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[Andy Hayes is someone I’m thrilled to have made friends with. He is scary smart, very business savvy, and also just a fun guy. He’s done lots of work and research about making websites work better, so I welcomed his guest post on small business websites. -Becky] Last week Becky ranted about the classic small […]

December 2, 2010 Filed Under: entrepreneurship, marketing Tagged With: guest post, opinion

Broadband perspective from telecommunications cooperatives

By Becky McCray

[I’m a rural telco cooperative customer, and I know so are many of you. That’s why I’m publishing this guest post on broadband from Shirley Bloomfield, CEO of the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association. –Becky] By Shirley Bloomfield Broadband discussion tableat the Midwest Rural Assembly It’s been called today’s “essential service,” with the transformative power of electricity and […]

October 7, 2010 Filed Under: Best of, entrepreneurship Tagged With: Infrastructure, opinion, Support

Working together towards broadband

By Becky McCray

[We’ve been known to rant about broadband access, so I was more than happy to bring you this guest post from the Broadband for America Coalition. -Becky] By the Broadband for America Coalition Not so long ago, broadband access to the Internet was reserved for the largest corporations, the most expensive colleges and universities, and […]

April 15, 2010 Filed Under: Best of, entrepreneurship, rural Tagged With: Infrastructure, opinion, Support

Small business survival interview on User Friendly Thinking Radio

By Becky McCray

Bringing together small business, small towns, social media, free, tourism, memorable experiences, failure, and rural advantages, my interview on User Friendly Thinking Radio covered it all.UFT Radio is sponsored by web content management software company, Bizzuka. When you listen, you’ll hear marketing director Paul Chaney do the introduction and CEO John Munsell step up for […]

October 11, 2009 Filed Under: customer service, economic development, entrepreneurship, failure, social media, tourism Tagged With: opinion

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