Does your business have curb appeal? I was walking through a small downtown area recently, and I got to thinking about what caught my eye, what drew me towards a shop, and what repelled me. I started looking for examples of good curb appeal. Here’s my checklist. Maybe you can use it, if you have…
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Yesterday when I was out weeding my gardens, a young lad road up the driveway on his bike and said: “I haven’t seen you around here before.” As I suppressed a smile, I indicated we’d lived in the neighbourhood for many years: perhaps our paths just hadn’t crossed. “Do you have a dog?” he asked….
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As I’ve been scouring sites online, checking out people, posts, comments and blogs in the vast online world, I wonder: Why do you follow, friend or like someone? What’s your criteria? How do you do it? I’m prompted to ask these questions because they’re some of the very first questions I’m asked by business owners. …
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