Podcast appearances and mentions of bill brunelle

Today we visit with friend of the show, Bill Brunelle, co-founder of Independent We Stand, who talks about how locally owned businesses are doing across the country and discuss the sixth annual America's Main Streets contest that is getting ready to kick off in September.   Music Credits: "Let That Sink In" by Lee Rosevere

In our efforts to support Main Streets across the country, we heard about Independent We Stand a marketing campaign from gasoline powered equipment producer Stihl. We wondered how a large corporation like Stihl started a movement to support small towns so we reached out to Bill Brunelle the co-founder and project manager to learn more. In this week's episode you'll learn why focusing on what's local can be good for the community and the bottom line.

There's no doubt that COVID-19 has presented small businesses with their share of incredible challenges. In this week's episode we talk to Bill Brunelle from Independent We Stand (www.independentwestand.org) who shares stories about how small businesses are coping with the pandemic. He also provides insights into how we can all band together to support small business moving forward.

And the search is on to find America's Main Street!  In this episode, Ron and Kristi welcome Bill Brunelle of Independent We Stand and Wayne Carter, Executive Director of Main Street DeLand, the winner of the 2017 America's Main Streets Contest to discuss the contest and both the short and long term benefits of winning this prestigious award!

See what we did there? Bill Brunelle of Independent We Stand spoke with us about all of the tremendous resources IWS has made available to the independent retail channel.

This week, Dan is joined by Bill Brunelle of Independent We Stand. They talk about everything from Amazon to how consumer attitudes towards shopping local has changed. Learn more at https://www.independentwestand.org/.

This week, we welcome Bill Brunelle of Independent We Stand, an incredible organization that is all about independently owned businesses and downtown organizations across the country reaching out to their communities and educating their neighbors about the many benefits of "buying local". In this episode, we dive into the importance of supporting local businesses and the details for the Top 25 Quarterfinalists in the America's Main Street Contest.

Independent We Stand is a big cheerleader of independent businesses. Tonight we visited with Bill Brunelle who heads the drive. He told us how an independent business benefits the community more than the 'big guy' competition. Bill explained how to use this information as you get your message to your customers. Whether you are product or service oriented, Bill's message will help you to get that advantage over the competition.

Independent We Stand! is a nationwide movement of independent small business owners whose mission is to inspire other small business owners to better understand and celebrate their locally-owned status while educating consumers about the importance and strong economic benefits of supporting them. Bill shared multiple studies showing how much a locally-owned small business actually contributes to a community and how much it costs a community to have a mass merchant.

Today's special edition of the Local Business Stories by Alignable podcast highlights another industry luminary. Bill Brunelle, co-founder of Independent We Stand, is doing amazing work supporting small businesses around the country. IWS is inspiring small businesses to celebrate their locally owned status and helping them compete with big box retailers.