Elephants in the Caprivi Strip, Namibia Business management advice I heard twenty years ago: “If they’re selling elephants two for a quarter, that’s a great bargain, but only if you have a quarter and only if you need elephants.” David N. Dinkins, 1990 Bought any elephants lately? New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like…
Do you have conference sponsors? Are companies willing to pay you to attend a conference and represent their brand? The Awesome Table at SOBCon ’09, an expensive but well-worth-it conference. Becky McCray, Neenz Felaefine, Paul Merrill, and Sheila Scarborough. In some fields, it’s considered common practice. In other fields, it’s practically unheard of. I remember…
You know you should be keeping an eye on what is said about you online. But most monitoring tools are too complex for the average person who doesn’t spend all day online. And you sure don’t want to share them with anyone who isn’t a techie. The simple monitoring tool: Addictomatic Yeah, Addictomatic is a…
[Stephanie Ward is a fellow Oklahoman, who happens to now reside in The Netherlands. She’s been a good friend and coach, and I’m proud to offer this guest post from her. – Becky] By Stephanie Ward Everyone has an opinion about social networking and you’ll find a great disparity among people on what you should do, and…
“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….
My friend Cort Anderson has offered us this gift, some of what he is hearing in an agritourism workshop. The lessons are certainly useful for all types of tourism related business. Today was the first day of Agritourism: Your Next Cash Crop? a five day workshop put on by the Kansas Dept. of Commerce and…
Building entrepreneurial communities means doing everything you can to welcome, develop and support entrepreneurs. And it doesn’t have to be hard. That was my take away from the webinar that Dave Shideler and Oklahoma State University presented on Building Entrepreneurial Communities. Here are some of the key points that I typed up as he went. …
Great marketing ideas for your business bombard you all the time. Your ability to capture the best of those ideas and execute them is one measure of your success. Photo by koalazymonkey on Flickr Those new promotion ideas come at you from all over. And you’re reading online right now, coming up with even more. But…
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