I have a heart for some of the small rural businesses in our country.
Black Friday and the rush to the big-box stores was in part a reminder of how the rural or small business owners have their work cut out for them these days.
The rural or small business on Main Street, Oldtown, USA? Many face hard times. It's one reason I continue to do single-page websites for rural and small business for $150.
A few years ago, on a drive to a client appointment in Centerville, IA (about 2 hours south of Des Moines) It was early December. Driving through the tiny town of Albia, IA, I noticed that most of the stores had already closed, and the drug store and furniture store were going out of business. It's the holiday season, and they are closing up shop?
In my new home of Southern Oregon, the small communities of Phoenix, Talent, and White City all face similar challenges.
Yet, we can bring hope and keep these fantastic culture building business alive and thriving with some support.
Tisha Oehman of Finding Brand offered me a different and better reminder today. Her piece on Small Business Saturday is a gem, with a clarion call to support these small businesses not just today, but to make every Saturday a Small Business Saturday (a mission and movement for Nov. 27th).
If you are an owner of a Small Business, I'll encourage to read Small Biz Survival and Small Biz Trends on a daily basis.
And as Tisha suggest, let's make tomorrow's Small Business Saturday rock — and then do likewise every Saturday in the future. (Great Idea, Tish)
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