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		<title>Book review: Celebrity CEO by Ramon Ray</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Celebrity CEO by Ramon Ray Summary: Community building in a way small town entrepreneurs can identify with. Good section on tools, and lots of timeless techniques.  The title sounds a bit grandiose to small town ears, but the way Ramon Ray talks about building community will sound very familiar. You are the face of [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3><a href="http://celebrityceo.com">The Celebrity CEO by Ramon Ray<img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-13147 size-medium" src="https://smallbizsurvival.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/celebrity-ceo-book-e1556544996829-225x300.jpg" alt="Book cover of The Celebrity CEO by Ramon Ray" width="225" height="300" srcset="https://smallbizsurvival.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/celebrity-ceo-book-e1556544996829-225x300.jpg 225w, https://smallbizsurvival.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/celebrity-ceo-book-e1556544996829.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" /></a></h3>
<h3><strong>Summary: Community building in a way small town entrepreneurs can identify with. Good section on tools, and lots of timeless techniques. </strong></h3>
<p><span id="ember2986" class="ember-view">The title sounds a bit grandiose to small town ears, but the way </span><span data-entity-hovercard-id="urn:li:fs_miniProfile:ACoAAAABvxQB_K0yFIfuYZ2g5UGSSXlLDvHap1Q">Ramon Ray</span><span id="ember2991" class="ember-view"> talks about building community will sound very familiar. </span></p>
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<li><span id="ember2991" class="ember-view">You are the face of your business. </span></li>
<li><span id="ember2991" class="ember-view">You&#8217;re part of a small community. </span></li>
<li><span id="ember2991" class="ember-view">Serve people like they matter to your whole network.  </span></li>
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<p><span id="ember2991" class="ember-view">Of course, the section on online marketing tools will age as tools change, but half the book is spent setting out the timeless approach. </span><span id="ember2991" class="ember-view">Whether you&#8217;re serving a local market or getting beyond geographic limits, take your small-town sensibility with you.  </span></p>
<p><span id="ember2991" class="ember-view">Good stuff for rural entrepreneurs.</span></p>
<p>Find out more and buy it from <a href="http://celebrityceo.com">The Celebrity CEO page</a>.</p>
<p>Disclosure: Ramon Ray is my friend and sent me a copy of this book. I like the book, so I&#8217;m sharing it. Other friends have sent me books that I did not review because I didn&#8217;t find them useful enough to share.</p>
<div id="attachment_13150" style="width: 761px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-13150" class="size-full wp-image-13150" src="https://smallbizsurvival.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2016-03-31-Ramon-Ray-and-Becky-McCray-at-SMTulsa.jpg" alt="" width="751" height="607" srcset="https://smallbizsurvival.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2016-03-31-Ramon-Ray-and-Becky-McCray-at-SMTulsa.jpg 751w, https://smallbizsurvival.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2016-03-31-Ramon-Ray-and-Becky-McCray-at-SMTulsa-300x242.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px" /><p id="caption-attachment-13150" class="wp-caption-text">Ramon Ray and Becky McCray pause for a selfie at SMTulsa 2016.</p></div>
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