If you do much work on local tourism, you know that you get asked for basic information and photos over and over. If you’re like most of us, you have to search through folder after folder of photos, or dig for descriptions you wrote up last year. Time to create your Secret Weapon for dealing…
Two small business books to talk about this week. The New Small by Phil Simon and The Entrepreneur Equation by Carol Roth. Both were sent to me for review, and both have good value for small business. The New SmallPhil Simon Phil gets that small business now has an advantage over big business. He pinpoints some technology…
Last week, we talked about how to Make the most of being at a conference. Now, let’s talk about what to do when you get home. Aliza Sherman making notes at the first ever 140 Characters Conference in NYC Here is my best piece of advice. Immediately after the event, write down the top five ideas…
[Our friend Deb Brown wrote up some terrific notes on attracting group tours to small towns, and she was kind enough to share them with us. -Becky] By Deb Brown Last week I went to the Central Iowa Tourism Quarterly Meeting. The first part of the day was Creating Pop Off the Page Itineraries. There…
You prepared ahead of time for that big conference. Now you find yourself at the event. What can you do to get more out of it? @AmberCadabra and @ThinkMaya at BlogWorld Expo 2009 Be somebody. Be your friendliest self. Act like you’re in a small town. Say hello to everyone. Talk to your neighbors, whether in…
Seems like every week you discover another website that lists one of your local events, usually with some key piece of information wrong! And then there’s another directory listing your town, asking you to send them updated information monthly or yearly. And there’s the state tourism site, and the regional site, and your neighboring town…
One of the milestones of small business is your first office space. But how do you know when the time is right? And where do you find space that works for a small business? My favorite “home office” on safari Know your planJeffrey A. Landers divides home-office businesses into two group, with two distinct solutions: If you…
Free is a pretty compelling price. How can you compete with that? Is it possible to add enough value to be worth more than a competitor that is free? Cheap or FreePhoto by Chris Brogan The recent controversy within the social media community over Chris Brogan’s Blog Topics newsletter provides a pretty good example. I’ve…
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