Over the course of my career, I’ve seen an amazing evolution in the way businesses communicate. When I started out 20 years ago, PR professionals were just starting to move away from sending press releases out by mail and embracing the fax machine.
By Jeff Thredgold, CSP, President, Thredgold Economic Associates and Economist for Zions Bank
The February U.S. employment data was subject to wide interpretation in regard to how the labor market is performing, with nasty East Coast weather during much of February greatly impacting the data. Economists refer to such data influence as “noise.”
There are two major problems that salespeople have with their sales pipeline. The first is having too few prospects to reach the level of sales you desire and the second is having more prospects in your pipeline than you can possibly follow-up with in a reasonable amount of time.
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By Jeff Thredgold, CSP, President, Thredgold Economic Associates and Economist for Zions Bank
…the President and the Congressional leadership would stop talking about being “pro-business” and actually a) promote pro-business policies, and b) remove anti-business initiatives that dominate their agenda
Business leaders know that focusing on core strategies during difficult times helps our companies emerge stronger than ever. With new revenue estimates now available, Utah legislators are weighing difficult choices about balancing the state’s budget. They face the same strategic issue as businesses—what decisions and investments today will build Utah’s strength and prosperity tomorrow?
By Luz Robles, Director of the Zions Business Resource Center
This week another catastrophic event took place when Chile was rocked by a magnitude 8.8 earthquake. Of course the region is devastated but it’s in slightly better shape than Haiti was, having had earthquakes before. However, this latest disaster put me in mind of the importance of emergency preparedness for small businesses.
Over the course of my career, I’ve seen an amazing evolution in the way businesses communicate. When I started out 20 years ago, PR professionals were just starting to move away from sending press releases out by mail and embracing the fax machine. 
The February U.S. employment data was subject to wide interpretation in regard to how the labor market is performing, with nasty East Coast weather during much of February greatly impacting the data. Economists refer to such data influence as “noise.”
There are two major problems that salespeople have with their sales pipeline. The first is having too few prospects to reach the level of sales you desire and the second is having more prospects in your pipeline than you can possibly follow-up with in a reasonable amount of time. 
Business leaders know that focusing on core strategies during difficult times helps our companies emerge stronger than ever. With new revenue estimates now available, Utah legislators are weighing difficult choices about balancing the state’s budget. They face the same strategic issue as businesses—what decisions and investments today will build Utah’s strength and prosperity tomorrow?
This week another catastrophic event took place when Chile was rocked by a magnitude 8.8 earthquake. Of course the region is devastated but it’s in slightly better shape than Haiti was, having had earthquakes before. However, this latest disaster put me in mind of the importance of emergency preparedness for small businesses.