Rural sourcing is a trend I love. It leverages technology to bring more high tech, higher paying jobs to rural areas. But it’s a small trend, and I’d love to see it spread to more places and more people. What does a small town need to do to support rural sourcing? How can you get […]
Archives for June 2011
How I found hotels and restaurants on my road trip – would I find you?
“The Loneliest Road”US 50 in Nevada I’m just back from a big roadtrip across the American Southwest, and I thought I’d share my perspective as your potential visitor. Would you be findable to me? Let’s see. I had very little planned out, so I did a lot of searching online, especially from my phone. I tended to […]
Another tool to get to know your customers
If you like using online tools to better get to know your customers, Noteleaf is another tool that can help. Here’s some of the explanation from their website: You schedule meetings in Google Calendar, Noteleaf gives you information about who you’re meeting on your phone. Noteleaf sends you a text message right before your meeting with […]
Relax in the Brag Basket
One of our traditions at Small Biz Survival is the Brag Basket. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one June 10-12, 2011. My lavender is in bloom, so let’s make this a relaxing lavender-scented basket. What good news helped you relax this week? A basket of lavender from Maia C Even […]