Best of Small Biz Survival

Looking for the best of our articles for rural small businesses and small town entrepreneurs? We’ve picked out some of our favorites, and a few of our most honored posts, to share.

The Cream of the Crop

• Simplified business plans, marketing plans and online marketing
• How to position yourself as an expert
  
• Redefining Failure
  
• 10 ways to delegate without hiring
  
• Focus on income producing activities
  
• Brain drain fighters!

Best of Our Writing

• Insurance and the Homebased Business USA Today Small Business Connection Featured Item
• Blogging: How to position yourself as an expert
• Simplified Marketing Plans for the Real World Lifehack, Carnival of Entrepreneurship, On the Moneyed Midways and Carnival of the Capitalists Featured Item
• How to grow word of mouth referrals Carnival of the Capitalists and Carnival of Business Featured Item
• Sell More by Layering Smallbusiness.com Newswire and Carnival of Entrepreneurship Featured Item
• Why Rural Small Businesses Will Still Dial Up for a Long Time to Come
• Making the Decision to Expand Carnival of Entrepreneurship Featured Item
• How to Choose a Business Name Carnival of the Capitalists and Carnival of Marketing Featured Item
• Self Employment and Disability Carnival of Entrepreneurship Featured Item
• Focus on Your IPAs: Income Producing Activities Smallbusiness.com Newswire Featured Item
• 10 Ways to Delegate Without Hiring Staff Featured Item on Smallbusiness.com Newswire, Jotzel Business News Front Page, Carnival of the Capitalists and Carnival of Entrepreneurship
  Follow Up: Delegate More Work to Your Computer Jotzel Business News Entrepreneurship Featured Item
• Happy People = Testimonials = Dollars Carnival of Entrepreneurship Featured Item
• Simplified Business Plans for the Real World Carnival of the Capitalists Featured Item
• We are all in the service business.

Best Things We Stole from Someone Else

• Grow a billion dollar business Smallbusiness.com Newswire Featured Item
• Pricing to Maximize Your Bottom Line Jotzel Business News Front Page Featured Item
• Raising Money From Family and Friends
• 4 Ingredient Formula For Building A Successful Business
• No Silver Bullet Solutions
• Rural Communities Courting Retirees to Boost Economic Growth
• Who is a customer?
• The ‘other 85 percent’ Tom Peters in praise of small businesses
• Communicate: Ask Better Questions sell more by asking better questions
• Innovation is the key

I developed this list to clean out the sidebar on our main page. Over time, I will keep it updated with the most useful and timeless of our posts. Look through the list. You may find a gem you’ve overlooked!

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About Becky McCray

Becky started Small Biz Survival in 2006 to share rural business and community building stories and ideas with other small town business people. She and her husband have a small cattle ranch and are lifelong entrepreneurs. Becky is an international speaker on small business and rural topics.

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