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	<title>Finance Blog &#124; Government Small Business Loans &#124; Advance Restaurant Finance Blog</title>
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	<description>A financial blog from Advance Restaurant Finance offering information and advice to restaurant and small business owners.</description>
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		<title>How to Prevent Alcohol Theft at Your Restaurant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every restaurant is decking the halls at this time of year as diners  come in for celebrations, but what many don’t realize is that they could  be losing thousands of dollars on alcohol.
Employee theft is a $11 billion problem in the U.S. and accounts for 4  percent of restaurant sales according to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Five Most Dangerous Restaurant Marketing Mistakes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MISTAKE #1: Chasing The Smallest Opportunity
Problem:  Increasing sales through customer acquisition is the most expensive and  least productive method for driving profits. It is a restaurant&#8217;s own  customers who are more likely to visit and spend money, yet most owners  expend 90% or more of their marketing dollars in an effort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Gifts Become Kickbacks &amp; Lead to Problems for Restaurant Owners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the restaurant industry it&#8217;s fairly common for suppliers to give          away &#8220;gifts&#8221; to their customers, often individuals who make purchasing          decisions on their products.
At the low end of the gift spectrum are things like concert and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.advancerestaurantfinance.com/blog/uncategorized/when-gifts-become-kickbacks-lead-to-problems-for-restaurant-owners.html</link>
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		<title>Seven Email Marketing Tactics to Boost Restaurant Sales</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Restaurants of all types and sizes can use email marketing to reach out to their clientele on a regular basis. Not only is email marketing cost effective, but it is also flexible to schedule, has the ability to be personalized, and provides restaurants with results they can see and measure. Here are some tactics restaurants [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.advancerestaurantfinance.com/blog/uncategorized/seven-email-marketing-tactics-to-boost-restaurant-sales.html</link>
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		<title>10 Tips for Creating an Effective Restaurant Newsletter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1)  Keep it Relevant
Above all, your newsletter should be relevant to your customers. It should          include information they want to know, for example, if you are changing          your hours or days of operation, if you have a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.advancerestaurantfinance.com/blog/uncategorized/10-tips-for-creating-an-effective-restaurant-newsletter.html</link>
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		<title>7 Tips to Marketing Local/Sustainability</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1. Create community. Remember patrons’ names, highlight your part of town, create events, set up a bulletin board where people can put personal photographs.
2. Offer free wi-fi. It encourages people to stay longer and make your eatery their “third-place”, and also shows reciprocity, as you are giving them something without expecting anything in return.
3. Be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.advancerestaurantfinance.com/blog/uncategorized/7-tips-to-marketing-localsustainability.html</link>
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		<title>8 Reasons to Ramp Up Your Visibilty Strategy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let’s take a look at eight reasons why you cannot afford to be quiet and why you should be ramping up your PR and visibility strategy right now:
8. When you duck and cover, customers can&#8217;t see you.
The classic knee-jerk response to a recession is to reduce expenses any way possible. But taking yourself off your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.advancerestaurantfinance.com/blog/uncategorized/8-reasons-to-ramp-up-your-visibilty-strategy.html</link>
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		<title>10 Improvements for $100 or Less</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One thing all restaurant operators need to know is what can be done during the slow business times and how it directly relates to the success during busy times. Here are 10 things you can do to improve your restaurant for $100 dollars or less.
1. Start with the front door.
The first impression analogy is true. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.advancerestaurantfinance.com/blog/uncategorized/10-improvements-for-100-or-less.html</link>
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		<title>Dish Room Can Serve Up Operational Savings &#8211; 5 Simple Steps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Business savvy restaurant operators seeking ways to minimize operational costs and improve customer experience may need to look no further than their dish rooms. While perhaps not top-of-mind for most people, the dish room is one place where small steps taken day-in and day-out can pay big dividends over time.
Simply put, the dish room is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.advancerestaurantfinance.com/blog/uncategorized/dish-room-can-serve-up-operational-savings-5-simple-steps.html</link>
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		<title>Marketing Resources on the Cheap &#8211; Free or Near Free Tools to Help Small Businesses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not every business can afford to have dedicated staff or hire a firm to handle all the marketing duties restaurants need to be doing on a consistent basis. Too often in the industry, the owner-operator is wearing multiple hats from greeter, chef, accountant to marketer. Here’s a list of resources that are easy on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.advancerestaurantfinance.com/blog/uncategorized/marketing-resources-on-the-cheap-free-or-near-free-tools-to-help-small-businesses.html</link>
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