Creativity

Let's Brand Your Business for...Sales with Chuck Mefford

Our guest is a returning visitor to the Business News Hour is Chuck Mefford from Brands Formation. Author, marketer and branding expert was in Des Moines this week helping business owners better understand the science of branding/marketing. Our conversation and our toothpaste test!  Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only business broadcast in the Des Moines Metro and a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications a full service advertising agency based in Des Moines.  Connect with us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour and, for more, here is our Facebook Page.

Darcy Maulsby on Calhoun County, History and Photo Preservation

Our guest is Darcy Maulsby who owns a marketing company, writes for a living and now has published a book about the history of Calhoun County, Iowa. Some fantastic photos and notes about what was a county of over 19,000 people...but shrunk to just under 9,000 today. We also talked about the importance of saving hard copies of your photos for the future. Good stuff! Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only business broadcast in the Des Moines Metro and a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications a full service advertising agency based in Des Moines.  Connect with us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour and, for more, here is our Facebook Page.

The Sign Business with Steve Smith of Fastsigns

There have been lots of changes in the way business uses signage. We asked Steve Smith the owner of Fastsigns in Clive, Iowa to visit with us about the trends in signage today and how his business has grown over the past twelve years. Some interesting insights for your business. Have a listen: Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only business broadcast in the Des Moines Metro and a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications a full service advertising agency based in Des Moines.  Connect with us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour and, for more, here is our Facebook Page.

Business Social Media and Networking with Laura!

Each week Laura Kinnard joins us to talk about business education and networking events in the Des Moines Metro along with some social media thoughts. Here's Laura and you can also follow along #DMBizEvents on Twitter. Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only business broadcast in the Des Moines Metro and a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications a full service advertising agency based in Des Moines.  Connect with us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour and, for more, here is our Facebook Page.

Let's Start a Media Company...For Real!

Recently we ran across a piece that is so timely we gotta share. This is part of what I'll do for the Midwest Social Media Marketing Summit in Mason City this weekend. We're going to start a Media Company!  No, really!  Our media company will have a newspaper, a wire service, offer live TV reports, a television station, a radio station, we'll have a photo service, a connection point for events and a place to find talent for our new company. And the cost for us to build all of this out?  Just about...zero.  Have a listen.Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only business broadcast in the Des Moines Metro and a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications a full service advertising agency based in Des Moines.  Connect with us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour and, for more, here is our Facebook Page.

It's Gettin' WAVY with Arsenio and Clifton

They met in college, became friends and created Wavy Productions. What is WAVY?  It's part promotion, part acting, part music...heck it's Clifton Antoine and Arsenio Valentin.  Fun stuff...Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only business broadcast in the Des Moines Metro and a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications a full service advertising agency based in Des Moines.  Connect with us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour and, for more, here is our Facebook Page.

The Midwest Comicon Coming to Des Moines!

The Iowa Event Center is the headquarters for the Midwest Comicon. Loads of information, high level guests and more. With us, in studio, The Dark Knight along with Cordell and Scott the promoters for the event. Learn who is coming and how to get tickets.  Here is our conversation: Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only business broadcast in the Des Moines Metro and a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications a full service advertising agency based in Des Moines.  Connect with us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour and, for more, here is our Facebook Page.

Let's Talk Trends in Architecture with Paul Mankins

Our studio guest, Paul Mankins, is the principal at Substance Architecture and past officer of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). We invited Paul in to talk a bit about the building boom the Des Moines Metro has experienced over the past several years.  We also talk about the trend in sustainable structures and why that is happening. We cap it off with a brief conversation about an upcoming AIA convention coming to Des Moines later in October.  Meet Paul...Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only business broadcast in the Des Moines Metro and a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications a full service advertising agency based in Des Moines.  Connect with us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour and, for more, here is our Facebook Page.

Branding - What Business Needs to Know

One of the goals of the Business News Hour is to offer business owners/managers and boards information on how they can boost their success. In this segment we visit with our friend Brooke Benschoter of The Consultancy a public relations and branding firm here in the Des Moines Metro. What is it that businesses can learn and then do to increase acceptance?  Have a listen: Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only business broadcast in the Des Moines Metro and a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications a full service advertising agency based in Des Moines.  Connect with us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour and, for more, here is our Facebook Page.

Let's Talk Home Remodeling!

Coming up this weekend it's the Homebuilders Association of Greater Des Moines tour of remodeled homes. We wanted to learn more so we invited Dan Knoup, the executive officer of the association and Marie Herrick of Modern Touches to our studio.  Here is that conversation:  Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only business broadcast in the Des Moines Metro and a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications a full service advertising agency based in Des Moines.  Connect with us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour and, for more, here is our Facebook Page.