IRS Rules for Employment Tax Items
Here’s a link to IRS rules concerning employment tax issues and items. The IRS site is actually a treasure trove of useful information all broken down into fairly small blocks. Check it out.
Resource: The Daily Yonder
A new website focusing on the rural US called The Daily Yonder is a potential resource for small town small businesses. Publisher Julie Ardery let me know about the new site, and showed off some of the features. News stories, video and radio focusing on rural issues are consolidated here. A blogroll of rural-focused blog…
Sharing the best rural small biz news
Each day, I read tons of different sites, looking for interesting small business, economic development and rural community stories. I find far more than I can ever write about. Plus, many of them don’t require any comment; I just want to share them!I’ve taken some inspiration from David Finch and started using Google Reader‘s Shared…
How to create a disaster recovery plan for your small business
Your small business is susceptible to some form of disaster, probably several. But, of course, you don’t have a preparedness plan or a recovery plan. As I’m writing this, more thunderstorms are blowing through, but I don’t have any written recovery plans for my business! (I’m not in any danger here, but the thunder is…
Three very different blog carnivals
Three new carnivals included my articles, so I want to mention them here. Carnival of Anecdotes Hosted at The Engaging Brand is the Carnival of Anecdotes. Why do we care about Anecdotes? As a leader you need an array of stories and anecdotes to share with people, to improve your communication skills, to help translate…
More resources in the Carnivals
Carnivals round up some of the best posts and articles from all over, and exhibit them like a midway! Carnival of the Capitalists This week, the Carnival of the Capitalists is at Spooky Action. Covers all sorts of business and capitalistic articles and topics. Some favorites for rural small business are: Pamela Slim at Escape…
Make the most of your human resources
In a small town, Human Resources Management takes on all new meaning, as you labor to find people to work with you, train them, keep them, and so on, while starting from a tiny talent pool. Making the most of each staff person is a constant issue. So here are two items to help you…
A quick guide to signs
Lots of small town small businesses rely on good signs. Tourist-focused business, for example, depend on clear and effective signs. But look around your small town and you’ll see lots of really bad signs! That brings up lots of questions for us. How do you design a good sign? How big should the typeface be?…
