January 2010

Kick-Start: Build Value Every Day

Business is all about high-touch/ high-trust relationships. In this age of dramatic distraction, it’s especially easy to forget that. People do business with people they trust and people who make them feel special. Create a ritual that ensures you reach out to three possible or current customers every day. This isn’t about asking for the

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Landmark Taco Bell To Close

Lompoc Record: Bob Coe built the first Taco Bell in Lompoc in 1968, and now he’s about to close it. The nation’s struggling economy is not directly to blame, although business is down at Coe’s six Taco Bells on the Central Coast, just as it suffers everywhere else. Behind the impending closure of store No.

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McDonald’s Owners Help Workers Learn

Detroit Free Press: TODAY’S SUBJECT: The Southeastern Michigan McDonald’s Operators Association THE CAUSE: Southeast Michigan McDonald’s owners/operators help further their employees’ educations and careers with an annual scholarship program. BACKGROUND: With the philosophy that McDonald’s strives to take care of its employees long after they’ve punched out of their regular shifts, the annual scholarship program

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California Pizza Kitchen Expands Middle East Franchise Deal

Franchising.com: California Pizza Kitchen, Inc., home of the Original BBQ Chicken Pizza and other innovative hearth-baked pizzas, made-to-order pastas, creative salads, appetizers, soups, sandwiches and desserts, today announced the expansion of their original agreement with Gourmet Gulf Company, an existing franchise partner. Under the new agreement, Gourmet Gulf Company will develop 19 restaurants throughout the

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