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  • Secrets to Help Your Business Thrive
    Merlin
    Nov 23, 1:34 AM GMT 2009
    Very interesting. Thank you for posting. Also, for those of you that like management theory - try this website out:
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  • Secrets to Help Your Business Thrive
    momto2screeminmimis
    Nov 22, 3:56 AM GMT 2009
    Wow, AngleBush. Thanks for sharing your resources. I especially like The Learning Annex. I had never heard of them before. What a great resource.
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  • Do I need a logo?
    QueenBee
    Nov 21, 4:21 PM GMT 2009
    Wow! I learn something new every time I come here! Like you Cathy, I assumed they were one in the same. Thank you for pointing me to the article and thanks, Barbara, not only for writing the ...
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  • Do I need a logo?
    Barbara Schenck
    Nov 20, 11:52 PM GMT 2009
    Cathyknits2: I appreciate your input. You're right about the confusion between brands and logos, and your post reiterates the difference well: The brand is the promise people believe in, and ...
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  • Do I need a logo?
    cathyknits2
    Nov 20, 8:50 PM GMT 2009
    Barbara Findlay Schenck opened my eyes in her article: " Top-to-Bottom Branding". Did you know that logos and brands are not the same thing? I guess I accepted that they were. She says: ...
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  • Search Engine Marketing Demystified
    momto2screeminmimis
    Nov 20, 1:42 PM GMT 2009
    I would appreciate some good tips on how to use search engine marketing effectively. There are, like you said, many websites to sift through concerning this and some help would be appreciat ...
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  • Managing Morale
    Vesper
    Nov 19, 8:04 PM GMT 2009
    It's not necessarily the managers main objective, but morale does fall into the managerial realm and realistically, has an impact on end business.

    Management needs tools to motiva ...
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  • Hungry?
    ItalianInvestor
    Nov 18, 4:16 PM GMT 2009
    I've had a few clients and even family members discuss the prospects of opening up a restaurant over the past two years. For some the fear of what the economy is like right now and all the ...
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  • Hungry?
    Chef Minette
    Nov 18, 2:58 AM GMT 2009
    I love watching Top Chef and many of the chefs have said it takes about 4 to 6 months to open a restaurant. I am always amazed at how much planning has to go into it, even aside from just th ...
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  • Hungry?
    Animesh
    Nov 17, 4:12 AM GMT 2009
    Thank you for sharing this Cathyknits2!

    Indeed it takes a braveheart to venture into a new business when others are shying away, but he is going to be the one who will be ready wi ...
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