Many small towns have un-used space in their downtown. A local resident in Buffalo, Oklahoma, has used some of that space to create short-term lodging for hunters. Julia Hinther runs a salon and gift shop. The space upstairs used to be an apartment for her sons. When one of her sons tried his luck with…
I hope our 4 ways to jumpstart your small biz in 2010 post helped lots of you get going with 2010. The National Federation of Independent Business liked it enough to ask me to do a webinar based on it. I’ve agreed, and it will be Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 12pm Eastern Time. I’m also…
Yesterday, I walked the small town of Okeene, Oklahoma, through a process to help them expand their tourism potential. We used the 8 Rural Culture Elements from Kansas Sampler Foundation. I wanted to share some of the discussion with you, in hopes it will encourage you to take a fresh look at your local tourism…
Mike Knutson is someone you should meet. He believes small, rural communities need to “Reimagine” their futures. At “ReImagine Rural” (www.ReImagineRural.com) he and others attempt to inspire rural residents to look at the futures of their communities differently and to base their community development efforts on innovative, transformative ideas. I think I favorite or share…
All small town businesses are different, and all customers are different. Mix those two realities together, and people end up with all sorts of small town business experiences. Here are a few comments I caught on Twitter. Small town business ftw! Christmas shopping resumes :) 8:18 AM Dec 21st @siriuslyheather You have to love small town…
I met Judy Dunn when we both guest posted for The Marketing Guy Jay Ehret. We’ve been Twitter friends ever since, and I’m so excited she finally shares her small town business story. On Rural Small Biz Success: 5 Things I Learned When I Moved My Business to an Island There are small towns. There…
Joel Wiggins, Enterprise Center of Johnson County, shares some promising ideas for high tech businesses and ag based businesses that give an advantage to rural areas. Click here to view the embedded video. Interviewed by Becky McCray at NASVF – the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds, Oklahoma City, September 2009 New to SmallBizSurvival.com?…
Greg Corombos and John Duoba from the Business Owner’s Toolkit Radio interviewed me for their radio show. We covered a lot of ground, including: What’s different in rural business, and what can all businesses learn? Do shop local campaigns work? How do you start one? What are some keys to success in small retail stores?…
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