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    Brag Basket Bulging with Good News

    BySmall Biz Survival November 16, 2007December 15, 2014

    Each Friday, I open the brag basket as a fun place to brag or promote yourself and your projects. Last week, Derek made his first brag on his new blog, Doug was proud to be featured in a PR roundtable, Erica bragged on her new job and salary negotiating, Lea was excited to hold a…

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    Common Small Biz Mistakes – Awful web presence

    ByBecky McCray November 14, 2007August 27, 2014

    Common mistakes can kill your small business, but most of them can be easily corrected or avoided. Here are two more Twitter friends with examples of mistakes: phillymac Only one? How about 2. Bad customer service. Awful web presence. zemote Get suckered by a SEO/SEM person. We just talked about bad customer service, so let’s…

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    Common Small Business Mistakes – Breaking your promises

    ByBecky McCray November 13, 2007August 27, 2014

    Common mistakes can kill your small business, but most of them can be easily corrected or avoided. Today’s Bad Example: Breaking your promises to customersI asked for some examples of small biz mistakes on Twitter, and you answered! This time, let’s combine two real-world examples of mistakes: BarbaraKB Not “call me back” in the 24…

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    Common Small Biz Mistakes – Not staying in touch

    ByBecky McCray November 9, 2007August 27, 2014

    Common mistakes can kill your small business, but most of them can be easily corrected or avoided. Today’s Bad Example: Not staying in touchI asked for some examples of small biz mistakes on Twitter, and you answered! First up is shashib: not using their mailing lists at all ( Restaurants collecting addresses from feedback forms…

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    Share it in the Brag Basket

    BySmall Biz Survival November 9, 2007December 15, 2014

    Each Friday, I open the brag basket as a fun place to brag or promote yourself and your projects. Last week, Barbara bragged about a success with a client, Jeanne bragged on her classic car, and Phil was back to brag on his personal branding teleseminar. What will you brag about this week? You can…

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    Do You Hate Your Cell Phone Contract & Want Out?

    ByMaesz November 7, 2007August 27, 2014

    The high cost of getting out of the contract for your cell phone can be a headache. The best way to wiggle out of your contract is, possibly, to trade it online. Try CelltradeUSA.com or CellSwapper.com .

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    Brag Basket Fridays

    BySmall Biz Survival November 2, 2007December 15, 2014

    Each Friday, I open the brag basket as a fun place to brag or promote yourself and your projects. What will you brag about this week? You can brag on your business, your community, or your self. You can even brag on other folks, if you want. It’s fun, and you get a link back,…

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    Rural advantage 5: A smaller, better network

    ByBecky McCray November 2, 2007August 27, 2014

    Reader Doug Mitchell shared another rural advantage: OK, Des Moines is not exactly rural…but it is compared to where I come from in Southern CA. So my slightly “rural” advantage is that it’s much easier to connect with the proper network one needs to get things done. Granted the network is much smaller…but that’s the…

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