The Ask
You have a business. You need customers. If someone were to ask you “how can I refer people to you?” would you have an answer? The right answer is NOT “we want everyone to come here.” Your perfect customer is not everyone. Take the time to reflect on the products you offer. Who are your…
Community Support
Pamela Slim, author of Body of Work and developer of the Indispensable Community Tour shares these 35 ways to seed and support your community. 35 Ways to seed and support your community Generated by the Sunnyvale Community Tour group 1. Facilitate a LinkedIn introduction for a community member 2. Create a YouTube video with helpful content 3. Follow…
Backcountry Winery
Preston and Amber Gable decided one day they wanted to make wine. They bought an acreage with an old barn, fixed it up, planted some vines and now they have this winery that has a grand opening next weekend. Of course, that’s the short story – and it sounds pretty, lovely and simple doesn’t it?…
Sunday Update: It Is All About You
To often we belittle ourselves. We say things to ourselves we’d never say to our children. We don’t accept compliments well. We continue to talk to ourselves in negative language. We don’t put ourselves first in the list of priorities. We manage to make everything more important. I’m changing that this year. At least for…
Everyday Pictures
Just a few shots from the iPhone taken during the week – I take a lot of pictures and I’m working on taking just some everyday shots and plan to share those on Saturdays. I love this coaster in my car. It makes me happy just to get in my car. The shoes match the…
Start Up Guides to Cities and Rural
I’m going to Lisbon in November for the Web Summit. I was browsing their blog and noticed they’ve posted Start Up Guides to Cities. I’m going to share a few links here with some comments. Then I’m going to ask you to think about what Start Up Guides for Rural might look like. Start Up…
I Saw an Elephant One Day
Headed south on I-35 driving home in the middle of the afternoon I saw an elephant one day Where was he going? They’d tied him down so he wouldn’t fall His trunk was lifted high, the wind was blowing I wondered what he thought that day. My fly on the dash was all askew,…
Millennials – A Few Things
What do you know? Millennial’s are now 51% of workforce today. They will be 75% of workforce by 2025. They entered adulthood sometime around 2000. Do you know how to reach them? Do you know how to work with them, and soon how to work for them? They want authenticity, environmentally friendly products, real time offers, easy redemption,…
Kendall Young Park
Webster City has many parks and last Sunday Keri and I went on a drive looking for some of the lesser known tourist parks. One of my favorite ones is Kendall Young Park at 600 Kendall Young Road in Webster City. According to http://develop.hamiltoncountyiowa.com/html/parks_-_city.html it is a: Scenic park located one mile north of Webster City.…
Build Your Community
Here’s a fun thing to do — start building the kind of community you want to live in. But do it online. by creating a Pinterest board and name it The Kind of Town I Want to Live In. Then invite some of your friends around the world to add links to it. See what…