In the Media

Books featuring or mentioning Becky McCray

• If You Could Live Anywhere: The Surprising Importance of Place in a Work-from-Anywhere World, by Melody Warnick, 2022, published by Sourcebooks, Inc.
• Small Cities Thinking Big: Revitalization Lessons from Augusta, Maine, by Michael G. Hall, 2021, published by McFarland
• Public Policy in Contentious Times by Peter K. Kresl, 2021, published by Edward Elgar Publishing
• Attention! The Power of Simple Decisions in a Distracted World by Rob Hatch, 2020, published by Practical Inspiration Publishing. UK
• The Economic Survival of America’s Isolated Small Towns, by Gerald L. Gordon, 2015, published by CRC Press
• The Entrepreneur’s Playbook by Ted Liebowitz, textbook at Brooklyn College, 2015
• Navigating Social Media: A Field Guide by Scott Meyer, 2013
• The Impact Equation by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith, 2012, published by Penguin Group
• Social Media Commerce for Dummies by Marsha Collier, 2012, published by John Wiley & Sons
• Small Business Management in the 21st Century, by David T. Cadden Ph.D. and Sandra L. Lueder Ph.D., 2012, published by Flat World Knowledge
• Blogging All-in-one for Dummies, by Susan Gunelius, 2012 published by John Wiley & Sons
• The Ultimate Online Customer Service Guide: How to Connect with your Customers to Sell More! by Marsha Collier, 2011, published by John Wiley & Sons
• Twitter for Dummies by Laura J. Fitton, 2010, published by John Wiley & Sons
• Tweet This! Twitter for Business by Jessica Miller-Merrell, 2010
• Overcoming Inventoritis: The Silent Killer of Innovation by Peter Paul Roosen and Tatsuya Nakagawa, 2008
• What No One Ever Tells You About Blogging and Podcasting: Real-Life Advice from 101 People Who Successfully Leverage the Power of the Blogosphere by Ted Demopolous, 2006, published by Kaplan Business

Television appearances

• Small town greatness, AARP Live, RFD-TV
• Becky McCray – Rural Revitalization, OklahomaHorizonTV
• Rural Sourcing with Becky McCray, OklahomaHorizonTV
• Becky McCray – Social Networking, OklahomaHorizonTV
• 140 Character Tweets on Twitter, OklahomaHorizonTV
• In studio interview: 140 Characters Conference Small Town, KAKE-TV, Wichita, Kansas
• In studio interview: 140 Characters Conference Small Town, KSCW-TV, Wichita, Kansas
• Rural Main Street On Its Way Up – CNBC Small Business Around the Web
• Top 5 Twitter Feeds, MSNBC Your Business
• Small Biz Trending, MSNBC Your Business

Radio appearances

• Midwest Farm Report, “Save Your Small Town,” Wisconsin
• In The Moment, “Saving Small Town South Dakota,” South Dakota Public Radio
• All Sides with Ann Fisher, “Changing landscape of rural America and small towns”, Ohio Public Radio
• Today’s Interview: Becky McCray, of Save Your Town on leadership in flood stricken eastern Kentucky, with Tom Martin, WEKU
• Main Street, Prairie Public Radio, North Dakota
• Morning Show, CFAR radio, Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada
• Colorado Matters, Colorado Public Radio
• Dakota Midday, South Dakota Public Radio
• Insight on Business the News Hour, KRNT radio Des Moines, with Michael Libbie
• Jiggy Jaguar Radio, (syndicated), with James Lowe
• Cody Talks Live Radio KSKU radio Kansas, with Cody Heitschmidt
• Morning show, Illinois WLPO radio, with John Spencer
• The Small Business Radio Show, WCPT radio Chicago, with Barry Moltz

Magazine articles that mention Becky McCray

• Entrepreneur Magazine – How Twitter is Revolutionizing Business
• Entrepreneur Magazine – Time-Management Tips from Serial Entrepreneurs
• Inc.com – New Report: 2022 Is Set to Be a Banner Year for America’s Small Towns (and Their Small Businesses)
• Inc.com – Scaling Fast? How to Keep Your Company’s Core Values
• Inc.com – Business Tips from Small-Town USA
• BusinessWeek – Shop Local: Authenticity as a Key Holiday Promotion
• US News – Entrepreneurs in a Twitter About Social Networking Sites
• CityVision – Try, Try Again; Q&A with Becky McCray
• High Plains Journal – Speaker shares tips on tackling rural housing challenges: Save Your Town co-founder taps into seven years of surveys with small communities
• High Plains Journal – ‘Idea friendly method’ useful in neighborhoods
• High Plains Journal – Conference shares small-town ideas in 10 minutes and 140 characters or less
• High Plains Journal – Small town economies should be ‘idea friendly’
• High Plains Journal – Free community vitality resource offered by K-State Research and Extension
• The Fence Post (nationwide agricultural newspaper) – Rangeviews: Website aims at helping small business with features, tips
• Alberta Farmer Express (Canada) – Do it right and your small town could be ‘cool’
• FarmWorld – Net neutrality debate reaches into countryside business, too
• AgWeek – A new way of doing business
• Ag Journal – Simple low-cost tips for small towns in year ahead
• Kansas Ag Connection – First Friday Speaker Shares Tips on Rural Housing Challenges
• Kansas Ag Connection – Monthly Educational Webinars Available to Businesses
• FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) Alliance International – Hidden Gems in Rural America: Finding Opportunity in Unknown Places (PDF)
• The Week – What rural businesses are doing to survive — and thrive
• Retail Minded Magazine – Small Town Retailer? Keeping customers local and satisfied
• Invision Magazine – Population Smallsville
• Downtown Idea Exchange – Downtown organizations can help merchants remain competitive (PDF)
• Rural Telecom Magazine – by Mark Crawford Small but Strong: Strategies for Business Success in Rural America
• Rural Telecom Magazine – by Rachel Brown RURAL IS COOL
• Trust News – Washington Trust for Historic Preservation – Keynote speaker: Becky McCray (PDF)
• Niche Magazine – Web Watch (PNG)
• The Municipality magazine – Inspiration can be found on the web (PDF)
• Cooperative Living magazine – New Ways to Boost Rural Areas
• North Dakota Living magazine – Something to Talk About
• Dakotafire magazine – Rural change-makers connect at first RuralX
• Dakotafire magazine – Collaborative marketing creates local holiday shopping destinations

