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		<title>Small business tips: Managing Expectations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Fotopulos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every small business tip should help you build rabid fans. Why? If customer loyalty is crucial to generating repeat revenues over time, then managing expectations is non-negotiable. Here&#8217;s an example of what to avoid.  My office is right across the street from the Empire State Building. There&#8217;s an Au Bon Pain in the building and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business Funding: Credit Union versus Banks, which is better?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Fotopulos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Courtesy of elementsofmoney.com) It is difficult to get small business funding in the middle of a recession but credit unions may offer some help. Sam Thacker, an expert on small business lending from Austin, Texas provides some great insights in a great article which compares the benefits and limitations of getting a load from a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business Tip: Wegman&#8217;s Moment</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Fotopulos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Courtesy of Desertmeetswny.blogspot.com) The most important small business tips help build customer loyalty. It&#8217;s mission critical! A 5% increase in the retention of a profitable customer can turbo charge your net income from 25%-85% higher. No I&#8217;m not kidding. Wegman&#8217;s Grocery Store is incredible at building customer loyalty. I was visiting their store in Ithaca, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business Tip: When to Rent A Larger Space</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Fotopulos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sharon, our dog groomer extraordinaire, is looking to expand her business AND work less hours. These articles on small business tips captures the advice we gave to Sharon. For more on how to expand without going bankrupt, click here. Sharon&#8217;s strategy is to buy a second home with a large garage to house her expanded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business Tips: Expanding Your Employee Base</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Fotopulos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our last small business tip on expanding without going bankrupt, we introduced you to a very successful dog groomer, Sharon. She wants to train her part time staff member, Emma,  to provide the higher value services only she is qualified to deliver right now. Attracting more customers before Sharon&#8217;s ready to handle them well could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business Tips: Expand Without Going Bankrupt</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Fotopulos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We speak to hundreds of small businesses every month. Our small business tips will share with you what these businesses have learned. Every small business needs to navigate the shoals of this shaky economy. Here goes; Meet Sharon, an expert dog groomer who has been running her own dog grooming business for twelve years. She [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business Ideas: RightSignature Mobile Application—Fast and Secure E-signatures</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Fotopulos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mobile applications for small business articles will show you the best apps to save your small business time and money.(Guest Contributor, Celina Durgin) Contracts aren’t pleasurable reading, so how can you make the process as painless as possible for customers? The mobile applications available to small businesses in the RightSignature  e-signature package facilitate this process. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business Ideas: Fuze Meeting—Conduct Meetings and Share Documents from Your Computer or Mobile Device</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Fotopulos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Small business mobile applications can really streamline your operations. In these series of articles, we&#8217;re reviewing the newest and coolest mobile applications for small businesses to drive down costs and increase productivity. In this article, Celina Durgin explains the buzz about Fuze Meeting. &#8220;This cloud-based conference and meeting service made the top ten-list for software [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile Applications for Small Business: Sales Cloud Mobile</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Fotopulos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Small Business Ideas: Salesforce—Mobile Applications for Better Business (Guest Contributor, Celina Durgin) Are your sales strategies keeping up with our increasingly mobile world? Sales Cloud Mobile is a software mobile application that accesses Salesforce.com software. It keeps your critical records and information at your fingertips no matter where you are. Its applications help you maintain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile Applications for Small Business: iXpenseIt</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Fotopulos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Small Business Ideas: Build a Budget and Manage Expenses with iXpenseIt Mobile Application (Guest Contributor, Celina Durgin) Would you spend five dollars now if it could save you thousands long-term? iXpenseIt is a mobile application developed by FYI Mobile Ware www.fyimobileware.com for managing money directly from your mobile device. It costs a one-time fee of [...]]]></description>
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