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      <title>I'm Taking a Lesson From Nordstrom's!</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ It&#39;s all about the Customer!&nbsp; I called Nordstrom&#39;s a few days ago, and as the phone rang I thought through my options: should I press the key for the item, the department, or the directory?&nbsp; I wasn&#39;t sure.&nbsp; Perhaps I will need]]></description>
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      <title>Don't Come In Now, Because I'm Not Here</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ LIMIT DISTRACTION WHILE WORKING FROM HOME I may be at home now, but I&#39;m not HOME, I&#39;m working FROM home, and unless there is an emergency, please go away.&nbsp;&nbsp; Harsh words?&nbsp; Well haven&#39;t you been there?&nbsp; You&#39;re working in]]></description>
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      <title>ANOTHER POTENTIAL STRIKE AGAINST OHIO - COSE On Guard for Small Business</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ This may not seem to concern your business right now, but it could in the future.&nbsp; Legislation that impacts small businesses impacts all of us. The following information will explain. Another Potential Strike Against Ohio Small Business for a Better]]></description>
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      <title>IT Performance Reported Strong for 4th Quarter 2007</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ The economic news has not&nbsp;been very good lately. It&nbsp;seems that the&nbsp;sub-prime mortgage mess has spilled over into a general economic slowdown.&nbsp;Unfortunately, the dreaded &quot;R&quot; word is&nbsp;now rearing its ugly head more and]]></description>
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      <title>IT Workforce Study - presented by NorTech</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ We&#39;ve reported here for the last few months that the tech sector continues to perform well.&nbsp; However, an ongoing challenge for the industry is the availability of talent in the region, both from the existing labor pool and students entering the]]></description>
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      <title>NEOSA Best of Tech Winners - an impressive group!</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ There are many challenges&nbsp;that come with&nbsp;running a tech company, like keeping current on new technologies, finding new clients, and being a leader. You know that just managing your business isn&#39;t enough. You&#39;ve got to lead your team,]]></description>
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      <title>IT Workforce and National College Trends</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ A pair of articles this week in Time&nbsp;and Business Week point out an interesting and challenging trend facing the Tech industry nationwide.&nbsp; At a time when demand for talent is strong and expected to increase, enrollment and graduation rates]]></description>
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      <title>Use the News As a Marketing Tool</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[When you write your marketing plan,&nbsp;include the news.&nbsp; Find a good story about your company and tell it to the media. If you get them interested, they do the rest, and you have instant attention and credibility. The news can be something as]]></description>
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      <title>Move your Office Online</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ By Varju Luceno, Global Office Partners Many of us dream of a paperless office, where everything is organized, clutter is gone, and it takes only seconds to find the right file.&nbsp;Several companies are making efforts to step closer to fulfilling this]]></description>
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      <title>Going Up?  Make Sure Your Elevator Pitch Doesn't  Let You Down</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ An &quot;elevator pitch&quot; is a concise, exciting snapshot of your business that leaves potential clients with a good understanding of your products and services and a desire to learn more. It should take just 30 seconds and be crafted to address the]]></description>
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      <title>Keep More of Your Profits -- Tax Tips for Home Businesses</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ If you are a home-based business, there are many tax deductions available to you. If you are a sole proprietor, meaning you have no employees and your business is not incorporated, the IRS offers you even more tax deductions. Knowing what these tax]]></description>
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      <title>Open Source Alternatives to Mainstream Software</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Not every proprietary program can drive a person crazy, right? Some, like Norton Ghost, are superb tools for anyone to use. But, the fact that these tools are proprietary can drive open source fanatics up a wall. It&#39;s not the price of the software]]></description>
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      <title>Tips to Make Your Small Business Appear Larger</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Being a small business owner is a challenge in many instances - you are forced to wear many hats in order to manage and run your business efficiently and profitably.&nbsp; As a small business owner, you should challenge yourself to think big like larger]]></description>
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      <title>Join the Home Based Business Network</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[COSE&#39;s done it again.&nbsp; Just when it seemed there was nothing more COSE could do for small business owners, we were surprised by yet another offering which adds value to our membership -- the Home-based Business Network. I have been home-based for]]></description>
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      <title>Where Will an Agent Take You?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ As I thought about the friendly sounds of the words &quot;representation&quot; and &quot;advocate,&quot; words connected to the jobs of literary, dramatic, and talent agents, I opened the dictionary to look up the root meaning of &quot;agent.&quot;]]></description>
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      <title>Parsimonious and Prudent Public Relations</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ I should get a tattoo of my favorite quote by anthropologist Margaret Mead: &quot;Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.&quot; &nbsp;The more public relations and marketing]]></description>
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      <title>When To Set Up a Corporation or Other Business Entity</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Often think of this as the &quot;should I incorporate?&quot; discussion because invariably that seems to be the opening volley on this topic. The artist will generally have talked to a colleague or family member and that individual will tell them how they]]></description>
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      <title>Defining Your Brand Identity: What business are you in?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ What business are you in? It&#39;s a deceptively simple question. And it isn&#39;t a rhetorical one, either. At last June&#39;s Dance/USA Roundtable in Miami, opening keynote speaker Alberto Ibarg&uuml;en, editor of The Miami Herald, urged every attendee]]></description>
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      <title>Business Minded Artists Get Ahead</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ &nbsp; Article written by Susie Frazier Mueller: It was nine years ago when the mechanics of the for-profit arts industry began to make sense to me. Up until then, I had only sold my art to local galleries and through weekend art festivals. I had never]]></description>
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      <title>Big Box style e-commerce - by Mike Berlin, Managing Member - Briteskies</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This past weekend, like most weekends, I found myself in a variety of my favorite big-box retailers to purchase my standard electronic gadgets, household items, tools, and landscaping products. Of course I&#39;m never alone in this endeavor, and I&#39;m]]></description>
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      <title>Cleveland's Next Generation of Innovators - they're here! - by Phil Alexander, CEO - BrandMuscle</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Cleveland technology leaders lament the dearth of highly trained local employees. While most efforts focus on college students through curriculum, recruitment and retention efforts, an equally important task is to engage our current high school]]></description>
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      <title>Selling to the CIO without being DOA (February 2007 event)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&quot;Do your homework and know your customer.&quot; &quot;Offer something of business or educational value, to attract our attention.&quot; &quot;Differentiate yourself from your competition - why is your company/product better, faster or cheaper?&quot;]]></description>
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      <title>Local Search by Anita Campbell</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Local search is one of the hottest trends in the online world today.&nbsp; Here&#39;s a Q &amp; A tutorial on what it is and why it is important. Search - What Is It? Local search is when people search in Google or some other search engine using]]></description>
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      <title>Getting People on the Bus - by AJ Hyland, CEO - Hyland Software</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Over the past several years, Hyland Software has been hiring at a rapid pace.&nbsp; Even though the hiring is spread across all departments within Hyland, there is still a single challenge: how do we get people assimilated and productive in the least]]></description>
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