Comments on: Is This Recession Over Yet?

By: Nakamura

Nakamura — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:18:39 +0000

So let’s sum it up. FED printed huge amount of currency and threw it into circulation. These dollars are not backed by anything, so that investors rush to get something of value for them. Commodities, stocks of not-yet-dead companies, anything. So demands for stocks and commodities is up and it LOOKS like a recovery – except that it is not.

No signifficant boost of REAL production. The trade deficit with China is as huge as it was. Energy resources are more scarce and expensive every day, especially due to demand from India and China.

It’s just another fraud – or to be specific, continuation of the same fraud that began when USA started living on debt.

By: DonAlons

DonAlons — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:09:21 +0000

Smaller agencies and advertising media might do a lot better in the future.
The INMA recently published an interesting article. Indirectly one could again hear it that newspaper
publishers were telling their clients to spend at least 5% of their revenue on advertising.
For a longer time that worked. But, logically, no longer. And it could also be that many businesses,
particularly the well run and more clear minded are for many reasons really fed up with the
newspaper and other media. Because these folks just would never, ever, leave any room for
any sound business calculation at all.
http://www.inma.org/modules/blog/index.cfm?action=blog_detail&bid=72
And certainly, for many reasons, a piece of interest is this old article from 2004, mentioning the
Rocky Mountain News which – logically – folded several months ago. The article how the
CO papers raised their ad rates rather steeply while circulation was down. A pricing not so
uncommon for many newspapers (worldwide, btw.). And that’s where the chance for small
marketers is, in my opinion.
http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2004/11/08/story4.html

And as far as forecasting the economy is concerned, a pretty popular video is the
“Peter Schiff video”, three news shows in 06 / 07, financial experts forecasting and advising.
Most of them incredibly wrong. It’s a wow and seeing it means usually knowing why it’s so
popular. – This doesn’t answer forecasts for the future, but maybe it’s of interest the same,
if unknown.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I0QN-FYkpw

By: Biz

Biz — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:27:03 +0000

I think we are starting to see an upturn but my problem is that we are again just inflating profits that do not really exist and most of the jobs we lost manufacturing wise will not be coming back. A lot of the manufacturing jobs went overseas when things here got worse and it is hard to get a company to come back and pay employees $20 an hour when they are paying them $2 an hour with no taxes or regulations at their new location. .-= Biz´s last blog ..Instyler – Rotating Hair Iron Review =-.

By: Judith

Judith — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:54:19 +0000

This is more of a confidence issue. The small businesses I work with/for are not confident in what may or may not be coming down the pipeline. So they are all holding spending close to their vest. Now, on a positive note, I am seeing a ton of Netrepreneurs like myself who are sick of all the gloom and doom and “Debbie Downers” — so we are moving onward and upward, taking charge and making things happen regardless!
.-= Judith´s last blog ..It’s More Than Having WordPress! =-.

By: Symbian

Symbian — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:32:01 +0000

Traffic jams rising again, may be this is it. .-= Symbian´s last blog ..How to use Ovi store on Nokia phone =-.

By: Carl Thompson

Carl Thompson — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:32:34 +0000

We have followed many trends in the current market down turn and have seen many smaller agency boutiques popping. They all seem to have one common denominator. That is they are growing their businesses while the larger, more top heavy agencies are cutting back and trimming the fat.

One in particular is: Blue Sky Interactive Group of Scottsdale Arizona.

Blue Sky has virtually no overhead. They contract with the same workers from the larger agencies that are either being laid off, or who simply wish to seek some extra income on the side. This is a win win since Blue Sky Interactive Group can pass on to it’s clients an extremely competitive price while maintaining the high quality, high touch level of service.

The two founders of Blue Sky Interactive, Richard P. Srery and Brian Benene both come from large digital interactive agencies, and bring a wealth of knowledge to the party.

Blue Sky Interactive Group’s core focus is on online sweepstakes, instant win games, micro sites and SEO/NSO. These guys are certainly on the cutting edge of what I believe to be the new way most digital agencies will be conducting business in order to maintain a competitive edge. Gone are the mega agencies like Razor Fish or Agency.com and here to stay are the micro agencies like Blue Sky Interactive Group.

Check them out here: Blue Sky Interactive Group

By: Oscar Del Santo

Oscar Del Santo — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:13:06 +0000

The truth is that all those prophets of doom and gloom who only a year ago were prediciting the end of the capitalist system got it so wrong. We definitely have to learn the lessons and tighten regulations but nobody seriously contemplates a collapse of the system now. Great relief! .-= Oscar Del Santo´s last blog ..ORM and the Dark Side =-.

By: Roger Over

Roger Over — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:59:39 +0000

I suspect leading brands are a good leading indicator of economic upturn. Let us hope they keep trending up.