Business is now forced to play be a different set of rules. When every customer can now talk directly to each other, it’s like a small town. When people listen more to what your customers say about your company than your advertising, it’s like a small town. When it now takes multiple jobs to…
Being talked about online can bring more visitors and tourists to your town. Just one example: A 2011 UK study found that 52 per cent of Facebook users were influenced by their friend’s holiday photos to book a trip to the same place. If you want to help make more of that happen, you want…
Small town businesses need social media, despite a few claims to the contrary. Almost every small town business can benefit from a smart, customer-focused and community-serving approach online. Why? Because local customers are actively using social networks like Facebook. Because visitors to town are using their smart phones and tablets to access the internet from…
The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The things we share are our gifts to each other. Shiny new baskets for a new year.Photo by Sean Dreilinger. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one Jan 6-8, 2012. Have some good news this week? Put it in the Brag Basket. Don’t…
I thought these tips from the IRS were too good not to pass along. –Glenna Mae IRS TAX TIP 2012-01, January 03, 2012 The income tax filing season has begun and important tax documents should be arriving in your mailbox. Even though your return is not due until April, you can make tax time easier…
A headline like, “Regional and rural small businesses outperform metropolitan-based businesses,” is sure to get my attention. This one is from Australia, and mirrors U.S. trends. In Australia: Business looks good at the Exchange Hotel, in Grenfell, Australia (population 1900).Photo (CC) by Pip Wilson. All small business monthly growth for October 2011 was 2.8%, while regional and rural…
The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The things we share are our gifts to each other. New Year’s Basket fun. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one Dec 30-31, 2011 plus Jan 1 2012. Have some good news this week, or even this year? Put it in the Brag…
By Glenna Mae Hendricks, E.A. The first of the year is very fast approaching. This means it is very important for all business owners to start gathering the information needed to file Form 1099-MISC for each sub-contractor who has been commissioned to do work for you and who you paid more than $600 total for…
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