Newspaper mentions

• Don Dorrigo and Guy Fawkes Advocate, (Dorrigo, New South Wales, Australia) – Why Local Businesses Matter – front page (JPG) (Last newspaper in Australia set with lead type!)
• The New York Times –  Marketing Small Businesses with Twitter
• La Información (Spain) – Los ‘millennials’ urbanitas gentrifican el mundo rural de Estados Unidos
• Salina (Kansas) Post – Speaker encourages small town economies to be ‘idea friendly’
• LaJunta (Colorado) Tribune-Democrat – SaveYour.Town Survey of Rural Challenges pinpoints small town needs
• LaJunta (Colorado) Tribune-Democrat – Simple low-cost tips for small towns in year ahead
• The Daily News (Washington/Oregon) – Downtown expert sees potential in Cowlitz County
• The Daily News (Washington/Oregon) – Downtown expert to visit Cowlitz County this week
• The Reflector (Woodland, Washington) – ‘Small steps’ could build Woodland’s identity, Rural business consultant pays city a visit, sees opportunity in residents’ passion
• Moscow-Pullman Daily News (Idaho/Washington) – Getting creative with vacant buildings, town lots – PDF version
• The Lewiston Tribune (Idaho) – Pullman leaders look to boost city’s footprint – PDF version
• Herald and News (Klamath Falls, Oregon) – Small Town Advantages
• LNP (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) – Lancaster County collectives give more small businesses a chance to shine
• Citizen Voice and Times (Estill County, Kentucky) – #EstillRising: Taking it to the Streets – print version JPG
• Simcoe Reformer (Ontario, Canada) – Rural areas have a future: expert
• Whitman County Gazette (Washington) – Small Business Survival: Colfax Downtown Association lands grant (PDF)
• Whitman County Gazette (Washington) – McCray opens ideas for small town growth (PDF)
• Moody County Enterprise (South Dakota) – Buying Local – Why Where We Spend Our Time and Money Matters – PDF version
• Midland Daily News (Michigan) – Building Main Street, Not Wall Street: Retail challenges bring opportunity
• Elliot Lake Standard (Ontario, Canada)- Small towns have a future, says symposium’s keynote speaker
• Richmond Observer (North Carolina) – NC Rural Center will convene leaders from across the state for 2022 Rural Summit, forward-focused on resiliency
• Kemptville Advance-Accent Weekender (Ontario, Canada) – Learning from our past to plan for the future
• Capital Journal (South Dakota) – Virtual conferences allow more participation from rural communities
• Minot Daily News (North Dakota) – Small town story: Tourism Session Shows How to Market Without Much Money
• Miles City Star (Montana) – Community members invited to participate in Reimagining Rural program
• Glendive Ranger-Review (Montana) – Reimagining Rural will encourage idea friendly approach
• The Glasgow Courier (Montana) – “Idea Friendly” Attitude Topic for Second Reimagining Rural Session
• Daily Freeman-Journal (Webster City, Iowa) – National speaker to lead discussion in Webster City – print version JPG
• Daily Freeman-Journal (Webster City, Iowa) – Brainstorming session: Author, blogger McCray visits with area business and industry leaders
• The Redfield Press (South Dakota) – International speaker on rural and small-town business, Becky McCray, to speak in Redfield and Frankfort
• The Redfield Press (South Dakota) – Testing new ideas: McCray brings fresh insight to Redfield
• The Cleveland American (Oklahoma) – Chamber Hosting Small Town Biz Seminar
• The Morning Sun (Kansas) – County Extension offices look to combine for survival
• The Neepawa Banner (Manitoba, Canada) – My perspective – Changing tides
• Bent County Democrat – Simple low-cost tips for small towns in year ahead
• Cut Bank Pioneer Press (Montana) – Reimagining Rural virtual series set for Sept. 15 and Sept. 29
• Cut Bank Pioneer Press , The Shelby Promoter (Montana) – Second Reimagining Rural session slated for Sept. 29 in Shelby
• Cut Bank Pioneer Press, The Valierian (Montana) – Pondera County: Get ready to battle the local “Brain Drain” thinking
• Clark Fork Valley Press (Montana) – Reimagining Rural events set for Thompson Falls
• Idaho Business Review – National rural challenges survey on par with Idaho’s
• The Mexia News (Texas) – Webinar offers new ideas to implement changes – PDF version
• The Goldendale Sentinel (Washington) – Webinar proposes strategies for rural retail
• Grand Forks Herald (North Dakota) – Community Connect Forum set for Saturday in Cavalier
• The Austin American-Statesman – SXSW Panel: What We Can Learn from Small Town Entrepreneurs
• Farm Talk Newspaper (Kansas) – Advocating for ag through social media
• The Hutchinson News (Kansas) – Speakers are sought for Nov. 3 tech conference
• The Hutchinson News (Kansas) – Conference slates host of speakers
• The Hutchinson News (Kansas) – A “friend” to small businesses: Facebook, Twitter tools topic of summit planned to meet rural challenges
• The Garden City Telegram (Kansas) – Trends to keep an eye on
• Huron Daily Tribune (Michigan) – Newby: Retail challenges bring local opportunity
