Archive for the ‘Business’ Category
Kalispell Mail-Processing Center to Close Next Year
By JUSTIN FRANZ - The United States Postal Service mail-sorting will be moved to Missoula by March 2013.... more
Why I’m Anti-Antivirus
By COLIN STONER - As an IT Director for over eight years, I’ve seen most types of viruses out there. Early in my career, I decided to abandon antivirus software. ... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs of the Week
Each week, Make It Missoula posts local listings from the Missoula Job Service. This week's job listings are for a Paralegal, a Nutrition Coach, and a Physical Therapist.... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Listing: September 20
Every week, Make It Missoula will post featured local job listings from the Missoula Job Service. Today's listing is an Executive Director for a non-profit group home.... more
Balancing Out the Montana “Mountain Tax”
By JENNIFER LODINE-CHAFFEY - Many Montanans talk about the “mountain tax” to describe the wage gap between here and other states. But it really does balance out.... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Listing: September 17
Every week, Make It Missoula will post featured local job listings from the Missoula Job Service. Today's is a Case Manager/Match Support Specialist at a civic agency.... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Listing: September 13
Every week, Make It Missoula will post featured local job listings from the Missoula Job Service. Today's listing is for an Outreach Coordinator at a Missoula non-profit organization.... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Listing: September 10
Every week, Make It Missoula will post featured local job listings from the Missoula Job Service. Today's listing is for a part-time teller at a Missoula community bank.... more
The Missoula Job Service: Helping Local Businesses
By JENNIFER LODINE-CHAFFEY - In addition to helping Missoulians find work, the Missoula Job Service offers services to support local businesses, like Submittable.... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Listing: September 6
Every week, Make It Missoula will post featured local job listings from the Missoula Job Service. Today's listing is for an entry-level Technology Consultant job.... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Listing: September 3
Every week, Make It Missoula will post featured local job listings from the Missoula Job Service. Today's listing is full-time Glass Technician.... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Listing: August 30
Every week, Make It Missoula will post featured local job listings from the Missoula Job Service. Today's listing is full-time Assistant Network Administrator.... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Listing: August 27
Every week, Make It Missoula will post featured local job listings from the Missoula Job Service. Today's listing is a part-time Floor Counselor at a women's fitness center.... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Listing: August 23
Every week, Make It Missoula will post featured local job listings from the Missoula Job Service. Today's listing is a GIS Specialist for a GPS mapping company.... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Listing: August 21
Every week, Make It Missoula will post featured local job listings from the Missoula Job Service. Today's listing is a Medical Biller/Accounts Receivable Representative.... more
The Economic Impact of Missoula’s Saturday Markets
By JENNIFER LODINE-CHAFFEY - In addition to creating a vibrant community, there are a number of economic benefits to supporting Missoula's farmers' markets.... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Listing: August 6
Every Monday and Thursday, Make It Missoula will post a featured local job listing from the Missoula Job Service. Today's listing is a Housekeeping Manager Position.... more
How to Use Social Media to Help Your Job Search
By JENNIFER LODINE-CHAFFEY - While social media can be a very effective tool in your job search it can also threaten your odds of finding employment. ... more
Keep Your Home Safe from Wildfire
It’s that time of year again. Here are some tips to safeguard you, your family and your home from a wildfire. ... more
10 Heavenly Montana Hikes West of the Continental Divide
By BRIAN D'AMBROSIO - Nothing inspires like a heart-pounding hike into Montana's high country. Put these ten picks for memorable hikes on your Montana bucket list!... more
Keeping Your Home Safe and Secure During Vacation
Each year, there are more than 2.15 million burglaries, over 65 percent of which are residential break-ins, with the majority occurring in the peak vacation months of July and August.... more
Exploring the Teller National Wildlife Refuge
By BRIAN D'AMBROSIO - Teller National Wildlife Refuge, with its 1,200 acres of tranquil beauty in the Bitterroot Valley near Corvallis, is Montana’s only private refuge. ... more
A Preview of IdeaMensch in Missoula: IM48 LA Recap
By COLIN STONER - I was in LA for IdeaMensch's IM48 kickoff on Monday, and got a sneak peek of the entrepreneurial event coming our way next Friday in Missoula.... more
Dashing Explorer Skip Horner, a Montana Original
By BRIAN D'AMBROSIO - After 30 years as an adventure travel guide, Skip Horner, the first guide to take clients to all 7 continents, scoffs at the notion of retirement.... more
IdeaMensch in Missoula: Bring Your Entrepreneurial Ideas to Life
By COLIN STONER - Entrepreneurs are dreamers, but there's a fine line between dream and reality. On July 13, IdeaMensch will be in Missoula to help bring ideas to life.... more
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: The Life and Business of Upholsterer Lance Hartley
By BRIAN D'AMBROSIO - At Lance Hartley’s Missoula shop, there's no team, no business plan, no collaborators. He's built a business on his customer base and reputation.... more
It’s the Right Time to Buy…for Some!
