The Small Business Influencer Awards honor those who are influential to small businesses in North America, through the products, services, knowledge, information or support they provide to the small business market. The Awards are designed to recognize the unsung heroes of small businesses – those who support and encourage entrepreneurs and small business owners, and…
Welcome, friends from Launch Me! Here’s the idea book I was telling you about. Returning friends, you might have missed this gem, so I’m mentioning it again. Need ideas for a small town small business? We have an ebook for you. 20 Small Business Ideas for Small Towns is a short ebook detailing 20 different…
Congratulations to Shelbie Huff (nominated by Alok Gupta)! She received the HP Folio 13 laptop. Our judge was moved by her story, and by the fact that Alok was kind enough to nominate her. We’re hoping to get a quote or photo from Shelbie to share with you soon. It was great to hear from all of you how…
We don’t often do giveaways here at Small Biz Survival. We give away tons of good info every day, but we don’t often giveaway products. When I make an exception, it’s one worth noting. This is one of those exceptions. UltraBooks like the HP Folio 13 fit with the trend ofrural entrepreneurs working from non-traditional…
On Wednesday, May 30, 2012, Barry Moltz and I will be celebrating the strong launch of our new book Small Town Rules, with an online party, and you’re invited. From 2pm to 4pm Central time, we’ll be on BlogTalk Radio. You can listen in, or call in, or just join the chat. Drop by the…
As small town business people, we don’t give ourselves enough credit. What we learn in the tough environment of small towns gives us a valuable perspective. We know what it’s like to survive an uncertain economy and through times with zero income. Just like the national economy today. We know how to manage multiple lines…
I’m speaking at Gilford Flooring’s GAP Dealer conference, on March 9, 2012. My topic is Getting Down to Business with Social Media. Here are the slides from my presentation. Getting down to business with social media for flooring dealers View more presentations from Becky McCray. If you want to keep up with the rural small…
A reader wrote in today to ask a good question: I was just wondering on items that we post to this site – like the comment fields on the brag basket.. would they be show up in google searches? My only concern was that if i posted “business” type things – I wouldn’t want them…
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