Our friend Ben Yoskovitz has written a terrific guide to getting started with blogging. It’s targeted to corporate human resources departments, but you can use it, too. The ideas for how to get started, work with contributors, stay motivated, and build an audience are all equally applicable to small businesses. Ben invited me to contribute,…
Chris Brogan said you might stop by. I’m glad you did. I’ll bet Chris told you how new interactive tools change small business, how your customers are already seeking information and interaction with you online. And I’m sure he talked about trust. I hope we can earn a bit of yours. Please, leave a comment….
It’s about experience. Creating the experience with your customers that makes them smile; the experience that makes them tell a story about you. It’s about the stories you tell about your customers. It’s about smiling while you do it, finding joy in your business. DQ gets it. They are featuring customer stories on their food…
If I was an economic development professional in a small town, I’d build a local version of the Oklahoma City Co-working Collaborative. Instead of looking for that next big company to recruit, I’d grow my own. And instead of focusing on “big” local businesses for my incubator space, I’d build a co-working incubator, styled after…
Guest Post By Neal Rohrbach I’m sure you’ve been to a trade show in the big city with big time vendors and corporate representatives handing out cool “freebies” with their logo on them. The “big dogs” certainly aren’t the only ones who can have a cool item or gadget to pass out to potential customers….
Tommy Hilfiger had to declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy at age 24. He started over, even bigger.-Heard on the CBS Sunday Morning. Consider this your reminder that you might have to start over, several times. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates.
Hometown boy Phil Gerbyshak shares his thoughts on personal branding in small towns. Shot at SOBCon ’09. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates.
With the publication of our ebooks, Sheila Scarborough and I are starting something new. We’re collaborating to help you learn much more than you can from just reading this site. Starting now, Sheila will be focusing on helping you with Tourism 2.0. Sheila is a traveler and travel writer, who has spent years developing her…
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