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  • entrepreneurship | rural | trends

    Top rural small business trends

    ByBecky McCray January 21, 2009February 18, 2024

    What will be the biggest trends for rural small businesses in 2009? Anita Campbell of Small Biz Trends asked me. I came up with 11 trends to consider. I must admit that I didn’t make up the phrase, “the Atwoods effect.” That was my husband’s idea for trend #6: Many new residents will be of…

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  • entrepreneurship | resources | rural

    Backroads Business blog

    ByBecky McCray January 21, 2009August 27, 2014

    Karen Wylie is writing a terrific new rural small business blog, Backroads Business. Karen is the owner of The Blue Ridge Soap Shed in the mountains of Western North Carolina. She focuses on rural business, seasonal business and home business. Karen’s just getting started, but it’s well worth a look. Tell her I said hi!…

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  • finance | Small Biz 100

    Filing your first tax return as a sole proprietor

    ByBecky McCray January 19, 2009September 27, 2016

    If you’ve started a new business during the past year, you may be wondering how to file your first tax return as a sole proprietor. Here’s the run-down for businesses in the USA. How do you know if you’re a sole proprietor? If you haven’t incorporated, you are a sole proprietor. If you formed an…

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  • failure | success

    Success and failure are the hero and sidekick

    ByBecky McCray January 18, 2009August 27, 2014

    Success and failure is like the hero and the sidekick, they are companions. @TiaParker via Twitter @GlobalPatriot added, “And like the sidekick, failure is there to inspire success!” New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates.

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    Welcome contributor Mark Hayward

    ByBecky McCray January 17, 2009August 27, 2014

    I’m excited to announce a new contributor at Small Biz Survival, our friend Mark Hayward. We connected first on Twitter, and I’ve been impressed with his small business smarts. When he wrote the NO Cost (Six Step Small Business Social Media and Online Marketing Plan, I invited him to join us regularly. I’m glad I…

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    What does the brag basket look like?

    BySmall Biz Survival January 16, 2009December 15, 2014

    Each week, I open the Brag Basket. It’s designed as a fun place for you to share your projects and accomplishments. But you can also cheer for other people, give shout outs, congratulate, and even give someone a well-deserved pat on the back. The Brag Basket is open for everyone, whether from a small town,…

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  • customer service | mistakes

    There is always something

    ByJNSwanson January 15, 2009August 27, 2014

    By Jon Swanson We have a local mechanic. He’s a nice guy. We’ve talked often over the last few years, more often than I would like some months. He does the work. He’s nearby. He’s friendly. But almost every time there is work to be done…I have to go back. Something is missed. A bill…

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  • organization | planning | Small Biz 100

    The 6 Most Important Things List

    ByBecky McCray January 12, 2009February 18, 2024

    Imagine with me…. Every day, as you start work, you know exactly what you’ll work on first. And what comes after that, and what comes after that. Not a vague sense of a looming to do list, but an exact knowledge of the few most important things to work on today, in order. It’s do-able. When…

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