Image by iconshock Blogger is one of the easiest ways to start a blog for a small business. Easiest, but not the best respected. To the blogging elite, the blogspot.com address has become a kind of badge of shame. However, Blogger continues to introduce new ways to make your blog look good and work for a small […]
Archives for January 2011
The best location for a new visitor center
What’s the best location for a new tourism visitor center? “Instead of mall location, a smartphone location.” My friend Scott Townsend pointed this out on Twitter. Why? “So much more info (maps, tours, photos, calendars, social media links, etc)” Have you started building your smartphone location? New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what […]
My Weekly Planner
After I told you about my project folder, Jen asked for my day-to-day planning tool. So here it is: a simple weekly calendar. Before I start my work week, I review the projects in my project folder and assign the next actions to particular days on my weekly planner. I use the six most important […]
All 20 Trends Driving Rural Small Business in 2011
Each year, I do a rural small business trends article for Anita Campbell’s Small Biz Trends. Here’s the 2011 Trends Driving Rural Small Business. (check the original post for more comments!) Local, government and economic development are the three key factors shaping rural small business in the coming year. Within each of these factors are smaller subtrends. Here’s […]