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		<title>Expression Web Giveaway &#8211; A marketing idea to copy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joyce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes we stumble upon marketing ideas in unexpected places.  Even if they are in no way involved in our own industry, they can be molded and used within our business.  I get lots of marketing emails from lots of people trying to sell me something, but my email yesterday contained one that caught my attention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Marketing as Effective as Santas?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joyce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite blogs is written by New Zealand blogger Sean D&#8217;Souza and this particular blog entry is a  perfect reminder for all of us at this time of year.  By the way, his blog and website is a wealth of marketing information. You&#8217;ll find a link to it at the end of this article. Why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marketing and Promotion &#8212; Do you have an idea file?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joyce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A question to ask yourself each night is:  What have you done to promote your business today? Other valuable questions are:  What did you learn today? What new promotion did you hear about this week that you could adopt or adapt for your business? What technique did you read about that could make your business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Sixty-Five Year Old Marketing Campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joyce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I first saw Smokey Bear at the Washington National Zoo, he was already ten years old and well-known to kids everywhere as the symbol of the U.S. Forest Service&#8217;s Fire Prevention campaign. The Forest Service had begun it&#8217;s campaign in 1944 but the bear was simply one drawn by an artist specifically for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marketing &#8212; What works?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joyce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Be Organized]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is your marketing strategy?  You may think that marketing is getting your message in front of potential customers.  Or you may feel that it&#8217;s all about building relationships.  Or it is building a great looking website. Or how about sending email newsletters, mailing postcards, or making cold calls?  Maybe it&#8217;s attending BNI or some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is your Marketing Letter Effective?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joyce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a professional writer&#8211;have been for years.  It&#8217;s exciting to see your byline in a national or online publication as I&#8217;ve seen mine in many.  But it&#8217;s even more exciting to create a marketing letter that works &#8212; that brings in customers &#8212; that creates results! Anyone can write&#8230;some better than others.  As I said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Referrals &#8211; Finding it difficult?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joyce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A growing business needs referrals.  But are you having a difficult time getting those referrals?  If so, ask yourself this question:  Why would someone refer people, who trust them, to you? If you can&#8217;t answer that question quickly, REID ON. . . Networking, asking for referrals, and even setting up a discount or gift incentive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An interesting concept on how to use Free Gifts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joyce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone loves free!  A great way to market your business is to give away a free gift&#8211;either with an order, to potential customers, to existing customers, at events, or whereever you meet the public.  But, consider a uniquely different concept.  How about having someone else give away your free gift?  How?  Why?  REID ON. . [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So you&#8217;ve decided to tweet on Twitter!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joyce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you&#8217;ve heard that Twittering is the way to grow your business and you&#8217;ve decided to give it a try.  But you don&#8217;t know how to use it effectively.  Here are some tips to get you started: Start with a Plan Twitter can be very time consuming if you are not careful.  There are folks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Niche Marketing &#8211; What Do You Sell?</title>
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		<comments>http://giftbusinessowners.com/niche-marketing-what-do-you-sell.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joyce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a couple of the gift basket forums, there have been several discussions about not only surviving, but thriving in today&#8217;s economy.  Once Father&#8217;s Day is behind us, there aren&#8217;t a whole lot of &#8220;holidays&#8221; to market gift baskets for.  As a result, unless you have steady, loyal corporate customers buying gifts for their business, [...]]]></description>
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