Cox Business Report  

Todd Smith from Cox Business Report speaks with Cox Business VP and former crisis consultant Mike Braham about the importance of business continuity/disaster recovery planning. Man-made and natural disasters or short business interruptions due to power outages can result in significant negative consequences to your business. With proper planning, companies of all sizes can reduce the impact of and maintain business continuity during unforeseen events. Mike Braham talks about the importance of having a plan in place, how technology can help ensure operational resiliency and shares tips on how to get started.

Todd Smith of Cox Business Report speaks with Richard Yamarone, author and economic analyst with Bloomberg Television and Dan Carney, VP of Cox Business Cleveland about the current state of the economy, small business impact and future outlook.

Steve Cone is a thirty-five year marketing veteran and author of Steal These Ideas. His latest book, Powerlines, explores words that sell brands, grip fans and change history. In this interview with Cox Business Report, Cone explains the power of words and gives tips to businesses on how to impact their market.

Monica Bertran, veteran Bloomberg TV reporter and host of cable-sponsored Solutions for Small Business Webcasts on Oct. 7 and Nov. 17 (www.solutionsforsmallbusiness.com), discusses market trends that impact business owners and entrepreneurs.

In this episode of Cox Business Report, Cox operations executives discuss the PC power consumption initiative and its role as part of the company Cox Conserves green initiatives. Cox Communications has deployed Verdiem’s SURVEYOR PC energy management software on 15,000 of its networked PCs and has achieved energy cost savings of nearly 40 percent. A subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, Cox Communications deployed Verdiem’s PC power management solution as part of Cox Conserves (www.coxconserves.com), Cox Enterprises’ national sustainability program to conserve resources, embrace renewable forms of energy and further reduce the company's greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2017.

For many people and businesses, the world of social media can be overwhelming: facebook, twitter, delicious, digg, ning, etc. James Andrews, social media/nontraditional marketing guru and founder of Everywhere, shares tips for getting started and the associated social and business benefits.