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The following back issues of The National Dipper are available for $5.00 each. Current Annual Source Books (Jan/Feb '12) are available for $35.00 each. Includes postage and handling. Place an X in front of the issues you want and mail this form along with your check to: The National Dipper, 1028 W. Devon Ave., Elk Grove Village, IL 60007. Please allow three to four weeks for delivery.

_____ March/April 2008 - 2008 Industry Outlook; Buttonwood Farm Ice Cream; Waffle Cone Bakers; How to Choose the Best Merchant Account for Your Business; The Marketer’s Mindset, The Secret to Building the Business of Your Dreams; Use Today’s Web Technologies to Connect With Your Customers; Is your Grass the Greenest?
   
_____ May/June 2008 - Gelato Dipping Cabinets: The American Way or the Italian Way; Low Temperature Merchandisers; The Secret Ingredient to Success...Signs!; Planning & Implementing a Promotion; ’Til Death Do Us Part, How to Survive as a Couple in Business; Seven Steps to Build Customer Loyalty; Overcome a Talent Shortage - Create a Gen-X Friendly Workplace to Retain Key Talent; How Was Your Stay? And Other Stupid Questions.
   
_____ July/August 2008 - Adding Frozen Custard to your Store: What to look for when buying a machine; Equipment Update: Popcorn & Cotton Candy Machines; Formulating an Emergency Preparedness Plan; Fun Summer Time Recipes.
   
_____ September/October 2008 - Expand your Shake Sales, What to Look for When Purchasing A Shake Machine; Lester Shakes Things Up; Perk Up Your Sales With Coffee; Happy 75th Anniversary NICRA!; ”Me” Funding 101, Self Funding Financing.
   
_____ November/December 2008 - 2009 Promotion Planning Guide & Industry Events Calendar; New England Ice Cream Restaurant Association Promotions; National Ice Cream Retailers Association Promotions of the Year; Savvy Saleswoman Shares What's Hot in Her Territory; Marketing Triage.
   
_____ January/February 2009- 17th Annual Source Book, Alphabetical Manufacturer Listings; Trade & Brand Names; Product Listings; State Distributor Listings.
   
_____ March/April 2009 - 2009 Industry Outlook; Smoothies; Blending with Blend-in Machines; The Market for Smoothies; Recovering with New Tax Breaks
   
_____ May/June 2009 - Vending & Catering - Two Parts of a Total Marketing Strategy. Are they the right mix for your business?; How to Add Big Profis to Your Bottom Line By Adding Catering Services to Your Frozen Dessert Business; A Quick Fix for Small Business Borrowing; A Recession-Proof Employee Loyalty Plan-Eight Ways to Show your Employees the Love When You Can't Show Them the Money; Outwit the Competition-Use Nontraditional Low-Cost Marketing; How Your Company CAN Survive This Recession
   
_____ July/August 2009 - Setting Up A Cake Decorating Program; Trendy Treats: Simple Ways to Take Your Frozen Dessert Business From Likeable to Legendary; Cake Decorating Made Easy; Gift Cards, Certificates and Profits; Coaching That Counts
   
_____ September/October 2009 - Web Site Strategies to Grow Your Frozen Dessert Business; Computers & Software: Tax Breaks & Pitfalls; Polar Bear Homemade Ice Cream: Dos and Don'ts of Recession Marketing: Five Cheap and Easy Techniques to Embrace and Three Big Mistakes to Avoid; Building Good Media Relations Can Grow Your Business
   
_____ November/December 2009 - 2010 Promotion Planning Guide & Industry Events Calendar; Cherry Farm Creamery Wins NEICRA Promotion Award; Queen City Creamery Wins NICRA Promotion Award; Candy Can Equal Winter Profits
   
_____ January/February 2010- 18th Annual Source Book, Alphabetical Manufacturer Listings; Trade & Brand Names; Product Listings; State Distributor Listings.
   
_____ March/April 2010 - 2010 Industry Outlook; Care & Maintenance of Soft Serve Freezers; 8 Ways to Recruit Today's Best Teenagers; Writing an Employee Manual; "Fidelity" Losses: Prevent, Protect, Insure & Recover.
   
_____ May/June 2010 - Keeping Your Cool: Taking the Leap Toward a Walk-in Cooler/Freezer; How to Make the Most Out of Your Walk-in Cooler With Cost Saving Retrofit Options; Good Behavior by Decree?; Finding Good Employees & Getting them to Stay; Carmen & David's Creamery; Tips 'n Taxes; Customer Perception Equals Market Domination; Promotional Marketing Often Overlooked, But Effective; The Grateful Workplace.
   
_____ July/August 2010 - Care & Maintenance of Batch Freezers; Back of the Counter Design; Fix or Replace - Depreciate or Write Off Business Triage-Marketing; Yes, You Can Buy That Business; An Employee Happiness Revival; Eight Ways to Make Meaningful Business Connections.
   
_____ September/October 2010 - Care & Maintenance of Dipping Cabinets; Visual Merchandising; Food Safety Landscape; Caught! The IRS Knows; Building Good Media Relations Can Grow Your Business; Eight Ways to Overhaul Your Employee Evaluation System; Outwit the Competition: Use Nontraditional Low-Cost Marketing.
   
_____ November/December 2010 - 2011 Promotion Planning Guide & Industrry Events Calendar; 23rd Annaul NICRA Promotion of the Year; Chaney‘s Dairy Barn; Fenton‘s Creamery; Henry‘s Homemade Ice Cream; Leopold‘s Ice Cream; Mercurioæs Mulberry Creamery; Serendipity Homemade Ice Cream.
   
_____ January/February 2011- 19th Annual Source Book, Alphabetical Manufacturer Listings; Trade & Brand Names; Product Listings; State Distributor Listings.
   
_____ March/Arpil 2011 - 2011 Industry Outlook; Seven Ways to Make Sure Your Workforce Investment is Paying Big Dividends; Pre-Employment Screening; Pre-Employment Screening, Part II, Honesty Testing; The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010.
   
_____ May/June 2011 - How to Determine the Accurate Cost of Mix; Calculate Your Cost Per Serving and Gross Profit; Understanding the Process to Make Traditional Gelato, Sorbetto or Ice Cream; Technology Update 2011: Choosing ECRs and POS Systems; NEW Profit Packed Ideas; The Next Great Ice Cream Flavor; With Co-Workers Like These, Who Needs Enemies? Book Review: Business Plans Kit for Dummiers, 3rd Edition.
   
_____ July/August 2011 - Innovation and Trends in Cake Decorating; Frigid Festivities; What to Look for When Shopping for Ice Cream and Novelty Display Freezers; The Scoop on Cheap Profitable Marketing Ideas; Nine Body Language Dos and Don’ts to Help You Win in the Business World; The Business of Growing.
   

 

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September/October 2011 - Sizzling Sales with Sno-Kones® and Shave Ice; Frozen Beverages; The Importance of a Spercialty Distributor; The Value of an Equipment Distributor; The 4Gs of Smartly Growing Your Business in Good Times and Bad; Good Service is Good Business - American Consumers Willing to Spend More With Companies that Get Service Right According to an American Express Survey; Deductions: Get Them While You Can.
   
_____ November/December 2011 - 2012 Promotional Planning Guide & Industry Events Calendar; Operation Firefly - Nine Ways to Ignite Innovation Inside Your Company...and Light Your Way Out of the Recession; Advertising, Marketing, Entertaining and Deducting.
   
_____ $35 - January/February 2012 - 20th Annual Source Book, Alphabetical Manufacturer Listings; Trade & Brand Names; Product Listings; State Distributor Listings.

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