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    Small Town Business Trends in 2012

    ByBecky McCray December 20, 2011February 18, 2024

    Small town economies look strong for 2012. The trends for small town and rural businesses are always different from the general small business trends, and for once this is good news. The national economy is not looking all that good, but the rural economy looks strong. Rural small business trends are always different from general…

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    How to use mobile coupons in tourism

    ByBecky McCray November 3, 2011August 27, 2014

    Mobile is the future of marketing, but no one is talking about the specifics. What do you do? How does it work? Tourism Currents co-founder SheilaScarborough sharing mobile secretswith Texas tourism pros.  One thing that is here now, and works especially well for tourism-based businesses, is mobile coupons. A business can send just the coupons…

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    How to search Small Biz Survival

    ByBecky McCray October 27, 2011August 27, 2014

    Reader Paul Gothier of RTP Designs LLC asked how to search for past articles here on Small Biz Survival, so I thought now was a great time to show you how. On the right of the page near the bottom, you’ll see a search box that says “Search Small Biz Survival.” That is the built in search-function, and…

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    How to boost holiday sales

    ByBecky McCray October 16, 2011August 27, 2014

    Holiday season is rolling up on us. How will you make the most of it? Barry Moltz asked me if I could share some tips local business could use, and of course I said yes. I started with being human, forming a real connection to your customers. And you might recognize a few other points…

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    Webinar on disaster preparation Thursday

    ByBecky McCray October 11, 2011August 27, 2014

    Being Prepared: Is Your Business Ready for a Disaster? Thursday, October 13, 20112:00pm (ET); 1:00pm (CT); 12:00pm (MT); 11:00am (PT). All small businesses are vulnerableto some type of disaster. Join George Haynes as he explores how businesses can and have responded to a disaster that affected their business in Being Prepared: Is Your Business Ready…

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    Oklahoma Governor’s Conference on Small Business 2011

    ByBecky McCray September 30, 2011August 27, 2014

    I’m speaking at the Oklahoma Governor’s Conference on Small Business, on October 14, 2011. The conference theme is Igniting Small Business Leaders. Incendiary, but good! My topic is “The Social Network: Marketing Strategies for Today.” If you dropped in from the conference, welcome! You’re in the right place for a copy of the slides and some resource…

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    How is your shop local campaign doing?

    ByBecky McCray April 6, 2011August 27, 2014

    Shop Local campaignsare everywhere! For almost two years, we’ve offered a guide to help small towns create Shop Local campaigns. I’m preparing an update, so I’d love to get your feedback. 1. Do you have a shop local campaign in your small town? How well is it working? Do you have any hard numbers? 2….

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    A small business technology solution

    ByBecky McCray March 28, 2011August 27, 2014

    I’ve known Matt Mansfield on Twitter for a long time. I’ve also known a lot of small business owners with technology problems. So I’m excited that Matt has created a place for small business owners to get technology answers, Matt About Solutions.I’ve been inside and looked around, and I decided to do more than just encourage Matt;…

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