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Triple Your Sales by Making 4 Simple Website Tweaks

Running your business is one thing, but making it generate enough revenue to achieve your goals can sometimes be a challenge. That’s why you have a website, but unless it’s delivering enough leads, it’s not useful. Use these conversion rate optimization (CRO) tactics and triple your sales by making a few simple website tweaks.

By |2021-11-29T10:56:34-05:00September 28th, 2021|Digital Marketing, Internet, Social Media|

Former Detroit Free Press Reporter Rachel Konrad Named To Next Gen Foods Board

DETROIT - Next Gen Foods has named former Tesla and Impossible Foods executive Rachel Konrad as its first independent board member. Konrad grew up in Grosse Pointe and spent five years working for the Detroit Free Press in the 1990s. "We can't solve our planet's climate and extinction crises without radical changes to the food system --

By |2021-09-29T15:17:05-04:00September 28th, 2021|New Products, New Products / Contracts|

Automotive ‘Country Club’ Coming To Livingston County

HOWELL—An “automotive country club” is being developed on 270 acres in Howell, in an area bounded by I-96, Lucy Road, Grand River Avenue, and Michigan Avenue. Developers Motorsports Gateway LLC say the complex will offer private garage condominiums and other amenities, along with an exclusive driving circuit where motorsports enthusiasts can push their cars to

By |2021-09-27T12:17:10-04:00September 27th, 2021|ESD|

Advancing Your Nursing Career: What You Need to Know

DETROIT - One of the best things about a career in nursing is that nursing is always changing and evolving. There are lots of career opportunities coming up every day, with different and varied patient needs calling for specialized nurses with specialized skills. If you are already practicing and making a difference in patient’s lives,

By |2021-09-27T10:28:49-04:00September 27th, 2021|Guest Columns|

10-Digit Dialing Mandatory In Michigan’s 616, 810, 906 and 989 Area Codes  – On Oct. 24

LANSING - The time is quickly approaching for telephone users in Michigan’s 616, 810, 906, and 989 area codes to include an area code with every phone call — known as 10-digit dialing — in preparation for the rollout of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. In just one month, beginning Oct. 24, all phone customers with numbers in

By |2023-12-23T20:04:38-05:00September 26th, 2021|5th Generation Mobile Network 5G, Featured, Politics/Government|

Melting Polar Ice Shifting Earth, Not Just Sea Levels

BOSTON - The melting of polar ice is not only shifting the levels of our oceans, it is changing the planet Earth itself. Newly minted Ph.D. Sophie Coulson and her colleagues explained in a recent paper in Geophysical Research Letters that, as glacial ice from Greenland, Antarctica, and the Arctic Islands melts, Earth’s crust beneath these

By |2021-09-26T16:51:01-04:00September 26th, 2021|Climate Change, Science|

Oregon Scientist Working To Get Carbon Out Of Atmosphere

CORVALIS, Ore. - Over the next three years, Oregon State University researchers will be tackling one of the biggest technological challenges of our time — removing climate change-causing carbon from the atmosphere. “We’re designing technologies, or chemistry in my case, that will capture carbon dioxide just out of ambient air,” said OSU chemist May Nyman.

By |2021-09-26T16:52:25-04:00September 26th, 2021|Carbon Capture, Science|

Comerica Bank Michigan Economic Index Increased In July, 8th Consecutive Monthly Gain

DETROIT - Comerica Bank’s Michigan Economic Activity Index increased in July to 107.6, its eighth consecutive monthly gain. The index is within striking distance of its pre-COVID level of 109.2 from February 2020. Comerica's Economist said the bank expects to get there before the end of the year pending increased output by automakers. The auto production

By |2021-09-26T16:41:19-04:00September 26th, 2021|ESD|

Deadwood Releasing 10.9 Gigatons Of Carbon Every Year – More Than All Fossil Fuel Emissions Combined

DETROIT - Decaying wood releases around 10.9 gigatons of carbon worldwide every year, according to a new study by an international team of scientists. This is roughly equivalent to 115 percent of fossil fuel emissions. Co-author of the study Professor David Lindenmayer from The Australian National University (ANU) says it’s the first time researchers have been able

By |2021-09-26T16:41:19-04:00September 26th, 2021|Climate Change, Science|

A2Tech360 Oct. 1-8 In Ann Arbor

Two Weeks Until a2Tech360! October 1 – 8, 2021 We’re excited to announce four new events to the lineup, including the a2Tech360 Job Seeker Trek! With 20+ in-person and virtual events — many of which are free — there’s a lot of opportunity to engage with Ann Arbor’s dynamic tech community. While the entire schedule

By |2021-09-26T16:41:20-04:00September 26th, 2021|Entrepreneurs, Events/Announcements, New Products / Contracts|