Small businesses use cross-promotion to help each other out
The concept is pretty simple: We re stronger together. In Hopkins some small businesses are doing their best to make sure they all survive. Author: Rena Sarigianopoulos Updated: 4:12 PM CST February 11, 2021
HOPKINS, Minn. If you own a business, you ve learned a lot in the last year. And one thing small businesses have learned, is that leaning on each other makes you stronger. Supporting each other is lifting all of us up, right?” says Ali Hanson, owner of the Vine Room and the Vine Shop in Hopkins, Minnesota.
The cute wine bar and shop had just expanded before the pandemic hit and closed everything down. They were able to keep everyone on staff and are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. And, they know their neighbors are in the same space, so they’ve tried something new. Cross-promoting each other.
Economy Wine making in Bulgaria, the occupation that goes back thousands of years published on 2/2/21 3:35 PM
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In Bulgarian tradition February is the month of vine-growers and wine-makers. With the start of the month of February the pruning of the vines begins.
Once the ritual pruning of the first vine twig was done on 14 February, the day of St. Trifon, old style. This day came to be known as Trifon Zarezan (Pruner) – a tradition that is still popular to this day. After the calendar reform the church started celebrating the day of St. Trifon on 1 February or 13 days earlier. People professionally engaged with vineyards