The Hannah Grimes Center’s PitchFork program coaches entrepreneurs to pitch their business to a panel of investors and community members. At the PitchFork Spring Pitch on March 14th, three small businesses pitched their ideas to better their businesses and the community. Participants in the Spring Pitch were Eddie Gomez of Drum, Brenna Morris of Luna’s […]
Making Your Own Way: Getting Started in the Gig Economy
By guest blogger: Lucy Reed, owner/blogger/developer, https://gigmine.co/ If, like many people, you’ve spent the majority of your working life in a traditional office environment, the idea of starting your own gig can seem pretty scary. However, if you’re fed up with being at the beck and call of an unappreciative supervisor, getting grief when you’re five […]
Why You Need Structured Data on Your Website Now
Post written by guest blogger Ben Robertson, Menadena. If you’re a professional who has tried to manage your own website’s SEO, you may have noticed the terms “schema” and “structured data markup” and wondered what they were. If you didn’t quite understand the terms, don’t worry — they can be confusing, even for some SEO […]
How to Develop an SEO Strategy & Select Your SEO Provider
Guest blog post by Ben Robertson of Menadena You’ve probably heard the old refrain before — in marketing location is everything (location, location, location!). These days, at least for most people, our websites are our storefronts, so we might think that location doesn’t count – but this isn’t quite true. Location is absolutely everything when […]
How to Optimize Your Business for Local Search
written by guest blogger, Ben Robertson from Menadena. For any local business, the internet can be a valuable tool when it comes to gaining new customers and boosting sales. Whether it’s a good dentist, an awesome burrito or the closest bookstore, more and more people use their mobile devices to find what they need in […]
20 years ago today…
The buy local movement had not yet struck in 1997 and the ability to buy and sell local products was all but disappearing. Many towns had the same chain stores selling the same generic products. If a buyer’s options were limited, a local producer’s options were almost non-existent. With the consolidation of distribution channels, it had become increasingly difficult […]
If we didn’t have names for the Big Dipper, Orion and the North Star, would we see them?
Yes — in a way. We would still be able to look up into the starry sky at night and see, well, a bunch of stars. But by giving names, we can quickly pick them out of their starry back drop and they take on personality, presence and recognition. The Eskimo famously have thirteen different […]
Local Business Expanding!
Green Energy Options of Keene LLC is seeking to hire a Solar Sales Associate. Please continue reading below for more information or contact Pablo Fleischmann and Valerie Piedmont by email valerie@greenenergyoptions.com. You may also visit their website www.greenenergyoptions.com or stop by the store 79 Emerald Street Keene, NH 03431. Solar Sales Associate Opening 6/18/17 Green […]
PitchFork (Q3 2017)
A dollop of good company, a smidge of local food, a splash of a signature PitchFork cocktail, and three dashes of business opportunities in the region. Lack of capital is one of the top causes for the steep decline in startup rates in rural America. PitchFork offers a uniquely local solution to this challenge by providing a fun, low-key […]
Programs Director Position
A note from Mary Ann… It is with mixed emotions that we begin advertising for the position of Program Director at Hannah Grimes. Program Director Jake Nonweiler had promised us two years when he started and somehow those two years have managed to fly by. It seems like both a lifetime and a blink of […]
