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		<title>Game Store Branding: Why Building a Strong Brand is Essential for Your Tabletop Game Store</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2023 19:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;s competitive marketplace, having a strong brand can be the key to attracting and retaining customers, setting your game store apart from the competition, and ultimately driving sales. But what is a brand, exactly? Simply put, a brand is the identity and image that a business presents to the world. It&#8217;s the perception that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>MVP068: The Future Of MTG E-Commerce</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2017 16:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nate Petersen is the owner of Backstage Hobbies and Games, West Michigan&#8217;s premier vintage Video Game, Board Game, and Trading Card Game store. This episode isn&#8217;t just a feature on Nate&#8217;s game store in Michigan. Nate is also the Director of Retail Operations at ION Retail, which some of you may know as IMP POS. ION Retail [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>MVP057: Round Table &#8211; Breakout Games, Surprise Winners, Unexpected Stinkers, And The Lessons Of 2016 Round Table</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2017 08:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this episode of the Manaverse Podcast, the hosts of the show look back on 2016 and do a postmortem report. It&#8217;s always a good idea to look back on what went right and what went wrong. You can learn some very valuable lessons from your past if you have the data and the willingness to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2016 03:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;s episode of the Manaverse Podcast Wayne hosts John and I at Dueling Grounds in Toronto and we discuss the variety of ways a game store owner can build their shop&#8217;s inventory. We go over the product mix matrix suggested by a listener of the show which is quoted down below for your convenience. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>MVP036: Checkmate with Black Knight Games</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Traplin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The featured guest on today&#8217;s episode of the Manaverse Podcast is Jay Mason-Grant. Jay is the owner of Black Knight Games in Hamilton, Ontario.  Jay has a pretty interesting origin story for how he got into the business, and yet the path he took is often overlooked by those who want to build their own [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>MVP035: Player 2 Press Start &#8211; KW Vintage Games</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[KW Vintage Games &#8211; from retro to cardboard Joaquim Mendes is quite the character.  Our guest today is the owner of one of the most unique shops in Kitchener, Ontario. Within the walls of his relatively small store is virtually any retro video game or Magic card you might want. It resembles the Room of Requirement [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>MVP024: Bampot Tea, The Trendiest Board Game Cafe In Toronto</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2015 08:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today’s show features Alex Moore. Alex is the chef and board game manager at Bampot, a board game cafe in Toronto. Bampot, or the full version: Bampot: Bohemian House of Tea and Board Games is a trendy place that offers loose leaf tea, vegetarian and vegan food and board games to their patrons. Bampot is one of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2015 05:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gary Ray on the Magic: the Gathering bubble   On today&#8217;s episode, my featured guest is Gary Ray, the store owner of Black Diamond Games in Concord, California. Gary is a purveyor of board games, card games, and all things fun and has been around the block when it comes to the game trade. Gary&#8217;s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>MVP018: Pat&#8217;s Games And The Castle That Magic Built</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Traplin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2015 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s episode of the Manaverse Podcast features a woman whose store is literally a castle. Pat Johnson comes on the show to talk about her aptly named store Pat&#8217;s Games. Pat has a fairly unique business. Most local game stores put a lot of emphasis on the games part of the LGS acronym but Pat took [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>MVP014: How To Get Your Game Idea Published While Playing Magic On The High Seas</title>
		<link>https://manaversesaga.com/game-publishing/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 04:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The featured guest on today&#8217;s podcast is Steve Port, perhaps you&#8217;ve heard of him? If not him, chances are one of his products has certainly crossed your path. Here&#8217;s a brief list of the things Steve has added to the Magic community: Misty Mountain Games Legion Games Legion Supplies &#8211; creator of the ever popular bacon sleeves [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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