• Huron Plainsman (South Dakota) – Midstates economic development conference set
• News Tribune (Illinois) – Economic development summit at Hall
• News Tribune (Illinois) – ‘You have everything you need’ – 5 takeaways from the economic development summit in Ladd
• Bureau County Republican (Illinois) – Summit hosting expert on small towns, rural trends
• bcrnews (Illinois) – Small-town development guru visits Ladd
• The Daily Oklahoman – Oklahoma’s rural entrepreneurs learn best way to survive
• The Daily Oklahoman –  Confluence conference returns to Oklahoma City for digital creativity professionals
• The Daily Oklahoman – Seek global success with ‘Small Town Rules’ JPG
• The Daily Oklahoman – Oklahoma Shines on the Web
• The Norman Transcript (Oklahoma) – Oklahoma lives large at SXSW
• Central Valley Business Times (Illinois) – How companies can remain prosperous and find talent in rural areas
• Wichita Business Journal (Kansas)- Twitter Tips from a Small Business Social Media Guru
• Wichita Business Journal (Kansas)- Big-City Twitter Event Coming To Small-Town Kansas
• Tulsa World (Oklahoma) – State’s small business conference finds large audience
• Tulsa World (Oklahoma) – South by Southwest will feature first ever official Oklahoma showcase in Film, Music and Interactive
• Tulsa World (Oklahoma) – Off to Austin
• Washington Post – Your Talent on a Card
• Bismarck Tribune (North Dakota) – Free webinar open to small town business owners
• Lexington Herald (Kentucky) – Public Relations: Experts write, suggest insightful reads
• The Clay Center Dispatch (Kansas) – Speaker encourages small town economies to be ‘idea friendly’
• Tahlequah Daily Press (Oklahoma) – Retail challenges bring new opportunities to downtown
• Cape Cod Times – Lessons in customer service
• Middletown Transcript (Delaware) – Shop local: Consider Main Street when buying holiday presents
• Seeley Swan Pathfinder (Montana) – Reimagining Rural reframes small town misconceptions
• Concrete Herald (Washington) – Small-town specialist to present Aug. 30
• Fowler Tribune (Colorado) Survey narrows down small town needs
• Pueblo West View, The (Colorado)  Website co-founders create survey about small town needs 
• The Lawton Constitution (Oklahoma) Safety, security are strong suits in community 
• The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, North Carolina) Take advantage of stronger consumer confidence 
• Daily Sentinel, The (Nacogdoches, Texas) Action is needed to get this community thriving
• Tabor-Loris Tribune (North Carolina) Tabor Talk
• The Brazosport Facts (Texas) Shop locally when outfitting kids for school
• Jacksonville Daily Progress (Texas) Shopping local makes a big difference
• The News-Times (Danbury, Connecticut) – Opinion: Farmers’ markets are essential in time of pandemic, or anytime
• The Business Journal of Greater Keene, Brattleboro & Peterborough (New Hampshire) – Radically Rural: A Closer Look
• The Keene Sentinel (New Hampshire) – Adapting to COVID-19 crisis, Radically Rural goes remote
• The Keene Sentinel (New Hampshire) – Deb Brown Wants You to Save Your Town — Starting Now
• Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan (South Dakota) – Midstates Econ. Conference Set For Huron
• Sault Star (Ontario, Canada) – Teeming with Treasures
• West Central Tribune (Minnesota) – Letter: Support your local businesses this season
• The Ponca City News (Oklahoma) – Free Small Business Annual Summit Set at Pioneer Tech
• The Ponca City News (Oklahoma) – Rare Opportunity at Small Business Program
• The Ponca City News (Oklahoma) – Pitch-Off Plan Designed To Help Small Business Seeking Diversity
• Fallon County Times (Montana) – Get ready to battle the local “Brain Drain” thinking
• Fallon County Times (Montana) – Virtual meeting stresses starting with small steps can revolutionize future for rural communities
• Fallon County Times (Montana) – Final Rural Initiative virtual session set for Oct. 13
• el informante rd (Dominican Republic) – Por qué el desorden impide ser más productivo y cómo solucionarlo
• The Jamestown Sun (North Dakota) – Webinar on rural marketing set for Jan. 12
• The Orange County Register (California) – Do ‘buy local’ campaigns work?
• The Willoughby News-Herald (Ohio) –  Fairport Harbor pushes to fill vacant storefronts
• McClusky Gazette (North Dakota) – JDA sponsors reporting on Rural X summit
• McClusky Gazette (North Dakota) – Survey draws interest
• McClusky Gazette (North Dakota) – Rural challenges
• Peninsula Daily News (Oregon) – Rural prosperity conference set Nov. 15
• Mendota Reporter (Illinois) – Economic development summit to focus on small towns
• The Hoptown Chronicle (Kentucky) – Survey of Rural Challenges, open through July 30, lets people in small towns share ideas
• Alva Review-Courier (Oklahoma) – (My hometown paper!) – Becky McCray presents at national Main Street Conference in Boston
• Alva Review-Courier (Oklahoma) – Local author joins worldwide book collaboration – PDF
• Alva Review-Courier (Oklahoma) – Alva author’s book wins 2013 Small Business Book Award – JPG 

