The Brag Basket is open! This one is for January 24-26, 2014. What can you do in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some great news from this week congratulate a friend applaud for each other How do you join in? Below this post is the comment section. Add your brag there. If you read […]
Archives for January 2014
Make Your Business a Habit
When your customers want a product or service your carry, is your store the first place they go? People use habits and routines throughout much of their life. Habits and routines make life easier and free up the brain for other decision-making tasks. We operate much of our lives on autopilot. The autopilot mode can […]
Donna Maria and I get mean about rural solutions
Donna Maria Interview Donna Maria is one of those people who just makes me happy. She’s a practical business owner, she’s a mentor to others, and she knows that it’s up to us to create our own future. Donna Maria saw a recent news story with yet another negative view of rural that […]
Time for the rural small business trends for 2014
Business in rural areas just isn’t the same as what urban business pundits assume. I like to break through that urban bias with special trends for rural small business. I’ll share a short overview here, and you can download the full report here. No cost, and no sign-up needed. Trend 1. Stage 2 businesses bloom […]