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  • failure | success

    What is your success rate

    ByBecky McCray May 24, 2010August 27, 2014

     Seen at the Kansas Cosmosphere: Up to the day of President Kennedy’s speech [announcing the plan to go to the moon within the decade], NASA and the US military had attempted 80 satellite launches, and 49 had been failures.  Success rate 39% What is your success rate? Would setting an audacious goal help you improve? …

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  • entrepreneurship | marketing | shop local

    Shop Local idea for small business

    ByBecky McCray May 22, 2010August 27, 2014

    A local merchant had a radio ad where at the end… they mentioned their local competition and asked us to keep $$ local. Very cool. @codyks on Twitter Now that is a commitment to shop local. Also particularly good for small towns. If you’re promoting shop local in your town, take a look at our…

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  • marketing

    Promote your business with stamps and stickers

    ByBecky McCray May 20, 2010August 27, 2014

    Here’s a low cost and low tech promotional idea: rubber stamps and adhesive stickers. They’ve been around for ever, the ultimate in low tech. But you can use them to promote your high-tech outreach. Stamp your paper sacks, paper invoices, paper envelopes, or paper receipts. Sticker your packages, wrappers or brochures. Here are some ideas…

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  • rural

    Attend the Small Business Social Media Summit and leave with a new marketing plan

    ByBecky McCray May 19, 2010August 27, 2014

    I’m excited about the Small Business Social Media Summit in Hutchinson, KS, June 4-6, 2010. I hope you’ll come to hear local business owners who are utilizing social media every day, meet your peers and begin to build a peer network, and leave with a social media plan for your business. First, meet Deb Brown,…

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  • economic development | entrepreneurship | rural | tourism | youth

    Rural entrepreneurship notes from High Plains RCD

    ByBecky McCray May 18, 2010August 27, 2014

    In July 2009, I attended the High Plains Resource Conservation and Development Board meeting in Taloga, Oklahoma. While I was officially there to present their new website, I couldn’t help learning and taking notes. Dr. Larry Sanders from Oklahoma State University spoke about wide ranging rural business issues, including marketing, entrepreneurship, retaining youth, and tourism….

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  • entrepreneurship

    Quick facts on the Oklahoma economy

    ByBecky McCray May 13, 2010August 27, 2014

    What industries make up the Oklahoma economy? Where are most of the jobs? @Stargardener asked, and @DeidreDMyers of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce came to the rescue. 2008 Gross Domestic Product for Oklahoma Mining 14% (Oil and Gas included) Manufacturing 11% Real estate 8% Health Care and Social Asst 6.8% Retail trade 6.7% 2009 Jobs…

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  • entrepreneurship | rural

    Entrepreneurship webinar May 13 2010

    ByBecky McCray May 12, 2010August 27, 2014

    The second of the two part series on “Entrepreneurship and Rural Communities” is scheduled for May 13, 2010 at 2 p.m. EDT; 1 p.m. CDT; 12 noon MDT; 11 a.m. PDT. The May webinar will focus on two innovative programs in Missouri that are focused on place-based economic development. The projects have taken very different…

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  • tourism

    Ben Curnett finds the common ground

    ByBecky McCray May 11, 2010August 27, 2014

    West Virginian Ben Curnett took time out at SOBCon to talk about small business, tourism, and small towns. How can our unique geography unite, rather than divide us? Find Ben on Twitter: @bencurnettand at Matterhorn Marketing. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates.

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