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    Tool: External hard drives

    ByBecky McCray March 24, 2009August 27, 2014

    External hard drives are my new favorite tool for small businesses. Last year, I bought a Western Digital My Book. It cost me under $100, and it’s small enough to carry around to my various computers. This one holds 500 gb, and that’s more than enough for me, even with my digital photography habit. The…

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    How to receive faxes as emails

    ByBecky McCray March 10, 2009August 27, 2014

    Need to receive faxes without a fax machine? My sister needs this for her small business. So I did a quick poll on Twitter, looking for services that would receive a fax and send it as an email. Here are the suggestions, from real small biz people using these services for their needs. www.myfax.com –…

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  • marketing | social media | tools | tourism

    How do you use Twitter for tourism?

    ByBecky McCray February 24, 2009August 27, 2014

    We started the discussion of How NOT to use Twitter for tourism businesses. Now let’s discuss how TO use Twitter for tourism businesses. I’d love to hear your advice and experience, to these questions raised by a new visitor in the comments: So pleased I found this helpful blog post. I’m a tourism consultant and…

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    Two online reviews sites relevant to small towns

    ByBecky McCray February 4, 2009August 27, 2014

    Businesses in the smallest of small towns are being reviewed online right now. Do you know what is being said about you? Here are two sites you need to take a look at. Yelp – offers reviews of all kinds of local businesses. It also gives you the business owner some tools to maintain your…

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    How to file 1099s

    ByMaesz January 27, 2009September 27, 2016

    For those of you who have contracted work out to other people, and who have paid those people $600 or more in the past year, now is the time to report that to the IRS and to remind the subcontractors that the payments they received are taxable. It is time to issue Form 1099 MISC….

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    Make good on new goals this year

    ByBecky McCray January 6, 2009August 27, 2014

    Did you set some new goals this year? Maybe you picked out three words. How are you tracking your progress? The best way is something visual, satisfying, daily, and reinforcing. I’m going back to using Joe’s Goals. Ultra simple. Free. List your big “I want to make progress on this every day” goals and habits….

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    How to send text messages through Gmail Chat

    ByBecky McCray December 30, 2008August 27, 2014

    Gmail has introduced the ability to send text messages straight from Chat. How to First, you need to turn on this feature. Go to Settings, (text link at top right of screen) then Labs. Scroll way down the list to find “Text Messaging (SMS) in Chat” and click Enable next to it. Scroll to the…

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    Dial2Do lets you call in emails or text messages

    ByBecky McCray December 17, 2008August 27, 2014

    Dial2Do is my new favorite tool to get things done on the go. Let’s start with basics. You can call in, Dial2Do records your message, and you can have it email or text that message to one of your contacts. You can also specify Reminder, and the service will transcribe what you say and email…

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