Earlier this year, I did a blog post on the importance of “Family Businesses in the Economy.” Most of us patronize these businesses, but probably don’t think much about them. Who are the owners? What types of businesses do they run? How successful are they? Prior to retirement, I was part of a group of […]
Archives for August 2017
The marketing genius behind Nacho Business
Dateline: Aberdeen, South Dakota Reporting: Becky McCray and Deb Brown Subject: Nacho Business Deb and I can’t resist shed businesses, especially with great names. We stopped for nachos. We told him we had to, just with that name. “We hooked you with name alone?” he said, clearly gratified. Then he dumped a bunch more marketing […]
The Brag Basket is full of surprises
The Brag Basket is open! This one is for Aug. 25-27, 2017. Bring your good news, big or small, to share with everyone. What can you share in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some great news from this week celebrate progress, even baby steps congratulate a friend applaud for each other confess your undying […]
Networking Isn’t a One-Time Event
Want to have a successful small business? Then build your network. Comments like this are not uncommon. Good networking is one factor in building a successful, sustainable small-business. Both anecdotal information and research supports such claims. We have written about it previously in this blog when discussing “Networking for Business Success.” Most articles, like this […]