8-16-22 – Bananas Can Teach You a Lot About Business

This podcast is sponsored by SBS Accounting & Advisors.  Use the promo code FLASH and get 20% off your set up fee!  https://sbsaccountants.com/.----------  NEWS ROUNDUP1The producer price index, a measure of wholesale inflation, fell in July by 0.5%.Consumer confidence increased slightly in a preliminary reading for August.Productivity declined in the second quarter by 4.6%.The New York Federal Reserve Bank’s Empire State Manufacturing Survey plummeted to -31.3 for August.https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htmhttps://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/producer-price-inflation-momhttp://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdfhttps://www.newyorkfed.org/survey/empire/empiresurvey_overview.htmlhttps://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-york-empire-state-factory-gauge-plunges-in-august-deep-into-contraction-territory-11660566652 ---------- 2Some small businesses that have relied heavily on social media marketing are hurting from the changing digital privacy landscape.https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/small-businesses-count-cost-of-apples-privacy-changes/---------- FEATURE – Bananas Can Teach You a Lot About BusinessThe Savannah Bananas’ experience has two key takeaways that can help your business:  First, clearly identify what the real problem is.  Second, look at circumstances differently and creatively fix the customer’s difficulty.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulCsMyh7sO4https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2022/08/on-espn2-espn-this-friday-premiere-of-bananaland-original-series-live-banana-ball-games/---------- I would love to hear from you! Please email me at [email protected] me at [email protected] give me feedback on the podcast.Show web site:  www.smallbizflash.com