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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Kommers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article covering an article about Taco Bell&#8217;s recent rebound demonstrates the power of the culinary world and why more and more people are positioning themselves as brokers within it. Doritos promotion aside&#8211;align yourself with a credible, recognizable chef personality and watch a vast, new audience flood through your door. The model doesn&#8217;t always work [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carriekommers.com&#038;blog=20876495&#038;post=399&#038;subd=carriekommers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Kommers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I traveled to San Francisco recently for a conference &#8211; Visit California&#8217;s Outlook Forum &#8211; a kind of &#8220;state of the state&#8221; chronicling tourism in the Golden State. As with any business travel, I did some cursory online research and quickly booked plane tickets, hotel, even dashed to the mall for a new outfit. What [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carriekommers.com&#038;blog=20876495&#038;post=380&#038;subd=carriekommers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Kommers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a handful of marketing gurus I stay connected to&#8211;for inspiration, for ideas, to help me get off my butt and do what I know I should be doing. &#8220;Never Stop Marketing&#8221; is one newsletter I actually manage to read on a daily basis. Today&#8217;s post is about managing the things we tell ourselves [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carriekommers.com&#038;blog=20876495&#038;post=319&#038;subd=carriekommers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From the Master</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Kommers</dc:creator>
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		<title>Copilot Navigates the Daily Deals Sector</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Kommers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copilot, an innovative entity offering free (for now) analytics for restaurants which measure the ROI on social media and marketing promotions through their POS, has some great teaser information in their blog. This post in particular outlines how to negotiate, design and time a &#8220;daily deal&#8221; that will actually do your business some good.  And..the best [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carriekommers.com&#038;blog=20876495&#038;post=311&#038;subd=carriekommers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FOOD FAN/ATIC</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Kommers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve taken my fair share of photos while dining out. I am in the business after all. While there are times when I find myself wanting to document where I’ve been, something special I’ve eaten, or a chef that I’ve chatted with, I’m usually trying to be as understated as possible about it, not wanting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carriekommers.com&#038;blog=20876495&#038;post=299&#038;subd=carriekommers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CRACKING THE CODE</title>
		<link>http://carriekommers.com/2011/06/23/cracking-the-code/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Kommers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the business world it’s easy to get stalled at the threshold of a good idea.  You talk about it, make copious notes, schedule meetings, ask for feedback…and then what?  A business plan’s a tangible first step, but are you ready to actually try to bring it to life? Luckily, there are dozens of organizations [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carriekommers.com&#038;blog=20876495&#038;post=263&#038;subd=carriekommers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mr. Postman</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 17:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Kommers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I left my post as the director of dineLA on March 11, 2011.  I remember the date not so much because it left a mark on me, but because it was my sister’s birthday. The last three months have been a wonderful, fuzzy blur of clients, building websites, tackling passion projects and remembering what it’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carriekommers.com&#038;blog=20876495&#038;post=215&#038;subd=carriekommers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>C-CAP, The Future of Food</title>
		<link>http://carriekommers.com/2011/04/28/c-cap-the-future-of-food/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 04:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Kommers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  I spend a lot of time thinking about restaurants, food, where our food comes from, chefs, the people on the line doing the chopping, searing and serving.  It&#8217;s interesting when you can trace something back to its source.  These days people are into going back to the growers and the land.  But I&#8217;m interested [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carriekommers.com&#038;blog=20876495&#038;post=199&#038;subd=carriekommers&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shawna Dawson&#8211;Curator, Marketer, Homesteader?</title>
		<link>http://carriekommers.com/2011/04/11/shawna-dawson-curator-marketer-homesteader/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Kommers</dc:creator>
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