Author: biziebiz

Jessica Miles Country manager, Australia and New ZealandIntegral Ad Science Australia In just five short years since joining integral Ad Science (IAS), Jessica Miles has transitioned from sales director to country manager. Today, IAS is the number one verification vendor in the Australian and New Zealand market with a 75% market share. This success is in no small part due to Miles’ leadership. In her first year as country manager she grew revenue by 30% year-on-year and increased local employee satisfaction from 77% to 91%. She has also retained all Tier 1 media agency holding company partners. To achieve this growth,…

OWOSSO — A local Facebook blogger wrote a letter to the newly-elected Owosso City Council member who has objected to prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance at city meetings, warning her that she is “in danger” and he was sent a “vision” from God of her being shot while leaving her Owosso business at night — but the blogger says he was only trying to warn her.“I was given a vision, a very detailed vision,” Tom Manke wrote to Emily Olson in a letter, which he left on her council seat in a sealed envelope marked ‘private’ before Monday’s council…

Last week, YA author Jake Maia Arlow announced on TikTok that the title of their romantic comedy about two Jewish lesbians, How To Excavate a Heart, was changed without their knowledge or permission to How To Excavate a Heart: A Christmas, Hanukkah, and Holiday Story. Arlow’s editor is participating in the HarperCollins strike, which has been going since November 10, which means that Arlow initially had no one to contact to find out who made the change. “[This novel] is not a Christmas book,” Arlow explains in the video. “I described it a lot—and I still do—as a Christmas time…

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Millions of federal dollars are coming to Illinois to support small businesses and entrepreneurs. Illinois has been approved for $354 million dollars under the State Small Business Credit Initiative. The funding was secured through the American Rescue Plan Act. The credit initiative is designed to increase capital for small businesses and promote entrepreneurship, especially in underserved communities. In Illinois, the funding will support four programs including a new loan guarantee program and a climate-focused loan participation program. “It reflects what many states are doing, coordinating a portfolio of programs that reach the smallest of the smallest…

Redeveloped building providing new opportunities for Black entrepreneurs in Minneapolis It sat vacant for decades. Now an old building on West Broadway in north Minneapolis is serving a new purpose. The redevelopment of the 927 building is a collaborative effort, focused on expanding Black ownership opportunities on the northside. MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – It sat vacant for decades. Now an old building on West Broadway in north Minneapolis is serving a new purpose. The redevelopment of the 927 building is a collaborative effort, focused on expanding Black ownership opportunities on the northside. It’s been a fixture in north Minneapolis business…

The Economic Development Councils of Jefferson, Clallam, and Grays Harbor counties, along with Peninsula and Grays Harbor colleges, have announced a new grant program called Olympic Peninsula Small Business Boost. The collaborating partners were awarded $1.3 million from the Department of Commerce to offer free professional legal and/or marketing services to underserved businesses within the tri-county area through June 1, 2023. The assistance includes simple website development. In addition, free bookkeeping services will be available to help small business get set up in QuickBooks. The grant will also provide free online bookkeeping classes to 20-plus students. Students will receive free…

ROCK HILL, S.C. (CN2 SPORTS) – Tonight we catch up with Winthrop Women’s Basketball Coach Semeka Randall Lay. She talks about her team, time on the court and what she is expecting in the new season!Click above for full story.Previous articleSC Highway Patrol Investigating Fatal Collision on Gold Hill Road Source link

STATEWIDE — They’re accused of marketing harmful material to minors. Now, one e-cigarette company will have to pay up. The office of Attorney General Todd Rokita has announced a near 16-million-dollar settlement between the state and JUUL. That money will go towards supporting prevention, education, harm reduction and mitigation efforts related to young people using electronic nicotine, known as vapes. JUUL has been accused of lying about the true contents of their vape products, using ads to market the product specifically to children. Attorney General Todd Rokita announced today that e-cigarette maker JUUL Labs Inc. will pay Indiana more than…

The Dallas Cowboys have been a bit busy early on this week. They are continuing to navigate their regular season but they have also been courting and recruiting a certain free agent wide receiver. Odell Beckham Jr. attended Monday night’s game between the Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns with Micah Parsons and Trevon Diggs, and he said then that signing with Dallas was a possibility, but beyond that level of entertainment, Beckham has also been visiting with the Cowboys and team officials. Tuesday morning Jerry Jones took to the radio airwaves of 105.3 The Fan where he normally provides an…

If your SEO (search engine optimization) and PPC (pay-per-click) teams exist separately from each other, then it’s time to change that. There are usually opposing points of view: PPC advertising is too complicated, and SEO is too slow. But if you get these two parts of your marketing agency to work together, you’ll be rewarded with incredible ideas, knowledge and results that neither team could achieve alone. These teams should not exist in isolation, and their collaboration is one of the most underrated ways to improve the overall effectiveness of digital marketing. What is the difference between PPC and SEO…