Get More Customers Together for Small Business and Entrepreneurs (ONLINE)

There are two problems in rural towns and they are related: Our people shop online or in the city when they could buy the same or better things from local stores. And then when we try to get local businesses to work together to keep people shopping local, but we can’t get them to cooperate!

Deb Brown of SaveYourTown will share stories and ideas that have been successful in other communities and show you how to be more Idea Friendly while using them.

Restoring Rural Business Series is sponsored by Rural LISC.

Deb is the cofounder of SaveYour.Town and spends many days in small towns around the world. Her expertise in filling empty buildings, marketing in a small town and the Idea Friendly Method for economic development is changing the landscape for many towns. A wealth of experience includes foreign casualty insurance underwriting, bartending, managing internet stores and luggage stores, selling knives, leading a chamber and working with small towns. Deb has lived in tiny towns, small towns, small cities and a major metro city. Yet, she’s come home to a small town and travels to many others to help.