Don’t let Zane Safrit’s Iowa cornfield backdrop fool you. He’s a sharp CEO-level business guy. In the cornfields. Since 2006, Zane has been exchanging ideas with us. We seem to write about many of the same topics: failure, innovation, small towns, customer service. But he also brings great knowledge on word of mouth, health care,…
To help you continue the conversations we start here, I’ve introduced a newsletter. It features bonus material that doesn’t appear on our site. My hope is that it will be exactly the kind of thing that you might pass along to others in the small town small business arena, to share our conversations. Note: I…
Our Small Biz 100 series, designed to give you 100 useful hands-on business basics posts, has reached 10 posts. And I have two requests of you. 1. What other small business topics do you want to see me cover? Put them in the comments. With 30 articles in process, I’m no where near out of…
Our friend Michelle Riggen-Ransom sent me an email about a nifty small business contest: I wanted to let you know about our Small Business Super Hero contest that we’re running in honor of National Small Business Week next week. We’re inviting small business owners to tell us, in 200 words or less, what makes their…
eMoms at Home is launching a new blog, Ask the Business Coach Q&A. Today, Wendy Piersall said on Twitter that your questions are welcome, at admin @ emomsathome dot com. We’ll update that address as the blog gets launched. eMoms is also undergoing a major re-branding, so watch for details! If you deal with any…
Drew McLellan and Gavin Heaton decided to take on creating sequel to the incredibly successful group-written book, Age of Conversation. The winning topic is “Why don’t they get it?” I’m already formulating my thoughts on who doesn’t get it and why that is. But I’m joined by 274 additional outstanding writers on this project. Expect…
Becky McCray I started Small Biz Survival because I am a small town entrepreneur. I write about small business and rural issues, based on my own successes and failures. My husband and I own a small town retail liquor store and cattle ranch. I also work with small businesses to maintain their web presence and…
This week is almost over! Schedule time to review and take stock. Any notable accomplishments this week? Tomorrow, and over the weekend, you can post to the Brag Basket. I’ll open it up on Friday.While you are at it, take time to plan for a successful next week. small biz rural entrepreneurship Brag Basket
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