Three years ago, two businessmen eating in a Los Angeles restaurant came up with an idea to start a residential program that would help homeless people, chronic criminal offenders and substance abusers learn life skills.
Later, at the airport, the two split up to go through separate security lines, and one of them said, "I'll see you on the other side." That is how The Other Side Academy came about. "Community is the key to healing. No matter how broken you are … the key is always community. It is always connection," Joseph Grenny, the nonprofit's chairman, said Thursday as he explained The Other Side Academy's origins during a ribbon-cutting celebration for its new expansion. The nonprofit recently purchased an apartment building at 35 S. 700 East in Salt Lake City that will add more than 100 beds and double its capacity. "This is the beginning of better days for thousands in Utah," Grenny said. Forty percent of the funding for the property came from donors, and Ally Bank financed the rest through a Community Reinvestment Loan, according to Other Side Academy CEO Tim Stay. “There is one additional aspect of this loan that is unique to our model. Rather than having the loan paid for by donors, it will be paid for by the efforts of the very students who will be benefiting from the additional housing," Grenny said. "The students run training companies at The Other Side Academy that generate revenue to repay the loan, while learning vocational and life skills key to their futures," he explained. The Other Side Academy is privately run on self-sustaining funds. It is free to students, who are asked for a two-year commitment to the program, according to academy officials. There, they learn life and job skills. They provide services including helping people move, working at a thrift boutique, or in construction, corporate development or food services, among other occupations. In the 2 1/2 years since it started, the academy has helped 82 students. Nineteen students have already graduated from the program and found employment, according to the academy's CEO. Before buying the new building, the academy had capacity for 92 students. Officials from The Other Side Academy have estimated the new beds will save taxpayers $300 million over the next 40 years, adding up what it would otherwise cost to incarcerate the students, Stay said. "This is something that transcends politics and policy disputes that we have," said Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, who spoke at the ceremony Thursday. He said he has spent some time there, talking to students and graduates, and has seen a transformation in the students. "We talk often about the Utah way," he explained. "We believe in redemption, we believe in second chances, we believe in self-reliance." The Other Side Academy is giving people second chances "without the government's oversight," Cox said. He noted the Beehive State is learning that simply putting people in jail doesn't solve the problem. The same issues exist when they get out, he explained. The state can save money and not have to continue building larger prisons and jails if individuals receive the help they need, and the free market can provide ways to accomplish that, he said. In February, The Other Side Academy received permission to tear down a dilapidated building at 46 S. 700 East. Demolition will begin next month, Stay said, and in about two years the academy will begin construction of a building that will house offices, computer labs and a training center for its students. Originally, the academy planned to build housing at that location, but it would've taken several years to complete. The academy was already reaching capacity, and they didn't want to turn away students, Stay said. The Other Side Academy officials then reached out to the owner of the apartment building at 35 S. 700 East and discovered he was willing to sell, Stay explained.
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Robust, substantial, considerable---pick your adjective for Mitt Romney’s financial holdings.
His campaign released a disclosure report on Friday, which it submitted to the Senate---and it’s filled with many zeroes. The Associated Press is reporting Romney may be worth up to $270 million. In a Goldman Sachs IRA, the report showed Romney has four mutual funds, each valued between $5,000,000 and $25,000,000. While those are the largest amounts listed, other holdings linked to Romney and his wife Ann may easily tally into the tens of millions. Romney’s speeches, alone, have often paid more than Utah’s median family income for the entire year, which is roughly $62,500. Since February 1, 2017, the campaign said he gave twenty speeches. One for NBC Universal paid $137,082, another at Blue Cross Blue Shield $100,000, and another at Deutsche Bank in the UK $122,000. His campaign said it will also release Romney’s tax returns for 2017 and previous years, once the latest return is filed. In the meantime, Republican Senate candidate Larry Meyers---one of 11 in the GOP who filed to run against Romney for the party nomination---has issued a challenge to him, which Meyers called the “Contract with Utah Voters.” Meyers wrote it, which calls on Romney to “swear…he will not run for another public office during his term in the U.S. Senate and, specifically, will not campaign against President Donald J. Trump in the 2020 Republican primaries.” Romney has said he is done running for president. When told that, Meyers said, “Put it in writing.” Gov. Gary Herbert urged the U.S. Senate on Friday to resolve its differences in order to keep the federal government going and to fund the Children's Health Insurance Program.
