One of our readers from Reimagine Goldendale asked this on Facebook: People are constantly being encouraged to shop local, but small town retailers have a tough time keeping their prices down when their wholesale costs can be so high. Do you have any advice on how to order wholesale so retail prices can be more…
Over at Michele Price’s site, a reader asked:How would one create a startup community in a more rural area where people don’t really get “the internet” and could care less about Facebook, Twitter, or ANY social networking/digital websites? Michele invited me to reply, and here’s the advice I offered: Our eclectic Alva meetup group welcomes…
My neighbors in Fairview, Oklahoma, have an excellent store-front improvement contest going on. And you can copy it. CJ’s Country Store has a nice frontin downtown Fairview, Oklahoma They’re giving businesses plenty of time, the qualifying period is June 1, 2012 ‐ September 30, 2013. They’re making it worth merchants’ time. 1st Place: $5,000 2nd Place:…
Small Business Saturday is focusing more people’s attention on small businesses for holiday shopping. That’s good. But what does it mean? How can small town businesses benefit? What do we need to do? The bottom sticker is for SmallBusiness Saturday from 2011.Seen in Portland, Maine. Small Business Saturday is the Saturday after Thanksgiving, Nov 24, 2012….
I’m always seeing new business ideas, so I bring them here to share. Maybe one of these will work from your small town: Service I need: someone to stock the fridge and have dinner on the stove when I get home from travel.— Amber Naslund (@AmberCadabra) October 27, 2012 Sounds like an interesting sideline for…
Investment Ready Places is a new description of small towns and mid sized cities, from the team at Street Sense: Atul Sharma, Kevin Lavelle and Joseph Nickol. Small towns and cities have lots of potential. Mid-tier towns and cities are our most dynamic urban settlements and have the largest untapped potential for fostering economic growth. They vary…
Reader Carie Fuhrman, with the City of Princeton, Minnesota, shared this story on our contact form. Great stuff! –Becky By Carie Fuhrman Downtown Princeton, MNPhoto courtesy of City of Princeton staff. I’d like to tell you about what the Princeton, MN (pop. 4,698) community is doing to revitalize their downtown and help small business owners and entrepreneurs….
My friend and colleague Leslie McLellan wrote this after last year’s SmallTown Event. Since this year’s event is just one week away, I thought you might like her perspective on how it can make you a bit more of a thought leader. And consider making the trip to Hutchinson to join us for SmallTown2012 next week….
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