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	<title>BLACK ENTERPRISE &#187; marketing</title>
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		<title>Savvy Solutions: Jumping Into the Toy Industry</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/03/01/savvy-solutions-jumping-into-the-toy-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tennille M. Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have created a board game. I’ve gone to a variety of toy and board game companies to market it. Who can I turn to, to see if my idea is something in which a company would be interested?]]></description>
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		<title>Savvy Solutions: Social Media Marketing 101</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2010/02/23/savvy-solutions-social-media-marketing-101/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2010/02/23/savvy-solutions-social-media-marketing-101/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tennille M. Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting customers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To promote my character entertainment business I use a Website and MySpace account, and I frequently hand out fliers. Unfortunately, I’m having difficulty attracting customers. What am I doing wrong, or not doing at all?]]></description>
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		<title>Team Player</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/23/team-player/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/23/team-player/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Drakes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Magazine Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women of Power Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brenda C. Freeman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chief marketing officer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Collaboration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Power Player]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[value chain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Collaboration between key departments, or key stakeholders, allows for creative, out-of-the-box solutions to business objectives. ]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Brand Bold, Beautiful, &amp; Determined?</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/start-up/2010/02/19/is-your-brand-bold-beautiful-determined/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/start-up/2010/02/19/is-your-brand-bold-beautiful-determined/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Taylor Bass</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Start-Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women of Power Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inspiration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Motivation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mo’Nique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Precious]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How do you create the perfect brand - in life and in business? Branding is simply a consistent feeling, image, and experience desired from a product conveyed to the general public. Basically, you - the entrepreneur - are the brand. The minute someone interfaces with you, they are deciding if they should do business with your brand based on their perception of you.]]></description>
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		<title>Savvy Solutions: How to Get Paid as a Consultant</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2010/02/01/savvy-solutions-how-to-get-paid-as-a-consultant/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2010/02/01/savvy-solutions-how-to-get-paid-as-a-consultant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tennille M. Robinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business opportunities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career advancement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consulting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I presented a marketing proposal to a company where I formerly interned. We are into our third meeting and I’ve helped them develop a number of initiatives and ideas to pursue, so far, free of charge. How do I bill consultant fees? And how much should I be compensated if they use any of my ideas?]]></description>
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		<title>Building Security for Business Success</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2010/02/01/building-security-for-business-success/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2010/02/01/building-security-for-business-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maya Payne Smart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BE Next]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Start-Up]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mary Parker, president and CEO of All(n)1 Security, grew her company from one woman at her kitchen table to a full-service firm employing 185 security officers, technicians, and managers.]]></description>
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		<title>The Boomerang Effect</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/the-boomerang-effect/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/02/01/the-boomerang-effect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara E. Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Early last year, the NAACP, in conjunction with Washington, D.C.-based law firm Mehri &#038; Skalet,  issued a sounding cry about the advertising industry: African Americans were grossly underrepresented. Sixteen percent of large advertising firms had no black managers or professionals, a rate 60% higher than in the overall labor market.]]></description>
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		<title>Pep Talk: Marketing an Independent Film</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/01/01/pep-talk/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/01/01/pep-talk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tennille M. Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[filmmaking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently directed and produced a short film. I have entered it into several independent film festival contests and also posted it on several social media sites to no avail. I have been soliciting agents for this piece along with other films and plays that I have, but no one is responding. How can I get the word out about my film and my other works without an agent?]]></description>
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		<title>Reinvent Your Business</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/12/28/reinvent-your-business/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/12/28/reinvent-your-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara E. Holmes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Start-Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BCT Partners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Hibbert]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Randal Pinkett]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Randal D. Pinkett and Lawrence M. Hibbert watched their educational training firm MBS Educational Services and Training succumb to the 2001 recession, but they regrouped to form BCT Partners, a management, policy, and technology consulting firm that made nearly $2 million in 2008. Here’s what Pinkett and Hibbert learned about surviving a crisis. ]]></description>
