Who is first among the equals in your retail store? This is something fellow retailer Daniel Gordon and I were discussing long ago, and I think it’s a valuable topic for business outside of retail, as well. Do you make a point of treating every single customer equally? Do you make decisions about them, based on how…
The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one Oct 26-28, 2012. Have some good news this week? Put it in the Brag Basket. Tiny Pumpkins, (CC) by MaugiArt, on Flickr Don’t hold back because of that word, “brag.” When you hold back, you hide…
Pam Slim is well known as the author of Escape From Cubicle Nation, both the blog and the book. We’ve followed each other’s work for years, and we share a passion for helping people prosper in their own business. Hey! We finally met in person!Becky McCray and Pam Slim at SXSW 2011. Pam interviewed me…
James Dalman is another of my Oklahoma friends. He does terrific web design, and he designed my personal site at BeckyMcCray.com. I’ve seen his love for small towns. When he told me this story, I begged him to write it up. He’s describing the number one complaint I hear about small town businesses over and…
The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one Oct 19-21, 2012. Have some good news this week? Put it in the Brag Basket. A fall round up in the Brag Basket.Photo (CC) by ARACELOTA Don’t hold back because of that word, “brag.” When you hold…
Joe Sorge understands business because he is a business owner, with a handful of restaurants and event places in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He and I share that background in bricks and mortar business, and we share many similar opinions about business. He invited me to be a guest on Kitchen Table Talks with Chris Brogan so…
Straight from the IRS: The 2013 IRS Tax Calendar for Small Business and Self Employed, Publication 1518, (English and Spanish) will ship in December. It can be pre-ordered online now. The Tax Calendar for Small Businesses and Self-Employed is a 12-month wall calendar, filled with useful information on: general business taxes, IRS and SSA customer…
International Day of Rural Women sounds pretty cool. It’s every October 15, as declared by the United Nations. Rural women Primrose and Portia, friends from my South Africa trip. The problem is the U.N. page talks about “rural women” but they actually mean “rural women in developing countries.” That’s a pet peeve of mine: saying “rural” when…
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