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	<title>Restaurant Coaching Solutions</title>
	<link>http://restaurantcoachingsolutions.com/blog</link>
	<description>Restaurant Consulting &#38; Coaching For Owners, Operator's &#38; Managers</description>
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		<title>Happy Thanksgiving To All</title>
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		<title>Roy W. MacNaughton</title>
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My friend Roy MacNaughton passed away suddenly over the weekend. Roy truly was &#8220;Really Cool People&#8221;. He has been my grounding force since we became friends years ago. We wrote together, talked together, laughed together, argued together and generally shared our lives, both offline and online. I am a better person for having met and [...]<p><a href="http://sharethis.com/item?&#038;wp=2.6.1&#38;publisher=1020bfd1-442d-4ea0-b61a-33e6fc0c7304&#38;title=Roy+W.+MacNaughton&#38;url=http%3A%2F%2Frestaurantcoachingsolutions.com%2Fblog%2Froy-w-macnaughton%2F">ShareThis</a></p>]]></description>
		<link>http://restaurantcoachingsolutions.com/blog/roy-w-macnaughton/</link>
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		<title>Lowest Common Denominator Thinking</title>
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Well I tried. I gave it my best shot.
I joined several industry social websites over the last year, not in any overt effort to make more money ( I don&#8217;t do the hard sell) but rather to try and insert a deeper and more intellectually honest way of thinking about the business. It has been, [...]<p><a href="http://sharethis.com/item?&#038;wp=2.6.1&#38;publisher=1020bfd1-442d-4ea0-b61a-33e6fc0c7304&#38;title=Lowest+Common+Denominator+Thinking&#38;url=http%3A%2F%2Frestaurantcoachingsolutions.com%2Fblog%2Flowest-common-denominator-thinking%2F">ShareThis</a></p>]]></description>
		<link>http://restaurantcoachingsolutions.com/blog/lowest-common-denominator-thinking/</link>
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		<title>Public Speaking and Presentations</title>
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I just received another phone call from a not-for-profit (NFP) organization about speaking to its membership. As they were asking me several questions about speaking to their group, it dawned on me that I have not posted about this in a while. So I am now in order to help inform other NFP organizations who [...]<p><a href="http://sharethis.com/item?&#038;wp=2.6.1&#38;publisher=1020bfd1-442d-4ea0-b61a-33e6fc0c7304&#38;title=Public+Speaking+and+Presentations&#38;url=http%3A%2F%2Frestaurantcoachingsolutions.com%2Fblog%2Fpublic-speaking-and-presentations%2F">ShareThis</a></p>]]></description>
		<link>http://restaurantcoachingsolutions.com/blog/public-speaking-and-presentations/</link>
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		<title>New FMLA Rules</title>
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10 Important Revisions
The Department of Labor has released final regulations covering the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and addressing new military family leave entitlements for employees.
The department says that many of the revisions were designed to clarify the requirements that the FMLA imposes on both employees and employers and to improve the communication between [...]<p><a href="http://sharethis.com/item?&#038;wp=2.6.1&#38;publisher=1020bfd1-442d-4ea0-b61a-33e6fc0c7304&#38;title=New+FMLA+Rules&#38;url=http%3A%2F%2Frestaurantcoachingsolutions.com%2Fblog%2Fnew-fmla-rules%2F">ShareThis</a></p>]]></description>
		<link>http://restaurantcoachingsolutions.com/blog/new-fmla-rules/</link>
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		<title>Restaurant Marketing In A Downturn</title>
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My last post dealt with an very broad approach to your business overall during a downturn. Now let&#8217;s talk about a few things that address marketing your business in a bad economy.

Know your guest. Who is your core guest in your target market?  Is this who you truly want? Need? Should you be targeting a [...]<p><a href="http://sharethis.com/item?&#038;wp=2.6.1&#38;publisher=1020bfd1-442d-4ea0-b61a-33e6fc0c7304&#38;title=Restaurant+Marketing+In+A+Downturn&#38;url=http%3A%2F%2Frestaurantcoachingsolutions.com%2Fblog%2Frestaurant-marketing-in-a-downturn%2F">ShareThis</a></p>]]></description>
		<link>http://restaurantcoachingsolutions.com/blog/restaurant-marketing-in-a-downturn/</link>
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		<title>A Bad Economy Doesn&#8217;t Mean Stick Your Head In The Sand</title>
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I&#8217;ve been trying not to post a &#8220;Top X# of things to do in this bad economy&#8221; list because we simply don&#8217;t believe you should do anything different than you should have been doing already, i.e., create a sensible marketing strategy that focuses on long term growth and then execute that strategy in terms of [...]<p><a href="http://sharethis.com/item?&#038;wp=2.6.1&#38;publisher=1020bfd1-442d-4ea0-b61a-33e6fc0c7304&#38;title=A+Bad+Economy+Doesn%26%238217%3Bt+Mean+Stick+Your+Head+In+The+Sand&#38;url=http%3A%2F%2Frestaurantcoachingsolutions.com%2Fblog%2Fa-bad-economy-doesnt-mean-stick-your-head-in-the-sand%2F">ShareThis</a></p>]]></description>
		<link>http://restaurantcoachingsolutions.com/blog/a-bad-economy-doesnt-mean-stick-your-head-in-the-sand/</link>
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		<title>Seth On Creating Tribes</title>
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Seth Godin on Tribes via Mixergy from Andrew Warner on Vimeo.
Seth on Creating Tribes MP3

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		<link>http://restaurantcoachingsolutions.com/blog/seth-on-tribes/</link>
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		<title>5 Thoughts On Guest Loyalty</title>
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Loyalty is all about building relationships and the emotional experiences that build and solidify them.


