Our Friend Shawn Kirsch is starting a conversation on living in small towns. His goal is to revitalize his hometown. I understand completely why people move away, and leave North Dakota completely for that matter. But as much as it may benefit me to move away, and be around more people with the same mindset…
We talk enough about small business mistakes and customer service problems, that I’m always happy to share successes, too. Our friend Mike Gunderloy was kind enough to share this story, after mentioning it on Twitter. We’re having our entire yard redone this year – from sprinklers to new patio to replacing every growing thing on…
Recently Becky asked me to help with some information about US Small Business Administration (SBA) programs. Here are a few basics everyone needs to know; first, SBA does not do direct lending except for disaster assistance. They also do not have grant funding. What do they do? They offer a guarantee to a lender that…
I recently found Ben Means Business, a great blog on small business topics. Ben found me through Twitter and I want to share his blog with you. http://www.ben-means-business.com His most recent article had some helpful hints on choosing a name for a new business. He started with three questions; Is it descriptive?; Is it memorable?;…
On Thursday May 1, Barbara K. Baker proposes we revive some real world connecting. Get out and chat with a neighbor. Maybe even deliver a little May Day basket. Do you remember those little baskets of flowers you would leave on a neighbor’s door? Just exactly the kind of thing that used to be a…
Chris Brogan declared a Read and Comment Day, to get out and comment on others’ blogs. Here are the interesting finds I thought I’d share with you. I left my first comment today with @rickmahn, because I love his happiness series, and we’re going to meet at SOBCon! http://rickmahn.com/ Interested in travel and tourism industry?…
Getting past the point of being a one-person, do-it-all, no-rest-for-the-weary business means helping customers to work with your employees or subcontractors, as well as you. But if every client thinks you need to do every thing, how do you keep them from freaking out when you delegate their work? This problem is common in reputation…
Not every small business can afford to hire someone to create or maintain a website. So let’s go over some relatively easy do-it-yourself ways to build your site, kind of two by two. It just so happens that these are all free, or nearly so. 2 Free Website Builders High up on the cool factor…
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