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Refilling the rural business pipeline

By Becky McCray

Becky McCray and Deb Brown present Refilling the Business Pipeline

This is a short sample from the SaveYour.Town video “Refilling Your Business Pipeline” featuring Deb Brown and me. Small towns and rural communities will need new business startups to revitalize their local economies, but not many people have the resources today to do a startup the way it’s traditionally been done. Part of what holds […]

July 7, 2020 Filed Under: economic development, entrepreneurship, failure, mistakes, rural, success, trends Tagged With: Becky McCray, building a business, Climate, Deb Brown, economic development, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, idea friendly, Idea Friendly Method, Innovative Rural Business Models, recession, rural, SaveYourTown, small business, small business success, starting, startup, startups, take small steps, video

Show and Tell – How Video and Maybe Even LIVE Video Are Important for Small Town Business

By Chris Brogan

Small Town Business Lights

By Chris Brogan They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but sometimes, it might be worth a thousand dollars, too. Over the last ten years, restaurants and bars who post their best dishes or drinks as photos on sites like Instagram have learned that people love seeing examples of what they’ll get if […]

April 20, 2020 Filed Under: entrepreneurship, marketing, rural, social media, tech, tools Tagged With: Chris Brogan, effective marketing, entrepreneurship, guest post, rural, service businesses, small business, small business success, video, video tips

Exact Yeti Blue mic volume and Windows settings to reduce background noise

By Becky McCray

Blue Yeti Microphone

The drawback to Yeti Blue USB Microphones for podcasting Yeti Blue microphones are widely popular for podcasting and home sound recording. They do have a big drawback of being overly sensitive. They pick up too much background noise even when the gain is turned way down. I know because I bought one for my own […]

February 17, 2020 Filed Under: mistakes, tech, tools Tagged With: audio, Blue, microphone, mistakes, podcasting, quality, recording, settings, sound, streaming, video, Windows, Yeti

How do you start a microbrewery? With micro-steps

By Deb Brown

  Guest Post by Deb Brown When I visited Decatur County, Iowa, several people said that wanted a brewery. They talked about the big barriers in their way: finding the right building, the right funding, the right people. The big idea seems really hard this way. Why not start smaller? Start by using the Idea […]

March 11, 2019 Filed Under: economic development, entrepreneurship, rural Tagged With: building a business, Deb Brown, economic development, entrepreneurship, guest post, idea friendly, networking, startup, video

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