In the event of a shutdown, Utah would continue to operate as normal, said Paul Edwards, the governor's deputy chief of staff. State support would allow programs that operate in partnership with the federal government to function in the short term, even if federal funding is temporarily curtailed, he said. Utah’s national parks would remain open, though with limited services, Edwards said. The national parks were shut down during the 2013 government shutdown, but Utah provided emergency funding to open up its national parks. Edwards said the state would consider such a move again. The Utah National Guard would be the largest state organization impacted by a shutdown. Although the roughly 1,000 active duty Guard members would ensure that critical functions continue, another 1,300 full-time employees who are not active duty, such as federally funded technicians, would be affected, Edwards said. Utah National Guard drills would have to be canceled. In the last government shutdown, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, known as WIC, was not authorized to spend any reserves and had to shut down. Edwards said Utah would use reserves to keep WIC operating. The looming federal government shutdown helped spark the first attack Friday from Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams in his 4th Congressional District race to unseat Rep. Mia Love. McAdams criticized the congresswoman for going along with what he labeled a "cheap stunt" by voting Thursday for a House bill that included a funding extension for CHIP in the short-term spending bill. Flanked by families that have relied on the health care program for children, McAdams said it was wrong for House Republicans to tie the issues together. Utah's four representatives in the House, who are all Republicans, voted for the bill. The inclusion of the health care program funding was seen as a manuever to make it difficult for Democrats to oppose it. "Washington's playing games," McAdams said, adding he blamed Democrats, too, for using the health care program and also immigration as bargaining chips in the negotiations to keep the federal government running beyond midnight Friday. "That's just inexcusable," he said. "It has a human toll right here in our communities." Love sent out a statement pointing out she voted for the CHIP extension Thursday and took a few swipes at McAdams, including for "using taxpayer dollars to run for Congress" by holding a news conference during his workday as mayor. McAdams went after Love for her vote on the bill. "I am criticizing that because I think everyone is seeing that for what it's worth. It's a cheap stunt to try and cast the blame on somebody else. It's not really a sincere and genuine attempt to find a solution and move forward," he said. The two-term mayor said he didn't know how he would have voted on the bill had he been in Congress. He said he would have been working toward a consensus to deal with the health care program and the need to fund the government separately. In a Senate floor speech Friday, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, lit into to Democrats, saying there are some “really stupid” people representing the country sometimes. He chastised his colleagues across the aisle for holding up the spending bill despite favoring an extension for CHIP. “Look, I get so tired of the cheap politics that are played,” Hatch said. There’s no reason for Democrats to pit their “righteous crusade” on immigration against their “righteous crusade” on CHIP, he said. Hatch repeatedly reminded senators that he authored the CHIP bill and talked about how he got the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., on board. “I’m sure he’s up there wondering, ‘What’s the matter with my side down there?’” Hatch said. Hatch called on the lawmakers to “quit playing these silly games.” Political observers in Utah said voters are likely to be frustrated over the difficulty Congress has coming to an agreement. "It's turning out to be the blame came, and putting very important populations in the middle of that game. It is concerning," said Jason Perry, head of the University of Utah's Hinckley Institute of Politics. "A certain portion of our population thinks it's just malpractice to let our government shut down," he said. Instead, they expect "government to function as it should," while taking care of children's health care and immigration needs. Chris Karpowitz, co-director of BYU's Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy, said both Republicans and Democrats stand to lose in a shutdown. "The politics of a shutdown, in the end, rarely tend to be good for either party," Karpowitz said. He said there has never been a government shutdown when a single party holds majorities in both the House and Senate as well as the White House, as Republicans do now. But unlike the 2013 shutdown, the result of an effort lead by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, to stop funding for the Affordable Care Act, members of Utah's congressional delegation won't be singled out for blame. "This time, it's a matter of whether or not voters lose confidence in the Republicans' ability to govern," Karpowitz said. With so much control in Washington, he said "a basic expectation is you can keep the lights on. You can keep government running." Trump told reporters before leaving the White House early Monday that he was headed to Utah for a great event that is "so important for states' rights and so important for the people of Utah." Trump was met by cheers of support as he touched down Monday morning in Salt Lake City. Supporters gathered at Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base raised shouts and applause the moment they glimpsed Trump's bright red tie through