LocalShip: 22 Little Marketing Lessons for Local Entrepreneurship

Whether you are just starting your entrepreneurial journey, or you've been at it for a while, I hope you find the following "LocalShip: 22 Little Marketing Lessons for Local Entrepreneurship" helpful.

By Tim Fahndrich

I’ve been a local entrepreneur as long as I can remember.

When I was 10, I did what any enterprising young man did in the ’70s; I got a paper route. I actually had that paper route all through middle school and high school. I learned some great lessons during my paperboy days. Things like customer service, building relationships with my customers, being reliable and dependable (every single day), and how to sell new accounts.

During the summers, I worked for several older couples in the community pulling weeds and doing yard work. I learned the value and reward of hard work.

When I got older, I joined my brothers in a local landscaping business, eventually becoming a business partner with them. This led to starting an internet business in the lawn and garden space in 1996.

My wife and I also started several ventures during our marriage, including our current business; a local marketing agency.

I have had several “jobs” along the way, including;

• stockboy at a local convenience store
• farmhand at a local grass seed farm
• working in the snack shack in college
• an internship at a credit union
• two summers working in a cold-storage in Alaska
• and six years in outside sales

But, I’ve always returned to being an entrepreneur. It’s in my blood. My dad was a pastor, missionary, and entrepreneur. My grandpa was an entrepreneur. My brothers are entrepreneurs. My father-in-law and brother-in-law are entrepreneurs. It is a way of life.

Entrepreneurs are willing to work 80 hours a week to avoid working 40 hours a week. 

~ Lori Griener

Whether you are just starting your entrepreneurial journey, or you’ve been at it for a while, I hope you find the following “LocalShip: 22 Little Marketing Lessons for Local Entrepreneurship” helpful.

Entrepreneurship isn’t always easy. But for most, it IS worth it.

LocalShip: 22 Little Marketing Lessons for Local Entrepreneurship
Copyright © 2019 Tim Fahndrich

This is a pre-release electronic version. The first edition book will be available on Amazon in January 2020.

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