Online interviews and mentions

• Daily Yonder – Rural Communities Are Upbeat About the Future Despite Persisting Issues
• Daily Yonder – ‘Speak up, rural America,’ say small-town business consultants
• Daily Yonder – Speak Your Piece: Title II and You by Edyael Casaperalta
• Daily Yonder – ‘Radically Rural’ Summit Moves Online for 2020
• Daily Yonder – Small Rural Businesses Fight for Bailout Aid
• NFIB – How to Determine Product Markup
• NFIB – How to Build Advertising Budgets in Rural Communities
• Hunker – 9 Things to Consider Before You Move to a Small Town
• Forbes – Black Friday Is Not Just For Big Box Stores – Check Out Little Boxes In Portland by T.J. McCue
• Forbes – State Of Now In Small Towns #140 Twitter Conference by T.J. McCue
• Forbes – Do It With Others – Maker Community Manifesto by T.J. McCue
• Forbes – Research and Insights on Why Millennials and Gen Z Will Drive Small Town Entrepreneurship by Bernhard Schroeder
• Mendimi – Pse Millennials dhe Gen Z do të nxisin sipërmarrjen e qyteteve të vogla? Albania
• American Express Open Forum – 7 “Small Town” Rules for Doing Business on a Human Scale by Matthew E. May
• American Express Open Forum –Local Rules: How to Boost Holiday Sales By Barry Moltz
• American Express Open Forum – Company Culture 2012: Innovative Local Grocery Sparks Conversation by Alexandra Levit
• American Express Open Forum – 5 Small Business Resources You Should Be Following on Twitter by Bianca Male
• Ragan.com – 10 Social Media Lessons in Being Human By Heidi Cohen
• Portfolio.com – Small Businesses Push into Big World
• Beyond the Rows – What Can Farmers & Small Towns Gain Through Social Media? By Janice Person
• Farm Bureau‘s Rural Community Building – Top 9 Rural Small Business Trends for 2012 By Sabrina Matteson
• Points of Light Institute – How do Rural and Urban Communities Affect Volunteer Trends?
• Planetizen – Brainstorm: What Are the Creative Uses of a Roofless Building?
• Stateline, Pew Charitable Trusts – Small Rural Businesses Fight for Bailout Aid
• Dakota Resources – It doesn’t have to be a million-dollar moon shot
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Free Enterprise – Don’t Stop Believing in Your Small Business Values
• Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. – Can Rural Companies Compete for Talent?
• InformationWeek – 10+ Twitter Users Every SMB Should Follow
• InformationWeek Sociative Influencer SMB, 2012
• Bank of I.D.E.A.S. by Peter Kenyon (Australia) – Community and Economic Development Matters Newsletter – Survey of Rural Challenges
• Bank of I.D.E.A.S. – Top 5 Rural and Small Town Trends for 2022 and Beyond
• Bank of I.D.E.A.S. – Boost Your Maker Economy with a ‘Made In’ Day
• Bank of I.D.E.A.S. – We’re far less likely to fail than we think
• Bank of I.D.E.A.S. – Small Town Coffee Shop Ideas
• Bank of I.D.E.A.S. – Community happens when people talk to each other
• Bank of I.D.E.A.S. (older mentions dating back to 2011) – Six Big Ideas for Small Towns, Bringing Your Town Forward, Nothing But Dirt and Sunshine, What to Do with Roofless Buildings, Building a Better Main Street, Small Biz Survival, A Dozen Ideas for a Small Vacant Building, A Positive View of Rural: Is it time to ban “shop local”?, Bank It – a habit of helping
• Go Solo – Shape a Brighter Future for Your Community – SaveYour.Town
• Kansas Ag Connection – Speaker Encourages Small-Town Economies to be ‘Idea Friendly’
• Missouri Ag Connection – ‘Idea Friendly Method’ Topic of Neighboring 101 Session
• Missouri Ag Connection – ‘Having Nothing, Possessing Everything’ Dec. 16 Neighboring 101 Session
• Missouri Ag Connection – Challenge Logs 5,579 Acts of Neighboring in Missouri; Greene County Wins
• Kansas Farmer – How to fix the rural housing crunch
• Kansas Farmer – Would you live here?
• Business Insider – Small Town Rules for Big Success in Business
• Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership – Small Towns, Big Impact: A conversation with liquor store operator, rancher and blogger Becky McCray
• Rural LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation) newsletter – February 2022, Small Town Trends
• Rural LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation) newsletter – February 2020, Survey of Rural Challenges
• RuralRISE newsletter August 2023, SaveYour.Town – RuralRISE Speaker Series
• Chartered Management Institute (UK) – 5 Young Bloggers Who Love Business
• Archinect – The Rise of the Rural Millennial
• Small Biz Daily – Small is Beautiful: Review of Small Town Rules
• InStoreMag – Business Tips from Small-town, USA
• The Street – 3 Things You Should Know About Small Business
• Greater Oklahoma City Partnership – OKC’s Entrepreneurial Community to Host a Special Event at Oklahoma’s Buffalo Lounge at South by Southwest Festival
• NewsOK – Oklahoma entrepreneur’s book offers tips for global success with ‘Small Town Rules’
• NewsOK – Oklahoma music, film communities to be represented this week at Austin’s South by Southwest Festival
• NewsOK – Online innovation going strong in state
• Small Biz Technology – Five Business Technology Books to Help Your Small Business Grow
• Small Biz Technology – Book Review: Small Town Rules. Practical Lessons for Small Businesses To Do Big Things
• Atchison County (Missouri) Development Corporation newsletter, June 2021 sent via Atchison County Mail newspaper saturation issue to all county residents
• This is Where You Belong, author Melody Warnick, email newsletter, Issue 41, June 2021
• Cooperative.com – NRECA’s In-Person Regional Meetings for Co-op Leaders Return Next Week
• Small Business Trends – NFIB Hosts Live Chat To Help Small Businesses Take Advantage Of The Holiday Season
• Small Business Trends – Small Town Rules for Big Success in Business
• Small Business Trends – What to Do If Your Business Is Suddenly in a Bad Neighborhood
• Small Business Trends – How to Create Fiercely Loyal Customers Close to You
• Small Business Trends – 46 Small Business Facebook Pages to Follow
• SMB Trend Wire – Podcast Review: SmallBizSurvival
• Small Nation, Friday Small Talk with Jason Duff, email newsletter, January 28, 2022
• Canada Tourism Information Network – Edition 11 – CEDEC.ca: English version, version française. RDEE.ca: version française
• Dorchester (Nebraska) Times – Can Small Towns Be Cool?
• Mountain Association, Kentucky – Stories From the Mountains: Joe Crawford and the Estill Development Alliance, A Tie that Binds Community
• Business2Community – What Can You Learn From a Small Town?
• Business2Community – 7 Enterprise Brand Lessons from Small Business Entrepreneurs
• Lt. Governor Pinnell’s Oklahoma – How do you attract remote workers to your town?
• YubaNet.com (California) – Small Rural Businesses Fight for Bailout Aid
• My Mother Lode – Rural Jobs Creation Strategies Webinar
• Accounting.com – Small Business Entrepreneur Support
• Tourism Currents – Small town tourism challenges? Survey says…
• Tourism Currents – Heritage and culture tourism – social media post ideas
• Tourism Currents – Is it time to launch an online store?
• Travel Market Report – Lessons in Creativity, Resourcefulness, from Small Town U.S.A.
• Travel Market Report – For Online Success, Connect with Clients One on One
• Midwest Meetings – How to Meet the Needs of Your Rural Attendees
• The Chamber Courier (Canton Illinois Area Chamber of Commerce) – What Kind of Town Are We? (PDF)
• Gifts & Decorative Accessories – Can Sharing Space Save Your Town?
• Dex Media – This Week’s Trending Marketing Insights and Tips
• Community Development Society – Vanguard, January 2012 issue
• Read Write – 10 Killer Tools for Small-Business Success, 2009
• ABCDE (Asset Based Community Driven Efforts) Learning Sites – What’s in it for us as a community? (PDF)
• ChrisD.ca (Canada) – Changing Tides of the Small Town Retail Landscape
• Neighborhood Life – A Neighborhood Improvements Journal – Promoting Buy-Local – Part I
• Workplace Sonora – Rural Jobs Creation Strategies
• Permaculture Women, Medium.com – Send a Care Bear Stare: Progressives & Permaculture in the Rural Heartland by Kenda Lorax
• SmallBusiness.com – This Report Claims Rural Entrepreneurs Have Retreated (And Why It’s Wrong)
• ThomasNet.com Industry Market Trends – Small Business Time Management Tips
• Forbes – 25 Most Influential Women Tweeting About Entrepreneurship
• AllVoices – Some rural entrepreneurs find it hard to harvest business funding
• Small Business Labs – Top Rural and Small Town Trends for 2022
• Small Business Labs – 2017 Rural and Small Town Trends (and Webinar)
• Lifehacker – Start your small business
• TechCrunch – Guy Kawasaki’s Alltop Launches Frienderati: The Top Friends From FriendFeed