Experiences are built on increasing trust and adding value at each guest touchpoint while at the same time increasing the emotional appeal of that touchpoint and consequently the guest relationship.


You can&#8217;t buy loyalty through frequency schemes or discounts - period!


When you [...]<p><a href="http://sharethis.com/item?&#038;wp=2.6.1&#38;publisher=1020bfd1-442d-4ea0-b61a-33e6fc0c7304&#38;title=5+Thoughts+On+Guest+Loyalty&#38;url=http%3A%2F%2Frestaurantcoachingsolutions.com%2Fblog%2F5-thoughts-on-guest-loyalty%2F">ShareThis</a></p>]]></description>
		<link>http://restaurantcoachingsolutions.com/blog/5-thoughts-on-guest-loyalty/</link>
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		<title>20 Things To Do To Stay Motivated In This Negative Time</title>
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1. Surround yourself with highly motivated people.
2. Continue to &#8220;Sharpen the Saw&#8221; by attending seminars and workshops.
3. Networking with smart and motivated people.
4. Focus on executing an &#8220;every guest, every table, every day&#8221; mentality.
5. Love your work and the people you do it with.
6. 86&#8242;ing negative influences and people.
7. Work with your people - where [...]<p><a href="http://sharethis.com/item?&#038;wp=2.6.1&#38;publisher=1020bfd1-442d-4ea0-b61a-33e6fc0c7304&#38;title=20+Things+To+Do+To+Stay+Motivated+In+This+Negative+Time&#38;url=http%3A%2F%2Frestaurantcoachingsolutions.com%2Fblog%2F20-things-to-do-to-stay-motivated-in-this-negative-time%2F">ShareThis</a></p>]]></description>
		<link>http://restaurantcoachingsolutions.com/blog/20-things-to-do-to-stay-motivated-in-this-negative-time/</link>
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		<title>What Is The Hardest Thing For You About Managing People?</title>
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RainmakerThinking reports the latest update of its ongoing qualitative survey of leaders, managers, and supervisors in answer to the question, &#8220;What is the hardest thing for you about managing people?&#8221;.
In the last twelve months, RainmakerThinking has received responses from 2,017 leaders, managers, and supervisors.
Following are the top 4 unique responses:
(1) Not enough time; too many [...]<p><a href="http://sharethis.com/item?&#038;wp=2.6.1&#38;publisher=1020bfd1-442d-4ea0-b61a-33e6fc0c7304&#38;title=What+Is+The+Hardest+Thing+For+You+About+Managing+People%3F&#38;url=http%3A%2F%2Frestaurantcoachingsolutions.com%2Fblog%2Fwhat-is-the-hardest-thing-for-you-about-managing-people%2F">ShareThis</a></p>]]></description>
		<link>http://restaurantcoachingsolutions.com/blog/what-is-the-hardest-thing-for-you-about-managing-people/</link>
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		<title>3 Questions To Ask Yourself About Your Marketing Success</title>
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What is the value you provide to others?
To whom will you provide it?
How will you convey it?

