Comments on: No Recession Can Survive Main Street? http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2009/05/28/no-recession-can-survive-main-street/ Small business marketing blog Thu, 21 Apr 2011 08:39:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kris Bovay http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2009/05/28/no-recession-can-survive-main-street/#comment-410912 Kris Bovay Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:44:16 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=3520#comment-410912 Port Moody BC, Canada is a very small community on the outskirts of much bigger Vancouver. I live about a 5 minute drive from a small local pasta restaurant, Rosa's. Even though most restaurants have had a significant drop in customers, Rosa's still has a line-up outside the doors after 5 p.m. Why? It's not just the great food (and it is delicious). It's the service - Rosa knows all her regular clients and we all know her and her staff. It's like going to family (with better food and service) for dinner. More small businesses need to remember that the connection with the customer is what keeps them coming back! Port Moody BC, Canada is a very small community on the outskirts of much bigger Vancouver. I live about a 5 minute drive from a small local pasta restaurant, Rosa's. Even though most restaurants have had a significant drop in customers, Rosa's still has a line-up outside the doors after 5 p.m. Why? It's not just the great food (and it is delicious). It's the service – Rosa knows all her regular clients and we all know her and her staff. It's like going to family (with better food and service) for dinner. More small businesses need to remember that the connection with the customer is what keeps them coming back!

]]> By: Kris Bovay http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2009/05/28/no-recession-can-survive-main-street/#comment-407713 Kris Bovay Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:44:16 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=3520#comment-407713 Port Moody BC, Canada is a very small community on the outskirts of much bigger Vancouver. I live about a 5 minute drive from a small local pasta restaurant, Rosa's. Even though most restaurants have had a significant drop in customers, Rosa's still has a line-up outside the doors after 5 p.m. Why? It's not just the great food (and it is delicious). It's the service - Rosa knows all her regular clients and we all know her and her staff. It's like going to family (with better food and service) for dinner. More small businesses need to remember that the connection with the customer is what keeps them coming back! Port Moody BC, Canada is a very small community on the outskirts of much bigger Vancouver. I live about a 5 minute drive from a small local pasta restaurant, Rosa's. Even though most restaurants have had a significant drop in customers, Rosa's still has a line-up outside the doors after 5 p.m. Why? It's not just the great food (and it is delicious). It's the service – Rosa knows all her regular clients and we all know her and her staff. It's like going to family (with better food and service) for dinner. More small businesses need to remember that the connection with the customer is what keeps them coming back!

]]> By: ROBERTSTOCKHAM http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2009/05/28/no-recession-can-survive-main-street/#comment-407671 ROBERTSTOCKHAM Sat, 30 May 2009 15:20:14 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=3520#comment-407671 This is exactly what we are trying to do in our town. We want to bring together a group of small business owners to form a new "Green Main Street" on Lorain Ave in Cleveland, Ohio. Come see our progress next time you are in town. This is exactly what we are trying to do in our town. We want to bring together a group of small business owners to form a new “Green Main Street” on Lorain Ave in Cleveland, Ohio. Come see our progress next time you are in town.

]]> By: Brian Woodland http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2009/05/28/no-recession-can-survive-main-street/#comment-407662 Brian Woodland Fri, 29 May 2009 17:59:58 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=3520#comment-407662 Thanks for the post, John, great insights. (I have enjoyed your webinars on BrightTalk lately as well - I am learning a great deal as I begin boot-strapping a new company.)<br><br>I have lived recently in two cities that have done an outstanding job with their downtowns:<br><br>Tupelo, Mississippi's historic downtown is undergoing an amazing renaissance. Older buildings restored, dilapidated buildings torn down for a "newer" downtown. The key has been a tight partnership between the local Chamber, the "Main Street" association, and help from county, state, and federal grants. In fact, one of the newer anchors for their downtown is a small business incubator which is creating jobs and revenue. (Recession? What recession?)<br><br>Oklahoma City's Bricktown district is another great example. With a Triple-A baseball park, Toby Keith's "I Love This Bar & Grill," and old warehouses being renovated into office and living space, it's a great story. There is even the "new" Oklahoma River, complete with a river walk, water taxis, and some great sculptures celebrating the Oklahoma land run. It's a beautiful downtown. Thanks for the post, John, great insights. (I have enjoyed your webinars on BrightTalk lately as well – I am learning a great deal as I begin boot-strapping a new company.)