Online video guest appearances

• Backpack Show with Chris Brogan and Kerry O’Shea Gorgone
• #SMTULSA Conference Interview with @BeckyMcCray
• Co-Creation in a Small Town, Small Town, Big Talk with Rebecca Undem
• What I Learned at RuralX, Small Town, Big Talk with Rebecca Undem
• RuralX17 Recap, Dakota Resources
• What does the community need to keep the small business open, Becky McCray on Rural Route show with Trent Loos
• Surprising Gift of Doubt Launch Days, with Marc Pitman
• NeoMarketing Podcast with Kyle Golding
• How Small Town Retailers Can Use the Best Tricks of Major Stores to Win in eCommerce, Commerce Journey with Brian Krogsgard
• Shop Local Buy Local Campaigns And More, Chamber Focus show with Frank J. Kenny
• The Watch.tv Spotlight Interview: Small Business Entrepreneur Becky McCray, with C.C. Chapman
• Preparation Work, The Pulse on Marketing
• You Reap After You Sow, The Pulse on Marketing
• GeekBeat TV: Blogworld 2012 – Book: Small Town Rules, with Cali Lewis, John P and Barry Moltz
• Why Social Media is LIKE a Small Town, M3Media for SMTulsa
• Small Town Rules – A Different Approach To Business, The Pulse on Business with Joe Sorge
• Becky McCray on Rural Entrepreneurship and attracting clients with Erno Hannink, The Netherlands
• Lessons From The World Of Becky McCray, The Pulse on Business with Chris Brogan and Joe Sorge
• Interview with Keith Burtis
• Becky McCray on SmallBizCool! with Jill Foster
• Book Review Small Town Rules by Raul Colón, Puerto Rico
• Dream State University Interview with Becky McCray by Scott Townsend
• Small Town Rules – IntrepidTV with Todd Schnick
• Futurescape: Becky McCray of SmallBizSurvival.com interview with Community Futures Yellowhead East, Canada
• Detroit Unspun Interview
• Customer Service is All You Got! interview with Barry Moltz
• 5 Entrepreneurs Sharing Their Stories, EZVID

Podcast interviews and appearances

• Orton Family Foundation, Heart & Soul Talks: Big Ideas for Small Town Business Success
• Creating idea-friendly communities on the Co-operatives First podcast with Heather Hallgrimson, British Columbia, Canada
• Learn How to Save Your Town! on Farming the Countryside with Andrew McCrea
• Appalachia Meets World, “A Small Town Never Forgets!!” with Neil and Will
• BIGG Success podcast with Georgre Krueger and Mary-Lynn Foster, with Deb Brown on the Survey of Rural Challenges 2019
• Small Towns Present Big Opportunities for Marketers: Rural-Business Expert Becky McCray on Marketing Smarts [Podcast], Marketing Profs hosted by Kerry O’Shea Gorgone
• Rusty Water Towers podcast: There Was No Fried Okra in the Box with Jonathan LeMaster-Smith
• Marketing Profs‘ Marketing Smarts with Matthew T. Grant
• Build Your Business Radio with Barbara Weltman
• Escape from Cubicle Nation with Pam Slim
• The Human Business Way with Chris Brogan
• The Small Business Radio Show #572 with Barry Moltz
• Building Strong Cafes, Restaurants & Bars in Small Towns on Profitable Hospitality with Ken Burgin, Australia
• What does the community need to keep the small business open, Becky McCray on Rural Route with Trent Loos
• Save Your Town with Deb Brown and Becky McCray, Small Town Big Talk with Rebecca Undem
• Changing the Arc of a Small Town with 9 Clouds Digital Homesteading with Scott Meyer
• Becky McCray on the success of small business in small towns on Community, Jobs, and Progress Podcast with Brad Tabke
• Quit With the Shop Local Buy Local Campaigns with Frank J. Kenny, Chamber Pros
• Shop Local is Dead. Long Live Shop Local. Swansen Report with Paul Swansen
• New Community Leadership for Small Towns: Becky McCray, Let’s Talk Leadership with Des Walsh, 2016, Australia
• Small Town Rules: An interview with Becky McCray with Phil Gerbyshak
• What Marketers Can Learn from Rural Businesses on Agents of Change with Rich Brooks
• Insights on eCommerce, Rural Businesses and Omni-Local with Becky McCray by BobDunn, WP eCommerce Show
• “Women, Wealth and Wow” with Becky McCray interviewed by Donna Maria, Indie Business Network
• Interview: Small Town Rules on Fierce Loyalty with Sarah Robinson
• Small Town Rules Can Mean Success with Becky McCray with TBW
• Small Town Rules Prosper in Connected Economy on Breakthrough Business with Michele Price
• Tourism Currents | Becky McCray on Women in Business Radio with Michele Price
• Say It with Style with Nichole Bazemore and Sheila Scarborough
• Vaspers the Grate Presents with Steven Streight
• Push My Follow with Annie Boccio from 2008
• Biz Chicks Radio with Bonnie and Jill
• Bella Buzz Podcast with Desiree Scales and Joe Magennis
• This Week in Ag with John Blue and Nate Taylor
• Business Insanity Radio, Show 99 with Barry Moltz
• Business Insanity Radio, Show 97 with Barry Moltz
• The Bigg Success Show with George Krueger and Mary-Lynn Foster
• Becky McCray, Small Town Biz Survival Expert, 2010, Des Walsh and Friends with Des Walsh, Australia
• User Friendly Thinking with Paul Cheney and John Munsell
• Entrepreneur People. Real Stories with Sherry Borzo, DSM Buzz
• The State of Small Business Marketing with Jay Ehret
• SOBCon 09 profile with Michelle Vandepas
• E-ret@iler with Tom Shay
• Becky McCray – Small Towns Rule! on Lounging with LannaLee
• Small Town Rules Can Mean Success with Becky McCray on Texas Business Woman

