Jon Schallert
It’s July 2023, and here are your inspirational, educational Destination tidbits to get you through whatever part of the day or night you’re in. Please read this all the way to the end and you’ll find a link to take a 45-second survey. If you complete it, you could win something that no one in…
So much to cover in this blog post, so let’s start with: The Power of Shortcuts This Christmas, I received a new phone. Technically, it’s new to me, but not new (it’s an iPhone 12), but compared to my old iPhone Zero, it’s amazing. I was trying to figure out some complicated process with it…
Here are some insights, updates, a contest and a BIG LAUGH to help keep your mind growing. Let’s start with Insights: First, this isn’t so much an insight as my desire to have an insight: I don’t understand why our CPA won’t let us write off our pet expenses on our taxes? They’re part of…
A workshop sponsored by VisitNorman brought Destination Business expert Jon Schallert to Norman, Oklahoma to help businesses owners and regional tourism leaders boost traffic from distant visitors and consumers. Dan Schemm, Executive Director of VisitNorman, and Kelli Payne, General Manager of the Oklahoma National Stockyards Company, said Schallert’s workshop is already inspiring changes and accelerating…
It’s 2022: Get Massive Free Publicity & How to Help Rural Businesses, Canadian-Style This is Jon Schallert and in my first 2022 newsletter, I have a 100% surefire method for you to get your business MASSIVE FREE PUBLICITY that uses a technique that was first unveiled 20 years ago, plus I’ll show you how one…
3 Keys to Becoming a Destination Business: My Post-Thanksgiving Blog This newsletter started out as a Thanksgiving post, but evolved into the 3 keys to growing a business into a Destination, a $300 discount code for owners (near the end), and a promotion that could be worth well over $1,000 for any association or community…
What was supposed to happen in 2020, finally happened on October 5 with business owners from the City of Puyallup, Main Street Directors from multiple downtowns, and business owners from all over the State of Washington joining me for my “New Rules of Small Business Success” 1-day, in-person workshop. There aren’t a lot of in-person…
Rob Taylor had decided to take his three-location Stafford’s Chocolates business to a higher level, so when the Central California Small Business Development Center offered a 2-week class conducted by Jon Schallert, Rob signed up immediately. “Jon really helped me to re-evaluate my entire business,” said Taylor, who bought Stafford’s in Porterville, California ten years…
The Kansas Department of Agriculture is partnering with Jon Schallert to present his two-day “New Rules of Business Success” workshop in Abilene on October 7-8, focusing on his strategies for making independent businesses and towns irresistible to both local consumers and long-distance visitors. “Our big push right now is how do we help our rural…
On the last day of our Destination Business BootCamp class, we ask every attendee this question: “If another business owner asked you why they should attend the Destination BootCamp, what would you tell them?” Here’s what our class from April 9-11, 2019 (pictured above) said: “If you want to save yourself years of struggle—go here…