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Truck your good news over to the Brag Basket

By Becky McCray

Baskets at Nashville Farmers Market by Rex Hammock

You’re welcome to truck in your good news to share in our Brag Basket. Photo by Rex Hammock.

 

The Brag Basket is open! This one is for March 1-15, 2015. Bring your good news to share with everyone.

What can you do in the Brag Basket?

  • introduce yourself
  • share some great news from this week
  • congratulate a friend
  • applaud for each other
  • confess your undying love for rural places

How do you join in?

Below this post is the comment section. Add your good news there.

Don’t like to brag? Just share some good news for yourself or a friend.

Just don’t make it an ad. I delete the ads that people stick in here. If you talk more about the people involved than the things, you’ll be fine.

It’s a conversation with friends. So jump in. And remember to cheer for each other.

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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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March 3, 2015 Filed Under: brag basket

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Comments

  1. Marc A. Pitman, TheNonprofitAcademy.com says

    March 3, 2015 at 9:33 am

    I was just told my response to a HARO request made the requester “a bit giddy”! Turns out she reads my FundraisingCoach.com blog and is a fan.

    #awesomesauce

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    • Becky McCray says

      March 5, 2015 at 3:32 pm

      Congrats, Marc! It’s always a blast to run into someone who knows and appreciates your work.

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  2. Sunnie Atkins says

    March 3, 2015 at 12:04 pm

    I just had three lovely ladies on Twitter assist me with some product re-branding questions and I just want to give them a shout-out on here: @RachelisCunning, @GentleMarisa, and @jeninthe405. Love the connections!

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    • Becky McCray says

      March 5, 2015 at 3:32 pm

      Terrific, Sunnie! And a big round of applause for @RachelisCunning, @GentleMarisa, and @jeninthe405!

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    • Rachel Cunningham says

      March 5, 2015 at 3:51 pm

      Thanks for the shout out Sunnie! I was eager to help.

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  3. Bob Dunn says

    March 6, 2015 at 10:54 am

    Hey Becky, haven’t been here forever but saw your tweet. This week I launched a whole new look on my site over on Bobwp.com and have decided to focus more on local, in-person WordPress training over on my side of Washington state… it’s been a result of a lot of soul-searching. But I’m very excited about it!

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    • Becky McCray says

      March 8, 2015 at 1:36 pm

      Howdy, Bob! Great to see you again! Congratulations! I hope your local-focus will be a strong success for you. I know your local community will be the big winner; they’re lucky to have your skills!

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  4. Becky McCray says

    March 13, 2015 at 12:14 pm

    I’m bragging on my local internet service provider, Pioneer Telephone Cooperative out of Kingfisher, Oklahoma. They just tripled internet speeds in Hopeton, Oklahoma (population about 30 people). My service is going from 10mbps to almost 30mpbs. I’m excited for me, but also thrilled to have a local co-operative that provides great service!

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