Blog Interviews and Mentions

• IEDC Member Blog, Survey of Rural Challenges Results Show Optimism and Big Disconnects (and What Economic Developers Can Do About It)
• IEDC Member Blog, Touring empty buildings, plus five attitudes to succeed in small towns
• IEDC Member Blog, Marketing a small town requires a laser-focused message
• The Rural Blog, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues Rural challenges show repeated concerns and a glimmer of optimism by residents, a new survey indicates
• The Rural Blog, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues Survey of Rural Challenges, open through July 30, helps widely scattered rural communities share ideas
• The Rural Blog, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues Radically Rural goes online this year; Sept. 24 program will include sessions on community journalism, other topics
• The Rural Blog, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues Writer offers tips to ensure that rural attendees are properly regarded at statewide conferences
• The Rural Blog, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues Journalist doing podcasts with people who share positive views of rural America; seeks guests
• The Rural Blog, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues Census, health reform, ‘shop local’ campaigns top 2010 rural small business trends to watch
• What’s the Difference Between Building a Community and Building an Audience? by Matthew Grant, on Marketing Profs Daily Fix
• Advice to those working in small towns on Building Possibility by Deb Brown
• Reimagining Rural in Seeley Lake, Seeley Lake Community Foundation, Montana
• Small Town Entrepreneurship Grows, by Dr. Jeff Cornwall
• Changing Rural Landscapes, Village Missions, Canada
• Becky McCray, Stereotype Smasher of the Wild West, Klamath County Chamber of Commerce blog, by Chrystal Vaughan
• Taking the “Me” Out of Social Media by Scott Monty
• SBS 2011 Essentials: What it Means to Partners – Dell Technologies Blog
• How to Create Content For Every Stage of the Buyer’s Journey by Mack Collier
• The Small Town Rules! Becky McCray talks to Searching Finance by Ashwin Rattan, UK
• Behind the counter: Becky McCray, rural retail business owner and educator, The Dor blog
• Sugar Hits, Raffles, Pricing Tricks, Lanterns, Feedback, Recycling, Dads & Raisin Toast, Hospo (hospitality) Reset by Ken Burgin, Australia
• Why Wall Rocks Series – #3 Wall is Idea Friendly, Wall Economic Development
• Should you host a live or pre-recorded webinar? by Rachel Burns, Podia
• 5 Inspirational Quotes from Marketing Experts by Amy Neely on the ReachLocal blog
• Small Town Opportunities by Eric Davison, Cornfield Confidential
• Travel is Still Fatal to Narrow-Mindedness by Sheila Scarborough, Perceptive Travel
• 20 Small Business Ideas for Small Towns by Dane Carlson
• Top 25 Boss Women to Follow Online by Melinda Emerson
• Tiny but Mighty: Becky McCray Talks About the Power of Small Business by Pamela Wilson, Big Brand System
• Can Small Towns Be Cool? at Dorchester Times, Nebraska
• 5 Secrets from a Profitable Start-Up business Quickbooks Online blog by Gretchin Harding, Intuit
• Do Startups Have to Start in Big Cities? by Thursday Bram
• NC Rural Center holds 2022 Rural Summit forward-focused on resiliency; awards leaders for their commitment to rural people and places, North Carolina
• End of Year Letter from the Wheeler Center at Montana Associated Technology Roundtables
• Learn How to Build Your Community at Go Local, Grow Local Conference by Jeff Milchen, Stihl USA Blog
• Localist Resources: Books and Articles – Theory, Practice, and Philosophy at Radical Localism: The Localism Resource
• Survey of Rural Challenges 2020/21 at Building Possibility by Deb Brown
• From the “140 Conference” to “The State of Now” – A Conversation with Jeff Pulver and Becky McCray, by Ben A. Smith, Social:IRL
• 100 Small Business Audio Podcasts at Small Business Trends Radio
• How to Meet the Needs of Your Rural Attendees at empowerMINT blog by DMAI – Destination Marketing Association International
• Re-working Work for Virtual Teams by WorkingPoint Blog
• 7 Enterprise Brand Lessons from Small Business Entrepreneurs Kuno Creative
• Turn Free Advice Into Clients by Thursday Bram at FreelanceSwitch
• 7 Influential and Inspiring Women Bloggers to Follow if You Run a Small Business, FastUpFront Small Business Blog
• On Thriving in a Small Town with Becky McCray by Kendra Kennison
• Outbound Marketing Tips to (re)Brand Your Company by Navin Israni, EngageBay blog
• Charging ahead: NZIRE is on the move – and so is rural entrepreneurship, New Zealand Institute for Rural Entrepreneurship
• Top 25 Boss Women to Follow Online, by Melinda Emerson, Succeed As Your Own Boss blog
• Small Town Rules, by Raul Colón, Puerto Rico
• Becky McCray – On Small Business Survival, by Marco Terry
• Expert Advice for Getting Things Done, A Lean Journey by Tim McMahon
• 50 Must-Read IT Blogs 2012, by Ricky Ribeiro, BizTech Magazine
• How One NYC Restaurant Succeeds Using Small Town Rules by Keri Jaehnig
• Small Town Rules: How big brands and small businesses can prosper in a connected economy by Ben Smith, Social IRL
• Book Review: Small Town Rules by James Dalman
• 30 Brilliant Bloggers Talk About Landing Pages by Allison Boyer, BlogWorld
• 12 Fascinating Women Discussing Rural+Urban, by Urban Escapee
• Small town rules, by Ian Chadwick, Scipturient, Canada
• Small Town Business Survival Tips Offers Great Business Suggestions by Melissa Gasnick-Cloeter
• 7 Enterprise Brand Lessons from Small Business Entrepreneurs by Carole Mahoney, Kuno Creative
• Des blogs sur l’entrepreneuriat d’ici et d’ailleurs by C-Marketing, Belgium
• Inns, Two great ideas to get your locals on board with your advertising plus a bonus by Heather Turner, Chef Forfeng’s weblog
• 21 Social Media Tips for Nonprofits from Top Experts by Marc A. Pitman, The Fundraising Coach
• Small Town Rules by Reiva Lesonsky, Small Biz Daily
• Online Marketing: What Should Small Business Owners Focus on in 2012? by Doug Stewart, Power to Fight the Big Boys
• Rural geeks, you are not alone. Here is your tribe…. by Sheila Scarborough, Sheila’s Guide to the Good Stuff
• Small Town Rules – Dennis Deery
• What can you learn from a small town? by Drew McLellan: Drew’s Marketing Minute
• 5 Quotes On How To Have More Effective Nonprofit Social Media by Andrew Coffey, Spire2 Communications, Inc.
• Niche Marketing Strategy Must Haves by Heidi Cohen
• When you have to eat what you kill, you learn extremely fast by Edward Wedler, Creative Rural, Canada
• Top Woman Entrepreneurs to Follow on Twitter by Allison Canty, Grasshopper Blog
• What keeps Becky McCray coming back to #SOBCon? by Phil Gerbyshack
• Small Business #4 by Deanne Fitzpatrick, HookingRugs
• Top 100 Influencers in Social Media by Bonnie, Social Technology Review
• Scenes from the Geekfest at SXSW Interactive, by L.A. Lorek, Daily Finance, AOL.com
• Social Media Case Studies by Des Walsh, Australia
• A Real Entrepreneur with Deb Brown
• Strong Female Entreprenerus to Follow on Twitter, Women 2.0
• Business networking advice by Josh Hinds
• Turn Free Advice Into Clients by Thursday Bram at Free Spirit Media
• Top 7 Small Business Trends in 2012 for Frugal Entrepreneurs, by Adam Gottlieb, Frugal Entrepreneur
• Entrepreneurship Interviews with Cristian Dorobantescu, Romania
• Challenges for Rural Retail by Erik Pages, EntreWorks Consulting
• Making buy local work by Terrific Trading Retail Insights, Australia
• The 10 best small business blogs to read in 2023 – JotForm
• 12 of the Best Business Books & Blogs You Should Read in 2023
• Top 100 Small Business Blogs & Websites To Follow in 2019, Feedspot
• Top 100 Small Business Blogs on the Planet – ranked in the top 10
• Top 25 Blogs For Small Business Owners in 2014, Best Small Business Blogs of 2015, 2016
•  The Best Local Marketing Blogs to Read in 2013 – Bplans
• Top Daily Must-Reads for Every Small Business Owner – NFIB
• Small Business Blogs We Love – PR Newswire
• 50 Small Business Blogs to Watch – Infusionsoft
• 24 Must-Read Blogs for Entrepreneurs – Business Insider
• Top 25 Upcoming Small Business Blogs to follow for 2012
• 20 Blogs Every Entrepreneur Should Read 2011 – Business Insider
• 20 Blogs Every Entrepreneur Should Read 2010 – Business Insider

