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    Keeping your fire alive

    ByBecky McCray August 23, 2011August 27, 2014

    Another lesson I learned from my time as a Mary Kay consultant. A new Mary Kay consultant was sitting next to a more experienced director next to a fireplace. Keep your fire alive. Photo by Becky McCray The new consultant asked, “Why should I waste one night each week going to success meetings? I could…

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  • customer service | entrepreneurship | marketing | success

    Tell your compelling business story

    ByBecky McCray January 5, 2011February 5, 2018

    I love it when a small business tells their story in a compelling way. Here is one terrific example. (If you can’t see the video below, click to open the original post.) I recently ordered from NutsOnline.com [UPDATE: Now they’re Nuts.com] because I loved the way they presented their family history all over their website. Their…

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  • success

    20 years of business success research

    ByBecky McCray September 26, 2010August 27, 2014

    John Spence, author of Awesomely Simple, sent this to me. It’s 20 years of his research on business success all boiled down to one word cloud. What do you think the key words will be? Find out at The Pattern of Business Success. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get…

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  • entrepreneurship | rural | success

    From 1 to 1000 employees

    ByBecky McCray September 20, 2010August 27, 2014

    Ho-Chunk, Inc., CEO Lance Morgan tells how they grew from one employee to 1000 in a town of 1500 over the past 15 years. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates.

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  • economic development | rural | success

    The 30 year overnight success of South Sioux City

    ByBecky McCray September 15, 2010August 27, 2014

    When I visited South Sioux City, Nebraska, for the Midwest Rural Assembly, City Administrator Lance Hedquist gave a few of us a quick drive-through tour. Student-designed cabin in the SouthSioux City RV Park He started by telling us all the bad things about South Sioux’s past, how it used to flood so regularly that no…

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  • entrepreneurship | success

    Why you should focus on the problems

    ByBecky McCray August 23, 2010August 27, 2014

    “Obstacles are what you see when you take your eye off the goal.” I’m sure you’ve heard this platitude, or many like it, but I have some contrarian advice for you. Focus on the problems and obstacles; focus on removing them.  Dr. Ken Jones, President of Lubbock Christian University, presented this idea at the Texas…

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  • Best of | entrepreneurship | ideas | success | survivors

    How a small town photographer survives in a crowded field

    ByBecky McCray July 26, 2010August 27, 2014

    Photography is a crowded profession. And it’s getting squeezed to death by a glut of amateurs. When everyone can afford a “pro” camera, how can a professional photographer make a living? Mike Klemme’s answers hold some lessons for people in all types of professions being squeezed. Mike Klemme is a professional photographer from Enid, Oklahoma…

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  • Best of | marketing | mistakes | success

    Old Spice vs Fast Company

    ByBecky McCray July 16, 2010August 27, 2014

    I don’t often weigh in on big corporate issues, but there are some good lessons from two contrasting recent promotions. Fast Company is a well known forward-thinking business magazine. Conventional wisdom says they should have succeeded in a social campaign. P&G is the corporate behemoth behind the brand Old Spice. They should have had trouble…

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