If you can&#8217;t answer any of these three questions, you need strategic help.
If you can answer them but you can&#8217;t achieve results, you need tactical help.
And if you don&#8217;t feel like trying, you need emotional help.
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		<link>http://restaurantcoachingsolutions.com/blog/3-questions-to-ask-yourself-about-your-marketing-success/</link>
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		<title>More Restaurant Marketing Lemons</title>
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General retail marketing strategies don&#8217;t work for restaurants. No restaurant puts butts in seats by selling themselves - no one wants to be sold anymore. They do so by telling their story to a target market which makes a connection to those guests who have a social proclivity for patronizing that restaurant in the first [...]<p><a href="http://sharethis.com/item?&#038;wp=2.6.1&#38;publisher=1020bfd1-442d-4ea0-b61a-33e6fc0c7304&#38;title=More+Restaurant+Marketing+Lemons&#38;url=http%3A%2F%2Frestaurantcoachingsolutions.com%2Fblog%2Frestaurant-marketing%2F">ShareThis</a></p>]]></description>
		<link>http://restaurantcoachingsolutions.com/blog/restaurant-marketing/</link>
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		<title>Full Speed Ahead!</title>
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I&#8217;ve not posted to the blog in a while because it&#8217;s been nuts around here and I needed to concentrate on several new clients and several new projects including the &#8220;Building Better Restaurants&#8221; book and the new website.
Well the projects are mostly behind us now and we can now devote more time to getting some [...]<p><a href="http://sharethis.com/item?&#038;wp=2.6.1&#38;publisher=1020bfd1-442d-4ea0-b61a-33e6fc0c7304&#38;title=Full+Speed+Ahead%21&#38;url=http%3A%2F%2Frestaurantcoachingsolutions.com%2Fblog%2Ffull-speed-ahead%2F">ShareThis</a></p>]]></description>
		<link>http://restaurantcoachingsolutions.com/blog/full-speed-ahead/</link>
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		<title>Building Better Restaurants - the Book</title>
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Finally, the book that has been in the works for years is finally about to become a physical reality!
This wire bound manual contains all the ideas, strategies and tactics necessary for any operator to take a good restaurant (or even a bad one if it&#8217;s not too far gone!) and turn it into a great [...]<p><a href="http://sharethis.com/item?&#038;wp=2.6.1&#38;publisher=1020bfd1-442d-4ea0-b61a-33e6fc0c7304&#38;title=Building+Better+Restaurants+-+the+Book&#38;url=http%3A%2F%2Frestaurantcoachingsolutions.com%2Fblog%2Fbuilding-better-restaurants-book%2F">ShareThis</a></p>]]></description>
		<link>http://restaurantcoachingsolutions.com/blog/building-better-restaurants-book/</link>
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		<title>Cause Marketing - It&#8217;s A Great Thing</title>
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Cause Marketing involves a cooperative effort between a business and a non-profit organizationâ€”ultimately for the mutual benefit of both. It is executed in various forms (i.e. a sponsorship of a fundraising event, a co-branded product, or a percent of sales or profits donated to the charity&#8230;just to name a few).
Why does it work so well [...]<p><a href="http://sharethis.com/item?&#038;wp=2.6.1&#38;publisher=1020bfd1-442d-4ea0-b61a-33e6fc0c7304&#38;title=Cause+Marketing+-+It%26%238217%3Bs+A+Great+Thing&#38;url=http%3A%2F%2Frestaurantcoachingsolutions.com%2Fblog%2Fcause-marketing-its-a-great-thing%2F">ShareThis</a></p>]]></description>
		<link>http://restaurantcoachingsolutions.com/blog/cause-marketing-its-a-great-thing/</link>
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		<title>The RCS MasterMind Group</title>
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&#8220;A&#8221; level talent wants to hang out with other &#8220;A&#8221; level talent. And so it goes with operators. Successful operators want to hang out with other successful operators. The success ideas, camaraderie, conversations that take place, etc are worth their weight in gold!
I have been asked for years now to create a mastermind group for [...]<p><a href="http://sharethis.com/item?&#038;wp=2.6.1&#38;publisher=1020bfd1-442d-4ea0-b61a-33e6fc0c7304&#38;title=The+RCS+MasterMind+Group&#38;url=http%3A%2F%2Frestaurantcoachingsolutions.com%2Fblog%2Fthe-rcs-mastermind-group%2F">ShareThis</a></p>]]></description>
		<link>http://restaurantcoachingsolutions.com/blog/the-rcs-mastermind-group/</link>
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		<title>Restaurant Marketing 101</title>
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RCS has created a new social media website at www.RestaurantMarketing101.com
Check it out, join for FREE and learn more about marketing your restaurant than you ever knew existed!
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		<link>http://restaurantcoachingsolutions.com/blog/restaurant-marketing-101/</link>
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		<title>More On How Coaching Can Help You</title>
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Getting a little help from those who&#8217;ve been there before can come in handy. Now there&#8217;s evidence that, in addition to the weary worker receiving the tips, coaching is a boost to the whole company. Coaching used to carry a stigma because it was more frequently directed at problem employees. Today, it&#8217;s more likely a [...]<p><a href="http://sharethis.com/item?&#038;wp=2.6.1&#38;publisher=1020bfd1-442d-4ea0-b61a-33e6fc0c7304&#38;title=More+On+How+Coaching+Can+Help+You&#38;url=http%3A%2F%2Frestaurantcoachingsolutions.com%2Fblog%2Fmore-on-how-coaching-can-help-you%2F">ShareThis</a></p>]]></description>
		<link>http://restaurantcoachingsolutions.com/blog/more-on-how-coaching-can-help-you/</link>
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		<title>On How To Kill Your Margins And Your Brand</title>
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Jack Shipley just wrote to me about a Wall Street Journal article wherein they write about Cold Stone Creamery&#8217;s woes with franchisees citing the company&#8217;s BOGO coupons as one of the factors that undermined their margins. You can read the article here.
Another good lesson on why focusing on value, and not price, is your only [...]<p><a href="http://sharethis.com/item?&#038;wp=2.6.1&#38;publisher=1020bfd1-442d-4ea0-b61a-33e6fc0c7304&#38;title=On+How+To+Kill+Your+Margins+And+Your+Brand&#38;url=http%3A%2F%2Frestaurantcoachingsolutions.com%2Fblog%2Fon-how-to-kill-your-margins-and-your-brand%2F">ShareThis</a></p>]]></description>
		<link>http://restaurantcoachingsolutions.com/blog/on-how-to-kill-your-margins-and-your-brand/</link>
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