<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post5469885997966319315..comments</id><updated>2012-01-29T17:55:47.252-06:00</updated><category term='survivors'/><category term='recession'/><category term='podcast'/><category term='tools'/><category term='finance'/><category term='economic development'/><category term='news'/><category term='organization'/><category term='mistakes'/><category term='customer service'/><category term='tax matters'/><category term='broadband'/><category term='success'/><category term='tourism'/><category term='community'/><category term='maesz'/><category term='entrepreneurship'/><category term='Small Biz 100'/><category term='events'/><category term='business intelligence'/><category term='rural'/><category term='ideas'/><category term='IRS'/><category term='trends'/><category term='announcement'/><category term='global'/><category term='600'/><category term='opinion'/><category term='Jon Swanson'/><category term='POV'/><category term='planning'/><category term='resources'/><category term='innovation'/><category term='youth'/><category term='video'/><category term='marketing'/><category term='Best of'/><category term='social media'/><category term='failure'/><category term='review'/><category term='brag basket'/><category term='workforce'/><title type='text'>Comments on Small Biz Survival: New ideas for rural tourism</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/feeds/5469885997966319315/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5469885997966319315/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2009/07/new-ideas-for-rural-tourism.html'/><author><name>Becky McCray</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/109969779660139278806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-pUcpRUZ5_aA/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADkU/rtIirK8GpI0/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-1398125681265660570</id><published>2012-01-29T17:55:47.252-06:00</published><updated>2012-01-29T17:55:47.252-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Courtney, in the two years we&amp;#39;ve done this ser...</title><content type='html'>Courtney, in the two years we&amp;#39;ve done this series, we&amp;#39;ve seen lots of progress, but the basic tenets we set out have not changed. And we&amp;#39;re still doing tourism (almost) every Tuesday.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5469885997966319315/comments/default/1398125681265660570'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5469885997966319315/comments/default/1398125681265660570'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2009/07/new-ideas-for-rural-tourism.html?showComment=1327881347252#c1398125681265660570' title=''/><author><name>Becky McCray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05752231568940350610</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05441618664635372790'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-pUcpRUZ5_aA/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADkU/rtIirK8GpI0/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2009/07/new-ideas-for-rural-tourism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5469885997966319315' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/5469885997966319315' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-39115361'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-2971673599862799307</id><published>2012-01-28T19:03:02.132-06:00</published><updated>2012-01-28T19:03:02.132-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Hard to believe that augmented reality is already ...</title><content type='html'>Hard to believe that augmented reality is already here. Years ago you would see it in scifi movies. Now, you whip out your smartphone and login to FourSquare or Twitter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&amp;#39;s amazing how many businesses with physical locations pay so little attention to their online presence. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They wonder why the yellow pages aren&amp;#39;t as effective as they used to be in the &amp;quot;good old&amp;quot; days. Meanwhile people are tossing out their phone books!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5469885997966319315/comments/default/2971673599862799307'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5469885997966319315/comments/default/2971673599862799307'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2009/07/new-ideas-for-rural-tourism.html?showComment=1327798982132#c2971673599862799307' title=''/><author><name>Courtney James</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11831663766050223105</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2009/07/new-ideas-for-rural-tourism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5469885997966319315' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/5469885997966319315' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1263587008'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-1715040860983302639</id><published>2009-07-07T16:51:32.879-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-07T16:51:32.879-05:00</updated><title type='text'>John, with all the cool events popping up in Oklah...</title><content type='html'>John, with all the cool events popping up in Oklahoma, I&amp;#39;ll bet we&amp;#39;ll meet soon.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5469885997966319315/comments/default/1715040860983302639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5469885997966319315/comments/default/1715040860983302639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2009/07/new-ideas-for-rural-tourism.html?showComment=1247003492879#c1715040860983302639' title=''/><author><name>Becky McCray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05752231568940350610</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05441618664635372790'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_cuqb5e50RbA/SAAs_g0-NpI/AAAAAAAAAfI/fjnsONYH0no/S220/New+Camera+014a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2009/07/new-ideas-for-rural-tourism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5469885997966319315' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/5469885997966319315' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-39115361'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-8884797836551332921</id><published>2009-07-07T16:49:45.094-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-07T16:49:45.094-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Becky, Good story today. We are going to have to m...</title><content type='html'>Becky, Good story today. We are going to have to meet some day</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5469885997966319315/comments/default/8884797836551332921'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5469885997966319315/comments/default/8884797836551332921'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2009/07/new-ideas-for-rural-tourism.html?showComment=1247003385094#c8884797836551332921' title=''/><author><name>John "Okie Campaigns" Angier</name><uri>http://okiecampaigns.blogspot.com/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2009/07/new-ideas-for-rural-tourism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5469885997966319315' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/5469885997966319315' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-631142371'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-2218887342082414679</id><published>2009-07-07T11:22:20.196-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-07T11:22:20.196-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Sarah, I can&amp;#39;t wait to read your contributions...</title><content type='html'>Sarah, I can&amp;#39;t wait to read your contributions!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;m open to guest posts on this topic, too. So start your thinking!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5469885997966319315/comments/default/2218887342082414679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5469885997966319315/comments/default/2218887342082414679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2009/07/new-ideas-for-rural-tourism.html?showComment=1246983740196#c2218887342082414679' title=''/><author><name>Becky McCray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05752231568940350610</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05441618664635372790'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_cuqb5e50RbA/SAAs_g0-NpI/AAAAAAAAAfI/fjnsONYH0no/S220/New+Camera+014a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2009/07/new-ideas-for-rural-tourism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5469885997966319315' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/5469885997966319315' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-39115361'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-7884457899118367085</id><published>2009-07-07T11:10:02.238-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-07T11:10:02.238-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Becky,
I can&amp;#39;t wait to read about this every w...</title><content type='html'>Becky,&lt;br /&gt;I can&amp;#39;t wait to read about this every week (and hopefully contribute!). Tourism Tuesdays - what a great idea! Tourism is a vitally important piece of the economic development pie in rural Texas where I work. We don&amp;#39;t have to be at a disadvantage just because we&amp;#39;re small. Whatever you and Sheila are cooking up is bound to be great.  Thanks for doing this, Becky!&lt;br /&gt;Sarah Page</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5469885997966319315/comments/default/7884457899118367085'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5469885997966319315/comments/default/7884457899118367085'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2009/07/new-ideas-for-rural-tourism.html?showComment=1246983002238#c7884457899118367085' title=''/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18245505544780605007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BV2rrB9Af5Y/SaxMcVT1qeI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/D363zn9gl34/S220/profile+photo.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2009/07/new-ideas-for-rural-tourism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5469885997966319315' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/5469885997966319315' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-23025590'/></entry></feed>
