Sunday Update: Circling The Waters
We have all done it. Circled the waters like a shark. We’re bored. Nothing good is on tv. There’s no good book to read in the house. Same ol’ crap on Facebook. Let me to to the kitchen and see what snack I can get. I go look in the fridge. I go look in…
Community Defined
Mel Mayberry is a friend of mine and a rather well known and loved local community actor. She shares a blog post with us today and I find it heart warming and of value to all of us. Enjoy. Teach Your Children Well We’ve all heard the expression “It takes a village.” Nowhere is this…
Sunday Update: Travel to Jackson MN
Friday night we left Webster City and spent the weekend in Jackson, MN. There’s about 4,000 people that live there and it’s a lovely little town located along a river with a small downtown. We were invited by a coworker of Keri’s who was singing in the Grand Ol Opry Style Christmas Special on Saturday.…
Blab – Tour of Empty Buildings
Blab.im is a new place to have conversations online with up to 4 people who can see each other. The listening audience can ask questions via a text option. It’s pretty smooth running and meets a lot of needs. Becky McCray and I ran a blab last night to answer questions submitted to us about…
Weed Whackers and Windex
Ninjas Needed I visited Roscommon County, Michigan and toured a few empty buildings. On one corner, a major intersection into town, there was an empty building on each corner. We talked about building possibility, working with the county and the town and hosting a tour. Next to one of the buildings that needed to be…
Christmas is the PERFECT Time to Shop Where You Live
If you’re a small business, you’re neck deep in Christmas. It’s only 23 days until Christmas. We all know how fast time goes, and even faster as you get older. Do you buy gifts for your employees? Many do. Many give out cash. Why not purchase Chamber bucks instead of giving out cash? Ours can…
Sunday Update: One Thing At A Time
For the past month I’ve been working on tackling one thing at a time. I’m attending a mini course offered by a local integrative medicine clinic that meets 5 times as a group and twice with the director individually. We address issues and work on treatment options for weight loss. It’s not learning how to…
Eight Thinks to Do on Small Business Saturday
Buy new furniture. Locally. Go visit your local furniture store and be surprised. The value, the customer service and the attention to detail will simply blow you away. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised at what is now available in the better lines of furniture and how affordable the pieces are. Don’t big box it…
What is Showrooming?
You see something on tv, or online. You go to your local store to actually look at the item. Then you go online, often on your phone while you’re in the store, to find it somewhere else cheaper. That is showrooming. We live in a small town. Small towns need local jobs, sales tax revenue,…
Happy Thanksgiving – Share This Reader
I’m a big fan of Webdancers blog and it turns out they are also big fans of Seth Godin. Seth has made a document available to all of us called the Thanksgiving Reader. Please read below the email Webdancers shared in their enewsletter this week. I couldn’t have written it better myself! (And yes, I’ll…