Insight On Business the News Hour

Friday on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines, Iowa.  But we know you want to listen on your

time as well...so here you go.

Ankeny and a host of other Metro Communities we heard from Ben McDougal of Drake

Homes about his methods of marketing, what is unique about Drake Homes, what

tools he uses and the Des Moines housing trends. In the second half hour Dr.

Jeffery Stickel, a well known Chiropractor was in to talk about Chiropractic

Medicine, his business, the Ingersoll Neighborhood and sports medicine.  News

you can use.

planning your social calendar this week...thanks for coming by.

Insight on Business the News Hour is heard Monday - Friday live at 1350-KRNT in Des Moines, Iowa...on our time.  This is the podcast from 17 September 2013 with Kent Sovern from AARP-Iowa about older workers.  And we've got Rick Davis in from Rick Davis Loans to talk about how a college student can get out of renting and into owning.

Those two interviews along with the business and economic news of the Des Moines Metro. 

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is a broadcast heard live on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines, Iowa. It is the business and economic news of the Des Moines Metro along with interviews about business and economic development.

In the interview portions we visited with Christian Gurney of Torsion Mobile about why business needs to pay attention to going mobile with their website.  How consumers are using smartphones and tablets and why mobile makes sense.  In the second half hour we visited with Ryan Kolder from On the Spot.  Ryan is "Mr. Social" in Des Moines and we talked about how the Metro has changed, what are the "hottest events" in the city and more. 

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is our daily look at the business news and economic development news of the Des Moines, Iowa Metro.  We're heard live M-F between 5PM and 6PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines.

Today we spoke with Suzanne Hull the Get It Done Girl of Iowa about the Social Media Club of Des Moines and what it means for business and individuals.  We also discussed her Iowa Wine Tour an event slated for this Sunday...and we hear tickets are still available. In that same half-hour our Peter Tarpey visited with Jamie Fitzgerald the Polk County Auditor about the recent school board election and low voter turnout.

In the second half-hour Kiley Stenberg of Proper PopUP was in talking about pop-up stores, how they work, where they pop up at and more.  A fun, new way to cause a buzz about women's clothing.

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie talks about the

business news of the Des Moines Metro and offers up interviews with news

makers from the area.  Today we visit with Rick Davis of Fidelity Bank

and Rick Davis Loans about a brand new program for college students.

Imagine owning your housing rather than...renting.  Rick shares the new

news today. In the second half-hour we're joined by Jill Flemming.  Jill

was in a "crappy corporate job" and fear was holding her back from

starting a new business.  The story about how she broke through with

mentoring help from Desmund Adams and Mitch Matthews and how that

experience launched a second business.  Inspirational and great advice

from Jill Flemming from Promised Land Journey Coaching and Consulting.

Those

interviews and the business news from the Des Moines Metro, the Wall

Street Journal Report, stocks of local interest, a report from

agriculture and so much more. Thank you for listening!

Insight on Business the New Hour with Michael Libbie is heard live Monday - Friday starting at 5PM Central on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines, Iowa.  The News Hour focuses on business and interviews with news-makers.  In this podcast we hear from Matt McCarty, an active duty police officer who is a co-owner of Drive With Cops a driving school.  It's different, unique to the Metro and there is a special reason, according to McCarty, why this is so...personal.

Following the stocks and a report from agriculture we spend some time with Rick Green the Des Moines Register.  Three weeks ago Gannett named Green, who had been the editor of the paper for three years, as the new publisher and president.  It's a return to having a journalist as the leader of a swiftly changing media and he is very candid about his mission.

Insight on Business the News Hour is a creative body of work from Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications based in Urbandale, Iowa.  You can connect with us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour and our Facebook Page is right here.

Insight on Business - The News Hour with Michael Libbie and heard live each Monday - Friday on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines, Iowa.  Along with the business news of the day we welcomed Mike Woody from Capital Ideas to talk about the 4th Quarter and some things a business can do to boost sales during this critical time.  Our second interview is with Felix Gallagher of PharmServe a successful staffing service which places pharmacists in pharmacy's across the country.  We also talk about the patient, druggist relationship and why that is so important for consumers.

Those stories, the Wall Street Journal Report, Stocks of Local Interest, the report from Agriculture and more.  Thank you for coming by.

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie shares the news of business and economic development.  Today our guests included Ted Irvine the former president of the Des Moines West Side Chamber and a key contributor to a plan known as the Ingersoll and Grand Revitalization Plan that calls for improvements from sewers to streetscapes the latter costing a bit over eleven million dollars.  Then in the second half hour we visit with Todd Frederickson the president of the Iowa Wild Hockey Team.  Todd has a long history in professional hockey and we talked about the past and shined a light on the future.  AHL hockey is coming back to Des Moines.   Along with our conversations with news-makers we share the business news of Des Moines along with the Wall Street Journal Report, stocks of local interest and the agriculture report.

Insight on Business - The News Hour and the Labor Day 2013 Edition. Today we hear from Justin Brady, small business owner and organizer for the Iowa Creativity Summit.  What is it?  What can business learn from creativity and more with Justin Brady. Because it's Labor Day we visited with several Des Moines Labor Leaders.  We heard from Danny Homan the president of AFSCME and Ken Sager from the AFL-CIO.  Some encouraging words from the president of the Des Moines Area Community College Rob Denson and some thoughts about labor day with Polk County Auditor Jamie Fitzgerald and Congressman Bruce Braley.  Those interviews and local business news right here.  Thanks for coming by!

From August 29, 2013: from the IOB Newsroom we'll hear from Howard Bernstein about wine and liquor sales, small business and consumers.  In addition we've got the Polk County Treasurer Mary Maloney in studio talking about property taxes.  Plus reports from the field about the "largest Indian supermarket" in Iowa and you'll never believe where that is.  We've got the stocks of local interest and a marketing/advertising tip for your business.  Those stories and so many more with Insight on Business - The News Hour heard daily on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines.