Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Visual Representation of Unemployment in the Great Recession
There is no doubt that the recession has effected all of us.
To see that magnitude of that effect in terms of job loss is breath-taking. Keep in mind that this ends at 8.8% unemployment. The unemployment rate now is over 10% and some say that Read the rest of this entry »
Recession is ideal for Smart Marketers
Some advertisers are taking advantage of this recession. Stephen Quinn, Walmart U.S. chief marketing officer, said; Read the rest of this entry »
Radio Recession? Clear Channel Cuts 2500 Jobs in 4 Months
Advertisers erroneously pull advertising first when times are tough. Statistics show that you should advertise more, not less. Many advertisers are pulling back there branding ads and focusing more on direct response ads such as direct mail and Internet Marketing. Read the rest of this entry »
Recession in the News
If you’ve been wondering about how the recession is being reported in the news, then you’ll be very interested in the Google Trends tools. Here we see a huge spike starting in January of 2008. Analyst now agree that the current recession actually started likely in mid-December of 2007. Read the rest of this entry »
Recession far from over, Obama says
Yesterday, the BBC reported that Obama suggested that the recession is easing.
Unemployment now at 8.5% – 663 Thousand Job Losses
I remember back a year or so ago when unemployment was at 4% and the media was screaming about how terrible everything was and what this was going to do to the Bush legacy.
Here we are today a few months into the Obama administration and 8.5% unemployment is barely a footnote on your local news. This is the highest that it’s been in 25 years. But this blog isn’t about politics, it’s about the recession. Read the rest of this entry »
