One of the speakers at the recent Midwest Rural Assembly started off by telling this story about a small town hardware store. (I think he said the story came from Kinky Friedman, when he was Texas Agriculture Secretary.) The hardware store is where when you have a project, they will loan you a tool. They […]
Archives for September 2010
The 30 year overnight success of South Sioux City
When I visited South Sioux City, Nebraska, for the Midwest Rural Assembly, City Administrator Lance Hedquist gave a few of us a quick drive-through tour. Student-designed cabin in the SouthSioux City RV Park He started by telling us all the bad things about South Sioux’s past, how it used to flood so regularly that no […]
Simple trick to measure social media efforts
How can you tell if your social media efforts are making any difference? Here’s one simple trick that can make it clear. Make a new page. It can be on your main site, or on a completely new domain name. Let’s call it the landing page. This is where your new visitors will land. Put analytics […]
Idea: Alterations business
If you can sew, there is demand for alterations. As hand crafts of all sorts make a come-back, this is one opportunity you might not have thought of. My local sew-er just told me she is swamped with business, always. People bring all sorts of clothing needing a hem, or sleeves shortened, or holes patched, […]