By Glenn Muske Rural and Agribusiness Enterprise Development SpecialistNorth Dakota State University Extension Service – Center for Community Vitality Help me welcome Glenn Muske, from North Dakota State University. He’s sharing his articles with us. Being successful in business means always having to be ahead of what is coming. For business owners, a new year means changes….
One of our readers from Reimagine Goldendale asked this on Facebook: People are constantly being encouraged to shop local, but small town retailers have a tough time keeping their prices down when their wholesale costs can be so high. Do you have any advice on how to order wholesale so retail prices can be more…
Over at Michele Price’s site, a reader asked:How would one create a startup community in a more rural area where people don’t really get “the internet” and could care less about Facebook, Twitter, or ANY social networking/digital websites? Michele invited me to reply, and here’s the advice I offered: Our eclectic Alva meetup group welcomes…
Reader Micah Choquette asked on Twitter: @beckymccray any tips on finding business info and demographics for my town? Do ppl keep records like biz’s that opened/closed ths yr?— Micah Choquette (@meetmicah) November 14, 2012 This is a tough question, because most small towns lack this kind of basic economic data. Two online resources can help,…
Small Business Saturday is focusing more people’s attention on small businesses for holiday shopping. That’s good. But what does it mean? How can small town businesses benefit? What do we need to do? The bottom sticker is for SmallBusiness Saturday from 2011.Seen in Portland, Maine. Small Business Saturday is the Saturday after Thanksgiving, Nov 24, 2012….
I’m always seeing new business ideas, so I bring them here to share. Maybe one of these will work from your small town: Service I need: someone to stock the fridge and have dinner on the stove when I get home from travel.— Amber Naslund (@AmberCadabra) October 27, 2012 Sounds like an interesting sideline for…
Reader Carie Fuhrman, with the City of Princeton, Minnesota, shared this story on our contact form. Great stuff! –Becky By Carie Fuhrman Downtown Princeton, MNPhoto courtesy of City of Princeton staff. I’d like to tell you about what the Princeton, MN (pop. 4,698) community is doing to revitalize their downtown and help small business owners and entrepreneurs….
Who is first among the equals in your retail store? This is something fellow retailer Daniel Gordon and I were discussing long ago, and I think it’s a valuable topic for business outside of retail, as well. Do you make a point of treating every single customer equally? Do you make decisions about them, based on how…
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