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Real-Time Search Is Changing Everything

I have been talking about this one on and off since the first to the year; Real-Time Search. It’s here and it’s for real! Google and Bing have “officially” jumped into Real-Time, taking full advantage of partnerships and the ever changing face of SEO. If you do a search on Google you will now see a sizable part of the page dedicated to Real-Time search. This is not a static search result now but a scrolling, live update of content from all across the web about what you are looking for. Real time… Continue

Posted on January 29, 2010 at 12:20pm —

The Week Ahead January 19-23, 2010

Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday: December producer price index, December housing starts
Thursday: December leading indicators, Weekly initial jobless claims
Friday:

Larson Notes & Satire: So another week of, ok kind of results behind us. Employment till in the dumps. Retail sales while up against last year was down against the November sales figures and they are blaming it on the weather, go figure. This week will producer pricing steady, housing starts? Don’t look for any r… Continue

Posted on January 18, 2010 at 8:30am —

The Week Ahead November 30- December 4, 2009

Monday: Regional Manufacturing Surveys,
Tuesday: Pending Home Sales, Auto Sales,
Wednesday: Personal Income and Consumption,
Thursday: Revised Productivity and Costs
Friday: Crude Inventories, Weekly initial jobless claims, average workweek, average hourly earnings figures, Factory Orders

Larson Notes: Last week was a very interesting. While I was not expecting such nice numbers in home sales and employment. And even Black Friday showed a sales increase of .5%.

I like the outlook for th… Continue

Posted on December 1, 2009 at 11:43am —

The Week Ahead November 23-27, 2009

Monday: Existing Home Sales,
Tuesday: Gross Domestic Product, Consumer Confidence
Wednesday: Personal Income and Consumption, Weekly initial jobless claims
Thursday: Thanksgiving Day
Friday: Black Friday, New Home Sales, Crude Inventories

Larson Notes: People are sitting back wondering if they are next to get the pink slip. There is not much room to maneuver in the marketing right now. Retail has been trying to stretch out Christmas by trying to get cus… Continue

Posted on November 23, 2009 at 8:30am —

The Week Ahead October 26-30, 2009

Monday: September Construction Spending, Pending Home Sales,
Tuesday: Factory Orders, Auto & Truck Sales
Wednesday: Federal Reserve Meeting
Thursday: Weekly initial jobless claims, 3rd Quarter Productivity
Friday: Consumer Credit, Wholesale Inventories

Larson Notes: The government stimulus in cars grew the economy lst month together with home sales by 3.5%. That is mainly due to cash for clunkers and the $8000 home… Continue

Posted on November 2, 2009 at 9:15pm —

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At 3:22pm on February 18, 2009, Jewell Cornette said…: Howard, that is so awesome regarding the changes you made in your company... blessings to you and what a powerful example you are to your community... Have a great business day! Jewell

At 9:41pm on February 17, 2009, DIANA KEREKES said…

Dear Howard,
Thank you for the friendship. I look forward to networking with you. If there is anything I can help you with just ask.

Yours in Success,
Diana Kerekes
Business Coach & Mentor
www.dianakerekes.com

At 12:55pm on February 6, 2009, Jayapradha Bennett said…: Perfect! Talk to you then.

At 3:58pm on February 5, 2009, Jayapradha Bennett said…: Sorry, I got a call from my client's son. Can I call you tomorrow around 4:00 Central Time??

Thanks.

At 1:18pm on February 5, 2009, Jayapradha Bennett said…: Is 3:00 Central time O.K.?

At 12:40pm on February 4, 2009, Jayapradha Bennett said…: Thursday, Feb 5th sounds good. What time do you want me to call?? Also, what phone # can I reach you?? Hopefully, we can help each other.

I look forward to our phone conversation. Thanks.