In the wake of the recent Facebook data privacy scandal, the company is changing the way its popular Custom Audiences feature works.   If you’re a marketer who uses Custom Audiences to ta ...

One of the biggest questions I’m often asked by parents is, “What does SOLA mean?” The truth is, SOLA – or School of Learning Arts – encompasses so much more than just ...

Hint - What you’re being told is wrong.   I launched Cape Fear Jobs in March 2016 because no one was talking about the local job market.   Employers across the region were looking ...

Often, what you see on the surface of a situation is really just the symptom of a bigger problem, not the problem itself. To really remedy the situation, you must work backward and go deeper to get to ...

A new fire station, library, Public Health and Social Services building, and the potential development of Project Grace. Those are four of the major projects New Hanover County is working on right ...

You owe the government thousands of dollars in taxes, and you have no idea how you are going to pay them.   You want to make an offer to the Internal Revenue Service to pay off back taxes and s ...

This Insights article was co-written with Erin McNally, Marketing Specialist for ILM It’s no secret that Wilmington and the Cape Fear Region are a great place to live.   More and ...

When business owners begin to think about their business exits, they tend to focus on one specific goal they want to achieve. Some owners focus on when they want to exit, some focus on how much mon ...

This piece was contributed by Dr. Andrew Woolum, Assistant Professor of Management, Cameron School of Business   Rudeness in the workplace has gained a great deal of attention in the last 10 ye ...

It’s the time of year when we normally turn to cleaning out closets, garages, etc.    We have boxes, bags and armfuls of items to donate or trash, but what do we do with those items ...

When it comes to selling a home, interior design plays a huge role. There’s nothing worse than a potential buyer spotting a gorgeous home from the outside, taking a look inside and then immedia ...

As the investment world has seen the rise – and, sometimes, the fall – of bitcoin value or other crypto currencies, estate planning attorneys are also working with these unique digital ass ...

This Insights article was contributed by Brendan Collins, Seahawk Innovation Partner and CEO of mimijumi Friends and family. Angel investors. Incubators. Series A. Convertible preferred stock. Liqu ...

Google processes more than 1.2 trillion Google searches every year.   This means people around the world perform more than 40,000 unique searches every second, and more than 3.5 billion searche ...

W.M. Jordan Company’s founder, Robert “Bob” Taylor Lawson passed on April 11 at age 91. He left behind a larger-than-life legacy through his love for family, the company he built and ...

May 25 is an important deadline for many businesses, and it’s coming up fast. The deadline has to do with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and numerous U.S. businesses have been ...

Earlier this month UNCW graduated its largest class to date at the university’s 95th commencement ceremonies. More than 2,200 undergraduates, 400-plus graduate students and 10 doctoral studen ...

Now that the 2017 tax season has officially ended, we can focus more attention on the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) our government enacted at the end of 2017 and shift our attention to the ...

I was 22 years old when I started a landscape design business. A buddy of mine, Jay, was a custom home builder. At the time, I knew nothing about custom home building. What I did know was I was h ...

My boys, Reece and Ryder, love rooting for the Tar Heels and the Fighting Irish.  Reece recently asked me how much it costs to attend both schools. When I told him it was over $70,000 a y ...