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Consumers prefer small businesses for real human reasons

By Small Town Rules

Click for the complete infographic Why do consumers choose small businesses today? It’s personal. A web.com sponsored survey found 85% of consumers said they chose small businesses because they are: personal, intimate, human, face-to-face easy to to business with customer focused There’s never been a better time to be Small in business (Rule 6). Consumers […]

October 11, 2013 Filed Under: SmallTownRules

AlwaysOn Ranks Becky McCray As A 2013 Power Player In Technology Business Media

By Small Town Rules

AlwaysOn announced their Power Players in Technology Business Media list, honoring the the editors, writers, and bloggers in the technology world who are keeping the Global Silicon Valley connected and informed. Becky McCray was included for her work at her award-winning blog Small Biz Survival. “This year’s Power Players in Technology Business Media list spans a wide […]

October 11, 2013 Filed Under: SmallTownRules

How to identify your national brand with local ties

By Small Town Rules

Paint company Benjamin Moore is identifying with Main Streets through a campaign to repaint 20 downtowns. They’re backing it up with TV commercials praising downtowns, the “three-story highrise,” and the small businesses that typify Small Town Rules.

August 11, 2013 Filed Under: SmallTownRules

National chains can borrow local connections

By Small Town Rules

Even national retail chains can borrow some local connections. The Shops at Target are a new type of collaboration, taking products from small shops, “the shops we stumbled upon and couldn’t help but fall in love with” and putting them in Target stores around the country for six-week runs. And not just stacking them in, […]

August 11, 2013 Filed Under: SmallTownRules

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