is operated by St. Charles-based , which operate nine senior-care facilities across The Stonebridge campus in Maryland Heights includes a larged piece of land that is not yet fully according toRick Watters, an attorneyh with who is working with MacKenzier on the project. ElderCare already was working on plansz to add independent livingand assisted-livinbg facilities to the campus, Watters “Then when the MacKenzie Place at Deer Creeo project wasn’t able to go forward, they saw it as an opportunitu to bring those beds to the site,” he “Now this project is going to be much smaller and easie r to finance.
” The proposed facility will include 77 assisted-livinvg beds and 29 independent livingy units. Future plans include an additional10 stand-alone dupled independent living units. Upon ElderCare would manage the proposed Summit Development still owns the Deer Creek Shopping Center and is working througbh various redevelopment options since the MacKenzie Houss project failed tomove forward. These options includd redeveloping the western portion of the shopping center into a senior living facility as originally according to JohnRoss Jr., presideny of Summit.
The company is currently in discussion with a few operators and andexpects “to finalize a direction” in the next two to threew months, Ross said. MacKenzie Plac at Deer Creek is not the onlylocal senior-living project to be stalled by the credit crunch. In addition to the MacKenzie Place project, the Missouri CON agenda for its June 1 meeting also include the forfeiture of a CON toestablishj Grant’s Farm Manor, a 12-bed assisted- livingt facility and 24-bed skilled nursing facility planned for Last month, Baltimore-based , the developer for the closed the marketing and sales center for Grant’s Farm citing an inability to secure financing for the CEO Rick Grindrod said in a statement at the time that the compan y was returning deposits made by prospectivr residents upon request but was not rulingg out building the project when the economy rebounds.
LLC had planned to team with local firm to developa high-enfd senior residential community on 12 acres at 3200 Lacledwe Station Road, the site of the . The known as MacKenzie Place atDeer Creek, was slatede to include a 77-bed assisted-living facility and more than 200 independeng living units as well as retail However, financing issues have caused MacKenzie House to re-evaluatee the project, according to a filing with the Missouri Certificatee of Need program. MacKenzie now has set its sights on a much smalleeproject — a $17 million community to be built on the campuss of the existing Stonebridge Communities at Brookview in Marylandc Heights.
campus includes the Brookview Nursintg Home, a 223-bed skilled nursinvg facility at 2963Doddridge Ave. The facilityg is operated by St. Charles-based , which operate nine senior-care facilities across The Stonebridge campus in Maryland Heights includes a larged piece of land that is not yet fully according toRick Watters, an attorneyh with who is working with MacKenzier on the project. ElderCare already was working on plansz to add independent livingand assisted-livinbg facilities to the campus, Watters “Then when the MacKenzie Place at Deer Creeo project wasn’t able to go forward, they saw it as an opportunitu to bring those beds to the site,” he “Now this project is going to be much smaller and easie r to finance.
” The proposed facility will include 77 assisted-livinvg beds and 29 independent livingy units. Future plans include an additional10 stand-alone dupled independent living units. Upon ElderCare would manage the proposed Summit Development still owns the Deer Creek Shopping Center and is working througbh various redevelopment options since the MacKenzie Houss project failed tomove forward. These options includd redeveloping the western portion of the shopping center into a senior living facility as originally according to JohnRoss Jr., presideny of Summit.
The company is currently in discussion with a few operators and andexpects “to finalize a direction” in the next two to threew months, Ross said. MacKenzie Plac at Deer Creek is not the onlylocal senior-living project to be stalled by the credit crunch. In addition to the MacKenzie Place project, the Missouri CON agenda for its June 1 meeting also include the forfeiture of a CON toestablishj Grant’s Farm Manor, a 12-bed assisted- livingt facility and 24-bed skilled nursing facility planned for Last month, Baltimore-based , the developer for the closed the marketing and sales center for Grant’s Farm citing an inability to secure financing for the CEO Rick Grindrod said in a statement at the time that the compan y was returning deposits made by prospectivr residents upon request but was not rulingg out building the project when the economy rebounds.
четверг, 15 сентября 2011 г.
Cultural differences demand flexibility in business setting - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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Today you may be working for a manager born outsidse theUnited States. Your company may be part of an international company. You may even be the one working Our successin sales, both home and depends on our understandingv of how others perceive us, how we perceive others and what we do with the What time is it? If you work you may have seen first hand how differentlhy time is viewed in other cultures. Some culture s see Americans as being obsessed withsaving time. Americans see time as a limitedd commodity and because of thisperceivedx limit, they are impatient and want results right now. That’s whers our image as the American “cowboy” come from.
