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Business
There are a jaw-dropping 2.3 million internet search queries per minute. How does Google decide which results you see? How can you get your business to the top of the list? While there’s no free “easy button” for improving your rank overnight, a little knowledge about how PageRank and TrustRank work can take you a long way in your quest for a coveted spot in the first ten results. -
East Memphis
Fashion entrepreneur Ashley Dean-Parson’s ‘glamtique’ offers one-stop shopping
With her “glamtique” Ashley Dean-Parson has flipped the concept of boutique on its head. “A lot of times, being a full-figured woman, we would go into a store that we would really, really love and they wouldn’t have a plus-size section or if they did, it was really, really small,” she said. “So, I took that same concept and did it here and did the reverse.” -
Business
Three Memphis natives bring their Nashville bar to local landmark
In about a month’s time, three native Memphians plan to open a version of their upscale Nashville bar in the former Raiford’s Hollywood Disco on Vance Avenue. -
Business
Please Assist Me uses tech to tackle work-life balance problem
Work-life balance is the reason Stephanie Cummings started a tech-enabled personal assistance service, Please Assist Me. -
Business
Ole Miss grads create technology to make maintenance requests easier
Amber Hayes and Marterrious McClain decided to begin their startup, SecondKeys, in Memphis for two main reasons. -
Business
Philanthropic fashion brand changing Memphis – one shoe at a time
Edward Bogard began designing shoes when he was a kid at Campus School. He spent hours creating his own versions of Air Jordans – Air Bogards – giving autographed copies to schoolmates. He went on to graduate from Overton High School, got his BFA in product design at Savannah College of Art and Design, and was turned down for a job at Nike Inc. -
Business
Ellis Iron Works anchors One Beale in history
One Beale and Memphis Heritage Inc. pulled back the curtain Thursday, Sept. 20, on the old W.C. Ellis & Sons Iron Works and how at least part of it will fit into a $135 million project where Beale Street meets the riverfront. -
Food News LYFE Kitchen on Main closes, Carlisle Corp. sells brand
LYFE Kitchen at Chisca on Main Street Downtown has closed permanently, and Memphis-based Carlisle Corp. has sold the healthful dining brand to franchisee L3 Hospitality Group in Chicago. -
Business
The Tipping Point: Smith follows ‘faith journey’ in launching new school
When walking through life, there are bound to be opportunities for improvement. There are two types of people: those who simply complain about an issue and those who actively seek to change it. Ashley Smith, founder and CEO of Artesian Schools, falls into the latter camp. -
Business
The Daily Traveler: Come experience the world’s possibilities
I poured a second cup of coffee, walked to the kitchen table and opened my iPad, revealing the home screen photo of St. Kitts with the waves of the Atlantic crashing in from the east and the gentle bath of the Caribbean lapping ashore from the west. A road bisects the island, heading south over gently rolling hills toward the southern coast. In the distance, a cloud hovers along the top of Nevis, the sister isle of this two-island nation. -
Business
Rays of Wisdom: Generous giving and your taxes
Ray’s Take: According to the IRS, Americans gave more than $390 billion to charity last year and people in the middle to lower income brackets gave the most. You may find this surprising, but research has actually shown that the less someone earns, the more likely they are to give their money away to help others. -
Business Holiday hiring ramps up
The holiday hiring season is in full swing in Memphis, where thousands of people work to distribute products around the nation and world. -
Business
New Downtown fitness studio product of grit and grind entrepreneurship
Memphis native Victoria Young, 27, wants to inspire other young entrepreneurs to act now, and figure the how out later. -
Business
IKEA reducing operating hours at Memphis store
IKEA will cut its operating hours in Memphis, the retailer’s only U.S. store to reduce store hours. -
Education
Tiger territory: Big new sign envisioned for University District
The University of Memphis president is at it again, pushing for big, iconic structures to define the campus and its surrounding neighborhoods. -
Business
Guest Column: BBB, government team up to combat business scams
In June, the FTC, other law enforcement agencies and the BBB announced the results of Operation Main Street: Stopping Small Business Scams, a law enforcement and education initiative targeting scammers who victimize businesses. The other agencies include the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, two U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and eight state attorneys general. -
Business
Career Corner: Job offers are like buses
The title of my column today may sound a bit confusing. It comes from one of my own mentors. Years ago, when I was finishing graduate school in California, I spent a significant amount of time searching for the right job. I would go to job fairs and networking events as if it were my full-time job. I would interview for anything and everything. -
Business
FUNdraising: Diversity & Acceptance in Fundraising
Editor’s note: Part one of a four-part series. We were asked to speak to the Memphis Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) on Sept. 13. The following is part one of our remarks. We share these as we believe they are important to all of us who care about Memphis. Remarks were written by Melvin and Pearl Shaw and delivered by Pearl Shaw. -
Business
Let’s Grow: Practicing Innovation – An Inside Job
It is a heroic adventure being an innovation practitioner. To lead an organization to where it is ready to flex its culture, business model, practices and management style requires the types of talents and skills that only metaphors can describe: the hunting instincts of a lion, the fortitude of a buffalo, the wisdom of an owl and the patience of a turtle. -
Business Ceremony to mark completion of $4.5M levee drainage project
When the Mississippi River rose to historic levels in 2011, local officials observed water seeping under the levee that protects the Frank C. Pidgeon Industrial Park near Presidents Island.
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