Mike Stevens’, Co-Owner of Action Printing’s, testimony begins about 14 mintues in.

A Transcript is available on C-Span’s Official Site

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On March 19th, the economic recovery committee held a congressional hearing that aired on the C-Span network. The forum led by Minority Whip, Eric Cantor, was held via online teleconference and focused on small business owners and their experiences in trying to receive loans in during this economic downturn. Congress was also interested in hearing about the participants’ concerns and predictions about the future. One of the small business owners chosen to participate was Mike Stevens of the Lubbock-based company, Action Printing.

Mr. Stevens shared his recent experiences in preparing to purchase a new printing press. “I’d also like to express my gratitude to the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce and to Representative Randy Neugebauer for granting me this opportunity to express my views on the current condition of American small business,” said Mr. Stevens. “From my experiences, I strongly believe the proposed tax increases will stifle small businesses’ and in turn, America’s ability to reinvest in new property and future construction.”

View the full, official press release here (pdf file).

To read Texas Representative Randy Neugebauer’s report on the forum, visit
Randy’s Round-up from March 23rd.

For additional information on exactly how the Stimulus Package is being spent visit www.recovery.gov.

For more information about how the bill is affecting small businesses, visit www.sba.gov/recovery.

The two Lubbock businesses will now compete as one of seven regional finalists, one of which will be named America’s Small Business of the Year.

Action and V-tech, which were nominated for the Sam’s Club sponsored-award in January by the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce, were recognized for their “exemplary performance” in areas ranging from financial growth and investment in staff training to community involvement and customer service.

You can read the full story at Lubbock Online’s website.

Action Printing was commissioned by a mayoral candidate to assist in his campaign.

Mike Stevens, co-owner, started by creating a mailing list of potential voters from various backgrounds An online survey polled the identified sampling of voters on what issues mattered to them.

After the survey was done, the client was shown as behind by 23%. Action Printing responded by starting an aggressive 1-to-1 marketing campaign, targeting the on-the-fence voters with specific messaging about the issues that concerned them.

“We were able to flip the deficit and our candidate won with 55 percent of the vote,” Mike Stevens says.

This particular case serves as an excellent example of how Action Printing can make the most of your budget by helping you make smart, informed marketing decisions.

You can read the full article at Print Solutions’ website.

The local poll found that water, streets, and spending are the top issues that concern the citizens of Lubbock across all ethnic groups.

The survey also provided the opportunity for the residents to rate their quality of life in Lubbock in which 62% described as “good” or “very good” and 27% as “average” or “fair”.

Action Printing also found out which presidential candidates residents supported finding that 35% supported Senator Clinton, 27% supported Senator Obama and 16% supported Governor Huckabee, 60% supported Senator McCain with 8% split between Ron Paul and Alan Keys. 23% were undecided.

Action Printing is proud we can serve our community by keeping pulse on the issues that concern Lubbock citizens.

You can read the full story about the local issues poll and the presidential poll at Fox 34’s website.