Because I have a pretty specific mission, people have asked me how I decided on it and my niche. So here’s a little of that story. Finding my mission was about taking away, not adding to. I had lots of overlapping circles of topics, areas of interest, markets. Some of my circles were rural,…
The Brag Basket is open! This one is for August 15-17, 2014. Bring your good news to share with everyone. What can you do in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some great news from this week congratulate a friend applaud for each other confess your undying love for rural places How do you join…
“Big data” and “mining big data” are terms that are appearing in business magazines and journals at lot these days. Yet small-business owners often are not sure if and how big data fits into their business. Nor do they know where to get it and how to analyze it, even if they would have it….
Now that we have research showing that people are wanting to move to small towns, how do you let people know your doors are open? You can use these frameworks for thinking and online tools to help people find out that they will love your town. What matters in a town? “What makes a community a desirable…
Pricing your services is a tricky business. Without a physical product and costs to start from, the answer always seems to be “it depends.” Let’s try to get a better handle on how to charge for your services and still make a living. My friend Scott Townsend asked on behalf of his son: @SBSurvival Matthew…
The Brag Basket is open! This one is for August 15-17, 2014. Bring your good news to share with everyone. What can you do in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some great news from this week congratulate a friend applaud for each other confess your undying love for rural places How do you join…
Nothing remains constant. Those are words that small-business owners need to remember. Long-term small-business success means constantly changing. This is not new. However, these changes are happening more rapidly than ever. And the odds are, the pace of change only will get faster. Some of the changes that small-business owners have had to adjust to…
Guest post by Marci Penner, Kansas Sampler Foundation YOU FIND KANSAS… when you find Mona. We were about to leave the town of Dresden on our ERV guidebook research when we saw a simple sign against the cracked surface of the old basketball court. We had to find out. Who was Mona and what kind…
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