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  • How do you get merchants to host pop-ups inside their business?
    economic development | entrepreneurship | rural | trends

    How do you get merchants to host pop-ups inside their business?

    ByBecky McCray December 11, 2017December 3, 2017

      I love pop-up businesses. We’ve talked before about how to get building owners to host pop-up businesses in empty buildings. You can also host pop-ups inside existing businesses, but business owners have a slightly different set of concerns than building owners. First, let’s talk about who benefits. The pop-up business gets the chance to…

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  • The Brag Basket is all lined up for good news
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    The Brag Basket is all lined up for good news

    BySmall Biz Survival December 8, 2017November 26, 2017

      The Brag Basket is open! This one is for December 8-10, 2017. Bring your good news, big or small, to share with everyone. What can you share in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some great news from this week celebrate progress, even baby steps congratulate a friend applaud for each other confess your…

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    Keep Doing Things That Worked

    ByGlenn Muske December 6, 2017December 6, 2017

    Small Business Saturday has come and gone. What worked? What did you do? And what do you wish you would have done? Now is the time to answer those questions. Yes, I know that for many of you it is also the holiday shopping season and you have just run the gauntlet of getting the…

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  • Rural addresses are confusing to outsiders, but a new tool aims to change that with just 3 words
    entrepreneurship | rural | tools | trends

    Rural addresses are confusing to outsiders, but a new tool aims to change that with just 3 words

    ByBecky McCray December 4, 2017November 26, 2017

      You know how we give directions in small towns, right? We point you to houses by who used to live there, “the Allen place,” or direct you to turn where things used to be, “where that old barn burned down.” We do this in town and out in the country. This drives newcomers and…

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    Your good news lights up the Brag Basket

    BySmall Biz Survival December 1, 2017November 19, 2017

    The Brag Basket is open! This one is for December 1-3, 2017. Bring your good news, big or small, to share with everyone. What can you share in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some great news from this week celebrate progress, even baby steps congratulate a friend applaud for each other confess your undying…

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    Mining the Buzz

    ByGlenn Muske November 29, 2017November 15, 2017

    Buzz words, the hot topic – You know what I am talking about. Go to a networking event and just listen. As you listen, there is a good chance you will hear certain words, tactics, techniques or ideas brought up and discussed several times. These same words are ones that you are probably also seeing…

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  • Downtown Alva, Oklahoma. Photo by Becky McCray
    economic development | rural

    Your town has lost its economic reason for being

    ByBecky McCray November 27, 2017December 16, 2021

      How many times has your town lost its economic reason for being? Think back to the reason your town was founded. Did it start with farming or transportation? Maybe it was minerals or other natural resources. No matter what it was, I’m willing to bet that it’s not the prime driver in your town…

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  • We’re all thankful in the Brag Basket, just in our own way
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    We’re all thankful in the Brag Basket, just in our own way

    BySmall Biz Survival November 24, 2017November 8, 2017

    The Brag Basket is open! This one is for November 24-26, 2017. Bring your good news, big or small, to share with everyone. What can you share in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some great news from this week celebrate progress, even baby steps congratulate a friend applaud for each other confess your undying…

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