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		<title>Online Business Education is a Winner</title>
		<link>http://blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com/2010/06/09/online-business-education-is-a-winner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dianne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t think there can be too many small business owners who would say no to having their business being given the once over by a business guru with a wealth of practical experience and the time to devote to picking the operation apart and then making suggestions of ways of making it work better! [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com&amp;blog=5360668&amp;post=199&amp;subd=thesmallbusinesstoolbox&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>So you want to be an Entrepreneur?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 10:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianfindlay</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com/?p=193</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A common folly in many failed businesses is that the initial choice of business was wrong. Many a broken entrepreneur will acknowledge this in hindsight. This is why you need to honour the choice of what business you want to open. It is the first make or break decision you will take as your own [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com&amp;blog=5360668&amp;post=193&amp;subd=thesmallbusinesstoolbox&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to do Market Research?</title>
		<link>http://blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com/2010/05/18/how-to-do-market-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 07:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dianne</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com/?p=191</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recurring question amongst small business owners is this: Does a small business owner need to know how to do market research? The short answer is &#8211; yes, absolutely! No business can operate successfully without knowing something about the market(s) it is working in. However, the term &#8220;market research&#8221; is more often than not associated [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com&amp;blog=5360668&amp;post=191&amp;subd=thesmallbusinesstoolbox&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Your Business needs a Toolbox</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 10:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dianne</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com/?p=184</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every business needs a toolbox &#8211; some literally need a toolbox (if you are a plumber, carpenter etc), but all businesses, especially small businesses and entrepreneurial start ups, need a business toolbox that can supply the business owner with the skills and knowledge to run and grow the business. A busy small business owner in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com&amp;blog=5360668&amp;post=184&amp;subd=thesmallbusinesstoolbox&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Strategy the Nuts and Bolts</title>
		<link>http://blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com/2010/03/11/strategy-the-nuts-and-bolts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dianne</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com/?p=180</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A small business with a strong sense of identity, knows who it is and where it is headed. Its strategy may be a simple matter of &#8220;nuts and bolts&#8221;, so simple it can be written on a serviette or the classic &#8220;back of a cigarette box&#8221;. Yet without this basic strategic framework any small business [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com&amp;blog=5360668&amp;post=180&amp;subd=thesmallbusinesstoolbox&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8216;NO&#8217; Strategy</title>
		<link>http://blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com/2010/03/09/the-no-strategy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dianne</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com/?p=178</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[THE ‘NO’ STRATEGY We have all met someone in life whose default response to requests is a flat and unemotionally delivered no. We often think of these people as having disagreeable personalities with little interest in voluntarily assisting other, be it individuals, communities or charity projects. If you are a good team player who would [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com&amp;blog=5360668&amp;post=178&amp;subd=thesmallbusinesstoolbox&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Goals in Strategy</title>
		<link>http://blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com/2010/02/23/goals-in-strategy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dianne</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com/?p=176</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Goal setting is a necessary and critical aspect of any strategic plan and developing your strategic plan is a process that requires both introspection and vision. Setting goals is the bridge between dreams and reality and they must be tangible and realistic to avoid frustration and disappointment. Simple goals are definitive and historically elicit a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com&amp;blog=5360668&amp;post=176&amp;subd=thesmallbusinesstoolbox&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Initiating a Strategic Plan</title>
		<link>http://blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com/2010/02/16/initiating-a-strategic-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dianne</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com/?p=174</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We recently shared with you a mindset that may be useful when developing your strategic plan and on a more serious note we’d like you to consider why devoting time and energy to this exercise is one of the single most productive things you could do today to make a difference in your business. Often [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com&amp;blog=5360668&amp;post=174&amp;subd=thesmallbusinesstoolbox&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>February Financial Year-End?</title>
		<link>http://blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com/2010/02/10/february-financial-year-end/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dianne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com/?p=172</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[February is a fabulous month with signposts along the path reminding us to live better and love more. With summer now well and truly upon us we can all look to the sunshine and warm days to find optimism all around us. Isn’t it time to steal your share? For many February also brings in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com&amp;blog=5360668&amp;post=172&amp;subd=thesmallbusinesstoolbox&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Plethora of Small Business Information</title>
		<link>http://blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com/2009/11/13/plethora-of-small-business-information/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dianne</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com/?p=157</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The information age is well and truly upon us, in fact we are sinking in small business information. There is more than we can ever hope to take in and so much that is contradictory that one often just doesn’t know where to start once you’ve read it anyway. Some interesting statistics coming out of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.thesmallbusinesstoolbox.com&amp;blog=5360668&amp;post=157&amp;subd=thesmallbusinesstoolbox&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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