Marketing session set at INnovation Center

HAMMOND | The Hammond INnovation Center and Northwest Indiana SBDC present their next Lunch and Learn Workshop, "Marketing the Message of 'What’s In It for Me'"

Panel to discuss marketing yourself at PUC

HAMMOND | "Marketing Yourself in a Tough Economy” is the theme of Purdue University Calumet’s next Platinum Speakers presentation at 6 p.m. April 22 in the university’s Student Union & Library, Room with a View.

Hobart YMCA to offer course about couponing next month

HOBART | The Hobart YMCA, 601 W. 40th Place, will hold an introduction to couponing class from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. April 9.

Local Realtors offer a drone with a view

VALPARAISO | Realtors Jeff and Grace Safrin are taking their use of technology to new heights.

How to Find Perfect Gifts for Birthdays and Special Occasions

When it comes to birthdays, anniversaries and other gift-giving occasions, finding the perfect present can be daunting.

GUEST COMMENTARY: Social media event of the year?

Were you planning to sit back and relax while watching Super Bowl XLVII? Think again. There’s a conspiracy afoot to get you to work during the game.

The family business -- functional or not?

Over the years I have seen many family businesses with just about every imaginable combination of family members and every combination of ownership, even some that could be construed as bizarre combinations:

Classic fashion brand Burberry goes digital

Angela Ahrendts may be CEO of Burberry, but one of her favorite accessories is an Apple iPhone5 that she's used to oversee a mobile makeover at the 150-year-old company best known for trenchcoats and tartan plaids.

Radio Personality John Williams

Radio Personality John Williams, shown in this 2010 promotional photo, is leaving WGN Radio at the end of 2012.

C.P. public works board OKs contract for marketing data

CROWN POINT | The Crown Point Board of Public Works and Safety approved a $63,000 contract with Fort Worth-based Buxton to provide marketing data meant to help lure and retain economic development in the city.

Kayak concession plans in Hobart remain afloat

HOBART | Plans to operate a kayak rental business at Lake George this summer remain afloat, city officials said.

Regarding the impossible ...

Writing on the Google web page, co-founder Larry Page promised to maintain a healthy disregard for the impossible. It is that mindset that gets an entrepreneur's heart beating a little faster, and a little more adrenaline rushing throughout the body.

E-Trade to repay misled investors

INDIANAPOLIS | A major online stock brokerage has agreed to repay Hoosier investors misled about the safety of the auction-rate securities market.

Munster in the 'Market' for victory

MUNSTER | Munster High School students Nick Laszlo, Aabesh De and Sammy Dong won first-place awards at the recent 66th annual DECA International Career Development Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Let's deal!

Used car dealership. Fragment of a windshield

Hot Dog! Wienermobile rolls into Highland

HIGHLAND | A seven–ton orange hot dog rolled into the parking lot of Strack and Van Til on Monday. This slice of Americana is better known as the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, a mobile marketing tool for 75 years.

VIDEO: Automakers entice customers at auto show

Automakers employ different marketing strategies to entice customers at the Chicago Auto Show.

A new beginning toward a great business

Every New Year's Day, aside from the social and sporting aspects of today's celebration, many people take a few minutes to reflect on their lives, both personal and business.

MetroSouth Medical receives 8 awards for marketing

BLUE ISLAND | MetroSouth Medical Center recently received eight Pinnacle Awards from the Illinois Society for Healthcare Marketing and Public Relations.

PSC earns accolades at public relations conference

CHICAGO HEIGHTS | Prairie State College received a gold and two silver medallion awards of excellence at the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations District 3 conference held last month in Detroit, Mich. Members of the Communications and Marketing Department accepted the awards …