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    Brag Basket once a week every week

    BySmall Biz Survival June 5, 2009December 15, 2014

    Each Friday, I open the Brag Basket for the weekend. This weekend, I’m in transit. So I’m asking you to take the lead and cheer for each other. This is designed as a fun place for you to share your projects and accomplishments. But you can also cheer for other people, give shout outs, congratulate,…

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    QuickBooks Contest ENDS

    ByJeanne Cole June 4, 2009August 27, 2014

    Yesterday, June 3, was the last day that entries were accepted for the 15 copies of QuickBooks Premier to be given away from our blog, thanks to Intuit. Today those 15 winners were notified and Intuit will be contacting those winners who get the downloads. Five CD copies went in the mail today to those…

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    the power of playdoh

    ByJNSwanson June 4, 2009August 27, 2014

    He smiled when I walked in. “You brought me Play-doh?”“As a matter of fact, I did,” I said as I stood by the counter and opened the small yellow plastic container. He just watched. He could have started laughing at me. After all, he was the counter guy at a tire store. They sell tires…

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    Small town economic development idea

    ByBecky McCray June 3, 2009August 27, 2014

    If I was an economic development professional in a small town, I’d build a local version of the Oklahoma City Co-working Collaborative. Instead of looking for that next big company to recruit, I’d grow my own. And instead of focusing on “big” local businesses for my incubator space, I’d build a co-working incubator, styled after…

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    Promotional Items for your Small Town Business

    ByBecky McCray June 1, 2009August 27, 2014

    Guest Post By Neal Rohrbach I’m sure you’ve been to a trade show in the big city with big time vendors and corporate representatives handing out cool “freebies” with their logo on them. The “big dogs” certainly aren’t the only ones who can have a cool item or gadget to pass out to potential customers….

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    Start over

    ByBecky McCray May 30, 2009August 27, 2014

    Tommy Hilfiger had to declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy at age 24. He started over, even bigger.-Heard on the CBS Sunday Morning. Consider this your reminder that you might have to start over, several times. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates.

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    Brag Basket where you cheer

    BySmall Biz Survival May 29, 2009December 15, 2014

    Each Friday, I open the Brag Basket for the weekend. This weekend, I’m in transit. So I’m asking you to take the lead and cheer for each other. This is designed as a fun place for you to share your projects and accomplishments. But you can also cheer for other people, give shout outs, congratulate,…

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    Like he owned the place

    ByJNSwanson May 28, 2009August 27, 2014

    I seldom rent cars. Seldom means twice in my life. However, because a couple of us needed to take a trip for work, we rented a car. It was half the price of paying mileage. I picked up the car at the airport on Sunday afternoon. That location was further than others, but it was…

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