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Dave Burris
Dave Burris provides Internet solutions like WordPress websites, social media training and email marketing for locally-owned, independent small businesses. Learn more about Dave and his company, Burris Digital, at DaveBurris.com.How To Help Your Community’s Businesses Without Leaving Your Couch
Did you know you can help your favorite local business succeed without leaving the comfort of your couch? Well, you can. And they’ll appreciate it. The Internet has changed the economy forever, and one of the ways it has done so is with the advent of review sites. Now, reviewing…
By: Dave BurrisNot This Time: JOBS Act A Bad Idea
Let’s be honest. The crowdfunding provisions in the JOBS Act currently moving through Congress are not designed to help small businesses as you know them raise money. They’re a mechanism to allow large investors and venture capital firms to shift some of the risk of funding tech startups from their…
By: Dave BurrisCash Mobs: Swarming Local Businesses
Cash mobs are taking off. Started in Buffalo and Cleveland, the idea of a cash mob is simple: take $20, get a bunch of friends and social connections to do the same, and all converge on a local business at a specific time on a specific day. You get fellowship…
By: Dave BurrisThe Chain Store Dilemma
Corporate chains are spreading to every nook and cranny of North America, making each town look exactly like the next. But some local governments are acting to protect the uniqueness of their business districts by either limiting or banning outright any new chain businesses. Banff, Alberta, Canada is the latest…
By: Dave BurrisLocal Business = Local Health
Strong local business communities make for healthier people. If you’re fortunate enough to live in an area with a vibrant local economy, you inherently know that the benefits go far beyond the business transaction. And now there’s more proof of just how far that connection goes. A recent study published in the…
By: Dave BurrisCommunity Saves Business (& Other Local Success Stories)
What Groupon nearly destroyed, a local community saved. And the Internet was the key to both. It was a typical Groupon tragedy that befell the Food For All Market, a Mt. Airy, PA store catering to clients with food allergies. From Philly.com: By August, Kunkle realized her campaign…
By: Dave BurrisThe Sixers: I’m Becoming A Fan All Over Again
As a child, I loved basketball. I annoyed the neighbors many evenings with hours of the repetitive ring of the ball bouncing off of the driveway. I played rec-league ball from a young age, and even refereed games as a high-schooler. One of my favorites memories during those middle…
By: Dave BurrisMy Advice To The Occupy Movement (Best Of 2011)
We at TSD are celebrating the end of 2011 with the year’s best posts. It’s been a year filled with great stories and strong opinions, always reflecting the best of the First State. ORIGINAL PUBLISHING DATE: October 17, 2011 – Occupy Wall Street has reached a transition point. The mass…
By: Dave BurrisSmall Business Everyday
This weekend saw the great dichotomy of violence and insanity on Black Friday and the feel-good local Small Business Saturday. I had a great conversation with the News Journal’s Jonathan Starkey about Small Business Saturday, and made it into his article on the event. Inside his piece, Starkey illuminated…
By: Dave BurrisWhen You Can’t Find A Place To Buy Underwear
What do you do when you can’t find a place to buy underwear? The people of Saranac City, NY, a sleepy hamlet in the state’s Adirondack Region have turned to an alternate form of capitalism to answer that question, and to help solve their lack of local shopping options. From…
By: Dave Burris