The American style relatesx most closely to Western Europeans like Swedesw and Germans whoseattitude is, “We’re here to work.” we’re different when it comes to with Europeans taking more time for vacation s than we do. In other partsa of the world, like Latin America and the Middle time is viewed as beingless limited. In these regionsx they value taking the time tobuildr relationships. It can annoy foreign business people when the Americanxs want to get right downto work. There is the perception that Americans are unwilling to buildc relationships andcreate trust.
It takezs time to build In these cultures Americans can get frustrated more easiluy when conducting business because getting resultsetakes longer. Americans also need to understanf that in other cultures likethe German, Chinese and Japanese among others, the planning stage in a projecgt will take much longer. Americands tend to get frustrated with the planningy stage and want to get into theaction It’s a good idea for Americans to be more Other cultures value more certainty in the action which comes from more planning. Perceptions of how to use time impact other aspectsof business.
Interruptions durin g business can annoy an since Americans normally deal with one step or thingh ata time. They look unfavorably at meeting interruptions since they view the business conversation as beinh theprimary task. The Americah believes the interruptioncan wait. In cultures like in Latibn America and theMiddlwe East, many things are done simultaneously and relationshipxs are important. An interruption would be acceptable in such a culture becausee the responsibility to people often precedes the task at Expectations about being late also oftehn are different dependingon one’s culture. Don’t be late for a Swede!
They want people to be on time and quicklyh become annoyed if youare late. When you are workinfg with a person from a culture that has a differen t perception of time thanyou do, firsrt you need to be aware that there are Once you are aware, you can be clear and set up That’s how you avoi problems. You should expect that most peopl see things from theircultural perspective. It’s like wearing sunglasses with lenses ofdifferenty shades. Your world will look different depending on the glassexyou wear. It’s also a good idea to modify your expectationsz soyou won’t be disappointefd or frustrated.
If you work with people from other you’ll see differences first hand. In today’sw small business world, you don’gt want to make those differences into big probleme whenyou sell.
Today you may be working for a manager born outsidse theUnited States. Your company may be part of an international company. You may even be the one working Our successin sales, both home and depends on our understandingv of how others perceive us, how we perceive others and what we do with the What time is it? If you work you may have seen first hand how differentlhy time is viewed in other cultures. Some culture s see Americans as being obsessed withsaving time. Americans see time as a limitedd commodity and because of thisperceivedx limit, they are impatient and want results right now. That’s whers our image as the American “cowboy” come from.
The American style relatesx most closely to Western Europeans like Swedesw and Germans whoseattitude is, “We’re here to work.” we’re different when it comes to with Europeans taking more time for vacation s than we do. In other partsa of the world, like Latin America and the Middle time is viewed as beingless limited. In these regionsx they value taking the time tobuildr relationships. It can annoy foreign business people when the Americanxs want to get right downto work. There is the perception that Americans are unwilling to buildc relationships andcreate trust.
It takezs time to build In these cultures Americans can get frustrated more easiluy when conducting business because getting resultsetakes longer. Americans also need to understanf that in other cultures likethe German, Chinese and Japanese among others, the planning stage in a projecgt will take much longer. Americands tend to get frustrated with the planningy stage and want to get into theaction It’s a good idea for Americans to be more Other cultures value more certainty in the action which comes from more planning. Perceptions of how to use time impact other aspectsof business.
Interruptions durin g business can annoy an since Americans normally deal with one step or thingh ata time. They look unfavorably at meeting interruptions since they view the business conversation as beinh theprimary task. The Americah believes the interruptioncan wait. In cultures like in Latibn America and theMiddlwe East, many things are done simultaneously and relationshipxs are important. An interruption would be acceptable in such a culture becausee the responsibility to people often precedes the task at Expectations about being late also oftehn are different dependingon one’s culture. Don’t be late for a Swede!
They want people to be on time and quicklyh become annoyed if youare late. When you are workinfg with a person from a culture that has a differen t perception of time thanyou do, firsrt you need to be aware that there are Once you are aware, you can be clear and set up That’s how you avoi problems. You should expect that most peopl see things from theircultural perspective. It’s like wearing sunglasses with lenses ofdifferenty shades. Your world will look different depending on the glassexyou wear. It’s also a good idea to modify your expectationsz soyou won’t be disappointefd or frustrated.
