America is quickly fading away. I remember the days where people worked hard to make a living. When the day was settling down, you could look out as the sun set and know that today was a good day. Now we hand out free things left and right while also living way above our means. I know we can’t go backwards but I hope that we hold onto the old days of where everyone worked hard for what they had for as long as we can. That’s my HOPE.  -Becky Pierce 
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America is quickly fading away. I remember the days where people worked hard to make a living. When the day was settling down, you could look out as the sun set and know that today was a good day. Now we hand out free things left and right while also living way above our means. I know we can’t go backwards but I hope that we hold onto the old days of where everyone worked hard for what they had for as long as we can.

That’s my HOPE. 

-Becky Pierce 

There use to be a time where a handshake was “enough” to do business.  I saw this on Huffington Post and this really puts things in perspective. I’ve been in business for 10 years and the last 5 years have been a fast track for technology/social media. I was talking to a friend the other day and they asked what our twitter handle was, our instagram account, facebook fan page etc.  Let me be clear, I am up to date with things but I choose not to use the social media stuff because it takes up way too much of my time and I partly think it’s a joke. I’m sure your mouth is dropping right now and judging me for not “keeping up with the times” BUT my friend, that is where you are wrong. My father ran a business for over 40 years on a handshake, honesty and face to face interaction with customers. He instilled these values in me with my own business that are the core of what businesses today are missing out on.  I’m 33 and most think that I’m crazy for not using social media for my business or even personally but what can I say, I don’t like to follow the crowd. I’ve had more people tell me that they love the fact that we provide the “old school” way of customer service rather than only responding by email, tweets or even automated phone messages.  Why am I telling you this? Because, you need to know that it’s okay to run your business the way YOU want to run it. Don’t get caught up in the nonsense that society tells you run with and that it’s the only way that your business will succeed. The business depends on you and your hard work, not how many tweets you send out a day.  The old school way is not out of style… -Jeremiah in TN 
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There use to be a time where a handshake was “enough” to do business. 

I saw this on Huffington Post and this really puts things in perspective. I’ve been in business for 10 years and the last 5 years have been a fast track for technology/social media. I was talking to a friend the other day and they asked what our twitter handle was, our instagram account, facebook fan page etc. 

Let me be clear, I am up to date with things but I choose not to use the social media stuff because it takes up way too much of my time and I partly think it’s a joke. I’m sure your mouth is dropping right now and judging me for not “keeping up with the times” BUT my friend, that is where you are wrong. My father ran a business for over 40 years on a handshake, honesty and face to face interaction with customers. He instilled these values in me with my own business that are the core of what businesses today are missing out on. 

I’m 33 and most think that I’m crazy for not using social media for my business or even personally but what can I say, I don’t like to follow the crowd. I’ve had more people tell me that they love the fact that we provide the “old school” way of customer service rather than only responding by email, tweets or even automated phone messages. 

Why am I telling you this? Because, you need to know that it’s okay to run your business the way YOU want to run it. Don’t get caught up in the nonsense that society tells you run with and that it’s the only way that your business will succeed. The business depends on you and your hard work, not how many tweets you send out a day. 

The old school way is not out of style…

-Jeremiah in TN 

What does “small business” mean?

I had a customer ask me this question the other day:

“What does ‘small business’ mean to you?”


Here’s my reply:

To me, small business is that warm feeling of comfort and home. You know that feeling when something makes you happy and you are completely comfortable with your surroundings? That’s small business. 

It’s a small town in the fall, you take it in and love that feeling you get when people smile at you while you walk the streets. That’s small business.

It’s seeing old faces that bring a smile to your face because they know who you are. That’s small business. 

-Brenda Eaton, GA