Farm & Garden - Mind Your Own Business

Search Engines Like Content

Sun, 18 Jun 2006 01:21:45 -0600

So you’d like to find your website in the top 10 on Google. Perhaps you’ve considered taking a chance on the guys that send those emails that promise you the number 1 position in the top search engines. Their pitch sounds good and maybe they can do it. Maybe there’s a secret recipe they know or perhaps they have connections at the Yahoo! and Google. The reality is while they may achieve a top ranking for your website it will be short lived and they are more likely to get your website kicked out of the search engine listings. The truth: no one can guarantee your website will achieve a top position in the search engines nor will anyone at any of the search engines give your website preferential treatment – unless you buy a paid listing. The best way to achieve top rankings in the search results is to earn it.

Profitable Ag Enterprises: Mapping The Process

Thu, 10 Nov 2005 08:45:49 -0700

Editor's Note: the following was inspired by a presentation given by Ginger S. Myers of the Howard County Economic Development Authority of Maryland at the Women In Sustainable Agriculture Conference.

"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." - Benjamin Franklin

Before you begin, take some time for a reality check. Most businesses fail. Not for lack of trying or desire to succeed but because not all of the pieces in the puzzle were present.

Hiring, Training and Keeping Employees

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 07:57:52 -0600

Hiring, training and keeping excellent employees on the farm is not as hard as it sounds. A good rule of thumb is to understand what motivates your employees, put yourself in their work boots. The following is based on a slide show presentation by Mary Peabody, Director of the Women's Agriculture Network (WAgN), presented in her work shop "Hiring, Training, & Keeping Excellent Employees", at the Women In Sustainable Agriculture Conference, held in October of 2005.