sarasota: Last Chance to Register for FPRA SWFL Media Breakfast
- 06/07/19 09:31 AM
Perfecting your Pitch – Covering your Media Bases Date/Time: June 11, 2019 8:00 -11:00 a.m. Location: Holiday Inn Fort Myers Airport at Town Center 9931 Interstate Commerce Drive Fort Myers, FL 33913
Confirmed Speakers
Ernest Hooper has served the readers of the Tampa Bay Times for more than 25 years. He’s handled a variety of roles during that span, and currently works as a metro columnist and assistant sports editor. Hooper also hosts “That’s All I’m Saying,” a public affairs show on WEDU-PBS.
Captain Debbie Hanson is an award-winning outdoor writer (Florida Outdoor Writers Association & Outdoor Writers Association of America), women’s sport fishing advocate, and … (0 comments)
sarasota: Surprising Number of SWFL Businesses Unprepared for Irma Aftermath
- 10/17/17 09:15 AM
During Hurricane Irma, one of my clients in southwest Florida - SkyLink Data Centers - stood as a fortress amongst the falling trees, mangled signs and broken windows, power outages and loss of internet service. We have been helping them tell their story and share lessons learned so that businesses who lost twoo weeks or more of revenue might be a little more prepared for a future storm. It's not always about escaping structural damage. Without power and internet service, many businesses missed payroll, laid off workers, are behind on paying vendors and had hard time even communicating with their customers. For example, … (0 comments)
sarasota: Serving Customer Delight - Save the Date - Aug 23 Symposium
- 05/09/17 08:58 PM
As chair of the 2017 symposium planning committee, my southwest Florida followers are encouraged to block August 23 on their calendar to attend the 4th annual Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce Business Symposium. Our theme this year is Serving Cutomer Delight and will feature more than a dozen speakers who will share best practices, tips and their experiences around this topic. In a sea of commodity products and services, customer delight is a key differentiator that can separate you and your organization from the pack. In the very near future we will be announcing the keynote speaker and full roster of workshop … (0 comments)
sarasota: Top 10 Markets Attracting Baby Boomers
- 05/25/15 03:01 AM
Watch out Florida! The Baby Boomers are stampeding in your direction! According to the American Community Survey conducted by the United States Census Bureau, nearly half of baby boomers that move end up in Florida! More than one out of three baby boomers are flocking to the gulf coast corridor along Interstate 75 between Bradenton and Fort Myers (including booming areas such as Sarasota, Estero and Bonita Springs). Below is the complete top ten ranking of the percentage of baby boomers moving into these hot markets:
Things that pop into my mind when I consider statistics like this include: -Are there enough doctors and other qualified … (7 comments)
sarasota: Proposed Law Will Help Realtors Sell More Property to Canadians
- 04/09/14 06:02 AM
Did you know that Canadians are targeted in a specific measure of the immigration legislation currently being debated in Washington? We hear a lot about the immigration debate from and we tend to associate it with targeting Mexicans and other Central Americans crossing the border to find work. However, there is a component of the current immigration bill which would allow Canadian snowbirds (and those of us in Florida know how many thousands there are), to stay longer in the United States. Passing this bill into law will increase rent revenue for investors and commissions for real estate professionals that match leasors … (7 comments)
sarasota: Florida Real Estate Sales Driven By Cash Buyers
- 04/07/14 08:20 AM
Florida led the nation by far in cash sales for residential real estate in February. Statistics provided by RealtyTrac reveal that Cape Coral/Fort Myers had the highest percentage of cash sales in the country, 76.1 percent! In other Florida markets here are the cash sale statistics: 71.3 percent of Miami 69.4 percent of Sarasota/Venice 68.0 percent of Melbourne-Titusville 65.9 percent of Tampa Bay home sales were done in cash 62.7 percent of Lakeland 62.3 percent of Orlando 54.9 percent of Jacksonville The challenges of getting a mortgage these days combined with the high number of foreclosure inventory that is being worked through contribute to this trend. In addition, many foreign … (6 comments)
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