If you make a product that you want to sell in the big chain stores, like Walgreens or Winn-Dixie, you probably want all the help you can get. I just found the TGroup Marketing blog, presented by Turner Marketing Group, specializing in reaching the mass market retailers. The articles are good, and specific to this…
Our friend Chris Brogan is passing around a list of questions from Jeff Pulver about web sites and trends. Here are the questions: Most Useful application Best Web site Worst Web site Hottest Trend Favorite Gadget Here are the rural/small town business answers: Most useful application – Not a hot new trend, but the most…
It’s the end of the year, and Small Biz Survival is almost one year old. Time for some thank you’s. Thank you to Glenna Mae, Jeanne and Karen for joining me as contributing authors. All three of you are very busy, and I’m glad to have each and every one of your contributions. Double thank…
It’s that time again! Brag Basket time! Once a week, I offer this post as a safe place to brag a bit. You can brag on your business, your community, or your self. The goal is to allow you a chance to review your week, and this is also the time to review your year….
[Special guest author Laura Girty lives in Cherokee, Oklahoma, and works for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce in community development. She has kindly contributed articles she wrote for the ODOC Developer newsletter, and yes this article does refer to me, OkieJ (Jeanne Cole) and OkieK (Karen Payne). ] Does your community buy into your community…
Want to support new businesses in your small town? Try a Business Symposium. Barber County (Kansas) Development, Inc., organized one with guest speakers to cover topics including: Barber County’s micro-loan program State and local tax exemptions Incentive programs Enterprise Zones Other local initiatives You can pull together speakers on a similar list of local help…
Rural entrepreneurship has become one of the most exciting areas of the New Economic Development. But you don’t have to take my word for it. That quote is from economic development expert Ed Morrison. This week, he has a round up of some of the best resources for reviving small towns. Jack Schultz gets some…
By Ed Morrison Wisconsin promotes inventor and entrepreneur clubs as a rural economic development strategy. Thirty-five of the state’s 72 counties now have clubs operating. Read more here and here . You can cvisit one of the club web sites here. You can visit the Wisconsin web site here. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided…
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