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Rural marketing tip: the name is the claim

By Small Biz Survival

The front of a restaurant features a neon style sign that says "Hobo's House of Burgers and Booze."

Guest post and photo by Debbie Saviano   NO GUESSWORK Here! You know exactly what you’re getting! Great burgers and a relaxed boozy atmosphere. Small town businesses have a way of getting to the point. The name is the claim. About the author Debbie Saviano helps people learn how to use LinkedIn, online courses and social […]

May 22, 2024 Filed Under: entrepreneurship, marketing, rural Tagged With: marketing, restaurant, rural, signage

Seasonal businesses: post signs year-round

By Becky McCray

Two people are pointing to features on a brick building in a small town downtown

Marketing tip: keep signs up year-round even if you’re a seasonal business. When I toured several small towns in Washington and Idaho with the Inland Northwest Partners, I noticed many part-time and seasonal businesses did not have signs up during their off season. In the town of Deary, Idaho, (population 500) there is a wine […]

April 22, 2024 Filed Under: economic development, entrepreneurship, marketing, mistakes, rural Tagged With: effective marketing, entrepreneurship, retail, seasonal business, service businesses, signage, small business marketing

New business sign design? Don’t use cursive script

By Becky McCray

A grocery store building entrance with a sign that says "Alva's Market"

Fewer and fewer kids learn to read and write in cursive, so it’s time to stop ordering business signs with cursive or script lettering. You might have seen the memes and jokes. Someday all us old people will use cursive as secret code. But you might not have thought about how this applies to your […]

February 14, 2022 Filed Under: entrepreneurship, marketing, rural, trends Tagged With: outdoor advertising, signage, small business

Your Small Business Needs a Sign

By Glenn Muske

“If you build it, they will come” may work in the movies. But for small businesses, it is a myth. People will only come if they know you exist and they know where and how to find you. You would think that finding a business today is pretty easy given the mapping apps available and […]

July 13, 2016 Filed Under: marketing, Small Biz 100 Tagged With: customer awareness, effective marketing, market plan, marketing, sign, signage

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