Every week, you share great stories in the Brag Basket. Reading them is the highlight of my blogging week. I hope you enjoy reading about each other, as well. This is where you can share your projects and accomplishments. You can also cheer for other people, give shout outs, congratulate, and even give someone a…
[Another guest post by our great friend Denise McGill ] By Denise McGill To say the least, small business owners must be savvy in many areas of business. It often means you are the decision maker, bookkeeper, salesperson, office administrator and marketing manager. However…with having to wear so many hats, how does one person keep…
So, am I excited that they acknowledge small towns for tourism, or am I disappointed that they relegate them to the past? Seen in the CVG Cincinnati Airport Now, how can we do something with this? How can we promote small towns as part of the present, or maybe even, gasp, the future? I’d love…
When the big Wal-Mart has already run the little chain grocery store out of business, is there any chance that a totally independent, locally-run grocery could compete? Yes. Alva, Oklahoma. Population just under 5000. My hometown. In 2002, the last grocery store in town, Homeland, locked its doors, leaving only the Wal-Mart Supercenter in the…
At the September Bartlesville (Oklahoma) Marketing and Communications Association meeting, President David Austin stopped me for a quick interview. I shared my Simplified Marketing Plan, and gave away some small town secrets. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates.
Today, I’m going first in the Brag Basket! Sheila and I have done it! We finished Tourism Currents, we finished on time, and we have a bunch of new folks joining up! Yay! We launched Tourism Currents to help tourism professionals learn the new social media tools. It’s completely tailored to tourism and includes six…
barbaralingWhat the caterpillar sees as failure, the butterfly sees as the beginning of life. :)I never view failure as something negative – I look at it as a way to open creativity. micahFailure isn’t about “not winning” it’s about heart wrenching actions leading to fundemental change. chrisbroganfailure is the pain that fuels learning. Photo by…
I was near the end of a two-hour drive to pick up our daughter at college. It had been an intentionally quiet drive. I had been texting a bit, but hadn’t talked to anyone for the whole time. When my phone buzzed twice, I realized it was a call, not a text. I looked at…
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