We've got Drones, gift cards, car wash equipment and more that we'll be giving away over the 24-hour event Oct. 25-26. For just $49 you get a chance to win great prizes in addition to access to a car wash industry event like you've never experienced!

Mike's Carwash, the official car wash of the Cincinnati Bengals, announced it is kicking off its sponsorship by offering discounted car washes for Bengals fans. After the Bengals defense records two sacks on the opposing quarterback in a game, fans can get Mike's Ultimate Wash for just $14 all day the following day — a savings of $6.

A car wash from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday will help local law enforcement officers and their families. The event will take place at the Hills Hand Car Wash. There will also be a sale to go along with it. 

Thursday’s BIRD Bash gave property owners the chance to munch on bratwurst, down a libation or two, and talk about where their East Billings neighborhood has been and where it’s headed. Attendees celebrated atop one of their largest and most recent accomplishments — the smooth asphalt running down Second Avenue North between North Ninth and North 10th streets and on adjoining streets as well, part of a $3.1 million infrastructure investment.

Cars can get pretty gross. On the outside, you have to deal with road grime, dead bugs and other unmentionables. The inside can be even worse, with stray crumbs lost forever between seats, used napkins stuffed deep into pockets and dirt accumulating in the footwells. Finding time to run to the car wash is hard enough — let alone actually detailing the inside.

Two local men are planning on putting an automated car wash on East State Street in Athens. James Trout, an Athens electrical contractor, said his partner in the project is J.R. McKee, who works at McKee Auto Parts. According to Courthouse records, Trout recently purchased property on East State Street for $140,000. The site is next to the El Camino restaurant.

Visiting the U.S. this week, Pope Francis is showing off a leadership style we can all learn from. "Many things have to change course, but it is we human beings above all who need to change." Those were the words shared — on Twitter — by Pope Francis, Time's "Person of The Year" in 2013, who assumed the pontificate that year and has since projected a transformational leadership style.

When I was a young employee, I remember a discussion with a former boss about our business goals. I asked for clarity on what they were. He told me they were to a) hit our target of 10 percent profit growth, and b) get him promoted. If he was as cool a dude as my man-crush Justin Timberlake, then maybe I could get a little excited about achieving that second goal (in hopes of getting asked to hang out). Maybe. Frankly, the first goal wasn't that inspiring either.

Cool, calm, charismatic. And yet incredibly passionate. In his last seven years in office, Barack Obama’s media presence has been nothing short of mesmerizing. But as all PR enthusiasts will know — it takes a talented team to help elect a leader. 

Look, if you’re a small business owner, or manager, you must start looking at texting for your small business today. Set aside 20 minutes and do a bit of research and figure out how to use texting in your business. Why? Because nobody is paying attention to your other marketing efforts! Seriously. Consider this, according to one Hubspot article, Facebook posts get natural organic engagement of between 2 percent to 6.5 percent... let’s do the math.