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Useful links from Matt About Business

By Becky McCray

[Readers frequently ask me how to keep up with all the developments in technology and the online world. That’s why we’ve introduced a new feature: a weekly link roundup curated by Matt Mansfield. This week, I’m allowing him some leeway to feature his own collection of excellent material.  -Becky]

Weekly Link Roundup

By Matt Mansfield

In honor of the relaunch of Matt About Business, below are some handpicked links to the site. :)

The usual weekly roundup will return next week.

Enjoy!

Start Pages:

Why Run Your Business Online?  a consolidation of my 10-post series plus a post on online security

Top Small Business Software: learn which online tools are best for a specific business function or process and how to use those tools to manage your small business

Marketing and Social Media Tools:  learn which online tools are best for marketing your business and how to use those tools to reach your target markets

Websites and Blogs: learn which online tools are best for building different types of websites and how to use those tools to build, manage and enhance your website

Selected Posts:

How to Market Research on Twitter: this video demonstrates how to use Twitter to find out what questions your target markets are asking so you can discover what is is they need

Why Does a Business Like Mine Need to Be Online?: In this webinar recording, Shayna Walker and I reveal the benefits that offline small businesses can reap by having a presence online

The Race to the Top of “Social CRM”: Who’s in the race to become the top social media management and CRM tool? Meet the players and learn what’s at stake

Minimizing Your E-Mail With Google Reader: Phil Simon demonstrates how to stay on top of the latest news and information using Google’s RSS reader, “Google Reader”

5 Successful Marketers Reveal Their Favorite Public Relations Tools: Learn what works (and what doesn’t)

The “Guide to Twitter Chat” Edition:  A Twitter chat provides great opportunities to learn, network and promote your own brand and expertise. Learn more in this guide

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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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