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		<title>Good Design is not Always Good Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Marketing is the process by which companies create customer interest in goods or services.</p>
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		<title>The Red Queen Effect</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SalonBiz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The Red Queen said, "It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place."<br />
For an evolutionary system (business), continuing development (innovation) is needed just in order to maintain its fitness relative to the systems (competition) it is co-evolving with.*</p>
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		<title>William Edge Maximizes Retail In Unconventional Ways</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SalonBiz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Why “Sell” Isn't Just Another Four-Letter Word</p>
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		<title>Finding the Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Cashe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So my husband washed my car, filled up the tank and left a present  for me of a new GPS system (voice activated- btw- very cool. My  husband, obviously, is pretty cool too).

Where to?

It is the first question that prompted on the screen of my new GPS.   What would I do without it- that amazing little tool that helps me find  my way, avoid traffic gridlock and gives me a better understanding of  where I am in the big picture?… and now, having understood that typing and  driving is a difficult task, my GPS is even easier to use…

Then it dawned on me… WE are like the salon GPS]]></description>
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		<title>How are your KPIs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 12:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SalonBiz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Key Performance Indicators (KPI) give salons and spas an excellent opportunity to identify and target specific areas for growth in their businesses. KPIs help you see where you stand today and what you can improve to be where you want in the future.]]></description>
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		<title>Se Habla Español</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Neill Technologies we celebrate hispanic pride and heritage.

Happy Cinco de Mayo!]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra Cashe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi. On behalf of all the team at Neill Technologies, makers of SalonBiz, SpaBiz and SalonBiz Central, welcome to the SalonBiz blog. The goal of the blog is simple&#8230; to provide an additional communication medium to share ideas with you including best practices, opinion pieces and new product updates. In the blog you will find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons Learned</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SalonBiz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We asked a few top salon owners &#8220;What do you know now that you wished you had known when you first opened your business?&#8230;&#8221; HEATH SMITH Jackson Ruiz Salon “I would say that the one thing I wish I had known prior to opening my business was how vital leadership training was to being a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PCI Compliance&#8230; what does it mean?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SalonBiz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[PCI Compliance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[PCI applies to ALL organizations or merchants, regardless of size or number of transactions, that accepts, transmits or stores any cardholder data. So YES, any salon or spa that accepts credit cards needs to comply.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Ipodification&#8217; of software</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How Many buttons does the ipod have? Exactly! It represents a complete change in our thinking and expectations of what good technology should be.]]></description>
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