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Internet Marketing and Search Engine Optimization

It’s 2013 and you’re wondering how do you keep up with the competition when it comes to marketing and word of mouth! I am  here to tell you that even the little guy can be competitive if they do internet marketing and search engine optimization! The first thing that a business owner needs to do [...]

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Pinterest Spam Problem

So while we do Social Media Marketing for a living at BLaST Creative, we don’t use Pinterest because of all the SPAM! I heard a rumor last week that Pinterest had dealt with the issue. Sadly, I am here to tell you that it is not true. I created a BLaST Creative account last week [...]

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In The Bakken, Asking to Be Told

You are going to utter 16,000 words today.  So is everyone else.  On a daily basis the average American will hear the words spoken, directly or indirectly of well over 900 people and be bombarded roughly by 5,000+ advertisements. The question is out of all of the words that compete for our attention, how many [...]

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Is the Bakken Dying?

The recent crude oil production decline in the Bakken has given some cause to worry that the “Good Times” are ending.  The failure to hit oil production targets in October and November 2012, have caused some initial concern.  This decrease in production, the first in 19 months, was blamed on weather conditions, as well as [...]

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John Baugues and Coalmine Development Fundamentals: The Right Location

With global energy demand on the rise, John Baugues coalmine investments illustrate the benefits of seeing – and filling – a critical need for natural resources. Coal fuels over 40 percent of worldwide energy generation, though it also finds significant use in steel production, cement manufacturing, and as a liquid fuel. With large proven coal [...]

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Meeting Change

“Change before you have to.” ~ Jack Welch “Change is inevitable. Change is constant.” Benjamin Disraeli These are all sayings we’ve heard, but it seems few people really embrace change. So how can we address this within a team or a group? People may resist it, ignore it, talk around it, but rarely want to [...]

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Fracking Industry Ready for Regulation

When it comes to oil and natural gas, we’ve all heard the refrain: “industry opposes regulation.” Despite how common this statement has become, nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the oil and natural gas industry in Illinois supports what would be the most comprehensive regulatory package for hydraulic fracturing in the nation. [...]

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John Baugues a New Lease on Life for Coal Energy

Coal entrepreneur John P. Baugues Jr. has joined forces with Management Energy, Inc. to open a new mine in coal-rich Montana. The partnership brings together successful coal mine developer John Baugues  and a nationally recognized team of consultants at Management Energy, an exploration stage company that also specializes in coal extraction and distribution. The new [...]

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John Baugues and Coalmine Development Fundamentals: Quality Resources

John Baugues, Jr. and Coalmine Development Fundamentals: quality resources John Baugues, Jr., a fourth-generation coalmine developer from West Virginia, knows that in order to have a successful coal mining operation, you first need access to a promising source of coal. Global supply is not scarce, with over 847 million tons of proven coal reserves worldwide [...]

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Too Few Bakken Pipelines

Ron Ness, president of the North Dakota Petroleum Council expressed this week that too few pipelines transporting Bakken Crude from the western North Dakota oil fields is creating a threat to local wildlife.  Approximately 50% of North Dakota’s record oil production is shipped either by rail or truck due to a general lack of pipeline [...]

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