Both times we’ve run the Survey of Rural Challenges, small town business owners have picked the same top challenge: adapting to being open later hours. That means I’m always on the lookout for ideas that work to help bring more people downtown and are also successful at generating business for local stores. Cindy shared […]
Archives for November 2017
Read up on the good news in the Brag Basket
The Brag Basket is open! This one is for November 10-12, 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 […]
Be Careful What You Wish For!
“If only” is a statement I hear often from small-business owners. Sometimes the wishes are big and grandiose. But most of the time, the wishes are just what one might expect such as more customers, a big order, more space or more money to work with or in the bank at the end of the […]
You probably should be making estimated tax payments to the IRS
If you’re self-employed (running a business), you need to know that the IRS expects you to make estimated payments each quarter. “Taxes are pay-as-you-go,” the official IRS page said. “This means that you need to pay most of your tax during the year, as you receive income, rather than paying at the end of the […]