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		<title>Which Came First &#8211; the Money or the Customer?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 17:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The answer to that question is pretty simple. Without the customer there is no money, right. When the economy is tough and money is tight though, it can be easy to forget that. We tend to let ourselves get stressed about the money and forget that it is our customers that keep us in business. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Reasons Brick and Mortar Stores Must Start a Social Media Program</title>
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		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been said that small offline businesses have been reluctant to get involved with social media. In many ways, I can understand that. There are so many social media platforms out there that simply making the decision of where to be can be a daunting task. Then there are issues of time. How much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Become a Destination</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the world of travel, a destination is defined as a place or area where people travel to for recreation, relaxation, and enjoyment. How great would it be if your business, or better yet, your area of businesses, were to become known as a destination for those purposes? Becoming known as a destination may not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What does your brand say?</title>
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		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The definition of brand has changed quite a bit over the years.  In the early 1900&#8242;s, brand was simply an identifying symbol or mark that distinguished a product from its competitors.  Cattle ranchers, for example, branded their cattle with their symbol or mark.  Each ranchers product (their cattle) could be easily identified by the brand. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media for Small Business Case Study – Pizza X</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We live near a college town and it’s interesting to watch how some businesses communicate with the students.  Of course, all the students are on Facebook and at least some are on Twitter.  I’m sure there are other social media platforms that they use but Facebook is the big one. Pizza X has figured out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Email Lists &#8211; What NOT to do</title>
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		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a car dealership in town that I occasionally do business with and as a result, I am on their email list.  They send out information on promotions and new &#8220;used&#8221; inventory that comes in from time to time.  They don&#8217;t send out information often and so I haven&#8217;t taken the time to opt-out [...]]]></description>
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