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  • Go visit your customers
    customer service | economic development | rural

    Go visit your customers

    ByDeb Brown October 18, 2016July 29, 2017

      Guest post by Deb Brown How well do you know your clients? Here at the Chamber our clients are our members.  This year I’ve made a concentrated effort to spend some time visiting with our members.  Not just when I run into them, or when we need something (although we do visit then), but in…

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  • Christmas starts early. Get ready now.
    entrepreneurship | marketing | rural | shop local

    Christmas starts early. Get ready now.

    ByDeb Brown October 4, 2016January 2, 2018

    Guest post by Deb Brown, Building Possibility You might be thinking “It’s too early to think about Christmas!” You’d be wrong. This is the perfect time to be thinking about Christmas. Let’s apply the Idea Friendly template over the holiday season. Remember the three tenets: Gather Your Crowd Build Connections Take Small Steps Now is…

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  • Serendipity and maker spaces
    community | economic development

    Serendipity and maker spaces

    ByDeb Brown May 23, 2016July 29, 2017

      My friend Deb Brown has a serendipity story for us. She is the director of the chamber of commerce in Webster City, Iowa. She’s going to tell you how she makes serendipity happen. –Becky  By Deb Brown Last Tuesday I was in Kansas City and talking to a fellow about maker spaces. Maker spaces…

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