the door of the plane. Trump waved to the group and clapped as he disembarked, flanked by Hatch and Lee and followed by Zinke in a black cowboy hat. They were greeted on the ground by the governor and his wife, Jeanette. The president and the Utah senators paused to shake hands and visit with the crowd, including twin brothers Trevor and Tristen Tharp, 16, who came dressed in suits and wigs to resemble Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. The brothers said Trump chatted briefly with them as they asked him to sign the bill of their red "Make America Great Again" hat and praised him as "a very good-looking man." "I get that all the time," was the president's response, according to the boys. Lee called KSL Newsradio's "The Doug Wright Show" from Air Force One en route to Salt Lake City. "We're very excited to see the president taking this big step," Lee said, calling the monuments "a great example of how the federal government sometimes oversteps its bounds." Cheers reverberated through the Utah Capitol rotunda as President Donald Trump announced dramatic reductions to the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments during a brief visit to Utah Monday. "You know the best how to take care of your land," Trump said, telling the crowd of state and local officials and other invited guests that past administrations had "severely abused" the 1906 Antiquities Act in designating the monuments. Within hours, eight conservation groups represented by San Francisco-based Earthjustice — including the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and the Sierra Club — sued Trump in federal court in Washington, D.C. The lawsuit is focused on the Grand Staircase-Escalante and contends the president lacks the authority under the Antiquities Act to downsize national monuments. A lawsuit over Bears Ears is also expected soon. “The gloves are off and we’re taking the fight to the president in Washington, D.C.,” said SUWA attorney Steve Bloch. “We’re outraged by what the president’s trying to do.” Trump said at the Capitol that the monuments have led to "harmful and unnecessary restrictions" as a result of federal overreach on hunting, ranching and what he termed responsible economic development. "They've threatened your very way of life. They've threatened your hearts," he said, promising the state's national treasures would be protected by listening to the local communities that "know the land the best and that (cherish) the land the most." Trump said his actions mean "public lands will once again be for public use." He called modifying the monuments set aside by former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama a "very historic action to reverse federal overreach and restore the rights of this land to your citizens," that should be seen as sensible rather than controversial. Joining Trump onstage were Utah's congressional delegation, including Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee, who traveled with him from Washington, D.C, aboard Air Force One, Gov. Gary Herbert, and other state and Native American leaders. "Four more years," someone shouted from the audience as the president signed a pair of proclamations. He did not announce details but did sign a cowboy hat for San Juan County Commissioner Bruce Adams before leaving the stage. Information distributed after the president's speech showed a "modified" Bears Ears National Monument, sliced from nearly 1.35 million acres into an 86,447-acre Indian Creek unit and a 142,337-acre Shash Jaa unit. Grand Staircase-Escalante will be cut back from nearly 1.9 million acres to three units — the 211,983-acre Grand Staircase, the 551,117-acre Kaiparowits and the 243,241-acre Escalante Canyons. The numbers are similar to those that surfaced in reports last week based on leaked documents. The president's proclamations also protect grazing and opens roads to motorized vehicle use, according to the information provided, while allowing for eventual tribal co-management of Shash Jaa. Virginia Jim, a Navajo who lives in San Juan County, said Bears Ears restricted rather than protected land her family considers sacred. "We don't want it fenced up," she said. "We just want people to leave it alone." San Juan County Commissioner Phil Lyman beamed as he showed off Trump's signature on his yellow-and-white striped tie and bright red "Make America Great Again" baseball cap. Lyman, who spent 10 days in jail and was ordered to pay $96,000 in restitution after leading an ATV ride protesting motorized vehicle restrictions in Recapture Canyon, said the president's actions "restore the county's voice." He said those who "love the concept of a national monument" need to think about the people who live in the region. "They need to take a minute to kind of step into our shoes and recognize there are people down there who view this as much more than a recreation area," Lyman said. "It's the place where we make our livings, it's the place our history is connected to." Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Capitol and some waved signs and yelled at the president along the motorcade route. Later, there was a confrontation on State Street near 100 South between some protesters and police in riot gear. Trump left Utah shortly after 1 p.m. Before heading to the Capitol, Trump toured the LDS Church’s Welfare Square and sat down with top church leaders in a meeting arranged by Hatch. They talked about religious liberty, the church’s welfare program and church doctrine, and Trump praised the church’s efforts to help needy people around the world. “The job you've done is beyond anything you could think of — 180 countries, taking care of people the way you take of people, and the respect that you have all over the world,” the president said. While waiting for the president to arrive at the Capitol, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Herbert met privately at the Capitol with members of Utah's congressional delegation as well as state and local officials. House Speaker Greg Hughes, R-Draper, kicked off the program from a podium at the base of the stairs to the Utah House decorated with American flags, telling the crowd that "the little guy's voice was heard" by the White House. Zinke praised the monument reductions, based on recommendations he made following a tour of the remote areas earlier this year after Trump ordered a review of monuments designated over the past 21 years. "When you get shot at, sometimes you do it for the right reasons, and the president is doing this for the right reasons — to make sure Utah has a voice,” the interior secretary said. Earlier Monday, Zinke told reporters on Air Force One, "When a monument is used to prevent rather than protect, the president is right to take action." He said he reviewed 150 monuments, including 27 in detail. Only a "handful" of changes were recommended, with the biggest being Grand Staircase-Escalate, named by Clinton in 1996, and Bears Ears, by Obama in the final days of his presidency. Zinke said his report will be released Tuesday. Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, said he believes federal legislation is needed to protect the reduction from being reversed by a later president — and make it less susceptible to action in the courts. "It is true everyone now is threatening to sue, and one judge making a silly decision could unravel almost everything one way or the other," he said. Bishop, along with fellow Utah GOP Reps. Chris Stewart and John Curtis, have scheduled a news conference in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to lay out legislation to give congressional approval to the new boundaries and detail land uses. Doing that through legislation will give "some finality and some certainty to it, and the entire delegation's going to be working on that. That's the tough part. So this is the easy part today. Tomorrow starts the hard job," Bishop said. Utahns are split over what should happen to the national monuments, with thousands of people turning out to protest the president's actions Saturday at the Capitol, while others rallied in San Juan County in support of the reductions. Those who want to leave the monuments as they are say they must be protected to preserve tribal artifacts and pristine natural landscapes, while those who say they're too big don't want to limit mining and other potentially profitable activities. More lawsuits are anticipated. Environmental and Native American groups have pledged to challenge the new boundaries, seen as the largest-ever rollback to previous presidential designations under the Antiquities Act. Trump's announcement is a long time in the making. At the beginning of the year, state lawmakers, along with members of Utah's congressional delegation, pushed the newly elected president to roll back the monument designations. The Utah Legislature quickly passed resolutions urging Trump to rescind the Bears Ears designation and to reduce Grand Staircase-Escalante. Former Gov. Mike Leavitt — who said he was told again and again that nothing was happening in the days before Clinton went to the Grand Canyon to announce Grand Staircase-Escalante — called Trump's actions an important statement about the Antiquities Act. "I hope it’s a big red stop sign that says to future administrations, we need to use this law the way it was intended, not as a way of being able to set aside massive areas of land far beyond what is required," Leavitt said. In Washington, Hatch in particular used his influence with the president to get the issue on the administration's agenda. In April, Trump ordered a review of national monuments that included both Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. According to Hatch's office, the president even said, “I’m approving the Bears Ears recommendation for you, Orrin," when he told the senator in October he'd follow Zinke's recommendation to resize the monuments. The White House said then that Trump was heading to Utah to make his decision public, but it was Hatch who confirmed when the president was coming and invited him to meet with leaders of the LDS Church. Some were already calling the president's visit a "soft launch" for a Hatch re-election campaign. Politico reported Trump is pushing Hatch to run again to block Mitt Romney, one of his harshest critics during last year's presidential race, from seeking his seat in the Senate. Trump called the senator, who was first elected in 1976, "a true fighter" in his speech at the Capitol "We hope you will continue to serve your state and your country in the Senate for a very long time to come," the president said to applause. Hatch has yet to say whether he will seek an eighth term in 2018. He has been seen as one of Trump's most loyal allies in Congress, even though the president is not all that popular among Utahns. A recent UtahPolicy.com poll found that only 45 percent of Utahns approve of the president's job performance, the same margin Trump won the reliably Republican state in the 2016 presidential race. Romney, the GOP's 2012 presidential nominee was out of town on business Monday but said it was "welcome news that President Trump and Sen. Hatch are coming to Utah to reverse much of President Obama’s federal land grab of Bears Ears." Can you ever win so much that you end up losing? Google and some of their tech cohorts are having to answer that question as they prepare to testify before congressional investigations into Russia interfering with eh recent election that took place this next upcoming week.
