
It’s a lot harder to get attention to your business today
Thirty-two referrals in a year. That’s all a new client of ours was able to get last year out of an annual Yellow Pages budget pushing $30,000.

Thirty-two referrals in a year. That’s all a new client of ours was able to get last year out of an annual Yellow Pages budget pushing $30,000.

Federal investigators from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board and other agencies are still sifting through the debris in West, Texas to determine why a fire in a fertilizer plant ignited an explosion of ammonium nitrate that killed at least 14 people, injured more than 200, and destroyed two schools, a nursing home, and dozens of homes.

Augusta Free Press has launched a new website, www.VirginiaHearingAids.com, for Hearing Healthcare of Virginia.

If you build it, it being a website, using the “Field of Dreams” mantra, then they will come. Alas, if only it were that easy. The national brands have unlimited budgets for seemingly endless stream of Google and Facebook and Twitter ads. Chances are if you’ve clicked my article for advice, you’re not among that subset of the business marketing population.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded value-added grants to eight Virginia farms and small businesses. The grants are intended to help increase the income of farms and agribusinesses by expanding marketing opportunities, creating new products and developing new uses for existing ones.

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded grants to eight Virginia farms and agribusinesses. The grants help agricultural producers increase their income by expanding marketing opportunities, creating new products or developing new uses for existing products.

Virginia has 27,000 part-time farmers. Unlike their full-time colleagues who are likely to be alerted immediately of an animal health crisis, it could take days or weeks to contact them with critical information.

The historic Dixie Theater in Downtown Staunton, Virginia turns 100 years old this year, and the effort to restore and renovate the beloved theater and adjacent Arcadia building into a state-of the-art performance facility is gathering steam for a new phase of planning and development.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine launched his official Senate office Twitter and Facebook accounts today. The accounts will provide constituents with updates on Kaine’s daily activities in the Senate, travels across Virginia, information on agency assistance, and constituent service updates.

Augusta Free Press LLC has announced upcoming Building the Machine workshops for February, March and April.