Deb Brown and I were in the same place last week, and she twisted my arm until we planned out our SaveYour.Town webinar topics for all the way through 2019. Here’s the list along with tentative dates for the recorded lessons: April 6: Rural Jobs Creation Strategies (open for registration now through April 25 only) May […]
2017 was the retail apocalypse. What does the future of retail hold for small town stores?
Despite the headlines, what we are witnessing is not the death of all retail. Retail is splitting in two. This time, small retailers are the big winners. Future of Retail Webinar Deb Brown and I are making this Future of Retail the subject of our next webinar at SaveYour.Town. We’ll talk about the underlying consumer trend driving this […]
Surprising results in the Survey of Rural Challenges 2017
SmallBizSurvival.com and SaveYour.Town joined forces to conduct an international rural survey of 250 rural people during 2017. Some of the results don’t match up with the usual stories we hear about rural. A few surprising results: More people mentioned a lack of workers than mentioned a lack of jobs More people were interested in […]
Our resources for rural service-based businesses
A reader asked where to find our articles about service businesses in small towns. Here’s a direct link to our archive of rural service business articles. Service businesses are vital in small towns. Small downtowns that struggle to fill empty buildings often see more service businesses move in. Service gaps send people out of town […]
