THE BLOOM BOX – Power in a Box

New energy technologies may change the way our homes and offices are powered

Bloom Energy, which was founded in 2002 has already sold its stationary, solid oxide fuel cells to some of the most prominent U.S. companies, including Google, Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola, eBay, and Fedex. What is just as exciting as the Bloom Box is that the big power companies are too late to buy and hide the technology. Our hats off to Bloom for not selling out and to the companies who were the first in line. They maked a clear statement that they represent a new way of thinking and caring for our big blue ball.

Finding Mr. Right- Picking the Right Merchant Service

MRG provides a suite of business products so it would seem natural that we would want to offer merchant services. Most every merchant has to have the ability to accept credit and debit cards, right? With a good business plan, and a little research we have a good starting point. Working with our client base we peppered them with a few questions like; “how do you like you current service, what kind of fees are you paying and would you be open to looking at a few other options”? I have to say; we were more than surprised as most everyone we spoke with was confused… to the point they were really unclear just what fees they were paying for the services they had. Most were also unhappy with the service in general and felt trapped by the lack of understanding and the fact they were in some cases locked into an agreement.

Why Your Business Needs Social Media

What if you could speak directly to your target audience and get them to repeat your messages to everyone in their community? You’ve probably heard that you already can with Social and Digital Media. Think that there isn’t time to engage these type of fads? In actuality, you don’t have time not to do it and your competition already is. What is referred to as “Social Media” is now the #1 activity on the web, spreading information faster than any news organization.

The good news on that front is that it’s not too late to get started. Social and digital media are still in their infant stages and getting started now means being able to evolve with it, as a business owner, community member and even as a consumer.