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	<title>Ellen Rohr - The Small Business Expert - Bare Bones Biz</title>
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		<title>The Best Way To Grow Your Company? Acquisition!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Rohr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, I thought acquisition was a strategy reserved for big companies.  I thought you needed teams of lawyers to work through phone book size agreements and complicated EBITDA formulas.  I imagined strong armed tactics and hostile takeovers. Boy, was &#8230; <a href="http://www.barebonesbiz.com/2013/05/22/the-best-way-to-grow-buy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>5 Tips For B2B Referral Marketing Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 19:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Rohr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s one thing to tell your customers how great you are.  It’s a much bigger, better thing to have respected community influencers tell your customers how great you are.  It’s the thing that can ramp up your marketing to create &#8230; <a href="http://www.barebonesbiz.com/2013/05/13/5-tips-for-b2b-referral-marketing-success/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Post-its + a Sharpie + Excel = Your Org Chart</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 00:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Rohr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accounting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budgeting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does it make you cringe to think about imposing the formal structure of an Organization Chart on your small shop?  Fear not!  The Organization Chart can be a wonderful tool.  Recalling my many, many jobs, I can count on three &#8230; <a href="http://www.barebonesbiz.com/2013/05/05/post-its-a-sharpie-excel-your-org-chart/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Career Ladder?  Or Turnover Turmoil?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Rohr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sob!  My favorite thing to do is Ride Along with team members.  I love to put on the Super Hero costume and hop in the truck.  I am not very technically skilled &#8211; massive understatement! &#8211; however, I try to &#8230; <a href="http://www.barebonesbiz.com/2013/04/30/career-ladder-or-turnover-turmoil/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Functional Family Business? I Believe In Miracles!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Rohr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I watched &#8220;The 80&#8242;s: The Decade That Made Us,&#8221; The show opened with a recap of the 1980 Olympic Gold Medal Hockey team story. I remember watching the win over the Russian team, with my college roommate, in &#8230; <a href="http://www.barebonesbiz.com/2013/04/21/family-business-owners/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Business is easy.</title>
		<link>http://www.barebonesbiz.com/2013/04/15/business-is-easy/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=business-is-easy</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Rohr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business is not a complicated mystery.  There is not a book or seminar that holds the cryptic message, if only you were clever enough to figure it out. There is no mentor who is withholding the secret formula until you &#8230; <a href="http://www.barebonesbiz.com/2013/04/15/business-is-easy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I don&#8217;t like big &#8220;buts&#8221; and I cannot lie</title>
		<link>http://www.barebonesbiz.com/2013/04/08/i-dont-like-big-buts-and-i-cannot-lie/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=i-dont-like-big-buts-and-i-cannot-lie</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Rohr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consulting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You could pick one of these items, do it&#8230;and get more sales. So, which one?&#8221; I was at a client&#8217;s shop. We had just done a terrific brainstorming exercise, and come up with a list of 27 rockin&#8217; good ideas &#8230; <a href="http://www.barebonesbiz.com/2013/04/08/i-dont-like-big-buts-and-i-cannot-lie/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>4 Ways It Pays To Accept Credit Cards</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Rohr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Me, “I’d like to buy this thing.” You, “Oh, I’m sorry.  We don’t take credit cards.” Me, “Why not?” You, “Well, the credit card company adds 3% to every purchase.” Me, “Dang.” Bottom line:  If you don’t take a credit &#8230; <a href="http://www.barebonesbiz.com/2013/04/04/4-ways-it-pays-to-accept-credit-cards/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Find The Love</title>
		<link>http://www.barebonesbiz.com/2013/03/25/find-the-love/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=find-the-love</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Rohr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Tell me,&#8221; Ernie pleaded. &#8220;What am I doing wrong?&#8221; Ernie had just closed the books for February and he had a loss for the month. He rattled off a laundry list of very good action items and projects that he &#8230; <a href="http://www.barebonesbiz.com/2013/03/25/find-the-love/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>5 Ways To Audit Proof Your Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Rohr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine…you discover the certified letter in your mailbox from the IRS, announcing you have been selected for an audit.  No worries!  Once upon a time, I made a “Slinky-knot” mess out of my QuickBooks™ file.  Fear of an audit – &#8230; <a href="http://www.barebonesbiz.com/2013/03/20/5-ways-to-audit-proof-your-business/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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