By Jon Swanson I rented a car on Hotwire. They gave me Avis as the best price. We got to the airport and the counter person said, “would you like a free upgrade to a convertible?” I was still flying and so I hesitated. “The weather will be much nicer this weekend,” she said. I…
Social media tools can be a great field leveler for small town professionals. I explained why we bother spending time on social networking at Liz Strauss’ Successful Blog, and then offered some practical ways to get started at Chris Brogan’s blog. Now, let’s do a little show and tell. Here are four people living in…
By Jon Swanson You wonder about your customers, whey they don’t come back, why they choose others. But look at how you function… as a customer. Not for your business, but for your personal life (and I know, small business owners have no personal life. But just pretend with me for a moment). When you…
All small businesses run into decision points. These are the things that can keep you up at night! Twitter friend Shama Hyder Kabani, of After the Launch, (2013 update: Shama’s firm is now called Marketing Zen) has come to one of these, and “tweeted”: After The Launch has hit a MAJOR decision point: To work IN the…
Another great connection via Twitter! Grant D. Griffiths lives about 4 hours away from me, so that qualifies as practically neighbors around here. When he emailed me, I promptly asked him for a guest post sharing his story. Enjoy. Clay Centerby bmcguirk Needless to say, I was excited to come across Becky’s blog, Small Biz…
At SXSW, Britt Raybould and I met, introduced by Chris Brogan (who else?). We had some excellent conversations about working in a high tech field, without being from a major metro area. We both got lots of surprised comments from the big city folks. Of course, I wanted to introduce her to you, too. Before…
Women Helping Women. That’s the motto of the Business and Professional Women, which I belong to. In that spirit, here are two amazing women worthy of your attention this holiday season. Small town entrepreneur Marti Lawrence shares wonderful humor with several innovative projects. Right now, she has three projects going. First, she’s acting as a…
Guest Postby Steve SchafferCo-Founder and Marketing ManagerTriporia.com Triporia.com is a video sharing website that connects travelers, through video, to all travel related businesses. The site was started with the spirit that small businesses are some of the best places to eat, sleep and visit. It’s hard to find a place you hear through word of…
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