Mentions in eBooks, reports and papers

• 50 Ways to Save Your Town, by Debra Brown, 2023
• Strategic Management Planning Program and Five-Year Financial Management Plan, Survey of Rural Challenges, Greene County, Pennsylvania, 2022
• Comprehensive Land Use Plan Update, Survey of Rural Challenges, Jones County Iowa, 2022
• North Central Kansas Pandemic Recovery and Resiliency Plan, North Central Regional Planning Commission, 2021
• What Kind of Place is Ord: Rural, Urban, Periurban? e2: Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, 2021
• Progressive Downtowns through Retail Revitalization, EDCO Bright Ideas Competition, Economic Developers Council of Ontario, Canada, 2020
• Comprehensive Plan, Turtle Lake, North Dakota, 2020
• Small & Rural Community Marketing Program: Experience Community, by Greg Girard, Canada, 2020
• Research Report: Ideas for Future Solutions, Economic Development Strategy Review, The Corporation of Norfolk County, Ontario, 2019
• Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy 2019 Update, Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Council of Governments
• Communication Skills for Business Professionals 2nd Edition, enhanced eBook, 2019, published by Cambridge University Press, UK
• The Church on the Wild Rivers Coast: A Research and Survey Project, 2017, Collaborative Development International
• Downtown Revitalization Plan: City Of Commerce, Texas. Professional Report: Study For A Downtown Revitalization Plan For The City Of Commerce, Texas. Colby Collins, The University Of Texas At Arlington, 2017
• City of Belpre Economic Development Strategic Plan, Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, Ohio University, 2017
• Renewed Interest: A Fresh Look at the Rural Church, 2017, Collaborative Development International
• Change is a Process: 2017 Year in Review, Washburn, North Dakota EDA
• Their Needs and Thoughts: Results of the Fifth Biennial Small Business Needs Assessment, Center for Rural Affairs’ Rural Enterprise Assistance Project, by Dena R. Beck, 2016
• Town of North Brookfield: Downtown Central Business PDA, Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission, 2015
• Bringing Back Main Street: A Guide to Downtown Revitalization for Local Governments, 2015, published by Houston-Galveston Area Council
• The Entrepreneur’s Playbook, Fourth Edition, 2015, by Ted Liebowitz
• Bruce County Business Attraction Strategy: Focus on Kincardine and Wiarton, 2014, executive summary and action plan by Tenzing
• Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Strategic Plan Update, 2013, AngelouEconomics
• Ulster County Main Streets Planning Guide: Social Networks for Main Street, 2010, Ulster County, New York

