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		<title>How to Trademark your Brand</title>
		<link>http://www.riseandgrind.com/2012/02/07/how-to-trademark-your-brand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading time: 2 &#8211; 4 minutes Receiving a trademark for your goods or services ensures that your brand name is protected from illegal use by other companies looking to take advantage of the brand you have created. The United States Patent and Trademarks office provides an online trademark system through which you can search to ensure your trademark isn&#8217;t already being used by another company. You can even register a new brand name trademark online [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Racism &#8211; Podcast</title>
		<link>http://www.riseandgrind.com/2012/02/06/racism-podcast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading time: 1 &#8211; 2 minutes Instead of acting like it doesn&#8217;t exist it&#8217;s better if we just prepare for it. For most Black people racism is a fact of life. It&#8217;s not ignorant or any other way of trying to make it look like it&#8217;s not a problem or taking the cowards way out. It&#8217;s better for those of us who go into business for ourselves to prepare ourselves with solutions to easily move [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Origin of Black History Month</title>
		<link>http://www.riseandgrind.com/2012/02/01/origin-of-black-history-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading time: 6 &#8211; 10 minutes The story of Black History Month begins in Chicago during the late summer of 1915. An alumnus of the University of Chicago with many friends in the city, Carter G. Woodson traveled from Washington, D.C. to participate in a national celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of emancipation sponsored by the state of Illinois.  Thousands of African Americans traveled from across the country to see exhibits highlighting the progress their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rise &amp; Grind on Facebook &#8212; Finally!</title>
		<link>http://www.riseandgrind.com/2011/10/23/rise-grind-on-facebook-finally/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading time: 2 &#8211; 2 minutes Yeah I know you cat&#8217;s have been asking me why I am not on there and when I will get on there. Welp I&#8217;m on there now. Be patient as it&#8217;s just another thing for me to manage. So as I set up the game I&#8217;ll be posting articles that cross my desk and other information that could be beneficial on the way to building your empire. As usual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cut the Price in Half</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading time: 1 &#8211; 2 minutes Probably the biggest CON that most Suckers fall for. It&#8217;s the standard in any infomercial where they say &#8220;HOLD UP&#8221; if you order right now we&#8217;ll cut the price in half. The angle on this is most of the manufacturers double the price anyway so by cutting it in half it&#8217;s back to their normal price. When the Sucker hears something is half off they think it&#8217;s time to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sell Women</title>
		<link>http://www.riseandgrind.com/2011/02/24/sell-women/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R&#38;G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading time: 1 &#8211; 2 minutes It doesn&#8217;t really matter what kind of women you have to sell your product as long as they are reasonably attractive. The prettier the woman the less effective your product has to be. It&#8217;s funny to watch because Men won&#8217;t remember the product but will remember the woman. Women will remember the product and semi get pissed off at the woman for being stupid. In the end this angle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lie Big</title>
		<link>http://www.riseandgrind.com/2011/02/23/lie-big/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R&#38;G</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.riseandgrind.com/?p=4528</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Reading time: 1 &#8211; 2 minutes Sometimes you have to come up with the biggest lie possible to sell your products. You have to get them to swallow a pill that the FDA doesn&#8217;t approve and a pill that doesn&#8217;t back up it&#8217;s claim. You see this a lot with infomercials that claim that his product can get you millions even in a recession. You see this in the fake commercial for erection pills where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Controversy</title>
		<link>http://www.riseandgrind.com/2011/02/22/controversy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R&#38;G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading time: 1 &#8211; 2 minutes Every year someone makes a commercial that is borderline racist or sexist or something that is straddling the line. The superbowl is especially known for these commercials as people actually look forward to see a new way they will sell a bag of doritos.  But, most Suckers don&#8217;t recognize the angle of the game and they actually get mad. The company actually put these out there to make Suckers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Generate a Jingle</title>
		<link>http://www.riseandgrind.com/2011/02/18/generate-a-jingle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R&#38;G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading time: < 1 minute People remember products because someone with a Kazoo came up with a elementary rhyme. Especially for kids they will humm a stupid Happy Meal commercial for no damn reason. Think about how many kids want a happy meal way before they even know what money is! The Jingle is a powerful and they&#8217;ve been doing it since before TV on the radio. If you ever have a product that seems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cross Promote</title>
		<link>http://www.riseandgrind.com/2011/02/17/cross-promote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R&#38;G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading time: 1 &#8211; 2 minutes If you can use another product to promote your product then you can probably get your advertising expenses cut in half. So when you see Fritos and Taco Bell then you know the people at Taco Bell called them up and said how would you like to share in the advertising if we include your El Fuego hot chips in one of our many concoctions of tortillas and meat? [...]]]></description>
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