BALLE is the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies. It’s all about local businesses working together to make their local economy prosper, with a focus on locally-owned businesses, sustainability, green jobs, and thinking local first. There is a national organization, and local networks have formed in many cities, towns and regions. I’m reporting today from…
Have you ever varnished something, the old-fashioned way, with a brush? Did you try hurrying the job by slathering on a thick coat? It makes a sticky mess, and doesn’t make for a good finish. Instead, the pros do lots of thin layers, maybe dozens. And the results are much better, shiny and smooth. First…
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Another brand is recognizing the “small town” shift in consumer feeling: Delta Airlines. Delta’s ground operations at the Atlanta airport are sporting signs with “Atlanta’s Airline,” “Proud to call Atlanta home,” and “Atlanta’s hometown airline for 70 years.” It’s a Small Town Rule 7: Build You Local Connections play by the brand. Consumers are…
On Wednesday, May 30, 2pm Central, join us for a celebration of Small Town Rules. We will have special guests, Chris Brogan, Liz Strauss, C.C. Chapman and Rieva Lesonsky as well give out 10 free copies of the book. Join us for an interactive event! You can call in to join us at (347) 426-3202, or…
Yesterday, I sat down with Chris Brogan and Joe Sorge for their series on small business, Kitchen Table Talks. We talk about my many businesses, SOBCon, Small Town Rules, failures, and customer complaints. If you don’t see the video, click through to the page on Kitchen Table Talks. There is no proof that Chris and…
The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one May 4-6, 2012. Have some good news this week? Put it in the Brag Basket. Leslie McLellan is joining us in Tourism Currents! This week, I’m proud to use the Brag Basket to announce that Leslie…
By Jon Swanson I write blog posts five days a week. A post that I wrote three years ago, and reposted a year ago started getting a lot of traffic about three months ago. In fact, about three times as much traffic in the last three months as in the nine months before that. It’s…
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