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    How to rebuild your downtown and fill empty storefronts

    ByBecky McCray June 4, 2012August 27, 2014

    Imagine a small town with nearly no local businesses. All the downtown storefronts are empty, except for a couple of antique and craft stores. There is practically no local shopping to promote. Kids move away as soon as they graduate. Ames, Oklahoma, could fit this description:empty storefronts, no local shopping. One Business Alliance for Local Living…

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    Relax in the Brag Basket

    BySmall Biz Survival June 1, 2012December 15, 2014

    The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one June 1-3, 2012. Have some good news this week? Put it in the Brag Basket. My lavender is blooming like crazy,so let’s have a lavender brag basket.Lavender is supposed to be relaxing.Photo (CC) by Maia C. …

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  • economic development | entrepreneurship | workforce

    Worker-owned cooperatives can work in small towns

    ByBecky McCray May 31, 2012August 27, 2014

    Cooperatives are familiar to many small town people from the farmer’s co-ops and the rural utility cooperatives. Really, any kind of business can be a cooperative. At the BALLE conference, we heard about worker-owned cooperatives and how they can help develop an area economically. This can work in small towns as well as big cities….

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    Sharing the HP Folio 13

    ByBecky McCray May 30, 2012August 27, 2014

    We don’t often do giveaways here at Small Biz Survival. We give away tons of good info every day, but we don’t often giveaway products. When I make an exception, it’s one worth noting. This is one of those exceptions. UltraBooks like the HP Folio 13 fit with the trend ofrural entrepreneurs working from non-traditional…

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    Live show to celebrate Small Town Rules

    ByBecky McCray May 29, 2012August 27, 2014

    On Wednesday, May 30, 2012, Barry Moltz and I will be celebrating the strong launch of our new book Small Town Rules, with an online party, and you’re invited. From 2pm to 4pm Central time, we’ll be on BlogTalk Radio. You can listen in, or call in, or just join the chat. Drop by the…

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  • entrepreneurship | tax matters

    Virtual Small Business Tax Workshop

    ByMaesz May 29, 2012August 27, 2014

    The Internal Revenue Service has a virtual space where small business owners can learn about federal tax responsibilities:  Virtual Small Business Tax Workshop. Click to open then click “Start” mid-level on the left.  Sit back and learn something. The nice thing is you can do it over as many times as you feel the need.

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    Tanks for the Brag Basket

    BySmall Biz Survival May 25, 2012December 15, 2014

    The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one May 25-27, 2012. Have some good news this week? Put it in the Brag Basket. In honor of U.S. Memorial Day, I offer thisbasket shaped like a tank.(You can’t make this stuff up.)Photo (CC) by Tim…

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  • entrepreneurship | marketing | shop local

    Local First, Shift Your Shopping

    ByBecky McCray May 23, 2012August 27, 2014

    Another report from the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies Conference, about the holidays “shop local” campaign that any business can participate in, called Shift Your Shopping. The facilitators were Laury Hammel, Sustainable Business Network Boston, and Joe Grafton, Somerville Local First. The goal is to get people to understand that shifting their shopping matters….

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