Insight On Business the News Hour

Six Small Business Saturday Tips for Retail

Coming up on Saturday 26 November is National Small Business Saturday. If you own or manage that brick and mortar business let us help you by offering up some marketing tips that will help you beat out the Big Box...
Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:05pm on AM-940, FM-104.5 and in HD at 103.3 HD2. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Christian Photo - Small Business Spotlight

In our continuing series leading up to Small Business Saturday we visit with the Father/Son team of Christian Photo of Urbandale. Grant Christian and his father Brian give us the back-story of how the business began with founder (and still active member of the team) Dick Christian. We talk about how a love of photography has become one of the best full service photo shops in the state. Christian Photo in our Small Business Spotlight. 
Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:05pm on AM-940, FM-104.5 and in HD at 103.3 HD2. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

The Art of Understanding and Leading Change

Change in our personal and professional life can be un-nerving. Here we visit with Deborah Rinner from Tero International about the factors that make change so threatining to so many people. How to tamp down those fears and then lead change headed for a positive outcome. Helpful and spot on...listen in.
 
Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:05pm on AM-940, FM-104.5 and in HD at 103.3 HD2. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

The Immigrant Entrepreneurs Summit

The 9th Annual Immigrant Entrepreneurs Summit happens on Saturday 19 November in Ankeny. Here to share more about what attendees can expect and who might go are Amelia Lobo and Ben Jung. The diversity at this event is astounding. Listen to their story. 
 
Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:05pm on AM-940, FM-104.5 and in HD at 103.3 HD2. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

The Kiwanis Basketball Jamboree

Each year the Metro Kiwanis Clubs band together to put on an entire day of high school basketball. It's all in an effort to raise funds for worthy causes. Today we chat with Conor O'Brien from the Des Moines Kiwanis who explains what you can expect and the cause they are sponsoring.
 
Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:05pm on AM-940, FM-104.5 and in HD at 103.3 HD2. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Mobility, Economics and the Greater Des Moines Metro

Our guest is David Fields of Nelson-Nygaard of San Francisco who was in the Des Moines Metro to share some thoughts and ideas about the future of mobility in our city and tackle some rural issues that revolve around vehicles, parking and more. Are we moving away from a "car centric" way of life? What about traffic and traffic patterns? What is the future of our suburbs and the downtown areas? In the end the conversation is all about the economic reality of the trends we're seeing in mobility, accessability and sustainability and how they impact our future. Some stunning options to consider. enjoy. 
 
Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:05pm on AM-940, FM-104.5 and in HD at 103.3 HD2. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group.

Business Networking and Social Media for Business

We had some tech issues with posting our business interviews so apologize for getting this out so late. Here Laura Kinnard visits about several events happening in the metro where you can get your business networking on. We also chat about Twitter for Business. Enjoy. 
You can catch the live broadcast of the Business News Hour each weekday starting at 5:05pm on AM-940, FM-104.5 and in HD at 103.3 HD2. Thanks for listening! 

Sam Auen - Restaurateur of the Week

Each week we present our locally owned Restaurant of the Week along with the chef that makes it all happen. This week we chat with our friend Sam Auen of Tacopocalypse and Krunkwich Ramen House two very original joints that you MUST try. Here we talk about his success, that even Sam is shocked at, and what drives him. Enjoy this fun, lively and engaging conversation:
 
Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only daily hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. You can hear us Monday - Friday at 5:05PM on AM-940, FM-104.5 and in HD at 103.3 HD2. We monitor Twitter @IOB_NewsHour before, during and after each broadcast.

Eat, Play, Love Des Moines - Stuff to DO with Sheryl Tessier!

We get a big kick out of sharing events and "Stuff to DO in the Greater Des Moines Metro" and who better to surprise and delight than our own Sheryl Tessier from Eat, Play, Love Des Moines! Here you go...stuff to do from Saturday right on through the week. Yay! 
Insight on Business is the only daily, hour long business news broadcast in the Midwest. You'll find us Monday - Friday on AM-940, FM-104.5 and in HD at 103.3 HD-2.
Thanks for coming by..oh, and on Twitter we are @IOB_NewsHour.

Workers and New Apprenticeship Programs

For years we have seen people trained for jobs in apprenticeship programs in careers such as plumbing, welding, construction. Today, because of a tight labor market, businesses are starting apprenticeship progams in health care, office administration even craft brewing. To explain all of this and share with us how businesses can get involved we reached out to Greer Sisson the State Director - Office of Apprenticeship for the United States Department of Labor. Here is that conversation. 
Insight on Business the News Hour is the only hour-long, business news broadcast in the Midwest and is heard Monday - Friday on AM-940, FM-104.5 and in HD at 103.3 HD2.