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    Why you should introduce more people to New Media

    ByBecky McCray March 23, 2007August 27, 2014

    Alfredo Tjiurimo Hengari is encouraging his country’s political leaders to start using New Media and technology, in Namibia: Youtube, E-Mail, Skype And MPs. Hengari points out that it is easy for leaders to talk about the importance of technology, even if they have no knowledge of it. If leaders actually use wikis, blogs, and even…

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  • entrepreneurship | ideas | marketing | rural

    Local sources of resale merchandise

    ByBecky McCray March 23, 2007August 27, 2014

    Our Friend Chuck Huckaby wants to share some ideas on where to find local sources of merchandise to resell. This is a solid model for a small town business: take a local resource into a larger market. Find your local sources: landfills, garage sales, auctions, local manufacturers, local retailers, local farmers. Look for their overstocks,…

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  • economic development | ideas | rural

    Idea: Space for creativity

    ByBecky McCray March 22, 2007September 10, 2024

    Reader Evelyn Mitchell sent this story to me. I’ve been following the blog The Thrifty Knitter. She’s participating in this: I thought it was an interesting story for you for a couple of reasons. First, that the Harveyville Project is re-purposing buildings in a small town for conference space and artistic residences. Secondly, that the…

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  • customer service | marketing

    Two truths about your customers

    ByBecky McCray March 21, 2007August 27, 2014

    Two truths about your customers and your business: 1. It’s not a popularity contest. The organization that actually motivates people to act positively wins. Read more of the story at the Donor Power Blog. 2. Happy customers reward you. Our Friend Zane Safrit boils it all down to just that. Go read how those happy…

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  • economic development | ideas | rural | youth

    How to use free land to recruit residents and get youth involved

    ByBecky McCray March 17, 2007August 27, 2014

    AOL is showing an AP story today, Alaska Town is Giving Away Free Land. Here’s the interesting twist: the program was developed by the local high school students. They convinced the city council to go along with it. Other free land programs exist. I’m familiar with Kansas Free Land, an impressive regional effort. Actions: Ask…

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  • economic development | entrepreneurship | global | ideas | marketing | planning | resources | rural | tourism | youth

    How To ideas from the rural entrepreneurship news

    ByBecky McCray March 14, 2007August 27, 2014

    How to market your rural area: focus on rural strengths For the first time that I can remember, the state’s push for people to consider bringing their business and/or their family to Iowa is not apologizing — it is celebrating all that makes it such a terrific place to live. Found at Drew’s Marketing Minute….

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  • failure | success

    Failure Quote: Develop success from failures

    ByBecky McCray March 13, 2007August 27, 2014

    Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. – Dale Carnegie Interested in success and failure? We have a whole series on it. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates.

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    More resources in the blog carnivals

    ByBecky McCray March 8, 2007August 27, 2014

    A Carnival is a round up of terrific articles from a wide variety of online authors. Our friend Ben Yoskowitz runs the Carnival of Entrepreneurs. It’s full of terrific articles this issue. Thanks, Ben, for including one of my articles this week. The same article (from idea to start up) was included in the Carnival…

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