[Hidden-tech] Re: Recession

[ussailis at shaysnet.com]

As a general rule, the not-high-end "hobby business" increases during hard
times... until the money from unemployment runs out. Folks without a job
need something to do. 

Something I haven't seen is the usual increase of unemployment payments
duration. In past recessions I believe that has increased to a year.


Jim Ussailis
jim at nationalwireless.com



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From: Charlie Heath htcontact at townwebsites.com
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:40:27 -0500
To: hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Re: Recession


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There are always exceptions in recession, even one where the signature 
of the recession is a reversal of the truism that housing is always 
local and almost always goes up.

Back in the '81-83 recession, tech had pockets of strength.  I started 
that recession working for an automatic test equipment manufacturer 
selling large scale capital equipment to manufacturers like the auto 
makers; they got hit pretty hard.  But I switched into video games, 
which remained in a boom until well after the end of the recession - 
before that bubble burst!  Then, during the bursting of the video game 
bubble, everyone except a few die-hard companies got out of that 
business - a few years before the industry matured into an even bigger 
and more stable one.

Locally, I've been surprised to hear from independent trades people - 
carpenters, plumbers, etc - that they are incredibly busy this fall.  I 
doubt that extends to the new home builders, though the Pioneer Valley 
in general seems neither to have seen as much of a bubble in home 
building & prices nor as big a bust now, as many other places.  And if 
getting a parking place in downtown Northampton is any sort of economic 
indicator, it still seems to me to be stuck close to "maxed out".

Charlie Heath
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Julie Roads wrote:
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> Great article, Marcia...on the same note, I posted about the top 7 
> reasons not to stop marketing during the 
> recession:
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cession/584 
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> On Dec 1, 2008, at 7:36 PM, Marcia Yudkin wrote:
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> --- fredbliss at comcast.net wrote:
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>> I'll offer it up for discussion, then, what are YOU doing
>> to keep things going during our (now officially
>> recognized) recession?
>>
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> For the last month, I've been busier than during all the
> rest of 2008, and it doesn't look like it's tapering off
> any time soon.  So the recession is definitely NOT hitting
> everyone.
>
> I've put together 33 suggestions for keeping business going
> despite the economic news, and if you haven't already seen
> this (I can't remember if I mentioned it on Hidden Tech),
> you can download the 12-page report free at
> www.yudkin.com/recess.htm .
>
> No opt-in is required, and you're invited to pass the
> report along to your own clients if you find it helpful.
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> All best,
> Marcia Yudkin, Goshen
> www.yudkin.com
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