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		<title>GlobalHue Named Multicultural Agency of the Decade</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/12/15/globalhue-named-multicultural-agency-of-the-decade/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/12/15/globalhue-named-multicultural-agency-of-the-decade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Creighton Skinner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GlobalHue]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[GlobalHue, the largest multicultural advertising and marketing agency in the U.S., was named Multicultural Agency of the Decade by AdWeek.]]></description>
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		<title>Poll: Sponsors Snub Tiger Woods, but Consumers Remain Loyal</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/12/15/poll-sponsors-snub-tiger-woods-but-consumers-remain-loyal/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/business/business-news/2009/12/15/poll-sponsors-snub-tiger-woods-but-consumers-remain-loyal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaToya M. Smith</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Endorsements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[golf]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Results from a BlackEnterprise.com poll reveal that the majority of respondents won’t let the infidelity controversy surrounding Tiger Woods influence the products they buy. ]]></description>
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		<title>Tweak Your Social Media Strategy</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/12/15/the-art-of-social-media-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/12/15/the-art-of-social-media-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara E. Holmes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/?p=44344</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For business owners hoping to cash in on social media, consistency is the key. “Think of a leaky kitchen faucet that drips slowly and consistently,” says Jamila White, the E-Commerce Diva. “It’s so powerful that over time it can wear through porcelain.” White offers four tips to keep in mind in making social media mean something for your business.]]></description>
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		<title>Location, Location, Location</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/12/10/location-location-location-2/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/12/10/location-location-location-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finding the right location for your small business may seem as simple as finding a place you can afford. Whether it’s a kiosk, storefront, mall store, high-profile flagship, or suburban stand-alone, not every location is suitable for every business. But before you make a commitment, make sure you are aware of the advantages and disadvantages of leasing one type of location over another.]]></description>
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		<title>Carrying the Load Together</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/12/08/carrying-the-load-together/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/12/08/carrying-the-load-together/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cooperatives]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[National Cooperative Business Association]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During periods of economic uncertainty, people tend to find ways to band together and minimize their fixed costs. Cooperative purchasing is like carpooling for small businesses. When you combine purchasing power with other businesses that have similar economic interests you reduce costs and your money goes farther.]]></description>
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		<title>Transforming Web Traffic into Foot Traffic</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/12/07/transforming-web-traffic-into-foot-traffic/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/12/07/transforming-web-traffic-into-foot-traffic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridget McCrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s the holy grail for bricks-and-mortar businesses with a Web presence: The online prospect who checked out your Website comes into your physical location for a closer look at your products and services. The time and money invested in Web marketing pays off when an order is placed, and the cybersurfer officially becomes a “customer.”]]></description>
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		<title>Multiple Rights Deals Changing How Record Labels Make Money</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/business/2009/12/04/multiple-rights-deals-changing-how-record-labels-make-money/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/business/2009/12/04/multiple-rights-deals-changing-how-record-labels-make-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[360 deal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A burgeoning business model is changing the way record labels do business and forcing musicians to transition from artist to brand – quickly. As album sales hit record lows and revenue plunges, the recording industry has sought a new means to account for lagging profits - “360 deals.”]]></description>
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		<title>Social Networkers for Hire</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/12/01/social-networkers-for-hire/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/careers/2009/12/01/social-networkers-for-hire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brittany Hutson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ford Motor Co.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last thing Aliya S. King expected to find in her inbox back in May was a Craigslist posting asking for a social media Web strategist for ICED Media, an online marketing and research company based in New York City. Her interest peaked as she thought to herself, “This is what I do all day, every day. I update a blog (aliyasking.com), I’m on Facebook, [and] I’m on Twitter.” But the full-time freelance writer had some reservations because the job requirements focused on marketing. Still, King felt her skills were a match. She applied and was offered the position immediately following an interview with the company.]]></description>
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		<title>Social Networkers for Hire</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/12/01/social-networkers-for-hire-2/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/12/01/social-networkers-for-hire-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brittany Hutson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last thing Aliya S. King expected to find in her inbox back in May was a Craigslist posting asking for a social media Web strategist for ICED Media, an online marketing and research company based in New York City. Her interest peaked as she thought to herself, “This is what I do all day, every day. I update a blog (aliyasking.com), I’m on Facebook, [and] I’m on Twitter.” But the full-time freelance writer had some reservations because the job requirements focused on marketing. Still, King felt her skills were a match. She applied and was offered the position immediately following an interview with the company.]]></description>
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		<title>From Blogging to Business</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/30/from-blogging-to-business/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/30/from-blogging-to-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women of Power Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Angela Benton, a layoff two years ago gave her the opportunity to explore a new pastime that quickly blossomed into a thriving career. Noticing a void in the blogosphere, Benton started Black Web 2.0, a site that analyzes emerging Web trends as they relate to African Americans. She has since parlayed her brainchild into consultant work, speaking engagements, and other branding opportunities.]]></description>
