“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….
Each year, I do a rural small business trends article for Anita Campbell’s Small Biz Trends. Here’s the 2011 Trends Driving Rural Small Business. (check the original post for more comments!) Local, government and economic development are the three key factors shaping rural small business in the coming year. Within each of these factors are smaller subtrends. Here’s…
Small Biz Survival has grown. It isn’t just blog posts any more! Here are some other places to connect, and other resources you can use. Social Networks and Community FacebookI post links to a few of our best articles, and I try to allow lots of room for community discussion. Find us on Facebook. TwitterI share…
My annual rural small biz trends email is coming soon. To get it, sign up for my email newsletter. Trends is always the most popular email of the year. See, each year I do a trends post for Small Biz Trends. And each year, I have more to say about trends. There are some extra trends…
I’d like to add a new dimension to what we do here. We’ll still focus on equipping rural entrepreneurs to prosper so their communities can prosper. But together we can support some organizations that make a difference to entrepreneurs in small towns and rural areas. Some examples of rural entrepreneurship organizations that leap to mind:…
Sheila and I are hosting an Open House at Tourism Currents this weekend (November 26 – 28, 2010). Sheila welcomes you! What is Tourism Currents? It is an online course on how to use social media tools for tourism projects. It’s all based around real life things you do every day in the tourism world….
We love your comments. Frequently, you add much more value than I do. I don’t want anything to change that. Here’s what is changing. Please do NOT enter a keyword phrase, business, product or service name as your name in the comment section. Doing so will get your comment deleted. Use YOUR name. I should…
On November 1, 2010, a group of small town advocates and technology geeks will convene at the Fox Theater in Hutchinson, Kansas, for the first 140 Characters Conference Small Town. Entrepreneur Jeff Pulver is the driving force behind the 140 Character Conference, or 140Conf for short. It’s not about Twitter. It’s about the ways real time online communication is…
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