The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one Nov 30-Dec 2, 2012. Have some good news this week? Put it in the Brag Basket. We’re a bit off center, ourselves. :)Photo (CC) by jumpinjimmyjava Don’t hold back because of that word, “brag.” When you […]
Archives for November 2012
Building a Startup Community in a Small Town
Over at Michele Price’s site, a reader asked:How would one create a startup community in a more rural area where people don’t really get “the internet” and could care less about Facebook, Twitter, or ANY social networking/digital websites? Michele invited me to reply, and here’s the advice I offered: Our eclectic Alva meetup group welcomes […]
Store-Front Improvement Contest from a small town
My neighbors in Fairview, Oklahoma, have an excellent store-front improvement contest going on. And you can copy it. CJ’s Country Store has a nice frontin downtown Fairview, Oklahoma They’re giving businesses plenty of time, the qualifying period is June 1, 2012 ‐ September 30, 2013. They’re making it worth merchants’ time. 1st Place: $5,000 2nd Place: […]
Sharing Marketing Lessons from Farming (VIDEO)
Farming is an organic process of seasons and cycles, and so is marketing. In fact, I think marketers and business people have a lot to learn from farmers. On The Pulse on Marketing show, I shared some of these ideas. The “reaping rules” we talked about in the video were outlined in a guest post […]