Building Possibility
Thinking of Writing A Book?
I’ve written two ebooks and am working a full fledged book called Building Possibilities: 7 Principles. Corrin Foster is with Greenleaf Book Group and she offers the following advice. Frankly, this advice also works for any small business too! Building Online Presence – a Guide for Authors By Corrin Foster, Greenleaf Book Group Nearly 1.47…
Read MoreSmall Business Optimism
Alex Della Rocca with American Express Forum shared this information with us. Encouraging! Small business owners are more confident than they were a year ago and their top priority is “keeping/maintaining their current business and sources of revenue,” according to the 2015 American Express OPEN Small Business Monitor. The survey found 67 percent of small…
Read MoreNo Foolin’ – Google Places for Your Business
Chamber Nation handles our CRM at the Webster City Area Chamber. In their newsletter this week they shared exactly how to put your business on Google places. If you haven’t done so .. time to get with it! It will allow you to show up on Google map results, on Google search results TWO…
Read MoreA Guide for Authors: Building Online Presence
Every so often we have guest bloggers join us, today is one of those days. I’m working on my book, Building Possibilities: 7 Principles, and I found this information very useful. Not only for promoting a book, but much of this information can be used for small businesses too! Building Online Presence – a…
Read MoreMillennials as Entrepreneurs
The Kauffman report was recently released and it talked about Entrepreneurs and the Millennials and Baby Boomers. Jack Schulz from Agracel first shared the news with us. Today we’re reprinting the section on Millennials (Friday – Boomers). What are your thoughts/? Millennials (born from 1981–1997) have created fewer and fewer businesses since they entered the…
Read MoreInvisible People: @home on PBS
I‘m sharing this press release in hopes that my readers will share it as well – and watch the special on PBS. Everyone so often we are blessed to meet angels in real life. I had the good fortune to meet Mark Horvath at a 140 Conference in New York several years ago. His story…
Read MoreMarshmallow Love
I met Nathan at a Misfit Conference in Fargo. Nathan and his family make marshmallows. Their company is Wondermade. The entire business started because Nathan needed to buy a Christmas gift for his wife. The internet led him to candy which led him to marshmallows. After noticing that all their friends wanted to order marshmallows…
Read MoreHashtag Campaign for RAGBRAI Pass through
RAGBRAI is coming through Webster City! We are excited and thrilled to welcome approximately 25,000 bike riders to our town early in the morning of July 21. We’re currently putting together a hashtag promotion and asking everyone to enter their ideas about the perfect hashtag at http://visitwebstercityiowa.com/pass-through.htm. The idea is to create a hashtag we can…
Read MoreChef: A lesson for small businesses
If you have not seen the movie Chef and you own a small business, stop what you are doing and go watch it. I used Netflix to see it. Besides being a feel good movie about a dad and his kid, it’s a better movie about how to use social media for your small business.…
Read MoreHe Said What?
I just read that CTO of T-Mobile said “We believe the metro stuff is most important.” (find link here http://vzwmidwestarea.com/verizon-rural-matters/) My first response is: Are You Kidding Me? 20% of the population lives in rural America. You’re willing to give up that business? Then I realized Mr. CTO has no clue why it’s important that…
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