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…
The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one Nov 30-Dec 2, 2012. Have some good news this week? Put it in the Brag Basket. We’re a bit off center, ourselves. :)Photo (CC) by jumpinjimmyjava Don’t hold back because of that word, “brag.” When you…
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:…
Farming is an organic process of seasons and cycles, and so is marketing. In fact, I think marketers and business people have a lot to learn from farmers. On The Pulse on Marketing show, I shared some of these ideas. The “reaping rules” we talked about in the video were outlined in a guest post…
The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one Nov 22-25, 2012. It’s Thanksgiving week in the U.S., so this is a great time to share some thankfulness. Have some good news this week? Put it in the Brag Basket. Basket photo (CC) by Janet…
Reader Micah Choquette asked on Twitter: @beckymccray any tips on finding business info and demographics for my town? Do ppl keep records like biz’s that opened/closed ths yr?— Micah Choquette (@meetmicah) November 14, 2012 This is a tough question, because most small towns lack this kind of basic economic data. Two online resources can help,…
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….
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