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Review: Classroom Habitude by Angela Maeirs

By Becky McCray

Angela Maiers was kind enough to share a copy of Classroom Habitudes with me. It’s her book on how to teach 21st Century learning habits and attitudes, exactly as described on the cover.So, why is a small business site reviewing a book that, on first glance, appears to be for teachers? Isn’t part of your […]

March 12, 2009 Filed Under: rural Tagged With: review

Pick up new business from the government

By Becky McCray

Each year, the federal government spends more than $400 billion in goods and services, 23% of which is slated for small business owners and 5% for women business owners. However, in recent years, the government has fallen short of this goal, awarding just 22% of contracts to small business owners and 3.4% to women business […]

February 5, 2009 Filed Under: entrepreneurship, resources Tagged With: events, review

Two online reviews sites relevant to small towns

By Becky McCray

Businesses in the smallest of small towns are being reviewed online right now. Do you know what is being said about you? Here are two sites you need to take a look at. Yelp – offers reviews of all kinds of local businesses. It also gives you the business owner some tools to maintain your […]

February 4, 2009 Filed Under: marketing, tools, tourism Tagged With: review

How to file 1099s

By Maesz

For those of you who have contracted work out to other people, and who have paid those people $600 or more in the past year, now is the time to report that to the IRS and to remind the subcontractors that the payments they received are taxable. It is time to issue Form 1099 MISC. […]

January 27, 2009 Filed Under: finance, tax matters, tools Tagged With: maesz, review, service businesses

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