Recent content by doughdiva

Our town is seasonal, though not as big and without quite the drastic fluctuation. We do as much as we can to be involved with the community. Every Monday we donate 10% of our sales to a different community organization or school fundraising event. The good-will it has brought us is more...

I’m looking for creative ideas to thank our community/customers for voting us “Best of” in a couple of different categories in our small mountain town. Any customer appreciation ideas that may help boost sales and bring in new customers would be appreciated. Thanks!

Indie, I live in a town of about 6000 people and have organized a “Buy Local” fundraiser twice now. In addition to my interest in my own kid’s activities, I own a pizzeria, so therefore have been particularily motivated. I organized about 6 other businesses in town (none of which compete with...

Way to go Steve. I hope you are enjoying your new venture!

We pay all of our employees at least $7.50/hour to start. We have about 12 employees and the newest is currently making $8.00/hour and the highest is at $9.50. They all split tips and consistently make $15-$25/hour with tips. Until this past month, I only had to hire one new person in the past...

Our local McDonalds (yes, we only have one) just called because their employees were requesting our pizza for their holiday party. So the manager asks my husband if we would be interested in doing a trade for half. My husband pauses, because we really don’t eat fast food, but he asks what the...

Oh the cycle! It can be so exhausting! We have to physically leave our town in order to really have a day off. Hang in there and try to stay positive! One thing that has helped me (in addition to tequilla) is to really visualize what I want things to look like…fantasizing actually what it looks...

Where are you located in Colorado? I have fantasies of selling as well, so just curious.