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		<title>ABSA Business Advantage Quarterly Meeting – 19 May 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 06:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fanie van der Merwe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ABSA Business Advantage Quarterly Breakfast is scheduled for May 19, 2010.





Absa   Quarterly Business Breakfast





You are cordially   invited to a morning of networking and information sharing with Absa.
Guest   Speaker: 
Errol   Gottfried Meyer: The Power of . . . Business Financial Planning!



Date: 19 May 2010
Time: 08:00   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burjins Consulting on SETAs in South Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fanie van der Merwe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you missed it, view the slideshow about the SETAs for more information.
Every busy should at least have a plan! The pay-backs from government is a bonus.



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		<title>Taxes: Are You Crossing the Line?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
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By Nicholas Narlis
How aggressive do you get this time of year when final payments are due for  your annual income tax returns? The benefit of lowering your effective tax rate  to save money is very compelling. However, the consequences of the tax  authorities swooping in to discredit (and even prosecute) questionable items [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Network Working for You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sean Silverthorne
Is your business network working for you? Here’s a simple test,  borrowed from the work of Noshir Contractor, professor  of behavioral sciences at Northwestern University’s Kellogg  School of Management

On a piece of paper write down your most important business contacts  — your personal board of directors — to whom [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Follow these tips for creating promotional materials that work as hard as you  do.
By Kim T. Gordon
Great marketing materials lower the cost of selling and raise the return on your marketing investment. Does your new business have a family of sales and marketing tools you can be proud of? If not, you have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Ways to Move Customers to Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why waste your marketing dollars on messages that don&#8217;t create a sense of  urgency?
By Susan Gunelius

When do you want consumers to move to action after seeing or hearing your  marketing messages? Now? Tomorrow? Next week? Next year? How about whenever it&#8217;s  convenient?
If you&#8217;re investing time and money into getting your marketing messages [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Athlone School for the Blind Presentation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fanie van der Merwe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eddie Samuels presented the ABSA Small Business Circle in Parow with information regarding the new developments planned for the school at their premises in Bellville. They need R100 million over the next 4 years to improve their facilities where they educate 412 pupils at the moment.
Download the Athlone School for the Blind presentation or watch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Culture of Excellence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jason Daley
It means something different for every company, but for all of them the key to success is the same: the person at the top.
Ever since Tom Peters introduced the word excellence into the business world, companies have been madly scrambling after it. His 1982 book, In Search of Excellence, spawned a whole industry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should Your Idea Pass Go?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Tamara Monosoff
A die-hard belief in one&#8217;s business or product has been the key to the success of many entrepreneurs and inventors. Generally speaking, I&#8217;m a strong advocate for determination and action, and the press is filled with stories of successful entrepreneurs who refused to give up. Less well-publicized are the opportunities entrepreneurs decided to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 7 Deadly Small Business Mistakes You Must Avoid</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenny Blewett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do so many small or solo businesses fail? Is it because the owners weren’t good enough at what they did? In most cases that’s just not true. Most of them were very skilled and talented in their area of expertise. So why do people continue to struggle without enough clients or income? It’s heartbreaking [...]]]></description>
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