Monthly Archives: May 2012

Manufacturing Jobs Are Returning to US

“Re-shoring” or “rebalancing” - call it what you like, manufacturing jobs returning to the United States include local motorcycle designer / manufacturer Cleveland CycleWerks which is bringing the manufacturing of their bikes home. Formerly manufactured in China, the motorcycles will soon be produced in a 60,000 ft. factory right here in Cleveland, Ohio.

Watching For The Ads On A Show About Pitching Advertising

The Monday, May 7th episode of AMC's "The Pitch" shows two advertising agencies attempting to win the opportunity to create something of a first - a tri-branded national campaign for three brands, Benjamin Franklin Plumbing, One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning and Mister Sparky will review the proposed marketing campaigns. This episode is a little close to my heart because of our work in helping both define the brand and market the national membership organization 1-800-SWEEPER - a national consortium of individually-owned street sweeping companies.