This Week's Welcome I'm excited (as usual) for today's newsletter! A great interview with Mindy from The Pop & Prop Shop and a review of one of my all-time favorite eateries! But first! Be sure and mark your calendars! Saturday, July 19th from 8AM-12PM, we're throwing an INDOOR market right in downtown Lakeland at The Black Swan Venue! There's more to come, but expect 25+ vendors and exhibitors plus many special surprises! Also, bring the entire family! We have NohAnaCreations providing free...
6 days ago • 4 min read
Happy Friday! You made it! It's almost weekend time again! I found a few more weekend events, so be sure and scroll on down and see what they are! If you're not getting out much this weekend is it because you're saving your energy for the 4th?! There's a lot going on next week! Well, this Friday, I wanted to offer some solutions for my fellow entrepreneurs and small business owners... and maybe even some of you who are waiting to get started! You might be waiting over that little green thing...
10 days ago • 2 min read
This Week's Welcome It appears this week is all about creating solutions to problems 👍🏻 So, let's begin... Another week in the heat! Are we surviving out there?! I guess it's different if you have to work out in it or have a vehicle with NO air! Personally, we had an outdoor market this weekend. My wife and daughter took the A/C van and me and the boys had to stay local with the no air van. Within two minutes, it's hot city though! Well, things could be worse. We're not really complaining....
13 days ago • 5 min read
How can Alice Cooper, KISS and my beard make your business better? Happy Friday! We have finished another week strong here at the LKLD | EDGE! Fridays are when I go deeper and send out some advice and knowledge from my own entrepreneurial journey from the past two decades. If that's not you, keep on scrolling and be sure and check out some Lakeland happenings this weekend! Remember... "Shop Small. Shop LKLD." As I was saying... Do you know what a “gimmick” is? How about in rock n’ roll? Alice...
17 days ago • 3 min read
This Week's Welcome Week #2 is here! How are we doing out there?! I know for many of us attending markets (whether as vendors or customers) and the like, we're already done with this heat and/or rain! I believe the only two things that saved me this weekend were these super hydrating drinks: coconut water with the pulp from COCONUT BAR and a couple of pineapple waters from El Gallo Tejano! Thank you both! I'm very excited for all of you to read and listen to our interview for the "Small...
20 days ago • 5 min read
Happy Friday + Father's Day! We made it to the end of the first week :) Hopefully, you discovered something new and local from Tuesday's drop! There's still plenty to do and see this weekend, and I've included those things further down in this newsletter. You might be able to find something really great for "Father's Day" which is this Sunday. My, how that got here quickly! Anyways, Fridays are the days we go a tad deeper... that is, on the podcast. While some of these episodes might...
24 days ago • 2 min read
This Week's Welcome Well, here we are! Or... here I am. The first of just about anything starts at zero. Zero opens. Zero readers. Zero listeners. With consistency and persistence though, that can all change. Not to mention, this newsletter and linked podcast are evergreen! Despite some events and so forth, hopefully many of the local businesses written and talked about are around to stay! Since you're new here, LKLD | EDGE is a digital newsletter for driving small business, shopping local,...
27 days ago • 5 min read