Personal branding with Phil Gerbyshak
Hometown boy Phil Gerbyshak shares his thoughts on personal branding in small towns. Shot at SOBCon ’09. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates.
-
-
Learn more than reading this site can teach
With the publication of our ebooks, Sheila Scarborough and I are starting something new. We’re collaborating to help you learn much more than you can from just reading this site. Starting now, Sheila will be focusing on helping you with Tourism 2.0. Sheila is a traveler and travel writer, who has spent years developing her…
-
Social Media and Tourism ebook from Sheila
Social media sounds like the solution to all our small town tourism problems. But who is going to put together all the 1,000 parts and make it make sense? That would be Sheila Scarborough. She’s spent hours, years really, getting good with web 2.0, social media, marketing, and how this all comes together as tourism…
-
Shop Local Campaigns for Small Towns ebook
Shop local and buy local campaigns can significantly impact your hometown economy, but the instructions available online assume you are a big city. That’s why I decided to create a step by step guide to starting a shop local campaign in a small town, as a downloadable e-book. It includes solid research that shows whether…
-
Brag Basket is open all weekend
Each Friday, I open the Brag Basket for the weekend. It’s designed as a fun place for you to share your projects and accomplishments. But you can also cheer for other people, give shout outs, congratulate, and even give someone a well-deserved pat on the back. Think that bragging is a bad thing? Read how Tony…
-
15 copies of QuickBooks for small town businesses
NOTE: This was in 2009. It is over. Here’s why we’re giving away 15 copies of QuickBooks to small business people who aren’t using QB yet: I want you to get a better handle on your business. I’ve taught QuickBooks courses dozens of times. When we get to the section on reports, I see eyes…
-
Idea: easy on easy off clothes
@mriggen: Biz idea for clothing manufactures: easy on/off clothing for seniors that isn’t insanely ugly (looking for g-ma) There’s a huge need for clothes that are easy to manage. The choices right now are terribly limited. The demand is just going to grow. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see?…
-
Changing tourism and volunteerism in Kansas
Marci Penner, executive director of the Kansas Sampler Foundation, has lots of ideas of how to solve the volunteer shortage. She’s looking at all new ways to involve and engage people in small towns, with the WeKan volunteer program! Apologies for the dark video. It’s really dark in that barn! Marci also has a…
