Small Biz Friday: Four Oaks Enterprises
The entire county is pretty much shut down. It’s not the snow – 4 inches of snow is nothing really. But those winds of 50 mph gusting are creating some havoc for sure. I slept in late (7 for me is late), made a leisurely breakfast, read my email and got on Facebook. Then I…
Christmas Market in Bischofszell, Switzerland
I met today’s guest blogger, Nanette Pawelek on an airplane headed to Minneapolis from Salt Lake City. She was on her way to Amsterdam with her mother. We had a wonderful conversation and I asked her to write about her upcoming trip to the Christmas market in Switzerland. Please enjoy! Bischofszeller Adventsmarkt The end…
Start Small
I woke up today and realized yesterday was not a nightmare. It really happened. All those kids were shot and killed. CNN had an article that said the shooter was “quiet and reserved”. First he killed his mom, who was a teacher but not at that school, and then he went to that school and…
Small Biz Friday: Hampton Specialty Shops
We’ve talked about partnerships a lot this year, and my forecast is that small town businesses will get better at partnering with each other and seeing what kind of magic they can create. In Hampton, we’ve got a group of local retail stores that have joined together to better market their shops, create events that…
How to Deal with a Bad Day
Christine Kane is one of our favorite guest bloggers, and it’s been awhile since she’s been here. Todays post offers some good, gentle advice on how to deal with a bad day. Let’s face it. No matter how much progress we make, we’re still going to have “bad days.” You know the ones. When the old critical voices…
Dream every day
Sometimes we get caught up in the day to day. Hit the ground running, work like a madman, go out to eat with friends and come home to a warm cozy bed. That’s life for a lot of us. And it’s not a bad life. Still …. some days I miss the dreaming. The ‘what…
Cool Idea for Christmas Gift
Orbitz.com gave me $20 towards the purchase of greeting cards as a Christmas gift. Here’s the card I made and will be sending to a few people. Thanks Orbitz! Now .. what kind of cool thing could you do for your customers? Stationery card View the entire collection of cards.
Small Biz Friday: Debworks
Most business owners don’t toot their own horn enough. I’m no different. I am different in that I don’t have a brick and mortar business. I work wherever the client is. So what does Debworks do? We work with small businesses to show them how to create an online and offline marketing plan. It…
Get Your Facts Straight
American Independent Business Alliance co-founder Jeff Milchen reached out to me and shared some research that helps define the numbers and statistics we use when we talk about small businesses keeping money in the local economy. Today I’ll share some of those results and links to more information. The following was taken from AMIBA website…
Buy Local, Buy Chamber
Today I had the honor of presenting to the local Kiwanis organization. I promised them they could see the presentation again here on this website. Just click here! Greater Franklin County Chamber of Commerce has worked hard to incorporate offline and online marketing into their mix in 2012. We are looking forward to even more…