Promoting Your Community as a Destination

The following article was originally published by Becky McCray in 2013, via her website SmallBizSurvival.com. I'm re-sharing it here with you as I feel it covers a number of topics similar to what I'm often posting, such as the concept of "defining your niche" and how people may be thinking about or searching for your location. Of course, those similarities could be because I've been following Becky and soaking up her material for quite some time, but one of the topics which I'm most fascinated by is that of tourism marketing, or the effort to promote a specific location.

How to Participate in National "Get To Know Your Customer" Day

Did you know National "Get To Know Your Customers Day" takes place four times a year? It's observed annually on the third Thursday of each quarter (January, April, July, October), creating a perfect occasion to reach out to your patrons and get to know them better.

Farm Fresh Fridays "The Importance of Supporting Our Local Farmers"

Saturday, July 7th: A couple of weeks ago I posted on my Facebook page about a recent purchase of some ultra-delicious, fresh, corn from a nearby farm (shown below - and oh, so tasty!). It occurred to me that a "Farm fresh Friday" concept would be kind of a neat experiment to do this summer, while chronicling feedback of others and also sharing the places I would visit. (Later on today I'm going to add a photo of the place on my list for this weekend).