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	<link>http://www.5milebuzz.com</link>
	<description>Local Store Marketing, specializing in reastaurants, bars &#38; lounges</description>
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		<title>FREE Local Store Marketing Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2010/02/26/free-local-store-marketing-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Building Sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Store Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales building]]></category>

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Sometimes there&#8217;s so much to do, we don&#8217;t know where to start. Sitting and wondering how much to spend, where to spend it and how we&#8217;re going to find the time to do it is overwhelming. You&#8217;re already so busy, where are you going to find the time to plan, to be creative?! After all, [...]


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		<title>9 Tips to get FREE Traffic To Your Website</title>
		<link>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2010/02/22/9-tips-to-get-free-traffic-to-your-website/</link>
		<comments>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2010/02/22/9-tips-to-get-free-traffic-to-your-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loma Gregg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media Advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Site Traffic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you currently run a &#8217;static&#8217; web site &#8211; one that can&#8217;t be easily updated, or contains the same information it did even a month ago, you&#8217;re not taking full advantage of today&#8217;s resources.  Statistics show the first thing most people do when thinking about doing business with a product, company or person is to [...]


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		<title>Denny&#8217;s Gets It.</title>
		<link>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2010/02/22/dennys-gets-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2010/02/22/dennys-gets-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loma Gregg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Building Sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Word of Mouth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Its our opinion that the best way to &#8216;hook&#8217; customers is to get them to taste your food.  If you&#8217;re going to spend $1 to try to get them to taste it &#8211; why not GIVE them the taste?  Here&#8217;s a recent article to support our give away principles.  Get the food in their mouths, [...]


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		<title>4 Things NOT To Do With Social Media Marketing</title>
		<link>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2010/01/07/4-things-not-to-do-with-social-media-marketing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2010/01/07/4-things-not-to-do-with-social-media-marketing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loma Gregg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Free Things To Do Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media Advertising]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Social Media.  Its the Buzz. Its easy, its free and it gets results. But don&#8217;t let it fool you.  Just like any other form of advertising, you can&#8217;t just shoot arrows into the wind and expect them to stick!  Here are just a few things NOT to do when using social media as a marketing [...]


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		<title>Tips For A Sales Building Contest</title>
		<link>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2009/09/29/tips-for-a-sales-building-contest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2009/09/29/tips-for-a-sales-building-contest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary White-Cornell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Free Things To Do Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[selling more appetizers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Of course as an operator you can’t do it all on your own.  If your goal is to drive sales, you have to enlist the help of your sales team…also known as your front end staff.  Why not have a sales contest from time to time?  Choose an item that you want to sell [...]


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		<title>The Very Best Way to Build Sales in Your Restaurant</title>
		<link>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2009/09/23/the-very-best-way-to-build-sales-in-your-restaurant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2009/09/23/the-very-best-way-to-build-sales-in-your-restaurant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary White-Cornell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Customer Experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Operations]]></category>

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Get out of your office.
That&#8217;s right.  During peak periods you should be interacting with your customers &#8211; shaking hands and kissing      babies.  This is your time to build relationships with the folks that pay your salary.   Make them feel important, learn their names, become their friends, set a great example for your staff.
If you do [...]


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		<title>Don&#8217;t Spend a Penny on Marketing Until You Do This</title>
		<link>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2009/09/15/dont-spend-a-penny-on-marketing-until-you-do-this/</link>
		<comments>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2009/09/15/dont-spend-a-penny-on-marketing-until-you-do-this/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary White-Cornell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Operations]]></category>

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Before you even think about marketing and advertising your restaurant consider this:  What kind of experience are your new found guests going to have once they arrive at your restaurant.  If you are not ready to WOW them &#8211; save your marketing dollars &#8211; invest  in a scrub brush, a gallon of paint, a new [...]


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		<title>Twitter Step by Step</title>
		<link>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2009/09/15/twitter-step-by-step/</link>
		<comments>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2009/09/15/twitter-step-by-step/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary White-Cornell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>

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If you&#8217;re new to Twitter, the whole thing can be a mind-boggling experience. Here are some basic functions every effective business Twitter user should know.
STEP ONE
Before you attempt to dive into Twitter, take a moment or two to set up your profile.  Make sure you add a picture of your logo – Do not  leave [...]


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		<title>18 Questions to Ask Before You Commit to a Sponsorship</title>
		<link>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2009/09/06/18-questions-to-ask-before-you-commit-to-a-sponsorship/</link>
		<comments>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2009/09/06/18-questions-to-ask-before-you-commit-to-a-sponsorship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary White-Cornell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Building Sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sponsorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sponsorship guidlines]]></category>

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Make sure you spend your sponsorship dollars wisely &#8211; ask yourself these questions before you sign on the dotted line.
General:

Is it proven?  Or is this the first year?
What is the investment?
Is it your customer?
Does it have PR potential?
What is the estimated attendance?
How many other sponsors are involved?
What other food vendors are involved?
What is the cost [...]


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		<title>The Simplest of Sales Building Tactics</title>
		<link>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2009/08/25/the-simpilest-of-sales-building-tactics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2009/08/25/the-simpilest-of-sales-building-tactics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary White-Cornell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Customer Experience]]></category>

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Today, coming home from a long weekend of mountain biking in Oregon I passed by Willamette Valley Vineyards.  It looked like an inviting place and I do love wine, so I pulled off the highway for a visit.  It was an unplanned stop and a bit inconvenient since I wanted to beat rush hour, but [...]


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