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  • Small Biz 100 | social media

    Should I blog for my small business

    ByBecky McCray March 9, 2009August 27, 2014

    How do you tell if a blog is right for your small business? What if you’ve heard of blogs, but aren’t sure what it means? For today’s Small Biz 100, we’re going to go over some small business blog basics. First, what is a blog? It’s a special type of website, one that is designed…

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  • customer service

    Configure your business to serve customers

    ByBecky McCray March 5, 2009August 27, 2014

    “Our job is not to configure customers, it is to configure our business to serve customers.”Liz Strauss New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates.

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  • community | rural | workforce

    How Oklahoma is luring back former Oklahomans

    ByBecky McCray February 28, 2009August 27, 2014

    By Steven HendricksonWith all the unsettling national news about recession, layoffs and unemployment, it may seem strange to be talking about labor shortages, but that’s what we face in Oklahoma. The state’s 2009 employment outlook is vastly better than the nation’s, and Oklahoma employers will continue to confront shortages in all kinds of jobs. Some…

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  • organization

    Solving organizing challenges for readers

    ByBecky McCray February 26, 2009August 27, 2014

    As promised, guest author Emily Wilska is answering your questions about organization. Remember, organization does not mean perfection! By Emily WilskaOur first set of small business organizing challenges comes from Tim (not his real name), who owns a one-man web design company. Tim is in his 40s and has recently been diagnosed with ADD (Attention…

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  • entrepreneurship | POV

    Agi Lurtz shares her lessons learned

    ByBecky McCray February 26, 2009August 27, 2014

    Agi Lurtz spoke at the Oklahoma Entrepreneurs Conference. She is the founder of Online MedSource. Due to last minute changes at the conference, Agi didn’t get to use this presentation she outlined. I talked her into sharing it here. I’m so honored she said yes! My name is Agi Lurtz… I am what is known…

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  • marketing | social media | tools | tourism

    How do you use Twitter for tourism?

    ByBecky McCray February 24, 2009August 27, 2014

    We started the discussion of How NOT to use Twitter for tourism businesses. Now let’s discuss how TO use Twitter for tourism businesses. I’d love to hear your advice and experience, to these questions raised by a new visitor in the comments: So pleased I found this helpful blog post. I’m a tourism consultant and…

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  • marketing | Small Biz 100

    The Four Ps of Marketing

    ByBecky McCray February 23, 2009September 27, 2016

    If you took a basic marketing class, you may remember the Four P’s of Marketing. But have you thought about applying them in your business today? Let’s do an introduction to the Four P’s, and see if you come up with any new ideas for your business. You can think of marketing as everything except…

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  • rural

    Big discount for SOBCon09

    ByBecky McCray February 21, 2009August 27, 2014

    Today, Liz and I have launched the “Blog It, Earn It” discount promotion – it’s a chance for folks to get a $200 discount off the $795 full conference price if they put up a post about what the “ROI of Relationships” mean to them. Terry Starbucker Hurry, and get the important details from Terry. …

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