I went around to local businesses while organizing for Small Business Saturday. In every store, I found something I didn’t realize that they carried. Every single store. I’m not making that up! I knew my favorite women’s shop had kid’s clothes, too, but I didn’t know about the new line of watches or the…
The Brag Basket is open! This one is for March 4-6, 2016. 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…
There is a relationship between small business success and strong local communities. That relationship is built over time and is circular in nature. At a basic level, the relationship develops when the business is viewed as a community member and supporter, more residents shop there and talk about it. As more residents display those behaviors,…
Deb Brown and I have kicked off a new podcast series as part of A Positive View of Rural and SaveYour.Town. Each week we bring you five news stories or articles you can use in your small town business or revitalization projects. We add our comments and ideas, and we always share the links….
The Brag Basket is open! This one is for February 26-28, 2016. Bring your good news, big or small, to share with everyone. What good news will you share? It’s perfectly OK to pause where ever you are in the process and celebrate what has gone well so far. What can you do in…
Building and running a business means handling a variety of tasks and duties. Some of those duties you may enjoy and some you may not. Some of those duties you may be good at and some may frustrate you. One task that many small-business owners continually tell me they neither enjoy nor feel competent at or…
Another reader emailed me last week to say they had formed a revitalization group for their town and asked for tips to attract businesses to their town. I don’t have any. Revitalizing a town is less about what you can attract from outside and more about what you can grow yourself. Experiment, try, fail,…
Come hang around with the bright folks in the Brag Basket. The Brag Basket is open! This one is for February 19-21, 2016. Bring your good news, big or small, to share with everyone. What good news will you share? It’s perfectly OK to pause where ever you are in the process and celebrate what…
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