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		<description><![CDATA[As a Main Street town, McAlester has four free business tools available for local businesses to use. These tools are located on the Oklahoma Main Street website. In a recent post on the Oklahoma Main Street blogsite, Jim Watters, the Oklahoma Main Street Management Consultant, gives a brief description of these business tools and links to download each [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mcalestermainstreet.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5061205&amp;post=12&amp;subd=mcalestermainstreet&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;">As a Main Street town, McAlester has four free business tools available for local businesses to use. These tools are located on the Oklahoma Main Street website. In a recent post on the <a href="http://oklahomamainstreet.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/on-line-business-tools/">Oklahoma Main Street blogsite</a>, Jim Watters, the Oklahoma Main Street Management Consultant, gives a brief description of these business tools and links to download each one.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0 0 10pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;">The tools are:    </span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;">1. <a href="http://staging.okcommerce.gov/test1/dmdocuments/BreakEven_Sales_Analysis_Tool_1605082450.xls">Break-even sales and profit plan</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;margin:0 0 10pt .5in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;"><span> </span>2. <a href="http://staging.okcommerce.gov/test1/dmdocuments/How_Price_Changes_Impact_Profit_2406082477.xls">Estimating how price changes impact profit</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal;margin:0 0 0 .5in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;"><span> </span>3. <a href="http://staging.okcommerce.gov/test1/dmdocuments/Cash_Management_Tool_2808082564.xls"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Forecasting short-term cash demand</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal;margin:0 0 0 .5in;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;"><span> </span>4. <a href="http://staging.okcommerce.gov/test1/dmdocuments/Company_Pro_Forma_Tool_3009082584.xls">Operating planning</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;">I would encourage you to take a look at each one of these tools, plug in your numbers, and see how they can help you improve your “bottom line.”</span></p>
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