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		<title>Amazon’s Lens Live Is Here. Here’s How Small Businesses Can Fight Back (and Win)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2025 02:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Amazon just launched Lens Live—a feature that lets shoppers snap a picture and instantly find that item (or a cheaper version) on Amazon. For shoppers, it feels like magic. For small, independent shops? It feels like Amazon just handed customers a shortcut straight out the door. Here’s the truth: yes, Lens Live could pull  [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>When Modern Meets Nostalgia: Why Cracker Barrel’s Fumble is a Brand-Building Masterclass (In Reverse)</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Modernizing a Brand—When It Works (and Why) Airbnb’s Logo Redesign (2014) They rolled out the “Bélo” symbol—a friendly, versatile mark meant to embody belonging and community. It modernized Airbnb’s visual identity while deepening emotional connection—a rare win. Starbucks Simplifies (2011) Dropped the “Starbucks Coffee” text from around their siren. The  [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[With business now in the new normal, 2022 has gone in a flash. While it may feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day, there’s still time to get a few more items checked off your end-of-year to-do list. We've compiled a list of 10 tasks you can prioritize to help prepare your business  [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2022 19:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The best customer-brand relationships are built on three foundational pillars: communication, consistency, and trust. The third pillar will naturally fall into place if you can deliver on the first two. After all, consistent communication is the best way for people to get to know your brand and to know a brand is to love a  [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Starting A Business: Where to Start</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2019 01:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Starting a business is a huge leap of faith for anyone who wants the freedom of doing what they love, working for themselves, or having flexibility in their schedules. Sometimes you may decide to go all in, while other situations call for one to ease in and start a business on the side along with  [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2019 19:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I was blessed to be raised by entrepreneurs and to be a homeschool kid. I was able to go to work with my dad, be trained by his office staff, go on business trips, and see the hardship of being a business owner first hand. I can’t say that it looks glamorous. In fact, any  [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Simpson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2019 02:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Having an active and well planned out social media page is almost as important as having a great website fro your business. Social media is one of the top places people go to for business information, reviews and recommendations. Social media is also a great place to advertise and reach new audiences. It’s likely that  [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Design critique is the process of analyzing and offering changes or solutions to marketing pieces or other design projects. What does design critique mean to you? It may be something you fear or something you find helpful! No matter what you feel, critique is a really important part of the design process. No matter if  [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2019 18:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Did you know marketing and user experience go hand in hand? They need each other to thrive. Why? Read on to learn more. User experience is to ensure users who interact with a product or systems accomplish what they were made to do and create minimal frustrations or faults.  Marketing uses those experiences to to  [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[When you work in an office environment or around other team members, distraction is bound to happen. However, workplace distractions are a lot more common than you would think. In a study conducted by UC Irvine and as reported by The New York Times, distractions happen in the workplace as often as every 11 minutes.  [...]]]></description>
		
		
		
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