7 Biggest Strengths of Local Shops And how you can build on them. Remember the 7 Weaknesses of Local Shops? They were crazy popular because they touched a nerve. I acknowledged that some of our local businesses really need to step up to earn business today. This series is the flip side of that idea. Small […]
Archives for June 2014
Have a cocktail and lounge in the Brag Basket
The Brag Basket is open! This one is for June 27-29, 2014. Join us for a cocktail and lounge around for a while sharing everyone’s good news. What can you do in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some great news from this week congratulate a friend applaud for each other confess your undying love […]
4 Pricing Strategies Every Small Business Should Know
The words “price” and “right” might make you think about the game show “The Price is Right.” However as a business owner, you know, or soon will figure out, that pricing is not a game. The landscape of closed businesses are littered with businesses that failed to get their pricing strategy right. Some owners realized […]
Small Towns Have a Future – 10 trends in our favor
If you believe what you read or hear from the media, then all small towns are dying. But that’s not the real story. The real story is much too nuanced for a sound bite or 3 minute story: some small towns are dying, most are surviving, and some are prospering. And any town can choose […]