[Stephanie Ward is a fellow Oklahoman, who happens to now reside in The Netherlands. She’s been a good friend and coach, and I’m proud to offer this guest post from her. – Becky] By Stephanie Ward Everyone has an opinion about social networking and you’ll find a great disparity among people on what you should do, and…
“Can I pick your brain?” Drawing the line between free and paid is a continuing discussion point here, as freelancers and consultants of all kinds are asked over and over for free advice and unpaid help. But those free articles aren’t enough to really help you create lasting change. So I’ve created something that can….
My friend Cort Anderson has offered us this gift, some of what he is hearing in an agritourism workshop. The lessons are certainly useful for all types of tourism related business. Today was the first day of Agritourism: Your Next Cash Crop? a five day workshop put on by the Kansas Dept. of Commerce and…
Building entrepreneurial communities means doing everything you can to welcome, develop and support entrepreneurs. And it doesn’t have to be hard. That was my take away from the webinar that Dave Shideler and Oklahoma State University presented on Building Entrepreneurial Communities. Here are some of the key points that I typed up as he went. …
When you blog for your small business, coming up with new ideas for posts can be a real problem. One solution is to start a 100 post series. One hundred posts on the same topic sounds scary, but it’s really a great focusing tool. Pick one topic, broad enough to have plenty to cover, and…
Great marketing ideas for your business bombard you all the time. Your ability to capture the best of those ideas and execute them is one measure of your success. Photo by koalazymonkey on Flickr Those new promotion ideas come at you from all over. And you’re reading online right now, coming up with even more. But…
My friend Des Walsh is offering a series of free, monthly webinars on social media for small business. Des and I met at BlogWorld 2008(He’s drawing me a map to his small town.) The first issue will be TODAY, Monday, Jan. 24, 7pm USA Central Time. Here is how Des describes it. Going through to…
Occasionally, we profile small business mistakes, so we can all learn and improve our businesses. I called a local plumber and left a voicemail explaining what I needed done. Two days later, he called me back, and left me a voicemail. He said if I would call him back, we could talk about it. I…
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