Google and Facebook are two of the heavy hitters in question as they dominate the U.S. digital ad market! Google is at about 40% while Facebook is close to 20% of American internet marketing revenue according to eMarketer. Ongoing pressure to limit the spreading of false news and to stop foreign influence in U.S. elections could halt funds and raise costs in the future if Facebook or Google have to add further human monitoring to their advertising systems. Both Twitter and Facebook have already announced plans to make political ads more transparent in line with a bill introduced by Senator Mark Warner and Amy Klobuchar. Facebook said it was adding 1,000 human reviewers to monitor ads. Google has yet to share an official response as to how it will comply with the new rules surrounding political ads. It's still uncertain if Congress will regulate Google, but there seems to be a newfound willingness to consider such actions as Google should not be left immune while all the other social media moguls are doing their part. In June Google was hit with a $2.9 billion fine by European Union for hurting competitors. In response, Google changed their product search results in Europe by allowing competitive online retailers to bid for premium spots in search results. EU regulators have said they will keep a watchful eye on whether the adjustment actually gives equal treatment to rivals. The only recent statement Google has publicly shared is the support "to improve transparency, enhance disclosures, and reduce foreign abuse." Google is also contemplating further steps they could take and is pledging to work closely with congress, etc. to explore the best solutions. Google is not all about just making money as they are funding (AI) artificial intelligence technology, Pixel phone hardware, Home smart speaker, as well as the Project Loon balloons , which were recently deployed to deliver internet access to hurricane-ravaged parts of Puerto Rico. Hopefully Google can learn to share and play nice with others and understand that with great power, comes great responsibility! The Uber and Lyft ride-hailing services will begin operating on Thursday (6/29/17) in upstate New York and on Long Island, a move that officials say will provide work for thousands of drivers and reduce alcohol-related road accidents.
The ride-hailing apps should become available for those regions exactly at 12:01 a.m. under legislation approved by state lawmakers and signed into law by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo earlier in the month. The original measure called for the services to begin upstate and on Long Island on July 9, but Cuomo and the Legislature worked out a deal to push up the start to just before the busy Fourth of July holiday. The two ride-hailing apps had been limited to picking up passengers in New York City until lawmakers voted this year to permit the expansion. The state Department of Motor Vehicles said more than 20,000 drivers are expected to provide rides for Uber and Lyft. The agency, whose duties include regulating ride-hailing companies, said that's the number of drivers who filed information with the DMV to become drivers for the two apps. All those drivers are either on Long Island or in upstate New York, DMV officials said. Buffalo, the state's second-largest city, had been one of the largest cities in the country without access to Uber or Lyft. Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown joined Erie County District Attorney John Flynn and local law enforcement leaders to praise the arrival of Uber and Lyft. "Anything that we can do to produce more jobs, to produce more employment opportunities and circulate more dollars into our economy, benefits the economic development and the economy of Buffalo and western New York," Brown said. Police officials said giving people another option to taxis will cut down on the number of drivers who get behind the wheel after drinking. "If ride-sharing can reduce the number of DWI arrests and alcohol-related crashes, then all this effort was worth it," said Timothy Howard, sheriff for Erie County, which includes the city of Buffalo. King LeBron James seems to never rest as he has now joined forces with Nike to create a special type of athletic shoe for the disabled. This new sneaker (the LeBron Soldier 10 FlyEase) can be slipped on much more easily as opposed to the orthodox way of having to use laces due to strategically placed zippers, straps and velcro! LeBron said, "It's about us empowering every kid and everybody to understand we are all athletes. Sports should never be taken away from a kid. It creates fun. It creates laughter. It creates brotherhood or sisterhood. To be able to have shoes that are easy to get on and off gives kids another opportunity to live out their dreams." Unfortunately, some disabled children have a really hard time with even getting a shoe on their foot properly. That is why Nike's longtime designer, Tobie Hatfield developed a sneaker with eh purpose to eliminate this particular struggle. Hatfield was quoted saying, "Eliminating the intricate hand movement of lace tying is important, but if the athlete cannot get their foot into the shoe, lacing becomes a moot point." So if you or someone you know is a good candidate for this type of shoe, rest assured that the market is finally looking out for their best interest too! Republicans are struggling to repeal Obamacare as promised by President Trump and are therefore asking him to help congress find some common ground.
