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    Review: Classroom Habitude by Angela Maeirs

    March 12, 2009August 27, 2014

    Angela Maiers was kind enough to share a copy of Classroom Habitudes with me. It’s her book on how to teach 21st Century learning habits and attitudes, exactly as described on the cover.So, why is a small business site reviewing a book that, on first glance, appears to be for teachers? Isn’t part of your…

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  • entrepreneurship | resources

    Pick up new business from the government

    February 5, 2009August 27, 2014

    Each year, the federal government spends more than $400 billion in goods and services, 23% of which is slated for small business owners and 5% for women business owners. However, in recent years, the government has fallen short of this goal, awarding just 22% of contracts to small business owners and 3.4% to women business…

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  • marketing | tools | tourism

    Two online reviews sites relevant to small towns

    February 4, 2009August 27, 2014

    Businesses in the smallest of small towns are being reviewed online right now. Do you know what is being said about you? Here are two sites you need to take a look at. Yelp – offers reviews of all kinds of local businesses. It also gives you the business owner some tools to maintain your…

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  • finance | tax matters | tools

    How to file 1099s

    January 27, 2009September 27, 2016

    For those of you who have contracted work out to other people, and who have paid those people $600 or more in the past year, now is the time to report that to the IRS and to remind the subcontractors that the payments they received are taxable. It is time to issue Form 1099 MISC….

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  • entrepreneurship

    Review: Work The System could change everything

    January 27, 2009August 27, 2014

    If one book could revolutionize your small business, it’s Work The System, by Sam Carpenter. (Want a quick preview? Read the guest post Carpenter shared with us, Five Common Mistakes People Make When Starting Up a Small Business and How to Steer Clear of Them.)  In the book, Carpenter walks you through his method of…

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  • entrepreneurship | resources | rural

    Backroads Business blog

    January 21, 2009August 27, 2014

    Karen Wylie is writing a terrific new rural small business blog, Backroads Business. Karen is the owner of The Blue Ridge Soap Shed in the mountains of Western North Carolina. She focuses on rural business, seasonal business and home business. Karen’s just getting started, but it’s well worth a look. Tell her I said hi!…

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  • success | tools

    Make good on new goals this year

    January 6, 2009August 27, 2014

    Did you set some new goals this year? Maybe you picked out three words. How are you tracking your progress? The best way is something visual, satisfying, daily, and reinforcing. I’m going back to using Joe’s Goals. Ultra simple. Free. List your big “I want to make progress on this every day” goals and habits….

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  • tools

    How to send text messages through Gmail Chat

    December 30, 2008August 27, 2014

    Gmail has introduced the ability to send text messages straight from Chat. How to First, you need to turn on this feature. Go to Settings, (text link at top right of screen) then Labs. Scroll way down the list to find “Text Messaging (SMS) in Chat” and click Enable next to it. Scroll to the…

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