The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one September 30-October 2, 2011. Display your good stuff in the Brag Basket.[Photo: Basket maker Terrol Dew Johnson.Photo by sea turtle on Flickr.] Even though I call this the Brag Basket, it’s not really about bragging. It’s […]
Archives for September 2011
Oklahoma Governor’s Conference on Small Business 2011
I’m speaking at the Oklahoma Governor’s Conference on Small Business, on October 14, 2011. The conference theme is Igniting Small Business Leaders. Incendiary, but good! My topic is “The Social Network: Marketing Strategies for Today.” If you dropped in from the conference, welcome! You’re in the right place for a copy of the slides and some resource […]
Extend your Twitter reach with Twylah
Small town businesses and tourism groups are using Twitter for marketing and building community. One of the problems with that can be the limited reach. Twylah is one tool to reach more people, even those who don’t use or maybe don’t even like Twitter. Normal people view a Twitter page as something of a foreign […]
Coffee and Calendars: How to build more cooperation in your community
What if your town council, your chamber of commerce, and your school board sat down together for a public meeting just to compare calendars? What if these leaders started talking about possible cooperation, shared projects, or mutual goals? What if more local boards and leaders began to participate, aligning their own goals and efforts with […]