If you work with people from other you’ll see differences first hand. In today’sw small business world, you don’gt want to make those differences into big probleme whenyou sell.
вторник, 13 сентября 2011 г.
Medtronic revenues rise in third quarter - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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billion for the fiscall third quarterending Jan. 23, a 3 percentt increase comparedto $3.4 million for the year-ago quarter. For the thirr quarter the company reported net incomeof $723 or $0.65 per diluted share, an increasde of 839 percent compared to $77 million in the year-agpo quarter. That quarter’s earnings were dampened by $187 milliomn in charges related to a lawsuit over a heart stentgwith . Company CEO Bill Hawkins said despitea $110 millionn foreign exchange impact, four of seven business units saw double-digit revenue growth for the lates t quarter. Revenues in the Memphis-based spinal divisions grew 3 percentrto $832 million. Medtronic’s stoclk price closed up 5.
3 percent Tuesday, to $34.5 per share. The company beat Wall Street expectations with adjustes earningsof $0.71 per sharse as analysts predicted earnings of $0.70 per The company adjusted the earnings figurde up $0.06 because of $72 million of research and developmenty charges that have not yet hit the books. The compan has lost market share of its implantable cardiac defibrillator to rivalsa and After adjustingfor in-process research and development charges of $72 million, or $0.06 per share, non-GAAo net earnings and diluted earnings per shard in the period were $795 million, or $0.
71 per diluted share Baser outside of Minneapolis, Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) is the world’ws largest medical device company. Its spinal and biologicsz business units are based in Memphies where itemploys 1,550.
billion for the fiscall third quarterending Jan. 23, a 3 percentt increase comparedto $3.4 million for the year-ago quarter. For the thirr quarter the company reported net incomeof $723 or $0.65 per diluted share, an increasde of 839 percent compared to $77 million in the year-agpo quarter. That quarter’s earnings were dampened by $187 milliomn in charges related to a lawsuit over a heart stentgwith . Company CEO Bill Hawkins said despitea $110 millionn foreign exchange impact, four of seven business units saw double-digit revenue growth for the lates t quarter. Revenues in the Memphis-based spinal divisions grew 3 percentrto $832 million. Medtronic’s stoclk price closed up 5.
3 percent Tuesday, to $34.5 per share. The company beat Wall Street expectations with adjustes earningsof $0.71 per sharse as analysts predicted earnings of $0.70 per The company adjusted the earnings figurde up $0.06 because of $72 million of research and developmenty charges that have not yet hit the books. The compan has lost market share of its implantable cardiac defibrillator to rivalsa and After adjustingfor in-process research and development charges of $72 million, or $0.06 per share, non-GAAo net earnings and diluted earnings per shard in the period were $795 million, or $0.
71 per diluted share Baser outside of Minneapolis, Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) is the world’ws largest medical device company. Its spinal and biologicsz business units are based in Memphies where itemploys 1,550.
воскресенье, 11 сентября 2011 г.
Browns working on contracts for Peyton Hillis, Ahtyba Rubin (with video) - News-Herald.com
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USA Today | Browns working on contracts for Peyton Hillis, Ahtyba Rubin (with video) News-Herald.com Team president Mike Holmgren on Friday confirmed reports the Browns are working on long-term contracts for nose tackle Ahtyba Rubin and running back Peyton Hillis. Specific » |
пятница, 9 сентября 2011 г.
Polls reform: Rakyat certainly not fooled - Malaysia Kini
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Malaysia Kini | Polls reform: Rakyat certainly not fooled Malaysia Kini PSC must sit, and the solutions must be found to the satisfaction of the rakyat - » |
среда, 7 сентября 2011 г.
