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Collaborative Marketing Among Seasonal Rural Businesses

May 25, 2009

Collaborative Marketing on a seasonal basis can bring success to all rural businesses involved. The Red Rooster Route is a marketing partnership of six local family farms that have banded together to create a new self-guided farm tour, offering adventures ranging from picking your own summer berries and vegetables, to learning about naturally grown foods. [...]

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Rural Change at the Speed of White Lightning

March 25, 2009

A few weeks ago I mentioned that a vote was taking place in my area as to whether ‘liquor by the drink’ would be allowed and become legal in the ‘downtown’ of my county. Here’s what I said earlier this month: “The choice to sell alcoholic beverages or not is still a controversial one in [...]

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Saving Open Space

March 16, 2009

The most powerful argument of all for saving open space is economics. In most states, tourism is the number two industry. Jim Fowler, American Economist

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Last Minute Tourism: Weekend Travelers

March 15, 2009

Rural businesses and small towns that attract large numbers of tourists are re-thinking their strategies this year, as the economy causes everyone to reconsider travel plans. Apparently Americans’ views of corporate greed are even affecting the types of accomodations that travelers choose to stay in: “Group and corporate travel are down considerably at many area [...]

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What Rural America Doesn’t Have

March 1, 2009

“Ironically, rural America has become viewed by a growing number of Americans as having a higher quality of life not because of what it has, but rather because of what it does not have!” Don A. Dillman

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Being Your Authentic Self Using Social Media

February 27, 2009

Deciding whether social media is worth your time is one thing. Learning how to select the ‘right’ social media for you – and actually use them – is another. Perhaps the biggest dilemma is learning how to be yourself using social media, whether it’s Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or Flickr. Take a look at Social Media [...]

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Serving Rural Customers With Disabilities

February 22, 2009

Improving Your Rural Business with the ADA is a training package targeted toward rural businesses. It is a program that can be used to assist rural business owners as well as other community members in understanding and implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Owners of rural businesses will learn how the ADA can have [...]

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Starting A Rural Business During Tough Times

February 18, 2009

As more people in rural America find themselves laid off or working reduced hours, the idea of starting a small rural business or expanding the one you already have is something to consider. Here are several online resources to help you think things through. In Advice for the Accidental Entrepreneur, Dr. Jeff Cornwall defines who [...]

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Heads Up for Handmade Business Owners

January 16, 2009

In July 2008 Congress passed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. This law was created in response to dangerous levels of lead and phthalate (a chemical in plastic materials) found in toys and other children’s products. This law is scheduled to go into effect February 10, 2009. This new law poses a big problem for [...]

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