Archive for September 2005

The first few years of this decade were challenging for the advertising industry, but local agencies say business has strengthened noticeably during 2005.

“It’s going to be a good year for us,” said Louie Laurent, …

Restoring the boat formerly known as the Spirit of Des Moines has been a messy, expensive and tedious process, but Michael LaValle would have expected nothing less from this boat, which he jokingly says has …

For years I have preached, “Instead of making cold calls, make a speech.”

What I mean is, give a short talk in front of people who potentially can say “yes” to you, and offer them …

After close to 40 years in the trucking business, 32 of them as a driver with Yellow Freight, John Waalk has seen it all – from deadly accidents to women changing clothes behind the wheel …

Dear Mr. Berko:

My broker just recommended that I buy 75 shares of Darden Restaurants for my Individual Retirement Account and for my wife’s IRA. He thinks that Darden is one of the better restaurant …

If you have a spare minute on Tuesday, maybe you could vote in the school board election. Don’t worry; it won’t be crowded.

Polk County voters will have far fewer polling places – 51 instead …

Devastation. Disaster. Desperation. Anguish. Enormous, incomprehensible, mind-boggling loss – of life, of possessions, of jobs, of security and of stability. Unfathomable wreckage. Rubble. Debris. Decay. Homes flattened. History washed away in a tide of human …

When it comes time for business owners to plan their exit, they usually receive different kinds of advice — some on how to ensure that their businesses can succeed after they’re sold, and some on …

Whether it’s a brochure, Web site, sales sheet or letter, there are some facts or ideas in every printed marketing piece that are more important than others. Maybe you want to highlight a special price …

Workers at Iowa Cold Storage handle about 25 semitrailer loads of frozen meat products daily at the company’s cavernous 100,000-square-foot warehouse just south of Interstate 80 in Altoona. Business has been so good for the …