Northwest Florida: We Are In the Right Place at the Right Time
This kind of investment in a region does not happen on speculation.
850 — The Business Magazine of Northwest Florida - Winter 2008
Customer Service, Often Overlooked, Can Ring Up Sales
As American shoppers tighten their belts and storefronts increasingly compete with Web sites for attention, treating customers like kings and queens could mean the difference between holding an anniversary or a going-out-of-business sale. By Michael Peltier Customer Service, Often…
Expert Advice on How to Develop a Consumer-Friendly Web Site
For all its high-tech bells and Information Age whistles, the Internet serves an age-old business function. It’s all about marketing. But the key is clicking with your consumers – meeting your clientele’s needs is still job one. By Jason Dehart…
Sound Business: Blountstown’s Matt and Dara Layfield
Sound BusinessBlountstown’s Matt and Dara Layfield, owners of the nationally recognized store Sound Off Audio, make waves in the world of small business.By Jennifer Ewing Between managing their company, Sound Off Audio, and its offshoot, Redneck Archery, handcrafting approximately…
Country Crossings Resort Planned for Jackson County
Country Crossings Resort Planned for Jackson County Country Crossings, an entertainment resort and facility being developed by Ronnie Gillie that is being compared to the country music mecca of Branson, Mo., is being planned in Alabama just north…
Pensacola-Based Research Center Develops Cutting-Edge Technologies
Smart Gadgets, Smarter MindsPensacola-Based Research Center Develops Cutting-Edge Technologies to Improve Human PerformanceBy Tim Collie Think of the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition as the place James Bond might turn for help if his tech support, Q, is…
Buzz Ritchie Brings Passion to Everything He Does
Banking on SuccessWhether at Work or in the Community, Buzz Ritchie Brings Passion to Everything He DoesBy Linda Kleindienst Buzz Ritchie began honing his business skills at a young age, grabbing a shovel and knocking on doors in his…
Lori Kelley Proves You Can Have It All – With a Little Multitasking
Lori Kelley Proves You Can Have It All – With a Little MultitaskingBy Tabitha Yang For a while, Lori Kelley thought she wanted to go into a health-related field such as nursing. She was on her way to completing…
Dragonfly Design Wins National Award
Dragonfly Design Wins National AwardThe 2008 Oasis Award for Outdoor Kitchen Design goes to Richard De Angelis and Mifflin Hollyday, landscape designers with Dragonfly Design & Detail in Santa Rosa Beach, for their “Living Green at Blue Mountain Beach” design.…
Change is indeed coming
There’s a lot of excitement among the leadership of Northwest Florida.
