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Get started as an outdoor outfitter without breaking the bank
ByBecky McCray August 28, 2023June 27, 2024
Our latest Survey of Rural Challenges said natural resources are rural communities’ best rural assets, but most places don’t have enough outfitters to take advantage of them as tourism development. Here’s how rural people like you can take small steps to grow into outdoor outfitters. Gather Your Crowd to attract groups and organizations that want to help…
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community | entrepreneurship | rural | tourism
Folklife in the South Conference – The Stories Matter
ByDeb Brown July 10, 2023July 7, 2023
I attended the Folklife in the South Conference in Lake Guntersville, Alabama in June 2023. It was a gathering of community leaders, folklorists, traditional artists, educators, documentarians, and other cultural workers. We came together to hear the stories of work in the field, explore different avenues of folklife in the South and to meet and…
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Global Entrepreneurship Week – Share your story of starting small
BySmall Biz Survival July 6, 2023July 6, 2023
This fall, we will be participating in Global Entrepreneurship Week. Here’s your preview of what to expect from Nov 13-19, 2023. The challenge of rural entrepreneurship Rural entrepreneurs and small town businesses face extra challenges including online competition, limited workforce and even finding a usable building. Today, creative entrepreneurs are using new innovative business…
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economic development | entrepreneurship | rural
How to start a laundromat in a small town on a budget
ByBecky McCray June 23, 2023June 22, 2023
Starting a laundromat involves a lot of up front expenses, unless you do it the Idea Friendly Way Lots of small towns have no self-service laundry facilities, so it’s a smart business to start. It also adds a valuable service and amenity to build your community. Laundromats are notoriously expensive to get started, and…
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Survey of Rural Challenges 2023 results
ByBecky McCray May 8, 2023March 2, 2024
To find out what rural people felt were their biggest challenges, SaveYour.Town and SmallBizSurvival.com surveyed 315 rural people from the US, Canada and Australia between November 2022 and January 2023. The results make up this fifth edition of the Survey of Rural Challenges. Download the PDF Report Survey of Rural Challenges 2023 by debworks Top conclusions…
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economic development | entrepreneurship | rural | tourism | trends
Rural tourism trends say small towns are still cool
ByBecky McCray March 27, 2023March 23, 2023
But you already knew that Tourism Currents, experts on social media for tourism, wrote about 5 travel trends to blog about right now, and there’s a lot for rural communities to latch onto there. 1) Wellness Travel Sheila says, “where people can go to relax, detox, relieve stress, get a massage and spa treatments, eat…
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entrepreneurship | marketing | mistakes | rural
Check your small business website for outdated pandemic changes, missing info
ByBecky McCray January 31, 2023
My friend Rob just told me he was checking out a local fitness place. He was interested until he saw their website included some pandemic-related changes that probably aren’t still true, like canceled classes and limited hours. Since he doesn’t know for sure, he moved on to looking into a different place. This is a…
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2023 trends for rural and small town businesses
ByBecky McCray December 26, 2022July 10, 2023
Finding rural trends buried in big reports Business Insider rounded up the trends reports from LinkedIn, Pinterest and other social-driven sites. They didn’t dig out the best trends for rural businesses and small town entrepreneurs, so I did that for you. Retail is recycling Pinterest points to vintage and mixed decor trends. That’s a good…
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