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		<title>Pop-Up Stores Provide Lucrative Alternative For Small Businesses</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/12/pop-up-stores-provide-lucrative-alternative-for-small-businesses/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/12/pop-up-stores-provide-lucrative-alternative-for-small-businesses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leasing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[retail]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Savvy entrepreneurs and larger retailers are opening up temporary stores, or “pop-ups” in empty storefronts, simultaneously boosting their brand and bottom line. The stores can last anywhere from a few days to a few months. And with the U.S. retail vacancy rate at 7.6%, for the third quarter of 2009, compared with 6.4% for the third quarter of 2008, according CoStar Group, Inc.-- and the holidays just around the corner-- now might be the best time to take advantage of the weak commercial real estate market.]]></description>
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		<title>Shaking Things Up</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/09/shaking-things-up/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/09/shaking-things-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridget McCrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[niche]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the economic downturn persisting and companies continuing to tighten their belts, it seems that now would be the worst time to put effort and money into exploring new markets and niches. Quite the contrary.]]></description>
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		<title>Five Ways to Reach Mature Consumers</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/02/five-ways-to-reach-mature-consumers/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/02/five-ways-to-reach-mature-consumers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridget McCrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baby boomers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Generation X]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Generation Y]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Companies spend a lot of time studying up on baby boomers, Generation X and Generation Y, knowing that these younger generations make up the bulk of their consumers. Through a mix of offline and online advertising and marketing techniques, companies come up with campaigns designed to reach these consumers and keep them coming back for more.]]></description>
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		<title>Image Innovator</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/11/01/image-innovator/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/11/01/image-innovator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara E. Holmes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BE Next]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public relations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Unlike the many entrepreneurs who learn the ropes by working full time in their field before striking out on their own, Miatta David, the 33-year-old founder of New York-based public relations and event planning firm MVD Inc. (www.mvdinc.us) honed her craft in a different way. Rather than becoming versed in how to convince reporters and editors to publish news stories about her clients, David relied on her skills as a financial journalist where she’d learned firsthand what media organizations were looking for. That knowledge helped to get her entertainment clients covered by media outlets that other public relations professionals wouldn’t have thought about. “I didn’t think like the typical publicist,” she says. The three-employee firm made $580,000 in 2008 and expects to make between $800,000 and $1 million in 2009.]]></description>
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		<title>Ready, Set, Grow</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/01/ready-set-grow/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/11/01/ready-set-grow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tennille M. Robinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BE Next]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet commerce]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wildchild Nation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We all know that entrepreneurs rock to the beat of a different drummer. That’s how most got through this hard-hitting year. As the economy goes into recovery, some business owners are looking to turn the volume up on their efforts, to move beyond mere survival and grow their venture. To ensure longevity, their efforts need to be organized, thorough, and realistic.
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		<title>Dare to Take a Chance</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/10/16/dare-to-take-a-chance/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/10/16/dare-to-take-a-chance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara E. Holmes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[startup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waterlicious]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One executive with Waterlicious, a Marina Del Rey, California-based water manufacturer found an unconventional way to gain exposure for his brand.]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t be Afraid&#8211;Twitter Won&#8217;t Bite</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/10/09/dont-be-afraid-twitter-wont-bite/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/10/09/dont-be-afraid-twitter-wont-bite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social networking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s a monster lurking in the shadows. The million-headed beast reveals itself from the midst of darkness, propositioning you to join its alliance. But the gushing saliva, malodorous breath, and scaly skin frighten you, prompting you to flee shrieking in fear.]]></description>
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		<title>Knockout Branding Techniques</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/10/01/knockout-branding-techniques/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/10/01/knockout-branding-techniques/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridget N. Armstrong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Foreman]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/?p=39539</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[George Foreman’s name USED to be synonymous only with heavyweight boxing, but since hanging up his gloves, Foreman has established himself as a Knockout Entrepreneur (also the title of his new book; Thomas Nelson; $22.99). “I use the old shotgun method,” says Foreman, 60, referring to his business ventures: a clothing line in Casual Male Big &#38; Tall stores, eco-friendly cleaning products, and the George Foreman Grill which has sold more than 100 million units worldwide. “I fire a lot of shots knowing that one will hit.”  ]]></description>
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		<title>Making the Right Moves on the Net</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/08/27/making-the-right-moves-on-the-net/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/08/27/making-the-right-moves-on-the-net/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara E. Holmes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baracka Wear Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It's Hip Hop Baby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MySpace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Candi Carter launched a line of educational DVDs for children in March, she had to confront a lack of cash.
