O'Leary's advice on avoiding a bad road—a followup

Local Online Advertising for Dummies, by Court Cunningham and Stephanie Brown, For Dummies: A Branded Imprint of Wiley, 363 pp., Wiley, 2010

[This article was posted on July 15, 2010, on the website of ABA Banking Journal, www.ababj.com, and is copyright 2010 by the American Bankers Association.]

Reviewed by Jake Silker, marketing director, Foster Bank, $550 million-assets, Chicago, Ill.

Q. What was the first clue that something was wrong?
A. The explosion. My number six cylinder blew.

Nancy finds hints of fair-lending policy and glimmerings of future bank duties

Ed looks back on his days in Texas, when dread "stagflation" made banking a challenge. Could we be headed there again?

You've got nothing to lose by showing that you're doing your best, Jeff advises

Remember the photo album? Before the 21st Century, it was the de facto storage device used to chronicle events of a lifetime. Photos would be arranged in these albums and placed on the shelf in order of events—a child’s birth, vacation travels, a wedding—just waiting for their story to be told. The best pictures would be reserved for a picture frame and placed on the wall.

Veteran of more than 100 financial office designs shares essentials for veterans and first timers alike

Before you can protect your best customers, you have to know who they are

And there isn't a ratio, rating, or regulation in any of them!

A followup to the June 27th blog