UPDATE: new tour sites now listed! You can now attract savvy tourists to your area with audio tours and videos.Record an MP3 audio file for visitors to listen to as they walk or drive through your area. Mention the sights, tell the old stories, direct them to businesses. Post it on your community or business…
A common theme in many small towns is vacant business properties and struggling downtown areas. Revitalizing them takes a long-term effort by many different groups and individuals. Suzanne Morse, in the Smart Communities blog, has some resources for vacant property projects. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates.
It takes a comprehensive approach – don’t work alone! From Lancaster Farming. A new, place-based approach to rural policy is needed, according to “Strengthening Rural Pennsylvania: An Integrated Approach to a Prosperous Commonwealth,” by the Brookings Institution in collaboration with Penn State, the Pennsylvania Economy League, and the Campaign to Renew Pennsylvania. “We have never…
Alfredo Tjiurimo Hengari is encouraging his country’s political leaders to start using New Media and technology, in Namibia: Youtube, E-Mail, Skype And MPs. Hengari points out that it is easy for leaders to talk about the importance of technology, even if they have no knowledge of it. If leaders actually use wikis, blogs, and even…
Reader Evelyn Mitchell sent this story to me. I’ve been following the blog The Thrifty Knitter. She’s participating in this: I thought it was an interesting story for you for a couple of reasons. First, that the Harveyville Project is re-purposing buildings in a small town for conference space and artistic residences. Secondly, that the…
AOL is showing an AP story today, Alaska Town is Giving Away Free Land. Here’s the interesting twist: the program was developed by the local high school students. They convinced the city council to go along with it. Other free land programs exist. I’m familiar with Kansas Free Land, an impressive regional effort. Actions: Ask…
How to market your rural area: focus on rural strengths For the first time that I can remember, the state’s push for people to consider bringing their business and/or their family to Iowa is not apologizing — it is celebrating all that makes it such a terrific place to live. Found at Drew’s Marketing Minute….
I asked for other business for sale sites, and Peter Siegel said… Ok, here is another small businesses for sale web site for you: www.USABizMart.com. We have a great track record for people who want to sell their businesses. We have free weekly virtual workshops and a blog. Check it out. We’d love to get…
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