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DELCO Market: So You Think You’re an Eagles Fan?
By Veronica Robbins There are Eagles fans and then there are Eagles fans. Am I right? You’ve known for years that you’re one of the real fans of the Philadelphia Eagles, and that’s what you’ve been telling all your friends, but don’t you think you should find out for sure? A book published earlier this…
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DELCO Market: Shovelution, A Revolutionary Snow Shovel That Has Your Back
Another blizzard is coming. You know it is. And you know you hate shoveling snow. It’s no fun. And it makes your back hurt. But what if it didn’t have to make your back hurt? What if you had a tool to help you get the job done quickly and easily (okay, fairly easily), without…
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DELCO Review: Yes, Another iPhone Charging Pad – But Better
By Veronica Robbins The idea of a wireless charging base is not new, but one that is i-Phone optimized for the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus or iPhone X is a welcome sight for owners of newer iPhones. The Mophie Wireless Charging Base is one of two iPhone optimized wireless charging pads. It is smaller…
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DELCO Review: Is a Curious Mind the Secret to a Bigger Life?
By Veronica Robbins Most wouldn’t list curiosity as one of the most important habits for successful business people, but that’s exactly what Brian Grazer advocates in his book A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life. Grazer co-founded Imagine Entertainment with Ron Howard in 1986, won an Oscar for Best Picture for A Beautiful…
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DELCO Career – Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College, a highly selective liberal arts college located with a 425‐acre campus designated arboretum, complete with gardens, rolling lawns, a creek, wooded hills, and hiking trails in the Crum Woods, has the following Delaware County positions posted: Assistant Director of Horticulture and Grounds The Assistant Director of Horticulture and Grounds provides the highest level…
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From CHESCO: Baldwin’s Book Barn in West Chester Takes Book-Buying Experience to New Level
Baldwin’s Book Barn in West Chester has been in operation for more than seven decades, and it has elevated the book-buying experience to a whole new level, writes Kate Chadwick for the W.C. Press. The store was founded in 1946 by William and Lilla Baldwin in a huge stone barn that was a part of…
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PA Turnpike Sets 10th Straight Toll Hike
A new year means higher tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Motorists will see a 6 percent increase for cash and E-ZPass beginning Sunday. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission says the increase, approved by commissioners last July, is needed to meet funding and capital-improvement obligations, writes philly.com. This will be the 10th year in a row tolls…
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Philadelphia Region Construction Tops $9 Billion in 2017
Data through the end of November show that the Philadelphia region had a robust year in both residential and non-residential construction activity, far exceeding last year’s figures. Total building activity in both categories — non and residential construction — totaled $9.12 billion for this year through November compared with $5.86 billion last year during the same…
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Will You Still Need Me When I’m 64?
By Ken Sher Do you ever wonder what your job and career prospects will be like when you’re 40, 50 or 60+ years old? You may be surprised to learn that your prospects can actually be pretty good. Statistics show that it takes the average manager/director level person about 6-9 months to find a job…
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DELCO Careers – DNB First
DNB First, the oldest national bank in the Philadelphia region providing a broad array of consumer and business banking products as well as brokerage and insurance services across 15 locations in Chester, Delaware, and Philadelphia counties, has the following Chester County career positions posted on their career page. Branch Manager The Branch Manager at DNB…
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VISTA Careers – Five Star Senior Living
Five Star Senior Living, a national healthcare and senior living provider offering high quality service and care with the warmth and hospitality of home, has the following career opening in their Devon, Exton and Glen Mills facilities. Sales Specialist The Sales Specialist atFive Star Senior Living works with community teams to build census targets in…
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Yeadon’s Union Packaging Counters Consolidation with Organic Growth
Michael Pearson, the president and CEO of Union Packaging, is determined to beat the increasing consolidation in its field by focusing on organic growth, writes Ayana Jones for The Philadelphia Tribune. The independent company that produces environmentally friendly packaging for restaurants and food service companies was founded 18 years ago in Yeadon. Pearson says the…
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Maximizing Your Local Search Visibility
By Julie Friedman Bacchini Search Engine Optimization used to be pretty easy – create relevant title tags for web pages and content that used the keywords you wanted to be found for and voila, page one Google positioning. Or create a page for each town you wanted to target and talk about your product or…
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‘Day 1’ Philosophy of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Can Transform Contentment and Attrition in Business
By Gina F. Rubel In a recent letter to his Amazon shareholders, CEO Jeff Bezos gives a lay of the proverbial “Day 1” landscape, while warning against the stasis of “Day 2.” He says that a company can never stop being a start-up and believes that company leadership need always think like they did on…
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American Dream Dying of Shareholder Obsession
Corporate America has set its sights narrowly on the demands of shareholders, rather than the health of employees, and the shrapnel from the shots it’s taken has deflated the American Dream. “There is one clear, simple statistic that speaks volumes about our peril: Wages quit rising about four decades ago and have remained flat ever…
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Digital Advertising Really Can Work for B2B
By Julie Friedman Bacchini There seems to be a bit of a persistent myth out there that digital marketing, pay per click advertising in particular, is not effective for business to business (B2B) companies. We have certainly heard these particular refrains, or something of their ilk pretty frequently: “Our sales cycles are so long, AdWords…
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DELCO Today to Take One-Week Vacation; We’ll Be Back in Touch on Monday, July 24
Every hard worker is entitled to a vacation, and that time has arrived for the handful of us here at DELCO Today who work hard to keep you up to date on the positive, upbeat news and events in Delaware County. The employees at DELCO Today are taking a one-week hiatus from July 17-21 to recharge our…
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Do You Know What Your Competitors Are Doing Online?
By Julie Friedman Bacchini Let’s start even more basic than that question – do you know who your online competitors are? SPOILER ALERT: They might not be who you think they are and/or they might be different from your offline competitors! During the course of any marketing strategy engagement, one of the first questions we…





































