Rick Mahn shares his networking secrets

Rick Mahn is a long-time friend, and recently launched his own business.


He took time to talk to me about his online networking secrets, going to in person events, and the parallels between small cities and small towns. He also tells about his new business and using social tools behind the firewall.

Download the audio here.

Find Rick online at his blog: www.rickmahn.com and on Twitter: @RickMahn.

Photo (CC) by Tyson Goodridge. 

Paul Chaney is The Social Media Handyman

Paul Chaney knows small business and social media. We met in 2008 when Zane Safrit introduced us at BlogWorld Expo. When Paul told me he was launching his own consulting firm, I invited him for an interview.

We talk about Paul's small town connections, his experiences leading up to writing The Digital Handshake, and his new business consulting with small businesses. We also discuss multiple streams of income and turning freebies into paying clients.
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Download the audio here.
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You can find Paul at:
his book site: The Digital Handshake
his blog: The Social Media Handyman
on Twitter: @pchaney

Personal branding with Phil Gerbyshak

Hometown boy Phil Gerbyshak shares his thoughts on personal branding in small towns.



Shot at SOBCon '09.

Third Thursday is changing Hutchinson

When I saw what an exciting thing the Third Thursday downtown in Hutchinson was, I grabbed my cell phone, and Jim Seitnater, the Downtown Development Director for Hutchinson, and did a quick interview. The quality of my cell phone video is awful, but the content is terrific.

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Jim explains how one committed artist took a terrific annual art walk evening, and convinced everyone to make it a monthly affair. Now on Third Thursday, the downtown is alive with music and people.

Anne Dowell of Apron Strings in Hutchinson was super busy with a Third Thursday night crowd. She took one minute out to do another cell phone interview with me. The sound is terrible, but Anne says you can never outguess the customers!

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Caught on the #Hutch blogger tour.

Carls Bar in Hutchinson Kansas

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Carl's Bar has a long history in Hutchinson, Kansas. Then an upstart new owner, Dan Heimerman, who moved back home, moved it to a new location, and revived a local tradition.
I found him while on the #Hutch blogger tour. 

Dan is a hands-on owner. I caught him fixing bar stools after our interview. :)