Old Home Week?

When I lived in New England, I found the origins of the phrase "Old Home Week". It was a time when people gathered in home towns and celebrated their shared heritage. I guess I always knew that's what the phrase meant - I just didn't know people really did it!

We gathered with several thousand other small business owners at the Dallas Convention Center a couple of weeks ago, and had our own "Old Home Week" in a sense - visiting with and sharing stories among ourselves, seeing people we already knew, and meeting others for the first time.

Being from a small town is different than growing up in a large city. Likewise, marketing for a small business is different than marketing for a large corporation. Spending the day with so many small business owners reminded us why we focus on their special situations, and reinforced for us how much we love it!


Besides storm troopers, we visited with bakers, designers, writers, accountants, lawyers, educators, several chambers of commerce, insurance reps, retail stores, service businesses and more.

Our display was pretty simple - a nice table cloth and plenty of print brochures, along with some great pens, sticky notes and bookmarks. Just like any other 'reunion', we got to talk about the usual things, plus new things, like our book publishing division, Park Cities Press, and our printing company, AlphaGraphics of Park Cities.

It was a festive day, and we look forward to the next "Old Home Week" - You should come join us next time!!