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Elk Grove mayor's Day 1 diary from the Bahamas Bowl

By Craig Johnson
Dec 18, 2018 9:41 AM - Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson is sending a daily journal from Nassau, Bahamas in advance of the Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl, to be played Friday, Dec. 21.
Elk Grove businesses are going to Bahamas Bowl for work, and a little pinball

By Christopher Placek
Dec 11, 2018 5:23 AM - A December trip to a Caribbean island may sound like a perfect winter getaway, but Elk Grove Village officials and industrial leaders heading to the Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl next week say it's a business trip.
Money Mailer marks 20 year anniversary

Dec 8, 2018 1:00 AM - Money Mailer of Fox River Valley is celebrating 20 years in the direct marketing industry.
6 B2B marketing myths debunked

May 21, 2018 1:00 AM - It can be challenging for small business owners to identify marketing strategies aligned with their business goals that are sensible and affordable. Business-to-business marketers (B2B) face different obstacles than their business-to-consumer cousins. Research shows generating high-quality leads ranks as a primary concern for nearly 6 out 10 business marketers. If you find yourself wondering if your organization can employ some of the same strategies as the "big guys," the truth is, you can. Most marketing tactics are scalable. Here are six small business marketing myths that are ready to be busted:
CEO from Wheaton shows you can be profitable and kind

Feb 12, 2018 10:21 AM - Kathleen Kenehan Henson of Wheaton knows first hand that things happen for a reason. Looking back, she realizes that if she didn't leave her post as a senior executive of a global firm about 20 years ago, she would not have two imporatant aspects of her life - her five children and her thriving marketing agency.
'Crosstown Corridor' idea nets marketing competition win for Waubonsie Valley

By Marie Wilson
Feb 7, 2018 9:20 AM - Route 59 in Naperville and Aurora should be reborn as Crosstown Corridor, say a group of students who won a marketing competition.
Quill.com honored with gold award

Daily Herald Report
Dec 11, 2017 12:23 PM - MDR , a division of Dun & Bradstreet, and Quill.com, an online business and medical product marketplace for small and medium sized businesses and subsidiary of Staples Inc., announced gold honors in the 2017 MarCom Awards, an international competition administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals.
Goodbye Apple store, hello 'town square'?

Abha Bhattarai
Sep 24, 2017 7:18 AM - From now on, Apple says its stores are "town squares." Here's its new concept: Company stores that would double as public spaces, complete with outdoor plazas, indoor forums and designated boardrooms for local entrepreneurs. Great idea? Or branding fantasy?
See thosee hipsters outside that new restaurant? Chicago native's new app pays them to stand there

Peter Holley
Aug 19, 2017 7:18 AM - There was a time when you could trust that a crowd of people was a naturally occurring mass of individuals. But that time may be passing thanks to Surkus, an app that allows businesses to quickly manufacture an ideal crowd and pay the people to stand in place like extras on a movie set.
Western DuPage Chamber named WorkNet One-Stop-Operator

Aug 10, 2017 10:51 AM - The Western DuPage Chamber of Commerce has been selected by the DuPage County Local Workforce Innovation Board to serve as the One-Stop-Operator for WorkNet DuPage.

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