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    Top Ten Reasons to Shop Local

    ByBecky McCray January 30, 2008August 27, 2014

    Karen Payne, yet another Okie, sent me this list. Though I couldn’t find an author or attribution, I want to share it with you. You can share it with your local community. Top Ten Reasons to Shop Local 10. Local stores are more likely to carry locally produced foods which supports local agriculture. 9. Local…

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    The difference between failing and failure

    ByBecky McCray January 27, 2008August 27, 2014

    “A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.” ~John Burroughs Hat tip to Twitter pal Shawnz, aka Shawn Zehnder Lea New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates. Want more stories? Read our shared stories from all over.

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    Carnivals of small business articles

    ByBecky McCray January 26, 2008August 27, 2014

    Blog Carnivals can introduce you to many great new writers and resources. A carnival is a roundup of excellent articles that may move to a new host for each issue. Here are some wonderful carnivals that just happen to feature one of our articles this week: Carnival of Business and Entrepreneurship Working at Home on…

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    Small Business Summit in NYC

    ByBecky McCray January 25, 2008August 27, 2014

    On February 11 our friend Ramon Ray is co-producing the Third Annual Small Business Summit 2008 in New York City. (OK, that’s not very small town, but, hey, you New Englanders might want to make the trip.) He expects 400 attendees, up from 330 people last year and 40 exhibitors. Speakers include small business owners,…

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    Brag Basket is open to everyone

    BySmall Biz Survival January 25, 2008December 15, 2014

    Each Friday, I open the brag basket as a fun place to brag or promote yourself and your projects. Fridays are doubly special, though. We are also celebrating Frozen Pea Friday for Susan Reynolds. I encourage you to join me and donate the cost of a bag of frozen peas (or more) to cancer-fighting research…

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    Promoting your media to the offline world

    ByBecky McCray January 23, 2008August 27, 2014

    Chris Brogan wrote a great post about promoting your media to the online world. That made me think about increasing your audience by reaching out to new people. Jon Swanson and I decided to collaborate on a follow up, how to promote your online 2.0 media to the offline 0.0 world. Here are my suggestions:…

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    Gene Marks can’t make these technologies work, but you can

    ByBecky McCray January 18, 2008August 27, 2014

    I love a small business technology challenge! BarbaraKB on Twitter asked for someone to respond to an article in BusinessWeek, wherein Gene Marks listed off some tech ‘solutions’ he says small businesses “can’t use.” Can’t? All small businesses? Marks is, I think, off the mark. Let’s go through his list of 10 “overhyped and underwhelming…

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    Put your good news in the Brag Basket

    BySmall Biz Survival January 18, 2008December 15, 2014

    Each Friday, I open the brag basket as a fun place to brag or promote yourself and your projects. Fridays are doubly special, though. We are also celebrating Frozen Pea Friday for Susan Reynolds. I encourage you to join me and donate the cost of a bag of frozen peas (or more) to cancer-fighting research…

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