ROYAL OAK - Businesses have become far too reliant on social media automation to the point they believe it is the end point of their marketing process. Businesses are broadcasting into social communities as though it was a radio station. The problem is no one is listening on the other end, Melih Oztalay, President of
ROYAL OAK - CloudTech1’s Senior MSP & Cloud Consultant Chris Hardester used his appearance on M2 TechCast to announce an exciting new offer for businesses looking to outsource their IT departments - CloudTech1 is offering a free network and security assessment and then a free month of its CloudCare1 IT Services to show businesses how
GRAND RAPIDS - The West Michigan economy is going strong and the trend should continue, according to a Grand Valley State University expert. Brian G. Long, director of Supply Management Research in the Seidman College of Business, surveyed local business leaders and his findings below are based on data collected during the last two weeks of September. The
ALLENDALE - Grand Valley State University received a $1.3 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education to establish a TRIO Veterans Upward Bound program, providing free academic support services to low-income veterans who want to complete degree programs. President Thomas J. Haas said he is pleased that Grand Valley is the second university
GRAND RAPIDS - Local technology and design professionals will partner on the weekend of November 3 to provide West Michigan non-profit groups with hundreds of hours of software, design, database and web development services for free. Weekend for Good represents a first-time collaboration between Grand Rapids-based nonprofits, Code for Good, Grand Rapids GiveCamp and The
GRAND RAPIDS – Representatives from Great Lakes Health Connect and Making Choices Michigan have announced the integration of their day-to-day operations. MCM will maintain its existing brand and governing board of directors, but will function as a wholly owned subsidiary of GLHC. Doug Dietzman, Executive Director of GLHC, will add leadership responsibility for MCM to
FARGO - North Dakota State University Assistant Professor Jeremy Straub - who grew up in Northville, Michigan - has been given the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. The award acknowledges the importance of Straub’s work so far in his career. Recipients are selected based on the totality of their accomplishments, instead of being recognized
PONTIAC - Oakland County is hosting MFGDAY 2017 Tour Take-off at the Pontiac Technical campus Oct. 5. More than 400 students will be attending tours throughout the county. This is the third year Oakland County has organized a Countywide MFGDAY tour. MFGDAY is a national event where across America students will be learning what modern
ANN ARBOR - Certified Public Accounting Firm UHY LLP is opening its fourth Michigan office, this time in Ann Arbor so it can be nearer to clients in Washtenaw County and beyond. The new office will be in a renovated suite on East Eisenhower Parkway, just minutes from the University of Michigan’s main campus and
DETROIT - Jason Raznick is known around Detroit as the founder and CEO of Benzinga, a financial media outlet that in a few short years has grown into a multi-million dollar media empire. Now he hopes to highlight other financial services companies in metro Detroit with his latest project, The Detroit FinTech Association. “For a
