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    An easy tool to monitor the web

    ByBecky McCray February 8, 2011August 27, 2014

    You know you should be keeping an eye on what is said about you online. But most monitoring tools are too complex for the average person who doesn’t spend all day online. And you sure don’t want to share them with anyone who isn’t a techie. The simple monitoring tool: Addictomatic Yeah, Addictomatic is a…

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  • entrepreneurship | rural | tourism

    The 4 types of Agritourism visitors

    ByBecky McCray February 4, 2011August 27, 2014

    My friend Cort Anderson has offered us this gift, some of what he is hearing in an agritourism workshop. The lessons are certainly useful for all types of tourism related business. Today was the first day of Agritourism: Your Next Cash Crop? a five day workshop put on by the Kansas Dept. of Commerce and…

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  • tourism

    The best location for a new visitor center

    ByBecky McCray January 11, 2011August 27, 2014

    What’s the best location for a new tourism visitor center? “Instead of mall location, a smartphone location.”  My friend Scott Townsend pointed this out on Twitter. Why? “So much more info (maps, tours, photos, calendars, social media links, etc)” Have you started building your smartphone location? New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what…

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  • ideas | resources | rural | tourism

    More ideas for rural tourism

    ByBecky McCray December 21, 2010August 27, 2014

    Need some new small town tourism ideas? Borrow some. It’s the rural tradition: swipe from the best. The Rural Information Center at the USDA has links to tons of resources and ideas on rural tourism. It can take a while to figure out their menu structure, but trust me, there is great info linked from there. It…

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  • marketing | tourism

    There is no finish line in tourism

    ByBecky McCray December 14, 2010August 27, 2014

    “But where does it all end?” That was the plaintive question of a student in one of my workshops on social media tools for marketing tourism. Bad news: It doesn’t. Photo by cole24_ on Flickr There is no finish line in tourism. There’s no place where you get to stop and say, “Boy, I’m glad…

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  • Best of | entrepreneurship | marketing | rural | tourism

    How to respond to online flame attacks

    ByBecky McCray December 7, 2010August 27, 2014

    If you’re online for any length of time, you’re bound to get flamed. And in any group of people who are thinking about getting their small business or tourism destination online, there are always several who are seriously worried about being attacked online. I think this is a natural extension of our small town concerns….

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  • announcement | tourism

    Tourism Currents Open House

    ByBecky McCray November 23, 2010August 27, 2014

    Sheila and I are hosting an Open House at Tourism Currents this weekend (November 26 – 28, 2010). Sheila welcomes you!  What is Tourism Currents? It is an online course on how to use social media tools for tourism projects. It’s all based around real life things you do every day in the tourism world….

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  • community | economic development | tourism

    Tourism is economic development

    ByBecky McCray November 16, 2010August 27, 2014

    Tourism is a traded business just as much as manufacturing. Tourism is a vital part of the economic development of your town and your region. It brings in outside dollars to be spent locally. It allows businesses to survive that could not make it by relying on local customers. Please don’t take my word for…

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