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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>Just Say &#8220;No&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2010/11/22/just-say-no/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 06:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary White-Cornell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Store Marketing]]></category>

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Ok, quick – close your eyes and tell me what businesses are on the shirt you just looked at.
How many did you get right?
Did you recall the phone number for the heating and cooling business whose name we can&#8217;t see?
How about the Grill Shop, does seeing their logo make you want to shop there?
If someone [...]


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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>
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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>
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		<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>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>
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		<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>
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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>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>
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		<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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		<title>Twitter 101</title>
		<link>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2009/08/25/twitter-101/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary White-Cornell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>

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Twitter is a fast-growing social networking Web site.  People can communicate with each other 140 characters at a time.  So the messages are short and to the point.
It is a bit like being at a huge cocktail party.  You can start conversations, or jump in and join another person&#8217;s conversation.  You can simply listen (read) [...]


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		<title>8 Ways To Be Efficient NOW!</title>
		<link>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2009/08/20/8-ways-be-efficient-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2009/08/20/8-ways-be-efficient-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Buzz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Quick & Easy Ideas]]></category>

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There are many &#8211; but here&#8217;s today&#8217;s!
1.  Know your target market or niche.  It&#8217;s very important that you have your target clearly defined so you aren’t wasting your time doing activities that will not produce the results you’re looking for.  When you have a clearly defined niche, it’s easier to craft marketing messages, materials [...]


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		<title>10 Local Marketing Ideas To Do Now!</title>
		<link>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2009/08/17/10-local-marketing-ideas-to-do-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2009/08/17/10-local-marketing-ideas-to-do-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loma Gregg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Store Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quick & Easy Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales building]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Shoestring Budget?     Read on&#8230;


There are thousands of possible tactics you can employ to drive revenues without any reliance on mass media advertising.  Here are 10 of our best restaurant promotion ideas to get your own creative marketing wheels turning.
Remember - We know you&#8217;re busy and we&#8217;re here to help! 
1. PUBLICITY STUNTS.  Think beyond [...]


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		<title>The ROI of Social Networking</title>
		<link>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2009/08/17/the-roi-of-social-networking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.5milebuzz.com/2009/08/17/the-roi-of-social-networking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Loma Gregg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Building Sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Things To Do Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Store Marketing]]></category>
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As often illustrated in one of our favorite books Duct Tape Marketing, the most common reasons stated by small businesses for not embracing social networking is that they can’t measure or, worse yet, don’t believe there is any solid return on the investment of participation.
My question to you regarding the ROI roadblock is this -
How [...]


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