Humphrey RV & Trailer in Grand Junction has been named the top U.S. dealer for KZ Recreational Vehicles. The manufacturer announced its top dealers during an open house at its headquarters at Shipshewana, Ind. “Considering our company’s core values of fairness, courtesy and quality, we are happy to be working with Humphrey RV & Trailer,” […]
RSW Partners in Grand Junction shares information about advertising, business development, marketing and public relations on a new blog titled Puffs of Genius. The blog is available at www.puffsofgenius.com. “The Puffs of Genius title is more tongue in cheek. We’re not claiming to be geniuses, but we hope to give businesses good information to consider […]
A Grand Junction-based manufacturer of electric vehicles has changed its name to better reflect a growing product line offered under different brands. Fairplay Electric Cars has changed its corporate name to Evergreen Electric Vehicles. Keith Andrews, president of the company, said the name change also reflects operational changes. “When our company began seven years ago, […]
As a veteran of the business world, I certainly understand why many business owners are apprehensive about the health care system. They have enough on their plates simply dealing with the day-to-day challenges of a slowly recovering economy, meeting payroll, making a profit and keeping the lights on. Businesses already pay a bulk of health […]
Politicians are fond of picking numbers out of thin air to suit their particular agendas. They feel if one repeats the numbers often enough, like many in the mainstream media are all too happy to do, then Americans will come to accept them as an unquestioned truth. More importantly, these truths become things that only […]
Everyone tired of the well-worn phrase “challenging economic times” probably won’t like much better the latest description of growth in business revenues and hiring that’s, in a word, “slow.” But that’s the adjective that keeps coming up when economists and business owners talk about the economy. It’s little wonder the recovery doesn’t feel like much […]
The English poet Thomas Gray wrote, “Where ignorance is bliss, ’tis folly to be wise.” Over the years, this quote has been abbreviated to the more simplistic “ignorance is bliss.” Many times in our lives we believe that saying holds merit —the number of calories in that chocolate truffle you just ate or how much […]
What does commercial real estate have to do with jobs? Good question. But it might be more appropriate to ask what comes first, a strong real estate economy (both residential and commercial) or jobs that require builders and contractors to construct homes and buildings to house workers and businesses? Its the jobs. Obviously, it’s business […]
There are so many different ways to obtain information about fitness these days. From Facebook to gaming systems and fitness videos to personal trainers, there’s a flood of new information seemingly every day. As a consumer, it can be difficult to decide where to turn for information that will be most beneficial to you while […]
In my last column I suggested 10 ways to build your business network. As a reminder, those 10 areas are active listening to telephone conversations, never eating alone, using staff meetings, working your network, joining service organizations, educating yourself, offering special thanks to referral sources, using social media, effective conversation and proper planning. Active listening […]