When I recently co-hosted an online chat with Jim Kukral for NFIB, one attendee asked about how to get more people to come through the doors during the holiday season. It’s a great question and I have some tips that can help. Want more people to come throughthe doors? Dress up your external spaceand put…
The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one Dec 2-4, 2011. Basket by Dawgbyte77 Don’t hold back because of that word, “brag.” When you hold back, you hide your good news and accomplishments that might inspire others. Even though I call this the Brag…
Small towns have trouble competing with the entire global economy, but that’s what we are up against. Dave Ivan from Michigan State University is presenting a webinar of ways we can better compete. In 2009, I heard Dave’s Can Small Towns Be Cool talk, and it was FULL of excellent info. You can bet I’ll…
My hometown of Alva, Oklahoma, is doing something that most any small town could benefit from: building a habit of helping in our people. People make small donations, conveniently at all the local banks. Most of the banks have pledged matching funds. (Double cool.) The group picks just three or four causes to support each…
You are not your target market: You know too much. You’re pretty smart. You’ve been around your industry or subject area for several years, maybe longer. You have studied, learned, tried, failed, learned some more, succeeded, and learned some more. In short, you are no longer the same as your customers. Now, this is good…
The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one Nov 25-27, 2011. Since this is U.S. Thanksgiving, why not share something you’re thankful for? Thanksgiving basket by Faith Goble Don’t hold back because of that word, “brag.” When you hold back, you hide your good…
Zach Pontz is a writer. He takes words and builds stuff, like paragraphs and articles. Andrew David Watson is a film director. Carving stories from fragments of images.”Skip” Brack runs some stores. What they have in common is that Zach told Andrew about Skip, and now we can watch a powerful story about a guy…
Ken Kelsey, art instructor at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, explains why he’s involved in the arts in Northwest Oklahoma. If you don’t see the video, click through to Small Biz Survival. Ken refers to working with Kay Decker on local arts. You can see her interview here: Starting an art walk.New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the…
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