“We didn’t have a multimillion dollar budget,” Carter says. So instead of paying for advertising, the 40-year-old mom and television producer turned to social media—blogs, online videos and social networking sites such as Twitter (www.twitter.com) and Facebook (www.facebook.com)—to expose her business to potential customers and build a brand.]]></description>
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		<title>The Small Business Check-up</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/08/26/the-small-business-check-up/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/08/26/the-small-business-check-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blackenterprise.com/?p=38894</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once entrepreneurs successfully surmount the difficult process of building startup capital and writing out a business plan, many believe that their company has the straightaway to success. If a roadblock appears, they seem to think it came out of nowhere, when actually, if they had done a little more planning, the problem could have been avoided.]]></description>
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		<title>The Do’s and Don’ts of Public Relations</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/08/04/the-dos-and-donts-of-public-relations/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/08/04/the-dos-and-donts-of-public-relations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janell Hazelwood</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women of Power Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aurora Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debra Miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karen Taylor Bass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Relations Society of America]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In today’s difficult economic climate, hiring the right representation for your business can be the difference between boosting clientele and sales or losing out on opportunities and revenue to the competition.]]></description>
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		<title>What’s In A Brand?</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/07/01/what%e2%80%99s-in-a-brand/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/07/01/what%e2%80%99s-in-a-brand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maya Yette</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Making Connections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To help his transition from client side marketing to agency side, Jeffery Bowman used a his personal brand to his advantage. ]]></description>
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		<title>Why Talent Matters Most</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/07/01/why-talent-matters-most/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2009/07/01/why-talent-matters-most/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Hughes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Executive Suite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talent is the one sustainable competitive advantage that corporations and institutions have, if companies want to get the best talent, they have to cast a wider net.]]></description>
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		<title>Making Concessions For Customers</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/06/24/making-concessions-for-customers/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/06/24/making-concessions-for-customers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara E. Holmes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer service]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[negotiation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blackenterprise.com/?p=36600</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As business owners struggle with today’s economic reality that many customers can’t or won’t pay as much for products and services, some are finding creative ways to keep customers loyal and get them spending again. Letting customers know that you’re willing to offer them more value or a bargain since they’re experiencing tough times builds trust between you and those customers, says April C. Seals, owner of Scentsational Greetings, a greeting card company in Monrovia, California. “It’s important to foster those relationships so later on down the road when everyone is doing well they will remember how well you treated them during that tough time,” says Seals. Here’s how business owners can adjust their business models to the economic slowdown to keep customers happy and make money in the process.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Web Resources for Teenpreneurs</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/06/17/web-resources-for-teenpreneurs/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/06/17/web-resources-for-teenpreneurs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HBCU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While attending the 100 Black Men of America’s 23rd Annual Conference in New York last week, I overheard Alvin Hartley speaking to several young men about using their knowledge of the Web to create a business. “Young people are so bright, they know how to use the Internet, but they don’t know how to use the Internet to make money,” says Hartley, president of HBCU Bus Tours, an organization that connects college bound students to historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).]]></description>
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		<title>Going Micro</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/06/15/going-micro/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/06/15/going-micro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridget McCrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blackenterprise.com/?p=36142</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many companies use a broad brush when it comes to the Internet, opting to create a single, main Web site where customers can find “everything and anything” about a firm’s products and services.]]></description>
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		<title>Riley/B.E. Connection</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/events/entrepreneurs-conference/2009/04/13/rileybe-connection/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/events/entrepreneurs-conference/2009/04/13/rileybe-connection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tennille M. Robinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs Conference]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tricialee Riley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tricialee Riley is no stranger to BLACK ENTERPRISE. The Brooklyn-based entrepreneur has been featured twice in the publication. In November 2007, she shared the secrets to her business’ success as it pertains to marketing in the “Small Business Success Guide: Survival of the Fittest.” And in January 2009, we revisited Riley to learn how she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Persistence</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/03/30/the-power-of-persistence/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2009/03/30/the-power-of-persistence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Boerner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Damon Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MCA Universal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TeleCommunications Systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[W & W Public Relations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Working for free is never fun, but it’s a big part of entrepreneurship. Marketing and pursuing your vision despite silence and rejection is even more important now, as businesses freeze budgets and banks withhold funding.]]></description>
