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While it is beyond dispute that sun exposure to the skin is the natural, intended and most-efficient source of vitamin D production, dermatology’s leaders continue to suggest that nature was wrong by promoting vitamin D supplements to the exclusion of …

Do you want your customers to take advantage of your loyalty or rewards programs, but customers aren’t getting on board? Here’s a 60 second video from Entrepreneur.com that may help you find the solution to that problem.

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Facing an avalanche of pro-sun and vitamin D reports challenging their unnatural sun-scare dogma, ‘Sun Scare’ doctors in this year’s crop of anti-tanning stories and lobbying efforts have stooped well beyond spin and are simply misstating facts to make reports …

Participating in local events is better for small businesses than national TV coverage according to Carol Tice’s Entrepreneur.com article, “Forget Reality TV. Business Owners Benefit from Local Contests.”

Local events that mimic the reality show format can be just as, …

The Vitamin D Council reported this week that overzealous sun avoidance campaigns — the darlings of dermatology and government groups in many developed countries — are killing people.

“It’s becoming increasingly clear that strict avoidance of ultraviolet (UV) light significantly …

“It isn’t so much that it will hurt my business, but these kids are going to go on vacation and get a sunburn and that’s dangerous for the skin. What’s going to happen to these kids?” — Smart Tan member …

Watch Inc.com’s “Art of the Sales Pitch” video from Ask Gerber. Salon associates shouldn’t be providing stellar service alone, and finding the perfect sales pitch doesn’t come easy to everyone. Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council, and Kevin …

Tanning businesses were split on whether April was a better business month than last year, with just over half reporting better-or-similar results as compared to April 2011, according to a SmartTan.com poll conducted in May.

According to the poll, 38 …