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    Business inspiration

    ByBecky McCray November 20, 2007August 27, 2014

    More entrepreneurial and business thoughts from my smart Twitter network. Today, inspiration and laughs. susanreynolds Lou Holtz’ pep talk on ESPN for Nebraska: “ask yourself after every play: what’s important now?” Scrawling on post-it to stick on my laptop Pistachio Confidence isn’t in knowing you’re right… It’s not being afraid to be wrong. (um, and…

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  • entrepreneurship | ideas

    Business Advice and Ideas from Twitter

    ByBecky McCray November 20, 2007August 27, 2014

    Networking through Twitter has brought me connections with many entrepreneurs world wide. Here are some of the best ideas and advice I’ve heard from them lately. conniereece Don’t start a campaign until you know what the community wants. Read Listen Comment Pistachio Where do your products fail/ fall short? Do you know what workarounds your…

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  • marketing | mistakes

    Common Small Biz Mistakes – Awful web presence

    ByBecky McCray November 14, 2007August 27, 2014

    Common mistakes can kill your small business, but most of them can be easily corrected or avoided. Here are two more Twitter friends with examples of mistakes: phillymac Only one? How about 2. Bad customer service. Awful web presence. zemote Get suckered by a SEO/SEM person. We just talked about bad customer service, so let’s…

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    Common Small Business Mistakes – Breaking your promises

    ByBecky McCray November 13, 2007August 27, 2014

    Common mistakes can kill your small business, but most of them can be easily corrected or avoided. Today’s Bad Example: Breaking your promises to customersI asked for some examples of small biz mistakes on Twitter, and you answered! This time, let’s combine two real-world examples of mistakes: BarbaraKB Not “call me back” in the 24…

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    Common Small Biz Mistakes – Not staying in touch

    ByBecky McCray November 9, 2007August 27, 2014

    Common mistakes can kill your small business, but most of them can be easily corrected or avoided. Today’s Bad Example: Not staying in touchI asked for some examples of small biz mistakes on Twitter, and you answered! First up is shashib: not using their mailing lists at all ( Restaurants collecting addresses from feedback forms…

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  • rural

    Rural advantage 5: A smaller, better network

    ByBecky McCray November 2, 2007August 27, 2014

    Reader Doug Mitchell shared another rural advantage: OK, Des Moines is not exactly rural…but it is compared to where I come from in Southern CA. So my slightly “rural” advantage is that it’s much easier to connect with the proper network one needs to get things done. Granted the network is much smaller…but that’s the…

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  • rural

    Rural advantage 4: No need for GPS navigation

    ByBecky McCray November 1, 2007August 27, 2014

    Another great rural advantage from Zane Safrit: Rural and small town entrepreneurs don’t need GPS navigation. Hey, if there is only one stoplight, how can you get lost? And besides, you can always get country directions like “it’s 2 west and 1/4 south”, or “turn north at the old barn with a new roof.” More…

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  • ideas | marketing | rural | trends

    Trend: Local food, organic food

    ByBecky McCray November 1, 2007August 27, 2014

    Local food and organic food are two ways to make a more profitable small farm, restaurant, cafe, food market, or other food business. Local honey fromCherokee, Oklahoma. Local food trend Buying local food is a growing trend. It’s better for the environment because of the lower transportation distances. “Eating locally isn’t just a fad like…

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