More than 50 Medicare fraud suspects indicted - South Florida Business Journal:
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The indictments were returned by a grand jury in Detroif as part ofa multi-agency investigation focusingg on infusion therapy and physical/occupational therapy providers. Accordint to the indictments, the defendants submitted claims to Medicare for treatment s that weremedically unnecessary, and often nevere provided. The indictments allege that in many cases the beneficiariess accepted cash kickbacks in return for allowingf providers to submit forms sayinb they had received the unnecessary and notprovided treatments, accordin to a Justice Department news Since its inception in March 2007 with phases one in South Florida and expansion to phased two in Los Angeles in May the strike force has obtained indictments againsg more than 250 individuals and organizationw that collectively have billed Medicare more than $600 million, according to the news On , prosecutors in Miamj announced eight people were indicted in a separate Medicarw fraud case totalling $100
The indictments were returned by a grand jury in Detroif as part ofa multi-agency investigation focusingg on infusion therapy and physical/occupational therapy providers. Accordint to the indictments, the defendants submitted claims to Medicare for treatment s that weremedically unnecessary, and often nevere provided. The indictments allege that in many cases the beneficiariess accepted cash kickbacks in return for allowingf providers to submit forms sayinb they had received the unnecessary and notprovided treatments, accordin to a Justice Department news Since its inception in March 2007 with phases one in South Florida and expansion to phased two in Los Angeles in May the strike force has obtained indictments againsg more than 250 individuals and organizationw that collectively have billed Medicare more than $600 million, according to the news On , prosecutors in Miamj announced eight people were indicted in a separate Medicarw fraud case totalling $100
воскресенье, 4 сентября 2011 г.
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Even three years into retirement, Gillum applies his philosophy to othetr small businesses as a volunteer business coach specializint in sales and marketing for the local chapterof SCORE, a nonprofit that counsels smalo businesses and is a partnedr of the . Gillum helps businesse s grow salesthrough marketing, product placement and branding. Entrepreneurs tend to have a brilliantf idea and the skill set for their business but lack the skill set on the marketing he said. It is even more important to focus on salew and marketing when the economyis weak, “becausew you’ve got to be better than the next guy.
” Gillum helps businessw owners create a sales and marketing plan by first researching their history, such as how many clients they have and theirr average sales per client. The busineses owners then collect data on their targegt market and their competitors to develop a marketing strategy to go afteer new groups andexpand prospects. Part of that strategy is to perform a case studyh on existing clients to developo success stories and credentials for marketing tofuture clients. The finap step is launching the campaign by presenting thosed marketing tools to theselect audience.
Gillum favors grassroots marketinbg such as direct mailings and following up with prospects by phonde rather thansending e-mails. “Chuck laid out a strateg y to develop an effectiv marketing campaign at a level Premier had neverd takenon before,” said Julia Fox, owner of . Premiere does process and project management consulting for other such as if a company needss a more efficient process to promoting withinj or has a highturnove rate. Fox met Gillum when she attended oneof SCORE’ss marketing events at about three months ago.
“I had done a couple seminars and readsome books, but I kept thinkingy this is bigger than a book,” she Fox started Premier in 2002, but was looking for ways to expanx the company and its client base in the current Through periodic visits with Fox recently completed her data gathering from existing clientsz and is now putting together a marketing plan to launcb in January. “The bottom line is, you have to have more client sto diversify” the clieny base, she said. “If my clientsd are diversified, it helps Premiere maintain viability in both good anduncertai markets.
” Gillum has owned several from an arcade in McHenry, to a concrete edging companty in Apopka. He was also a vice president of sales and marketin g for several companies basesd in Florida for16 years. Most recentlt Gillum worked at Jacksonville-based , an online and electronic paymentssoftwarew company. He retired at the end of 2005 and has volunteerefd at SCOREever since.
Even three years into retirement, Gillum applies his philosophy to othetr small businesses as a volunteer business coach specializint in sales and marketing for the local chapterof SCORE, a nonprofit that counsels smalo businesses and is a partnedr of the . Gillum helps businesse s grow salesthrough marketing, product placement and branding. Entrepreneurs tend to have a brilliantf idea and the skill set for their business but lack the skill set on the marketing he said. It is even more important to focus on salew and marketing when the economyis weak, “becausew you’ve got to be better than the next guy.
” Gillum helps businessw owners create a sales and marketing plan by first researching their history, such as how many clients they have and theirr average sales per client. The busineses owners then collect data on their targegt market and their competitors to develop a marketing strategy to go afteer new groups andexpand prospects. Part of that strategy is to perform a case studyh on existing clients to developo success stories and credentials for marketing tofuture clients. The finap step is launching the campaign by presenting thosed marketing tools to theselect audience.
Gillum favors grassroots marketinbg such as direct mailings and following up with prospects by phonde rather thansending e-mails. “Chuck laid out a strateg y to develop an effectiv marketing campaign at a level Premier had neverd takenon before,” said Julia Fox, owner of . Premiere does process and project management consulting for other such as if a company needss a more efficient process to promoting withinj or has a highturnove rate. Fox met Gillum when she attended oneof SCORE’ss marketing events at about three months ago.
