We’re all using the same marketing theme this year: Shop Indie Local. When we work together to spread the word, we’ll multiply how many customers we reach. Learn more from AMIBA, the Shop Indie Local lead sponsor. Giving Tuesday – share your favorite causes. More than just another shopping day, Giving Tuesday is a movement. Our ultimate goal […]
Holiday 2022 marketing: Cider Monday November 28
We’re all using the same marketing theme this year: Shop Indie Local. When we work together to spread the word, we’ll multiply how many customers we reach. Learn more from AMIBA, the Shop Indie Local lead sponsor. Get off the computer! Cyber Monday used to be the day lots of people went back to work and spent their […]
Holiday 2022 marketing: Artists Sunday is November 27
We’re all using the same marketing theme this year: Shop Indie Local. When we work together to spread the word, we’ll multiply how many customers we reach. Learn more from AMIBA, the Shop Indie Local lead sponsor. New to me this year is Artists Sunday, November 27, 2022. If you make or sell local art, this is the […]
Holiday 2022 Marketing: Small Business Saturday November 26
We’re all using the same marketing theme this year: Shop Indie Local. When we work together to spread the word, we’ll multiply how many customers we reach. Learn more from AMIBA, the Shop Indie Local lead sponsor. The big one: Small Business Saturday Small Business Saturday is November 26, 2022, in the US. In the UK, […]
Holiday 2022 marketing: Plaid Friday is November 25
We’re all using the same marketing theme this year: Shop Indie Local. When we work together to spread the word, we’ll multiply how many customers we reach. Learn more from AMIBA, the Shop Indie Local lead sponsor. Black Friday is overdone. Online giants started promoting their Black Friday deals like a month ago. We’re over it. […]
What challenges do you face in your community and business? Tell us here
Over 1400 people have shared their rural challenges with us since 2015. With all the change we’ve been through, have your priorities changed? We’d like your help to get an updated view of the challenges to your community and your business, and what’s working well or not so much. The survey is open to rural people […]
Holiday 2022 Marketing: Spotlight on Community
We’re all using the same marketing theme this year: Shop Indie Local. When we work together to spread the word, we’ll multiply how many customers we reach. Learn more from AMIBA, the Shop Indie Local lead sponsor. Today, the focus is on your community. Our ultimate goal is to build a stronger community for all your […]
Holiday 2022 marketing: Spotlight a local business
We’re all using the same marketing theme this year: Shop Indie Local. When we work together to spread the word, we’ll multiply how many customers we reach. Learn more from AMIBA, the Shop Indie Local lead sponsor. Spotlight a local business Today, we’re going to shine a spotlight on another local business near you. You […]
Picking your Holiday 2022 marketing theme
We’re all going to use the same marketing theme this year. You, me, and every business in your town. We’re all going to use Shop Indie Local. Here are 5 reasons why. There’s a tendency among small businesses in small towns to use the same marketing theme from year to year, the same ads with […]
Shared retail spaces and sheds: smart business ideas in small towns
Small retail spaces like retail collectives and shed markets generate prosperity for rural areas and small towns when they: give small business ideas an affordable foothold create experiences that draw customers in build on the element of discovery for customers test promising retail concepts shelter businesses too small to survive on their own fill gaps […]
