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Why and How Small Businesses Should be Blogging

By Becky McCray

Why should small businesses be blogging? How can they get started? Those are the two big questions for #blogchat this Sunday night. What is #blogchat?  Here’s Mack Collier leading a live, in-person version of#blogchat. This Sunday, I’ll join him for the onlineversion, focusing on small business blogging.  It’s a chat held on Twitter. It’s a […]

January 10, 2013 Filed Under: marketing Tagged With: events

4 Ways to Jumpstart Your Small Business in 2013

By Becky McCray

Do you know what you need to do to grow your business in the next 12 months? You’ve probably thought about your big ideas, big goals, and your dreams. But how’s the foundation? That’s what I want to work on with you. Let’s put a solid foundation under your businessfor a prosperous 2013.  Back a […]

January 3, 2013 Filed Under: rural Tagged With: events

Are small towns reclaiming vacant properties?

By Becky McCray

If your small town is doing a good job of reclaiming vacant properties, here is your chance to share what you’ve learned. If you don’t speak up for small towns on this topic, who will? Waynoka, Oklahoma, has a foundationthat reclaims vacant properties.  From their email: The Center for Community Progress is seeking session proposals […]

December 5, 2012 Filed Under: economic development, rural Tagged With: events

Small town geeks gathering Nov 7-8

By Becky McCray

My friend and colleague Leslie McLellan wrote this after last year’s SmallTown Event. Since this year’s event is just one week away, I thought you might like her perspective on how it can make you a bit more of a thought leader. And consider making the trip to Hutchinson to join us for SmallTown2012 next week. […]

November 1, 2012 Filed Under: rural Tagged With: events

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