Design in Webster City
October 8 at 8:30 am there were 23 senior design students from Iowa State University in Webster City. They partnered up with local small businesses to help improve the brand image of each business. The Chamber of Commerce has been working with Professor Paula Curran and Susan Erickson, Place Coordinator at Iowa State University to…
Death and Telling Your Story
Yesterday I read the 23rd Psalms and said the Lord’s Prayer while we laid to rest Cora Clock. Cora was born in 1917 and died October 3, 2013. She was in Maryland for the last part of her life. She wasn’t from Geneva, Iowa – but her parents were. And they were buried at the…
Brainstorming with Becky McCray
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Help the good guys
Every day I get the opportunity to work with local businesses, it’s my job. I promote, cheer lead assist, cajole and advise. I love what I do! Today I’m asking a favor from my readers. Today I get to promote a local business that we work closely with to ensure our marketing efforts are valid…
Get Smart(er)
There is oh-so-much to learn about marketing and it is an ongoing process. Today I’m sharing some links and places to visit that can broaden your education. @SheilaS Sheila Scarborough shared this link about using YouTube as a marketing tool. http://www.youtube.com/yt/playbook/ You know all those beautiful prints you have on instagram? Why not use Origrami…
140 Tweet Up in Des Moines
The 140 State of Now Iowa community will be kicking off the 2013 World Food Prize week with a coffee tweet up at Java Joes! http://javajoescoffeehouse.com/ and located at 214 4th Street in Des Moines Monday, October 14 from 9 to 10:30 am. This week will see world leaders and media in Des Moines and we think it is appropriate that our…
We Have Not Forgotten
Today we will fly our flag. We have not forgotten. We in Webster City are also celebrating RV TV and there’s a big party going on. Will it be Iowa or Iowa State who wins on Saturday? We come together to cheer our state schools on today. Don’t believe for a minute that we have…
Top 10 Aging Tips
Chamber member Mona Kitt Everson of Life and Health Care Inc. shared these tips on her page today. We are happy to have her guest post today! We all hopefully will be given the gift to age and be blessed to be with our families. Aging is not to be feared. In being a RN…
Downstaters – Just for you!
Thank you for watching my presentation on marketing and branding today! Oh, wait, for my blogging audience … I was in Urbana, Illinois for the Illinois Economic Development Summit today and presented on marketing and branding strategies that included working case studies, ideas your community can pursue and how to use the internet and social…
Are you a role model?
My friend Alicia, the Spashionista, lives in Nashville. She blogged about being a roll model today and I asked her I could share that post here. As part of my desire to bring you a better picture of modern Nashville style I was really looking forward to the grand opening of a new boutique…