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    Brag Basket supplies the good news

    BySmall Biz Survival September 12, 2014December 15, 2014

      The Brag Basket is open! This one is for September 12-14, 2014. Bring your good news to share with everyone. What can you do in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some great news from this week congratulate a friend applaud for each other confess your undying love for rural places How do you…

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  • How SeaTurtle Sports found their Small Town Advantage
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    How SeaTurtle Sports found their Small Town Advantage

    BySmall Biz Survival September 9, 2014March 3, 2022

      Guest Post by SeaTurtle Sports Co-founder Allen Bell and Allison Goldman, Director of SeaTurtle Sports Allen and Jeanne Bell launched SeaTurtle Sports in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2003 to design and manufacture premium beach and backyard games. As its founders, we observed a lack of new ideas in the category and what we felt was an unhealthy…

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  • Deducting your home office – webinar Wednesday
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    Deducting your home office – webinar Wednesday

    ByMaesz September 8, 2014November 2, 2015

      Rural business owners commonly use part of their home in their business. This can include using an extra bedroom as a home office, an specific area of one room for product crafting such as sewing, an exterior building like a shed or garage for production or research, or a specific section of your lot or…

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    Brag Basket is where you share your good news

    BySmall Biz Survival September 5, 2014December 15, 2014

      The Brag Basket is open! This one is for September 5-7, 2014. Bring your good news to share with everyone. What can you do in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some great news from this week congratulate a friend applaud for each other confess your undying love for rural places How do you…

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    Fame is Fleeting

    ByGlenn Muske September 4, 2014

    I recently received the Ice Bucket Challenge (which I accepted). If you haven’t heard about this challenge, the idea is to either have a bucket of ice water over your head or donate money to the ALS Association. This  challenge has went viral. You probably have even heard about it or participated in it. Today over…

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  • 9 ways to drive engagement and draw a bigger audience on Twitter
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    9 ways to drive engagement and draw a bigger audience on Twitter

    ByBecky McCray September 3, 2014

    Dean Abbott @DeanAbbott told me (on Twitter, of course) that he was thinking about how to drive engagement and draw a bigger audience on Twitter. I gave a few suggestions that might be helpful for you, too. Follow smart people. They are more interesting to engage with and easier to learn from. Watch for the…

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    Brag Basket goes to the beach

    BySmall Biz Survival August 29, 2014December 15, 2014

    The Brag Basket is open! This one is for August 29-31, 2014. Bring your good news to share with everyone. What can you do in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some great news from this week congratulate a friend applaud for each other confess your undying love for rural places How do you join…

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    Small Businesses Must Track Their Dollars

    ByGlenn Muske August 28, 2014January 9, 2017

    Most small-business owners are not excited about handling the financial recordkeeping for the business, which should come as no surprise. Instead, business owners often put it off until later and, quite often, the “later” means tax time. Not keeping good financial records can result in a multitude of problems. At best, you may not maximize…

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