skip to main | skip to sidebar Distribution Update Wednesday, August 18, 2010 Emerson sells motor business to Japanese firm Two Emerson Motor Company businesses included in sale Emerson has agreed to sell its Motors and Appliance Controls businesses to Nidec Corporation of Kyoto, Japan. North American presence for Nidec’s global motor and motor-related business. Included in the sale are two Emerson Motor Company businesses – Emerson’s Commercial and Industrial Motors (CIM) and Emerson Appliance Motors and Controls (EAMC). Louis. Eaton Corp. MORE >>

We read and participate in a number of marketing studies and reports - especially ones that include small business. Blogging Benefits. blog attracts a smart prospect; someone who is out there educating themselves about the products or services that they are looking to potentially purchase or research they are conducting with potential companies they want to do business with. It adds a substantial amount of value to my business if I ever decided to sell it. That’s why it is important to have a blogging strategy. First Movers Advantage. PR Opportunities. MORE >>

This Weekend: Seattle’s Green Home Tour Was Your Business Prepared For A Government Shutdown? Maryland Adopts The International Green Construction Code Solicitation of the Month: John L O’Brien Building, Olympia, WA Washington’s Prompt Payment Act: Public Works Only USGBC Faces Deadline to Answer, Files Motion to Dismiss A Lien Might Just Save Your Small Construction Business Construction Law News Why not Embrace Green Building? Its a phrase I often mutter to myself when reviewing a general contractor’s agreement for a subcontractor client.  MORE >>

B-Corps are an attractive new business model. This blog is about construction, but its mostly about the business of construction. Construction thrives on your small business’ success. But in the past few years, we have seen serious decline in the long-term success of new business launches. That is where the B-Corporation  (Benefit Corporation) might help – a new business model built to sustain. The B-Corporation was a private endeavor, formulated by a bunch of business gurus who were fed up with the traditional business model. MORE >>

But I always finish that sentence by telling you to make sure you tie your features back to the benefit to your client or customer, but I got an email over the weekend from a reader who said they were confused about the two. As a marketing guy, it is easy for me to swerve in and out of the two concepts seamlessly, but if you are having trouble distinguishing between your features and benefits, then help is on the way. Most contractors decide what business they want to start based on two things: 1) what they are good at, and 2) what they think people will buy. MORE >>