Representative Dennis Ross of Florida said, "He's the leader on this issue right now; he's the one that's got to hold us together." He also urged Republicans to "'stay strong on the issue" and that, "now is not the time to back down." Representative Bill Flores from Texas was quoted saying, "What the president can say is that the plan that gets presented to the conference is the one you need to vote 'yes' on...that's how he can be helpful." The main issue at the moment regarding healthcare reform is that the staunch conservatives are opposed to the new tax credits proposed with the claim that they would help Americans better afford health care. The main argument is that this type of tax credit is extremely costly with long-term unknown variables/ramifications. They also feel that the bill would actually only cover less individuals than the current Affordable Healthcare Act does. Three of the ring leaders you could say that are strongly opposing any kind of a light reform are Senators: Rand Paul of Kentucky, Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah. They made it clear that they will not tolerate anything less than a full repeal of Obamacare! This particular issue comes only a month into President Trump's leadership. Unfortunately the majority of Republicans are facing internal struggle within their own party to finally do what they have been fighting/pledging to do all along (which is to replace the Affordable Healthcare Act with something better). House Speaker Paul Ryan is faithful and believes at the end of the day everything is going to work out! he said, "You're going to have a lot of churning on any kind of legislative product like this. This is a plan that we are all working on together, the House, the Senate and the White House, so there aren't rival plans. I feel at the end of the day when we get everything done and right, we're going to be unified." With what seemed like an eternity, the race was finally conceding by Senator Clinton to Donald Trump at approximately 3:30 am this morning! Both President Obama and Senator Clinton publicly shared their congratulations to Mr. Trump in good taste and fashion.
Donald attributes his ability to win this election through some serious state of the art consumer research and survey tools. Everyone including ourselves were positive that there was no chance of a snowball in hell that Mr. Trump was going to be able to win this! Boy did he prove us wrong! Not only was he able to get over the 270 electoral line for the win, but he also surpassed it at a total of 306 votes to Hillary's 232 making it a grand total of 74 electoral votes that Trump pretty much stole from 5 states that voted Democrat last 2012 election (Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Iowa)! If you add up all of those particular states electoral votes the precise amount is 83. So how did Donald do it?! Especially with spending 500 million less dollars than Senator Clinton! If this is any indicator of what is to come, I for one am truly excited to see what type of savings and incredible "new" methods he can bring to the table for our nation's economy and well-being! Hopefully this is a dawn of a new era where business and enterprise is able to truly be prosperous! A time where a Salt Lake City Business will not be so heavily taxed or down ladened with additional federal bureaucracies. Only time will tell; but from the start, Mr. Trump has an impressive display of skills and abilities to get the job done against all odds. His first objective will be to reverse Obamacare. Let's see what he does with that as he now has the full support of congress behind him due to a Republican majority in both the Senate and House! Stay tuned and be sure to leave your comments so we can all stay updated! If you were thinking about launching or furthering your businesses' social media efforts via Twitter; you might want to be careful as you may be wasting your time. You see, Twitter recently lost nearly 20% of it's stock value earlier this week, once the rumor was verified that Alphabet (a Google owned company) was no longer interested in bidding and/or purchasing Twitter. What does this exactly mean? No one entirely knows other than if Google sees no value in it, others equally will follow suit and not see any value in it.
To add insult to injury, it is rumored that both "Apple Inc." and "Disney" are not interested in acquiring Twitter. Is this really the end for Twitter? Even with it's recent launch of Periscope (live video feed via wifi), is that all it has left in it's bag of tricks? Although keep in mind, no official statement has been publicly mentioned, so take this information as a grain of salt until 100% confirmation has been made. The reason this post was created was to help all the fellow business owners in Utah to learn of this recent happening. To save you time and money especially if you were or are investing in a social media campaign which can be costly. A Utah local SEO firm that is actually honest and upfront (OMNILEADS) explained to us that some crooked SEO firms will charge $500/month just for (1) Twitter post per week! This is outrageous and not helpful in the least bit. Further more, OMNILEADS (omnileadsllc.com) explained that if Google has no interested in acquiring Twitter; then you need to ask yourself why would they consider ranking it highly among their search engine algorithm like they do for YouTube (which they also own)! The answer is simple, they won't. Whether or not this is a predictive storm that is coming, OMNILEADS believes the image used for this post is the future of Twitter. For whatever reasons, it is just not as relevant as it used to be! Especially with all of the new technology available at your fingertips. If you would like to contact OMNILEADS for more support and guidance in this fascinating techno age, please contact them at their website listed above and give them a call. |
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