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Brag Basket goes to Chicago

By Small Biz Survival

One of our traditions at Small Biz Survival is the Brag Basket. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one from April 29 through May 1, 2011. Since I’m away in Chicago, I hope you will take the lead and cheer for each other.

Lou Mitchell's donut holes Chicago
Basket of donut holes
at Lou Mitchell’s, in Chicago.
Photo (cc) by Sheila Scarborough.

Even though I call this the Brag Basket, it’s not really about bragging. It’s about sharing. It’s here so you can introduce yourself, share some good news, or congratulate a friend. Don’t hold back because of that word, “brag.” When you hold back, you hide your good news and accomplishments that might inspire others.

Speak up and add yourself or another deserving soul in the comments. We all cheer, and everyone feels great. It lets you meet each other a bit. Reading each others’ stories brings us a bit closer to being a community.

How does it work? You write a comment on this post, email me, tweet me, or comment on Facebook. You tell something great about your week, or you give applause to someone who did good stuff this week. Or you celebrate something wonderful that you tried that failed.

This is not an ad. (I delete the ads.) It’s a conversation with friends. So jump in. And remember to cheer for each other.

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April 29, 2011 Filed Under: brag basket

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  1. Wayne McEvilly says

    April 30, 2011 at 2:33 pm

    Brag Basket goes to Chicago.
    That is something to brag about.
    Say “Hello” to Twisted Sister please.
    And in my corner my “distinguished #Okie list” now has 100+ tweeters twitters warblers all gathered in one room.
    That’s it.
    and TaTa

  2. Scott Townsend says

    April 30, 2011 at 7:31 pm

    I had something extraordinary happen to me this week and would like to share. Recently I had been involved in an auto accident as a pedestrian. A car hit me while crossing a crosswalk on one of the busiest streets in downtown Bartlesville. Although banged up, bruised and some dental work that needs to be done, thank God it wasn’t any worse.

    The 66 Federal Credit Union, where I have been banking since the 70’s, heard about my accident and the next time I was in the credit union, Amy Grose, marketing Director withe the credit union, personally presented me with a card and a gift card for a massage “to help rub away the aches and pains”. I was speechless.

    You hear about great examples of companies going the extra mile for their customers, like Nordstroms, southwest or Disney, but I must admit, these kinds of stories from around here are not to prevalent.

    But random acts of kindness like this are easy to do when you truly care about your customers, their long term care, and when you rise how fun it is to do.

    One last thought. Customers want to be a part if something cool. I want to spread the word about an awesome experience I had or that my family member had. So I encourage businesses to come up with somethings that will help people feel appreciated, listened to and give them a cool story to tell.

    I now have a cool story to tell. I even created a video talking about it
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH5Mv6HfjYU

    Thanks for letting me brag on 66 Federal Credit Union

  3. Becky McCray says

    May 1, 2011 at 1:07 pm

    Wayne, thank you! One of the members of Twister Sister actually was at this conference last year. Nice guy. Tells great stories. And congratulations on your ever growing Oklahoma twitter list. It’s wonderful to connect with the community. :)

    Scott, first, I’m so grateful that your still here with us! And second, thank you for sharing about 66 Federal. Great work by Amy in going the extra mile for you.

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