Business Columns
- BBB provides tips to build an e-commerce website
- Building a business can be profitable and rewarding but also demanding. Reaching and retaining customers can present ongoing challenges to both new and established businesses.While brick-and-mortar storefronts meet the marketplace needs of many busin... Full story
- Yuma is calling
- The Yuma Visitors Bureau exists to promote Yuma as a destination to all kinds of visitors. You are probably aware of the great events that we sponsor to attract the leisure visitors and improve the quality of life for Yumans, but we do so much more t... Full story
- Solar plant ready to meet energy needs
- Yuma residents can now harness more of the sun's power.That's because phase one of Arizona Public Service's 35-megawatt (MW) Foothills Solar Plant is powered up and began providing energy to the people of Yuma in March.I'm out in the community quite ... Full story
- YPG-managed tropic testing key to military
- Arizonans are aware of the important role played by military installations throughout our state and, though the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground isn't as well known as others, the proving ground's impact on national defense is profound.How many people o... Full story
- How to avoid, resolve new car purchase issues
- For the past 10 years, new car auto dealers have been among the most complained about industries at Better Business Bureau. From selling practices to repair issues, the purchase of a new car may be accompanied by consumer confusion that can lead to u... Full story
- BBB names top 10 scams of 2012
- Better Business Bureau investigates thousands of scams every year from information gathered through sources such as consumers and federal agencies. Some of these scams have been around as long as BBB – 100 years – and some take advantage ... Full story
- Crop of the week: Parsley
- • Yuma County produces more than 200 acres of fresh parsley, grown to meet the needs for the fresh market and restaurants throughout the U.S.• In 2005, Arizona ranked fifth in the U.S. for parsley production, contributing approximately 3 pe... Full story
- Online companies putting 'personal' back into technology
- As much as I enjoy learning about the latest daily advances of technology, I am very aware of how we seem to be losing much of the human element in our day-to-day relationships.Skype's latest marketing campaign focuses on that very point. They believ... Full story
- Where Cash Mobs go ... businesses grow!
- DIGITAL CANDY
- Most of us have heard about a “flash mob.” Originally started out as mass of people that were usually summoned through social media, they would gather in a public place to sing or dance and or cause a disruption of some type.A new constru... Full story
- Being in the cloud can save your business money
- Who knew a cloud could save your business money.Local computers no longer have to do all the work when running applications or software. The Cloud is a network of computing systems that are able to execute all the programs a normal computer would run... Full story
- No ‘positive spin’ on area joblessness
- After reading the recent article in the Yuma Sun titled “Yuma's jobless rate better in February,” I decided to check out the unemployment rate as published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. A chart accompanies this column showing th... Full story
- Go, go Google goggles!
- No, it wasn't an April Fool's joke. Google's latest technical innovation is a pair of glasses. To many, the idea of having instant streaming internet access with reminders of meetings, best map routes, the ability to take a photo in an instant, make ... Full story
- Robotics in YPG future
- Mankind has been involved in armed conflict since well before the dawn of civilization, a situation that promises to continue long into the future. There have been thousands of technological improvements in warfare over the centuries, but mankind is ... Full story
- Smart phone apps for kids educational, fun
- While new technology is being presented daily, it is important to remember how useful and valuable the technology we already have can be even for little ones.As the mother of two, I am astonished at the wonderful educational applications available fo... Full story
- Have some pizza with your social media
- For everyone that enjoys pizza, you are going to love this.Have you ever had a Social Pizza? Me neither – but Domino's Pizza in Australia has created a fun campaign using its Facebook page.Once you become a fan, you get the chance to be a part ... Full story
- Bending the social media rules takes creativity
- There are very strict guidelines on Facebook and they are careful to monitor their accounts to ensure business in particular follow the rules. So, I am always impressed when a company is able to play in the gray area and do a successful campaign on s... Full story
- Social media policy a must for any company
- Does your company use social media? Do you know what is being posted? Does it have a social media policy in place? If you are wondering what a social media policy is you are not alone. Currently, 76 percent of companies do not have a clearly defined ... Full story
- Being financially savvy a family business
- Like it or not, we're all involved in running the “family business.” We worry that our parents might outlive their retirement savings. We're comforted by the thought that family members would probably bail us out if we got into money trou... Full story
- Crop of the Week: Mizuna
- • Mizuna is a Japanese mustard green with glossy, dandelion-like jagged edge, dark green leaves with striking silvery white. It has a mild, sweet, somewhat earthy flavor. It has been cultivated in Japan since ancient times but most likely origin... Full story
- Numbers show tourism works for Yuma
- Whether you believe the U.S. economy is recovering and at what rate probably depends on which experts and media reports you choose to follow.It may also depend on what industry you are involved in. Some industries are still experiencing the results o... Full story
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