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How to Use Pinterest and Vimeo to Market Your Rural Business

By H.E. James

Guest post by H. E. James, MBA Marketing a rural business is never easy. Standing out from the crowd of larger businesses with bigger budgets isn’t easy, but social media has made the marketing world a much smaller place. At the same time, it may feel that there are too many social media platforms to […]

November 15, 2016 Filed Under: entrepreneurship, marketing, rural, social media, tools

Podcasting basics

By Becky McCray

  Your fellow reader Rhonda Howell asked for tips, tricks, and sound advice for podcasting. Since I’ve dabbled with podcasting on and off since 2006, I wanted to offer my opinion on some basics. Step 1. Know what you want to say. Have a purpose for your podcast. Write down the reason you’re creating a podcast. What […]

June 15, 2015 Filed Under: rural, social media

Multiply your tours

By Becky McCray

  Do you have a paper brochure for a walking tour? or barn quilt tour? or driving tour? Here are seven ways to take that same tour, reach new potential visitors, and make your tourism website easier to find in searches. See, different types of people visit different places online. So every different way you can post your […]

April 27, 2015 Filed Under: marketing, rural, social media, tourism

9 ways to drive engagement and draw a bigger audience on Twitter

By Becky McCray

Dean Abbott @DeanAbbott told me (on Twitter, of course) that he was thinking about how to drive engagement and draw a bigger audience on Twitter. I gave a few suggestions that might be helpful for you, too. Follow smart people. They are more interesting to engage with and easier to learn from. Watch for the […]

September 3, 2014 Filed Under: marketing, rural, social media

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