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Two ways to build your small biz website yourself nearly for free

By Becky McCray

Not every small business can afford to hire someone to create or maintain a website. So let’s go over some relatively easy do-it-yourself ways to build your site, kind of two by two. It just so happens that these are all free, or nearly so. 2 Free Website Builders High up on the cool factor […]

April 25, 2008 Filed Under: marketing, Small Biz 100, tools Tagged With: review

Small Biz 100 reaches 10

By Becky McCray

Our Small Biz 100 series, designed to give you 100 useful hands-on business basics posts, has reached 10 posts. And I have two requests of you. 1. What other small business topics do you want to see me cover? Put them in the comments. With 30 articles in process, I’m no where near out of […]

April 19, 2008 Filed Under: announcement

2 lenders share secrets to getting a loan

By Becky McCray

At the recent Small Business 101 workshop in Alva, Oklahoma, two people with lending experience presented some secrets to getting a small business loan. Maybe these are not really secrets, but they are keys you’ll need to understand to get a small business loan. Laura Girty, REI Laura Girty works with REI, Rural Enterprises of […]

December 7, 2009 Filed Under: finance, Small Biz 100

Why you procrastinate on invoicing and what to do about it

By Becky McCray

Some of you, and you know who you are, tend to put off one of the single most important business tasks: invoicing. You probably beat yourself up over it, too. But there is a simple reason you procrastinate on invoicing: it’s not fun. We like to work on the parts of our business that are […]

July 20, 2009 Filed Under: entrepreneurship, organization, Small Biz 100

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