Tom Egelhoff, author of SmallTownMarketing.com, is in a generous mood: From now until the month of July, I want to give Small Biz Survival folks my two marketing and advertising books absolutely FREE: How to Market, Advertise and Promote Your Business or Service In a Small Town – and The Small Town Advertising Handbook –…
Social media sounds like the solution to all our small town tourism problems. But who is going to put together all the 1,000 parts and make it make sense? That would be Sheila Scarborough. She’s spent hours, years really, getting good with web 2.0, social media, marketing, and how this all comes together as tourism…
Every business has to write. Everything from websites to local ads. Guest author Denise McGill contributed an outstanding series of articles about writing at Small Biz Survival. It was such a great series, so practical, that I asked her to create an ebook of the series, so we could share it further. Denise put it…
The IRS has a very nice video/audio section for Small Business issues. I realize that many small business owners do not like to consider the tax side of their business. This is a bad idea. Eventually you will have to pay attention even if only once a year when you file your tax returns. You…
Each year, the federal government spends more than $400 billion in goods and services, 23% of which is slated for small business owners and 5% for women business owners. However, in recent years, the government has fallen short of this goal, awarding just 22% of contracts to small business owners and 3.4% to women business…
Karen Wylie is writing a terrific new rural small business blog, Backroads Business. Karen is the owner of The Blue Ridge Soap Shed in the mountains of Western North Carolina. She focuses on rural business, seasonal business and home business. Karen’s just getting started, but it’s well worth a look. Tell her I said hi!…
Web Design Schools Guide WebPreneur Blog has put together a list they’ve called the Top 100 Blogs for Small-Business Cost Cutting Inspiration. It includes some terrific resources on general finance, accounting, frugality, startup, and cost management. They included us as “inspiration,” but don’t let that stop you. Some good stuff there. Add some new resources…
You’re in a small town; you’re running a business. Did you know your local cooperative extension has an entrepreneurship program to help you? Yes, the cooperative extension service. They’re probably in your county courthouse. In Oklahoma, the statewide entrepreneurship program includes more than the usual fact sheets. Glenn Muske specializes in home-based and micro-business. Then…
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