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		<title>Building Your Online Rep</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/entrepreneurs-technology/2008/12/19/building-your-online-rep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridget McCrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LinkedIn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naymz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With so much focus on reputation-building at the individual level, it stands to reason that individual companies would use the exercise to ensure their longevity. And while companies of all sizes strive to do this in the bricks-and-mortar world, it wasn’t until recently that small to midsized businesses gained access to the tools they needed to do just that online.]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Customers in Your Own Backyard</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/entrepreneurs-news/2008/11/18/finding-customers-in-your-own-backyard/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/entrepreneurs-news/2008/11/18/finding-customers-in-your-own-backyard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margarette Burnette</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[direct mail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perfect Choice Hair and Beauty Supply]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you own a local retail store or restaurant, nothing beats a new neighbor for boosting sales. The residents who have recently moved into your town are actively looking for new companies to do business with, and the places that get their attention first will be richly rewarded. ]]></description>
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		<title>How to Integrate your Website with Traditional Advertising</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/start-up/2008/09/08/how-to-integrate-your-website-with-traditional-advertising/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/start-up/2008/09/08/how-to-integrate-your-website-with-traditional-advertising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridget McCrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Start-Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most popular buzz words in the advertising field right now is "integration," or the synchronization of a company's Website with the rest of its advertising mechanisms.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Film Festival Marketing</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/start-up/2008/08/07/film-festival-marketing/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/start-up/2008/08/07/film-festival-marketing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Start-Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Film festival fever is in the air. This week the 12th annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) kicks off in Los Angeles. And next month the Urbanworld Film Festival in New York celebrates its 12 year.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Strategies to Small Business Success</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/start-up/2008/06/26/strategies-to-small-business-success/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/start-up/2008/06/26/strategies-to-small-business-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Harris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Start-Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Junior’s company, which teaches large and small businesses brand development, strategic planning, implementation, marketing, and media, has nearly $1.2 million in revenue and an online radio show rated No. 26 in the world by Live 365, the largest distributor of Internet radio. But business has not always been so highly lucrative.]]></description>
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		<title>Just Because You Build It&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/start-up/2008/06/19/just-because-you-build-it/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/start-up/2008/06/19/just-because-you-build-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridget McCrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Start-Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[They flock to your Website in droves, looking for the latest information on a certain topic and hoping to find what they're looking for. Either they get moving on to the next stop in cyberspace or they make contact about purchasing the product or utilizing the service you're offering. Unfortunately, with so many millions of small businesses' Websites to choose from, too many of those tire kickers are taking the first road, and fewer and fewer are being converted into customers.]]></description>
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		<title>Barack Obama’s Lesson in Social Media</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/entrepreneurs-technology/2008/06/18/barack-obama%e2%80%99s-lesson-in-social-media/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/entrepreneurs-technology/2008/06/18/barack-obama%e2%80%99s-lesson-in-social-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Leary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Sen. Barack Obama being recognized as the presumptive presidential nominee of the Democratic Party, he can make history if he becomes our next president. Not only by being the nation’s first African American president, but he is also being referred to as potentially the first customer relationship management (CRM) president. You also may even consider him to be the first social media president based on his campaign’s savvy use of the Web.]]></description>
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		<title>Second Life</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2008/06/01/second-life/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2008/06/01/second-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayana Dixon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Doreen Motton says she knows how it feels to hit rock bottom: It hurts. Feelings of inadequacy helped fuel a 20-year alcohol and drug addiction. "To hide and suppress my feelings, I'd go to the bar or indulge in substances," admits Motton, who decided in 1996 that enough was enough. "I realized the only thing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Brand Awareness</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2008/04/14/building-brand-awareness/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2008/04/14/building-brand-awareness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent Leary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Small businesses have an identity problem. Not enough customers know they even exist. The average small business has about a 7% rate of brand awareness.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Getting Inside Customer’s Heads</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2008/02/25/getting-inside-customer%e2%80%99s-heads/</link>
		<comments>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/entrepreneurs/2008/02/25/getting-inside-customer%e2%80%99s-heads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bridget McCrea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnson Consulting Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Market research]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Market research–the process of gathering, analyzing, and interpreting information about a market; a product or service targeted for that market; or the past, present, and potential customers for that specific product or service–is a too-often overlooked way for midsized companies to gain an edge in their industry.]]></description>
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