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	<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 19:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>“The art of listening”</title>
		<link>http://dsaprof.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/%e2%80%9cthe-art-of-listening%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 18:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rosemary008</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Intelligent Public Relations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our Day Spa recently had the privilege of being included in a major magazine feature article about Day Spas. It was not the first time this had happened to us, nor do I expect it will be the last. The primary reason we were selected by the writer and the editor was because we are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Opportunities For investing In Spas Right Now</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>skipwilliams</dc:creator>
		
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Join the Discussion At the DSA Forum!!!
www.dayspaassociation.com 
Water boils at 212°F. At 211°F  all you have is hot water, and so it is with about 50% of the more than 12,000 Spas in the country. At a certain dollar amount they begin to make money and anything less is simply an expensive, time consuming, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opening A Spa During A Shaky Economy</title>
		<link>http://dsaprof.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/opening-a-spa-during-a-shaky-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>skipwilliams</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[shaky economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[spa development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[spa start-up]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[valuation]]></category>

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Join the Discussion On the DSA Forum!!!
www.dayspaassociation.com 
Why would anyone want to open a Spa in this shaky economy? Because &#8220;there&#8217;s gold in them thar hills&#8221;, and fortune favors the bold.
Clichés aside, traditionally Spas have been expensive to open, are unweildy to manage, and have been known to have low profit margins. They don&#8217;t have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nails in the Economic Coffin</title>
		<link>http://dsaprof.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/nails-in-the-economic-coffin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[About Us]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brooklyn -Manicurists are biting their nails over the current economic downturn.
It may not be your ordinary economic indicator but spending at spas is down, according to customers and owners in Williamsburg.
SPA-RTAN TIMES: Spa owners are seeing a downturn in business as the economy falters.
 Video: Pampering Down Expectations

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		<title>Finding the Opportunity For Existing Spa Operations</title>
		<link>http://dsaprof.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/finding-the-opportunity-for-existing-spa-operations/</link>
		<comments>http://dsaprof.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/finding-the-opportunity-for-existing-spa-operations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>skipwilliams</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[DSA Biz Paradigm Shifts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[customers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[existing spas]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[market differentiators]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[profitability]]></category>

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Join the Discussion At the DSA Forum!!!
www.dayspaassociation.com 
Have you done your homework since our last post? If you have, hopefully you have some clarity of purpose, better insight into what makes your Spa special, and are prepared to see opportunity in this cloudy economy.
When I consult with Spas to help &#8220;turn around&#8221; their profitability, I [...]]]></description>
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