I have lived recently in two cities that have done an outstanding job with their downtowns:

Tupelo, Mississippi's historic downtown is undergoing an amazing renaissance. Older buildings restored, dilapidated buildings torn down for a “newer” downtown. The key has been a tight partnership between the local Chamber, the “Main Street” association, and help from county, state, and federal grants. In fact, one of the newer anchors for their downtown is a small business incubator which is creating jobs and revenue. (Recession? What recession?)

Oklahoma City's Bricktown district is another great example. With a Triple-A baseball park, Toby Keith's “I Love This Bar & Grill,” and old warehouses being renovated into office and living space, it's a great story. There is even the “new” Oklahoma River, complete with a river walk, water taxis, and some great sculptures celebrating the Oklahoma land run. It's a beautiful downtown.

]]> By: Jaysh http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2009/05/28/no-recession-can-survive-main-street/#comment-407656 Jaysh Fri, 29 May 2009 07:41:51 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=3520#comment-407656 Interesting!<br>Incidentally there is an interesting website that is specifically dedicated to recession victims.It offers help and discusses all issues related to recession- <a href="http://www.angstcorner.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.angstcorner.com</a>. It’s worth a visit! Interesting!
Incidentally there is an interesting website that is specifically dedicated to recession victims.It offers help and discusses all issues related to recession- http://www.angstcorner.com. It’s worth a visit!

]]> By: Josep T. Dager http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2009/05/28/no-recession-can-survive-main-street/#comment-407654 Josep T. Dager Fri, 29 May 2009 03:25:17 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=3520#comment-407654 Everyone is looking for that magic bullet in marketing. But if there is one, you described it perfectly. #4 on your list is the magic bullet. Everyone is looking for that magic bullet in marketing. But if there is one, you described it perfectly. #4 on your list is the magic bullet.

]]> By: Teen Surveyor http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2009/05/28/no-recession-can-survive-main-street/#comment-407653 Teen Surveyor Fri, 29 May 2009 03:02:40 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=3520#comment-407653 Where I am living now has no real Main Street type stores as you are referring to. It is kind of sad, but that is just my neighborhood. I would like to comment on yours though. The (new) Dime Store and World's Window sound absolutely awesome. I have been in original 'old' Dime Stores like the one you are referring to when I was a child, and to go back in time and visit one today would be ... well, a walk down memory lane for sure. The other one World's Window that sounds like a small intimate version of Pier 1, which is store I can spend hours in without even buying a thing. <br><br>thanks for sharing your home town. :) Where I am living now has no real Main Street type stores as you are referring to. It is kind of sad, but that is just my neighborhood. I would like to comment on yours though. The (new) Dime Store and World's Window sound absolutely awesome. I have been in original 'old' Dime Stores like the one you are referring to when I was a child, and to go back in time and visit one today would be … well, a walk down memory lane for sure. The other one World's Window that sounds like a small intimate version of Pier 1, which is store I can spend hours in without even buying a thing.

thanks for sharing your home town. :)

]]> By: MarketingTwins-Randy-TX http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2009/05/28/no-recession-can-survive-main-street/#comment-407651 MarketingTwins-Randy-TX Thu, 28 May 2009 21:51:43 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=3520#comment-407651 Great post - I've done some work recently with a great group of folks from the North Central Texas region of the Texas Downtown Association - a very energetic and focused group of entrepreneurs! I shared this article with them. <br><br>I double posted one place that my wife and I enjoy going to in Jefferson, TX - but I'm not sure how to delete it off. Sorry. Great post – I've done some work recently with a great group of folks from the North Central Texas region of the Texas Downtown Association – a very energetic and focused group of entrepreneurs! I shared this article with them.

I double posted one place that my wife and I enjoy going to in Jefferson, TX – but I'm not sure how to delete it off. Sorry.

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