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    Today is Positive Thinking Day

    ByBecky McCray September 13, 2007August 27, 2014

    Change your thoughts, and you change your world. Don’t believe me? Think that’s too much, to optimistic, or too unrealistic? It’s not. It’s Positive Thinking Day. You can’t change anything else, so you might as well start to work on you. You can’t change the economy. We see signs right now that tough economic times…

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    Brag Basket goes multi-media

    BySmall Biz Survival September 7, 2007December 15, 2014

    Once a week, I offer this post as a safe place to brag or promote yourself and your projects, because we all deserve some friendly recognition. Last week, we had brags in all forms! Phil Gerbyshak called in a brag about Positive Thinking Day. I used the comments to brag on our friend Laura Allen…

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    Rule No. 1 of Customer Service

    ByBecky McCray September 7, 2007August 27, 2014

    “Rule No. 1: Use your own good judgment in all situations. There will be no additional rules.” –Bruce, Jim and John Nordstrom, co-presidents of Nordstrom department store, in the employee handbook Quoted at Customers Are Always New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates. Want more stories? Read our…

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    Entrepreneuers, improve your credit

    ByBecky McCray September 6, 2007August 27, 2014

    Improving your personal credit history can help your small business borrow at better rates, secure a better merchant account deal, or negotiate a better lease. So how’s your credit? If you are like most people, either you don’t know or you only know it’s not good. Time for some resources to improve your personal credit….

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    Tool: GotVMail phone system

    ByBecky McCray September 5, 2007August 27, 2014

    Rural small businesses may become big fans of GotVMail. It acts as your phone system or switchboard, handling calls as they come in and routing them to your cell, home, or office. When a customer calls your business, GotVMail answers the call with a recorded message, giving options like extensions. The customer can choose “Sales”…

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    Broadband changed my life!

    ByBecky McCray September 4, 2007August 27, 2014

    OK, broadband maybe didn’t change my life overnight, but I could not do my work effectively with out it! So I was all over this email from Joy Howell. My name is Joy and I am the director of a new public awareness campaign called “Broadband Changed My Life.” Being a blogger who is active…

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    Carnival of Small Business

    ByBecky McCray September 4, 2007August 27, 2014

    The Carnival of Small Business and Startups #4 is now up at http://www.logodesignworks.com/businesstips/carnival-of-small-business-and-startups-4 It’s full of terrific articles, including A Motivation Secret of Top Performing Managers by Dr. Robert Karlsberg and Dr. Jane Adler. The 21 Success Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires by Susan Velez. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see?…

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    The Brag Basket is about anything you want it to be

    BySmall Biz Survival August 31, 2007December 15, 2014

    Once a week, I offer this post as a safe place to brag or promote yourself and your projects, because we all deserve some friendly recognition. Last week, Jon bragged about “the persistent ones,” including his parents and the PodCamp co-founders. Glenda bragged about selling her first e-book, “I’ll do it myself.” It’s an awesome…

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