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I am passionate about history -- as a source of information and inspiration that will benefit your business or organization, your community -- and, yes, YOU! Please contact us to discuss how we can make it all work for you.
 
  • May 10, 2012
  • Are you getting enough attention? For too many small businesses and nonprofits, the answer is No. Here are some ideas that might help.
  • April 6, 2012
  • How can you provide leadership on history in ways that will benefit you, your business and the communities you serve?
  • March 9, 2012
  • Ouch! A missed PR opportunity for this business - true story!
  • March 2, 2012
  • Courage and communication: Advice from the 19th century.
  • February 14, 2012
  • My op-ed on how we can all sustain women's history and why it's important.
  • February 10, 2012
  • A Valentine, and an invitation!
  • January 25, 2012
  • Business advice from Louisa May Alcott.
  • January 21, 2012
  • New year, new ideas!
  • December 13, 2011
  • Exciting things for 2012!
  • November 9, 2011
  • A very personal message about my forthcoming book, We Believe in You!
  • October 28, 2011
  • "Remembering the Ladies" - Some ideas for you!
  • October 19, 2011
  • Want Women Customers? Members? Fans?
  • October 12, 2011
  • A triumph for preservation, women's history!
  • October 11, 2011
  • Article on my friend Mark O'Donald's service in Afghanistan.
  • October 4, 2011
  • Inspiration for you and your business from a successful 19th century artist.
  • September 20, 2011
  • Is your community outreach working? Here are some ideas!
  • September 6, 2011
  • Is Chivalry Dead? Guys, We Need You!
  • September 2, 2011
  • Phillis Wheatley's advice to you personally and professionally.
  • August 29, 2011
  • How would Abigail Adams advise you and your business?
  • August 24, 2011
  • Special email: Revenue streams for libraries, history, students.
  • August 23, 2011
  • How women's history helps girls, boys, and YOU.
  • August 15, 2011
  • Adding history to the gratitude discussion.
  • August 6, 2011
  • Special email: My friend Mark, back from Afghanistan, in the Salem Gazette.
  • August 1, 2011
  • Lucy Stone on your organization, business, cause.
  • July 29, 2011
  • Margaret Fuller's advice for your business.
  • July 19, 2011
  • Special issue: My friend Mark, back from Afghanistan.
  • July 11, 2011
  • How an 18th century essayist can help your business (really!).
  • July 6, 2011
  • Why doing history is a patriotic act!
  • June 25, 2011
  • How you can be of service to all kinds of people by doing your business history.
  • June 13, 2011
  • All military -- how your business can benefit from supporting military events, and how one introduced me to a whole other side of my Navy grandfather.
  • June 3, 2011
  • The benefits of telling the women's stories from your business or organization, and also how we MUST tell our family and veterans' stories now while we can.
  • May 27, 2011
  • The BIG bonus that comes from doing your business history!
  • May 20, 2011
  • How to tell your founder's story, and how historical nonprofits can find new revenue streams.
  • May 16, 2011
  • Frequently asked questions about how and why to do your business history, with accompanying video, and Bonnie's suggestions on what history can do for YOU!
  • May 4, 2011
  • Why you should embed a historian in your business, and how you can become the embedded historian in your family -- especially for your daughter!
  • April 26, 2011
  • Why we need a historical revolution, and a great story about how Judith Sargent Murray changed an 8th grade boy's life.
  • April 8, 2011
  • Articles on how the poet Anne Bradstreet can boost your business, and how a financial adviser took history education into his own hands.
  • March 30, 2011
  • You CAN do this at home -- your business history. An excerpt from Bonnie Hurd Smith's forthcoming book, A Source of Pride (and Customers): A Historian's Guide to Doing Your Business History.
  • March 19, 2011
  • How what we do makes grown men cry, and a new conversation for nonprofits and businesses.
  • March 10, 2011
  • Articles on not taking no for an answer if your historical society isn't interested in working with you, and some inspiring stories about Boston women during the Civil War.
  • March 3, 2011
  • Connecting with history, and how life insurance and fashion businesses can use women's history to attract women clients.
  • February 16, 2011
  • Give me five minutes to show you how history can help your business, and a special Valentine's Week gift!
  • February 3, 2011
  • Imagine the results when your business uses history in your marketing, and how telling the story of a house can help sell that house.
  • January 26, 2011
  • Get the stories from your retirees before it's too late, and can knowing your industry's history attract customers? Some fun facts!
  • January 12, 2011
  • How history can connect your business to good works and a higher purpose, and do people trust you? History can help!
  • January 8, 2011
  • History marketing is co-marketing, and it works! and how history can help your business stand out in the crowd.
  • December 31, 2010
  • Ready for a mindset shift in 2011 about history to benefit your business and your community? Three ideas here to get you started!
  • December 23, 2010
  • How history can help you win people over during a controversial building project, and how to attract women customers with women's history.
  • A special message for my history friends.
  • What we do benefits you too!
  • December 9, 2010
  • An article on an "Aha!" moment at a recent talk, and another on documenting your claim to be the "first" or the "oldest."
  • December 1, 2010
  • Articles on telling and saving family stories during the holidays, and one of my historical articles on women and money and what Judith Sargent Murray wrote about it in the 1790s!
  • November 14, 2010
  • Articles on girls and financial literacy (and how your business can help and benefit), and three inspiring stories from women's history. It's all connected!
  • November 5, 2010
  • Articles on two outstanding corporate citizens supporting local history, and how banks and credit unions can get involved with local history when they "branch out."
  • October 22, 2010
  • Articles on how the story of your founder can lead to PR opportunities, and how businesses and repositories of historical information can form mutually beneficial partnerships.
  • October 16, 2010
  • Download our free report on how history can help your business! Plus, articles on showing up for the right events, and how to say "Welcome!" to new residents.
  • October 9, 2010
  • Articles on how to "historize" your business and why you might want to unleash your inner historian.
  • October 2, 2010
  • Articles on how your business's history can fuel your PR campaign, and a historian's defense of advertising.
  • September 23, 2010
  • An article on how your company PR campaign can benefit from history, and an excerpt from our book on celebrating business anniversaries.
  • September 16, 2010
  • Articles on how cites and towns are looking to the business sector to help preserve public parks, and what happens when you connect your business to town pride.
  • September 8, 2010
  • Articles on proclaiming "your day" during your business anniversary, and the power of going :off-line" with PR.
  • August 31, 2010
  • Two articles on how to use history to leverage your business -- one, using your anniversary, another using a historical holiday.
  • August 26, 2010
  • An article on how a community bank marked a major anniversary by connecting with local history, and what your involvement in your historical community can do for your business's reputation.
  • August 19, 2010
  • Articles on how your business can benefit from connecting with world history, and how beauty, health, and wellness businesses can reach women customers through history.
  • August 11, 2010
  • Articles on how businesses can "win" by supporting history education and public history.
  • August 3, 2010
  • Articles on how businesses can leverage their marketing dollars by investing in local history, and how your business can be part of the solution to the "problem" of history education.
  • July 22, 2010
  • Articles on how your business can be a local hero by supporting preservation projects, on why history is NOT boring, and how lawyers can use history to attract clients.
  • July 6, 2010
  • Articles on why businesses should know their own history, on building customer relationships without direct sales, and how professional service providers can use history to reach people "where they live."
  • June 3, 2010
  • Articles on customer loyalty, branding, and doing a "history audit" for restaurants located in historical communities.
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Salem, Massachusetts 01970
978-741-1244
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