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		<title>Words never said enough: Thank you for a Job Well Done</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Colaiacovo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; A big (BIG, really BIG) Pet Peeve of mine is that more people send negative feedback than they ever do positive. And even worse, this has trained us all to expect the bad and not the good. &#160; When I worked at Royal Bank years ago, one of my jobs was the Information [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking Care of You</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Colaiacovo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160;As a small business owner, your business can be operating like a well-oiled machine, but if you&#8217;re not taking care of yourself, you&#8217;re going to be stressed out. It&#8217;s ironic that when things are going really well, we typically end up spending MORE hours on our jobs because we&#8217;re just having so much fun [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Referrals &#8211; How NOT to accept one</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Colaiacovo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; For the first time EVER in my life, I was given a referral and was absolutely floored by the response it got! The response was really an eye opener for what people and businesses should never do when someone refers you a client or business. What happened? Well, we have been renovating our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging to your Target Customers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Colaiacovo</dc:creator>
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		<title>Peer Support is Vital to your Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Colaiacovo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; I was recently listening to a CD on delegation for small business owners and one of the points the speaker made was one of the top reasons businesses fail.  Support. As a small business owner you are everything to your business.  Sales, Marketing, Operations, Admin, bookkeeping and many other parts. Having peer support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missing appointments? This Tool can Help</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Colaiacovo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I scheduled an appointment with a renovation company to go over possible work, get an estimate and get it started. I am asking this of someone who I have worked with before, so the odds are good I will hire them again, and home renovations is not chump change. But they &#8216;forgot&#8217; about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Customer Service Response Time &#8211; What&#8217;s Yours?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 02:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Colaiacovo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Response time is one of the most important parts of the job for First Responders &#8211; Paramedics, Firefighters, and Police. These divisions of services for cities all over the world focus on their response time as a large part of their business planning. They have goals around it, they review it often and also analyze [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging Topics to help you Write</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Colaiacovo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Businesses can boost their visibility on the internet with blogs. Here are 5 ideas to help you with content for your blog.]]></description>
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		<title>Taking Care of Business = Taking Care of You</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 01:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Colaiacovo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To be a healthy person, you need to be a well-rounded person. Here are 4 tips to make sure your business isn't taking over your life at the expense of your health.]]></description>
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		<title>Entrepreneurs should try New Experiences</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Colaiacovo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well,  I just had the most interesting experience buying some tires.  The whole process reminded me how important it is as an entrepreneur to be willing to try new experiences.  When you run your own business you fill a lot of the organizational hats &#8211; Marketing, Sales, Customer Service and more. Keeping an open mind [...]]]></description>
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