What Makes a Good Facebook Post

Brevity This is not the place to write six paragraphs on one post.  We don’t need to know how smart you are.  We need to know the what of it all – what it is, what it means for me, what do you want me to do. Pictures If you can tell me in a…

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Iowa is Getting Younger

According to the US Census, in contrast to most states, five experienced a decline in median age between July 1, 2013, and July 1, 2014: North Dakota, Hawaii, Montana,Wyoming and Iowa. Millennials, or America’s youth born between 1982 and 2000, now number 83.1 million and represent more than one quarter of the nation’s population. Their size…

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What’s in store for retail?

McKenzie reports that by 2020 1/3 of the worlds markets will be emerging. Retail stores will need to be leaner, denser and more in touch with their digital channels.  When it’s so easy to shop online, it’s obviously affected the brick and mortar stores.  Did you know 44% of those surveyed actually do product research…

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Mini Course: Pop ups

Becky McCray, cattle rancher, liquor store owner and primary at www.smallbizsurvival.com, and I have partnered to bring you a mini course on popups – how to plan one, make it successful and have some fun while doing it. We are the proud owners of www.saveyour.town and our first course is a mini one.  One of…

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