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Engage employees to communicate your brand
Lynn Manternach/Tree Full of Owls
Your employees are your primary brand communicators. Do you know what they are communicating?
Internal branding is about connecting employees with...
Popcorn president discusses business successes, challenges
Jolly Time's Smith speaks at the University of Iowa
By Gigi Wood
It’s a jolly good time.
When Garry Smith, president of Sioux City-based Jolly Time popcorn...
Marion awaits shovel-ready approval for industrial park
By Pat Shaver
Officials in Marion are moving along in the process to establish shovel-ready certification for an industrial park with more than 170 acres...
Three Cedar Rapids economic organizations become one
Chamber, Downtown District and Priority One become the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance
By Pat Shaver
Standing in front of projected images of the inside of...
Easy to difficult: Focus business development activities
Dennis Schrag/Tree Full of Owls
The marketplace for most professional services remains sluggish. Clients are taking a wait-and-see perspective. It is hard to find good...
Volunteerism an excellent way to enhance company image
Mary Jo Finchum/Tree Full of Owls
“A good company delivers excellent products and services, and a great company does all that and strives to make...
Forty Under 40: Making a difference
By John Kenyon
You are about to read about 40 people who work for much more than a paycheck.
There are many people out there for...
Panera Bread, Coralville disagree on project’s failure
By Gigi Wood
Panera Bread announced plans in May for opening its second Coralville location, at 213 N.First Ave., where Taco Bell was located before...
Teambuilding keeps retention high at MediRevv
By Gigi Wood
They have a Peeps show at Easter.
MediRevv, a Coralville-based company that uses friendly customer service to collect on unpaid patient bills for...