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    Share what you’ve learned in the Brag Basket

    BySmall Biz Survival January 10, 2014December 15, 2014

    The Brag Basket is open! This one is for January 10-12, 2014. What can you do in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some great news from this week congratulate a friend applaud for each other How do you join in? Below this post is the comment section. Add your brag there. If you read…

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  • Ben Winchester Part 1: Rewriting the Rural Narrative
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    Ben Winchester Part 1: Rewriting the Rural Narrative

    ByBecky McCray January 9, 2014August 27, 2014

    Ben Winchester Interview Part 1 Ben Winchester has a positive view of rural for good reason: he’s done the research. The media loves to talk about the brain drain of young people leaving rural communities. Ben’s research says there’s another trend, maybe more powerful. Adults age 30-44 are returning to rural communities, bringing higher incomes,…

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  • Small town economic development: How to diversify your business base
    economic development | rural

    Small town economic development: How to diversify your business base

    ByBecky McCray January 8, 2014August 27, 2014

    @BeckyMcCray have you ever seen a small town struggle because it had too many of the same kind of business? — Micah Choquette (@meetmicah) October 19, 2013   My friend Micah Choquette @meetmicah asked me on Twitter, “Have you ever seen a small town struggle because it had too many of the same kind of…

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    rural | tourism

    Travel: going to SEE, is now going to DO, and next is going to MAKE

    ByBecky McCray January 7, 2014August 27, 2014

    Travel has gone from going to SEE things to going to DO things. Next, I predict, is going to MAKE things. — Robert Reid (@reidontravel) December 30, 2013   Here’s another travel trend that small towns can excel at: the shift to more active, even productive, tourism. Right now, you have a chance to suck…

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    When there’s not enough business in your small town, get beyond your geographic limits

    ByBecky McCray January 6, 2014August 27, 2014

    Small towns are by definition a limited market. If you are depending on just your locals for all of your customers, you are limiting the growth of your business. You may need to reach beyond the geographic limits to find enough customers to be sustainable. So think of ways you can get beyond the borders….

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  • Start 2014 in the Brag Basket
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    Start 2014 in the Brag Basket

    BySmall Biz Survival January 3, 2014December 15, 2014

    Time for the first Brag Basket of 2014! What can you do in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some great news from this week congratulate a friend laugh about something wonderful that you tried that failed applaud for each other How do you join in? Below this post is the comment section. Add your…

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  • Make these 3 essential year-end backups
    entrepreneurship | organization

    Make these 3 essential year-end backups

    ByBecky McCray January 2, 2014August 27, 2014

    Backing up your accounting data used to mean printing off reams of paper reports stuffed into boxes, and then you had to find a place to keep all that. Today, backing up your accounting data means generating a few PDFs and keeping extra copies electronically. 1. Save PDF versions of year-end accounting reports Accounting systems…

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  • IRS Tax Calendar for Small Business and Self-Employed
    entrepreneurship | tax matters

    IRS Tax Calendar for Small Business and Self-Employed

    ByMaesz December 31, 2013August 27, 2014

    IRS Tax Calendar for Small Businesses and Self-Employed, has been discontinued after 2013. This was the printed wall calendar that used to list the due dates on the pages of each month. However, the IRS said that an IRS Tax Calendar and most of the information previously contained on it can be found at www.irs.gov/taxcalendar. The calendar dates…

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