Kim
July 4, 2017
Marketing, SANR, SCORE, Wood Products
log, products, sawmill, SCORE, trees2products, utilization
Geneva Days Parade to celebrate our Nation’s Independence Day. And I forgot the flag, grrrrrr. Had conversations with a few people after the parade about either logs they have or slabs they want. Too bad they were repeat conversations and…
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Kim
July 2, 2017
SANR, SCORE, Trees, Wood Products
products, sawmill, SCORE, sustainable, trees2products, utilization, why
Have a tree planted by an ancestor? Don’t loose the history when the tree dies. Let’s craft a dream. Have a large family? Depending on size of tree, we can make serveral …. mantel clocks; wall clocks; butcher blocks; picture…
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Kim
July 1, 2017
SCORE, Trees, Wood Products
Level heart. Level Log. Toe boards. Blade tension. Hook angle. Checks. Cracks. Defect. Cant. Slab. Live edge. Best face. 2nd worse face. Flatsawn. Quarter sawn. Some good, some bad, but all associated with milling logs. Proper stickering. Air flow. Spalting….
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Kim
June 29, 2017
Marketing, SANR, SCORE, YouTube
To assist in marketing and probably resource videos for activities clients can use around their property, part of our Sam’s Club gift card provided a GoPro Hero 4. Now, some of you know I’m a photographer. But this little box…
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Kim
June 28, 2017
SANR, SCORE, Wood Products
When a workshop will increase (in theory) your knowledge and help your business, you go. When your husband and business partner is knee deep in our full time farm tasks, you go alone. When your husband is more than knee…
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Kim
June 27, 2017
SCORE, Trees, Wood Products
safety, SCORE, sustainable, trees2products, utilization
It’s a fun to be a #BizChampion. Always fun spending money, right? When it’s items you’ve been wanting or are possible to help with efficiency? Thanks to the opprotunity SCORE and Sam’s Club provided, we were able to get some…
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Kim
June 27, 2017
SANR, SCORE
business plan, SCORE, trees2products
Had some of the confusion and stress taken out of finishing the business plan at a SCORE training last week. My SCORE Mentor is not a biz plan junkie so she registered me for a Business Model Canvas workshop. It’s…
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Kim
June 7, 2017
SANR, SCORE, Trees, Wood Products
SCORE, sustainable, trees, trees2products, why
At the Midwest Regional Training in Dallas, SCORE users and Mentors spoke in the day long training about social media for business, marketing, and provided encouragement. One of the statements that stuck with me more than others was during Giselle Champman’s lively…
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Kim
May 24, 2017
SANR, SCORE
Some may have heard we were selected as 1 of 102 nationwide 2017 American Small Business Champions! This is an honor and nice to be recognized for our business struggles and growth. The competition was sponsored by Sam’s Club and…
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Kim
May 23, 2017
SANR, SCORE, Soil, Trees, Water, Wood Products
With our new branding comes a redesigned website. We moved it from a custom coded simple site to a content management system to make marketing a bit simpler. Marketing tips learned from SCORE Mentors in Dallas included Digital Marketing from…
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