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		<title>Seven Ways to Increase Revenues</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eBrand Media Research Department</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To grow any enterprise, you must continually seek ways to turbo charge it&#8217;s engine. You must develop strategies that will drive sales to ever-higher levels while ensuring that your growth in revenues translates into higher cash flow and profits. Essentially there are seven ways to increase revenues. Mastering any one of the seven will produce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sell more effectively: Listen! People will teach you the best way to sell to them.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Polanski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Tracy Everyone likes to buy, but no one wants to be sold. People don&#8217;t like to feel that they are the recipients or the victims of a sales presentation. Most customers are independent in their thinking, and they don&#8217;t like to think that they are being manipulated, pressured, or coerced into doing anything. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Chapter 11 bankruptcy? Patterns and consequences of clients under protection</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Polanski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tom Polanski, EVP, eBrand Media and eBrand Interactive Unfortunately there are an increasing number of companies seeking Chapter 11 protection. If your client is exhibiting some of the symptoms below, be very, very aware. If you think your client fully fits the paradigm below, in my opinion, try to extricate yourself from the relationship as quickly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>eBrand Media shares how to increase conversions by assuring customers.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Polanski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tom Polanski, EVP, eBrand Media and eBrand Interactive eBrand Media has always been a strong proponent of keeping a security symbol in the homepage &#8220;hero&#8221; spot. Every site guest arrives with a degree of anxiety and their anxiety level increases exponentially as they move further down the shopping funnel towards the cart. Every friction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increase ROI &amp; build brand equity by cultivating good relationships</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Polanski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tom Polanski, EVP, eBrand Media and eBrand Interactive eBrand Media has always been a proponent of relationship management. This is done in a number of ways; give and get clarity, stay away from presenting yet another emotional “dog and pony show”, target your offer based on expressed preferences, and give something valuable to the recipient [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumer Voice Is Not Effectively Leveraged By Companies</title>
		<link>http://ebizine.com/growingabusiness/consumer-voice-is-not-effectively-leveraged-by-companies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Polanski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tom Polanski, EVP, eBrand Media and eBrand Interactive According to a new study by the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council, with Satmetrix, 58% of the 480 executives surveyed said their companies do not compensate any employees or executives based on customer loyalty, satisfaction improvements or analytics. 38% said their companies have no programs in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smart companies with sound strategies will use this recession to grow their brand</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Polanski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tom Polanski, EVP, eBrand Media and eBrand Interactive As a friend of mine said recently, when someone is going down, someone else is coming up. We’re seeing that today. In 2008 we saw a number of companies go under. It seems to me that most of them found their niche, fame and fortune in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dennis Consorte and David’s Cookies are class acts. They ROCK!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Polanski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tom Polanski, EVP, eBrand Media and eBrand Interactive I’ve been in business a long time but it still thrills me when I run into a company that treats customers, employees and vendors with class. To be sure there are a number of definitions of class, but for me, class is when somebody, or a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>eBrand Interactive discloses 10 common website design mistakes you should avoid</title>
		<link>http://ebizine.com/growingabusiness/ebrand-interactive-shares-10-common-website-design-mistakes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Polanski</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Website Optimization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tom Polanski, EVP, eBrand Media and eBrand Interactive Since 2002, we’ve been evangelists of marketing efficiency but not too many people wanted to listen.  Why would they when there was so much low-hanging fruit?  Every year an increasing number of people, flush with cash and credit, went online to shop.  But those days are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>eBrand Media introduces Mel Ronick as a guest eBizine contributor.</title>
		<link>http://ebizine.com/advertising/ebizine-is-pleased-to-introduce-mel-ronick-as-a-guest-contributor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Polanski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tom Polanski Mr. Ronick&#8217;s first article will appear in eBizine tomorrow, Wednesday, the 16th. So that you get to know a little about Roncik we&#8217;ve taken the liberty of preparing an over view.  Mel is President of Stacks and Stacks, www.stacksandstacks.com, an e-commerce business which offers storage, organization and furnishing products. He started his career at IBM [...]]]></description>
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		<title>eBrand Media is developing an exciting and unique marketing opportunity! What we&#8217;ve learned.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Polanski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tom Polanski Recently, my team discovered an area of the net which offers some of the best targeting on the net and it isn’t hasn’t been exploited yet.  In other words we’ve discovered an audience of tens of millions that are not being marketed to while they participate in activities that reveal their interests, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Automatic Triggers, Fixed Action Patterns and Odd Number Pricing. Turning Browsers into Buyers.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Polanski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tom Polanski Recently, I came across some information about pricing. Researchers at Cornell University believe you’re better off pricing your products with an odd number than with an even number (for example, $39.71 vs. $40.00). The researchers found that odd numbers cause buyers momentary confusion. Confused, people fall back on associations. And people associate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Your Business with Free Conferences</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Polanski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discover how to build your business by hosting free online teleseminars and online conferences. Includes free trial software.]]></description>
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