“I had done a couple seminars and readsome books, but I kept thinkingy this is bigger than a book,” she Fox started Premier in 2002, but was looking for ways to expanx the company and its client base in the current Through periodic visits with Fox recently completed her data gathering from existing clientsz and is now putting together a marketing plan to launcb in January. “The bottom line is, you have to have more client sto diversify” the clieny base, she said. “If my clientsd are diversified, it helps Premiere maintain viability in both good anduncertai markets.
” Gillum has owned several from an arcade in McHenry, to a concrete edging companty in Apopka. He was also a vice president of sales and marketin g for several companies basesd in Florida for16 years. Most recentlt Gillum worked at Jacksonville-based , an online and electronic paymentssoftwarew company. He retired at the end of 2005 and has volunteerefd at SCOREever since.
пятница, 2 сентября 2011 г.
Cellino, Barnes donate $1M to UB - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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Lisa Mueller, assistant dean for alumni and said the gift matches thelargest single-donationh in the history of the law school, the $1 millionj given in 2002 by Francie Letro, who graduated UB Law School in 1979 and went on to foune a successful personal injury firm. In a release announcingg the gift, University at Buffalo Law School Dean Makau Mutua calledit “an extraordinary act of philanthropy” and “s wonderful down payment on our vision of academic excellence and our bold aspirationsx for the future.
” Mutua said he plansx to invest the gift in the students, calling them the central core of the law Specifically, he said the money will go toward making improvements in pedagogical technologies in the school and upgradinvg services. Steve Barnes, who founded the law firm alonbg withRoss Cellino, said they felt they owed a debt of gratitudes to the school where they got theif start. “Both Ross and I are graduatexs of the law schooland we’vr come to know many of the professores and administrators very well,” he said.
“Makau Mutua is just an outstandint individual and he has a vision thatwe haven’rt seen at the school Barnes said the decision to make the gift an unrestrictex donation reflects the confidencre they have in the administrators at the University to utilize the moneyg in the most effective ways “We are lawyers, we didn’t feel as though we are in a position to dictate how the money was spent,” he “We have a lot of confidence in Makau’sz vision and we have had long discussions aboutt where he wants to take the school and we’rs on the same page.
” Recognizing the generositu of Cellino and Barnes, the school has announces plans to name their main conferenced center, located in O’Brian Hall, The Cellino and Barnes Conferenc Center. Asked what it feels like to be in a positiomn to giveaway $1 especially given the current economic climate, Barnesw put the gift into “Both Ross and I come from very humble beginnings and kind of worked our way up from the he said. “We started out as just the twoof us, now, the practicre is a lucrative practice and I’m just glad we were able to help at a time that I thin k is very critical to the law school.
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Lisa Mueller, assistant dean for alumni and said the gift matches thelargest single-donationh in the history of the law school, the $1 millionj given in 2002 by Francie Letro, who graduated UB Law School in 1979 and went on to foune a successful personal injury firm. In a release announcingg the gift, University at Buffalo Law School Dean Makau Mutua calledit “an extraordinary act of philanthropy” and “s wonderful down payment on our vision of academic excellence and our bold aspirationsx for the future.
” Mutua said he plansx to invest the gift in the students, calling them the central core of the law Specifically, he said the money will go toward making improvements in pedagogical technologies in the school and upgradinvg services. Steve Barnes, who founded the law firm alonbg withRoss Cellino, said they felt they owed a debt of gratitudes to the school where they got theif start. “Both Ross and I are graduatexs of the law schooland we’vr come to know many of the professores and administrators very well,” he said.
“Makau Mutua is just an outstandint individual and he has a vision thatwe haven’rt seen at the school Barnes said the decision to make the gift an unrestrictex donation reflects the confidencre they have in the administrators at the University to utilize the moneyg in the most effective ways “We are lawyers, we didn’t feel as though we are in a position to dictate how the money was spent,” he “We have a lot of confidence in Makau’sz vision and we have had long discussions aboutt where he wants to take the school and we’rs on the same page.
” Recognizing the generositu of Cellino and Barnes, the school has announces plans to name their main conferenced center, located in O’Brian Hall, The Cellino and Barnes Conferenc Center. Asked what it feels like to be in a positiomn to giveaway $1 especially given the current economic climate, Barnesw put the gift into “Both Ross and I come from very humble beginnings and kind of worked our way up from the he said. “We started out as just the twoof us, now, the practicre is a lucrative practice and I’m just glad we were able to help at a time that I thin k is very critical to the law school.
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