We’ve heard the phrase, “It’s a good time to buy,” but what does that really mean? With interest rates under 4%, it’s important that consumers consider the COST of a home and not just the Price.... more
The Dreaded “C” Word
By COLIN STONER - Even though I despise the word "cloud," some amazing things have happened in the tech world since it started appearing in daily conversations.... more
New Housing Trends Show a Rebound
There are mixed messages in terms of real estate growth and an economic recovery, but home sale trends and low mortgage rates, point to a housing turnaround.... more
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
By COLIN STONER - How do you spend almost a decade amassing 900 million friends, only to lose them overnight? You take your company public.... more
Missoula Organization of Realtors Reviews 2011
The Missoula Organization of Realtors reviews 2011 to include number of sales, median home prices, and average days on the market for Missoula County homes.... more
Advancing Beyond the Missoula Lifestyle Business
By COLIN STONER - As entrepreneurs and business owners in Missoula, we fall into the lifestyle business category quite often. Question is, how do you move beyond it?... more
Business is Personal: What’s a Core Story?
By MARK RIFFEY - One of the more common things you'll see from a business that's differentiating themselves using things other than price is their use of a unique selling proposition (USP), and a "core story" t... more
The Most Expensive Advertising Ever
By MARK RIFFEY. Are you wasting those carefully planned advertising investments? The most expensive investment we can make is one that's wasted.... more
Coal Trains Cause Concern for Missoula Citizens
By MARK BOATMAN - As more coal trains run through Missoula from the Powder River Basin, some citizens are voicing concern over increased pollution and noise.... more
Firm Ground: Black Coffee Makes Its Mark in Missoula
By DILLON KATO - Black Coffee Roasting Company, started in 2010 by Matt McQuilkin and Jim Chapman, has been carving a niche in Missoula's gourmet coffee world.... more
Homeword Aims to Change the Image of Affordable Housing
By ANDREW FISHER - Homeword, a Missoula non-profit, wants to change the image of affordable housing by creating sustainable, community-oriented buildings.... more
Local Vitamin Manufacturer Reaches Global Markets
By JON TWEETEN - In an inconspicuous building on Third Street, Nutritional Laboratories International makes supplements and vitamins that are sold all over the world.... more
Missoula Restaurant Owners & Chefs: Bob Zimorino of Red Pies Over Montana
In the latest installment of the Missoula Restaurant Chefs & Owners series, Bob Zimorino of Zimorino's Red Pies Over Montana answers Make it Missoula's questions.... more
Flathead Valley Distilleries Getting National Attention
By MOLLY PRIDDY. Like some of the best things in Montana, the Flathead Valley’s distilleries started with humble roots and grew through hard work.... more
View Marketing as an Investment, Not an Expense
By MARK RIFFEY.When something is viewed as an expense, your instinct is to reduce it to the smallest possible amount. Doing this to your marketing is not unlike choking yourself.... more
A Beer with Baucus in Missoula
By RYAN NEWHOUSE - On April 11, Fellow beer blogger, Alan McCormick, and I sat down for a pint with Senator Max Baucus to talk about craft beer and jobs in Montana.... more
Simple Advice for Acquiring and Retaining Customers
By MARK RIFFEY. Some of the simplest advice I give is the most powerful: "Do at least one thing today to get, or keep, a client."... more
Big Business in the Other Valley
By ELKE GOVERTSEN - It's not Silicon Valley, but Missoula is a valley of innovation, hard work, and big ideas. It's the Other Valley - you know, the one with no traffic.... more
Let Your Customers Turn On the Lamp
By MARK RIFFEY -What's the first thing you do when deciding which lamp to buy? YOU TURN ON THE LAMPS. Give your customers the opportunity to see your products in a place that makes it easy for them to buy.... more
Starting a New Business – What’s Your Plan?
By MARK RIFFEY - Let's talk about business startups. Before you order those business cards, buy those supplies, determine your costs and set your prices...you need to research your market.... more
Chimps, bikinis, cold beer, fast cars… I love the Super Bowl!
By SEAN BENTON - The Super Bowl is bigger than the game of football... I’m talking about the commercials.... more
What Does a New Business Owner Do First?
By MARK RIFFEY - Let's talk about business startups. The overwhelming load at startup can freeze you in your tracks.... more
Why Much of the Internet is Blacked Out Today
By MARK RIFFEY - What is Intellectual Property? And what's it got to do with much of the Internet being blacked out this week? Mark Riffey of the Flathead Beacon explains.... more
A Letter from Georgia
By MARK RIFFEY - We almost didn't open it, thinking it was junk mail. Why would the University of Georgia send us mail way out here in Montana?... more