University publications that mention or cite Becky McCray

• “Idea Friendly Method” Useful in Neighborhoods, Helps Overcome 80/20 Rule, University of Missouri Extension, 2022
• Co-working space: the next frontier, Michigan State University Extension, by Mark Thomas
• Using the “Idea Friendly Method” Topic of Neighboring 101 Session Jan. 20; Other Speakers Scheduled Too, University of Missouri Extension
• Is pop-up business retail here to stay? Michigan State University Extension, by Andy Northrop
• Social Media as a Business Strategy: Rural Grocery Stores as a Case Study, Amber Berg and Jessie Carr, Rural Grocery Initiative, Kansas State University, 2018
• Resources for Retail-Related Social Media, Iowa Retail Initiative, Iowa State University
• Free community vitality resource offered by K-State Research and Extension, Kansas State University
• Neighboring 101 Sessions Open for Registration, Free, and Attracting Nationally Known Speakers, University of Missouri Extension
• Speaker encourages small town economies to be ‘idea friendly’: Co-founder of Save Your Town speaks to Kansas business owners, K-State Research and Extension News, Kansas State University
• Becky McCray Opens 2015 Forum (PDF),  Conversations for Communities, University of North Dakota Center for Community Engagement, Spring 2015, Issue 11
• Using the Idea Friendly Method Topic of Neighboring 101 Session Jan. 20, University of Missouri Extension
• Community members invited to participate in Reimagining Rural program, Montana State University Extension
• Next UND University-Community Forum To Be April 25 In Cavalier, N.D., Area Voices, University of North Dakota
• ‘Having Nothing, Possessing Everything’ topic of Dec. 16 Neighboring 101 session, University of Missouri Extension
• Register for the April 25 University-Community Forum in Cavalier, University Letter, University of North Dakota
• Resources for Creativity & Innovation in Education, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Northwestern Creativity Project, Compiled by Rodney C. Murrow, Ph.D., and Shawn Holliday, Ph.D.
• Multiple articles at Oklahoma Extension Development Resources, Oklahoma State University Extension, by Dave Shideler, Ph.D.
• Successes: 2013, Washington State University Extension, Rural Pathways to Prosperity Conference, hybrid online and local event in 2013!
• Regional Recruitment: Strategies to Attract and Retain Newcomers, The EDA Center at University of Minnesota, Crookston, by Ben Winchester, Research Fellow

Academic research citing Becky’s work

• Cites the Survey of Rural Challenges: A Cleave within the Piney Woods: Nacogdoches, Stephen F. Austin State University and How Racial Integration Divided the Town and Gown, Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas, thesis by Caitlin R. Hornback, 2022
• Balancing Act: Preserving Historic Fabric and Enhancing Economic Vitality in Towns in the Metropolitan Periphery, Planning Practice & Research, John Accordino & Sarin Adhikari, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2021
• Austy’s Bookstore: Leveraging an Online and Social Media Presence to Increase Customer Engagement, student team report Audrey Gacsy, Stephanie Fiorentino, Jessica Schneider, Olivia Stephens, Sustainability Law and Policy, Indiana University Bloomington, Spring 2021
• Using social media to navigate changing rural markets: the case of small community retail and service businesses, Jihyeong Son and Linda S. Niehm, Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Vol. 33, 2021
• Little Big Planning: A Millennial Planner’s Take on Small Town & Rural America, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, undergraduate thesis by Jeffrey Setterlund, 2019
• Clicks and Mortar: The Modernization of Boutique Retail to aid Rural Revitalization in Mississippi, Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, University of Mississippi, undergraduate thesis by Mary Linley Albert, 2019
• Social Cognitive Theory as a Framework for Understanding the Relationships Between Competition and Cooperation: A Three Essay Story of Emerging Coopetition and Entrepreneurial Team Outcomes, Rebekah Gabrielle Swab, doctoral thesis, University of Mississippi, 2019
• Small projects as one of the axes of the development of small settlements, Journal of Urban Research, July 2018, by Gihan Hassan Sayed and Hisham Mahmoud Hafez, Faculty of Urban & Regional Planning, Cairo University, Egypt
• Rural Town Development: A Case Study of Gort, County Galway, National University of Ireland, Galway, School of Geography and Archaeology, dissertation by Christopher Fahey, 2016
• Bridging the Gap between Entrepreneurship Education and Small Rural Businesses: An Experiential Service-Learning Approach, Linda S. Niehm, Ann M. Fiore, Jessica L. Hurst and Youngji Lee, Iowa State University; Amrut Sadachar, Auburn University, Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Spring 2015
• From Cooperation to the 3C Model – A Photo Theoretical, original Polish title: Od Kooperencji Do Modelu 3c – Ujęcie Teoretyczne, Dr. Celina Sołek-Borowska, Institute of Management, Department of Enterprise Management, Main School Handlowa in Warsaw, Poland, Modern Management Review, vol. XIX, 2014
• Main Street Revitalization Effort for the Village of Union, Nebraska, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, report by Taylor A. Cox, 2013
• Several determinants of successful coopetition in small business, Stephanie J. Thomason, Earl Simendinger and Dylan Kiernan, Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 2013
• Social Media & The Entrepreneur, Indiana University – Bloomington, research and report by Dominique Black, Matthew Cheng, and John Sibo, 2012
• Buy-Local Campaign and Program for the City of Santa Paula, Matthew Dito, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 2012
• Applying a Metacognitive Model of Strategic Learning for Listening Comprehension, by Means of Online-Based Activities, in a College Course, Department of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Universidad de La Sabana, Columbia, 2012, thesis by Sandra Patricia Barbosa Hernández
• Sustainability of Youth Enterprises, International Perspectives in Youth Entrepreneurship Training, Online Sessions, Commonwealth Youth Programme Africa Centre, International Labour Organization, 2012