Enjoy the Holiday
It’s independence day. And for small business owners, independence also means doing your own thing. Enjoy the day and your business. Now on to grilling and the fireworks.
Time management: knowing what NOT to do
It’s the essential entrepreneurial skill that is under appreciated: knowing what not to do. In small towns, entrepreneurs tend to have more than one line of business. Some have seasonal businesses, and some just have different lines of income within their business. Where we have fewer people in our local market, it makes sense…
Let’s go together in the Brag Basket
The Brag Basket is open! This one is for June 29-July 1, 2018. Bring your good news, big or small, to share with everyone. What can you share in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some great news from this week celebrate progress, even baby steps congratulate a friend applaud for each other confess your…
It’s the Little Things
Did you ever have a really good idea only to see someone else jump on it first? Well, this blog post is representative of that. I came up with the idea last week and as I got ready to write this blog appeared in my email, “This Place is Perfect.” So my options are to…
3 Types of Income Producing Activities: discovering, nurturing, delivering
Recently I was reviewing the different Income Producing Activities we do at SaveYour.Town, and divided them into these three buckets. I thought the same structure might help you in reviewing your own business. The Big 3 IPA’s: Discovering, Nurturing and Delivering The 3 key income-producing areas of your business are discovering, nurturing and delivering….
Be wise, share good news in the Brag Basket
The Brag Basket is open! This one is for June 22-24, 2018. Bring your good news, big or small, to share with everyone. What can you share in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some great news from this week celebrate progress, even baby steps congratulate a friend applaud for each other confess…
- marketing | rural | Small Biz 100 | success
Fill a Need with Your Business
There are several common thoughts on the key elements to a successful business. Two of those most often mentioned are to build the business around a need or to build your business around your passion. While there are examples of both elements working, realistically, a combination of the two provide the strongest launching pad. Passion…
- social media | tech | tools
The easiest way to podcast is from your phone
Podcasting is a powerful way to build a connection with people. They hear your voice and feel like they get to know you. The problem with podcasting is it seems like a big hassle. You’re going to need equipment like a good mic, software to record and edit your audio, and some way to host…
