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  • Finding the money to renovate an old building in a small town: grants, loans and other funds
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    Finding the money to renovate an old building in a small town: grants, loans and other funds

    July 30, 2018July 15, 2018

    Empty buildings in small towns are often empty for a reason, and that reason is often that they need work before any business could use them. Remodeling costs can be astonishingly expensive, so people often ask where they can find grants, loans or other funds to help them. Here are some of my favorite “usual…

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  • Toss your good news into the Brag Basket
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    Toss your good news into the Brag Basket

    July 27, 2018July 8, 2018

    The Brag Basket is open! This one is for July 27-29, 2018. Bring your good news, big or small, to share with everyone. What can you share in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some great news from this week celebrate progress, even baby steps congratulate a friend applaud for each other confess your undying…

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    First Impressions

    July 25, 2018July 24, 2018

    First impressions are so important to your business!!! If you are a regular reader of this blog, you have read about the importance of first impressions. Those first impressions may be of the outside of your store and your sign. It also covers what people see as they enter the door and how you act…

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  • Rural tourism trend: digital detox and off-the-grid vacations
    entrepreneurship | ideas | rural | tourism | trends

    Rural tourism trend: digital detox and off-the-grid vacations

    July 23, 2018July 26, 2018

      Rural areas and small towns can tap the rising tourism trend of vacations from our phones. And new research shows ways to take advantage of the trend. Lots of rural areas already have poor cell phone reception and slow broadband, so we might as well take advantage of it, right? Philip Lovell Pearce and Li…

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  • Chill in the Brag Basket
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    Chill in the Brag Basket

    July 20, 2018July 1, 2018

      The Brag Basket is open! This one is for July 20-22, 2018. Bring your good news, big or small, to share with everyone. What can you share in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some great news from this week celebrate progress, even baby steps congratulate a friend applaud for each other confess your…

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    The Old Market Methods Still Work

    July 18, 2018July 15, 2018

    While today’s business owners need to market online, they shouldn’t ignore traditional marketing methods. The reality is that an effective marketing campaign uses the tool that best reaches the target market. For many businesses owners, especially those in rural communities, that tool continues to be one of the traditional marketing venues. An example of such…

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  • How will autonomous vehicles work in small towns?
    economic development | rural | tech | trends

    How will autonomous vehicles work in small towns?

    July 16, 2018July 3, 2018

    News flash: Rural areas already have autonomous vehicles Surprised? Both farming and mining already use fully or partially autonomous technology. I bet you already know about GPS-guided tractors, and you might know that big mines have big self-driving trucks and equipment. Almost no one mentions these highly-rural industries when talking about autonomous vehicles (AVs) for…

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  • With your good news, we can make a Brag Basket
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    With your good news, we can make a Brag Basket

    July 13, 2018June 24, 2018

      The Brag Basket is open! This one is for July 13-15, 2018. Bring your good news, big or small, to share with everyone. What can you share in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some great news from this week celebrate progress, even baby steps congratulate a friend applaud for each other confess your…

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