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					  <title>Five Forces of Business Success</title>
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					  <author>drew@drewstevensconsulting.com (Drew Stevens PhD)</author>
					  <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>7 Print Newsletter Design Tips to Get Your Client Newsletter Opened &#38; Read Every Time</title>
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					  <description>The fascinating articles and interesting content in your newsletter must be presented in an appealing way to capture the eye's attention... ensure that your client print newsletter does not wind up in the trash.</description>
					  <author>DavidGruttadaurio@gmail.com (David Gruttadaurio)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Which Article Template Should You Use?</title>
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					  <description>If you want to find true article writing and marketing success then you need to decide for yourself which article templates, which formats and which writing styles work best for you...</description>
					  <author>prleadsarticles@yahoo.com (Eric Gruber)</author>
					  <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Improve Your Email ROI with These Four Easy Techniques</title>
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According to the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) small businesses enjoy a $43.52 return on every dollar spent in email marketing. That's the strongest ROI-yielding direct marketing tactic, and it's a result that even small businesses on a small business budget certainly can't ignore.</description>
					  <author>Karen@ModernImage.com (Karen Scharf)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Four Easy Twitter Tools to Supplement Your Marketing</title>
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The great thing about Twitter is that it helps create a conversation with your clients and prospects and joint venture partners and other interested parties in a quick and fast-paced manner. Thanks to the 140-character limit, you've got to get to the point and move on very quickly. </description>
					  <author>Karen@ModernImage.com (Karen Scharf)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>How to Find New Customers</title>
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					  <description>This is a synopis of the content you'll find in the white paper How to Find New Customers. To get the full PDF document, click the link.

Businesses need to learn how to build trust with decision makers. Marketers simply must develop a strong understanding of their target audience and how they buy in order to be effective.

It&#8217;s helping the customer solve their problems through buying and implementing your products and/or services. Thus, the better you know how they buy, the more effective you can be.</description>
					  <author>jogden@findnewcustomers.net (Jeff Ogden)</author>
					  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Save Money With Geo-Targeting</title>
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If you're a local business on a tight budget, you can save money on your advertising budget by targeting only specific locations with your AdWords campaigns. </description>
					  <author>Karen@ModernImage.com (Karen Scharf)</author>
					  <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Article Writing Secrets &#38; Strategies - 5 Ways to Never Run Out of Stuff to Say in Your Articles</title>
					  <link>http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/article/articles/1305/1/Article-Writing-Secrets--Strategies---5-Ways-to-Never-Run-Out-of-Stuff-to-Say-in-Your-Articles/Page1.html</link>
					  <description>No matter what your expertise lies in, you can always generate new and interesting ideas for articles IF you follow these guidelines...</description>
					  <author>prleadsarticles@yahoo.com (Eric Gruber)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Public Speaking: Know What You&#39;re Saying and Why</title>
					  <link>http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/article/articles/1292/1/Public-Speaking-Know-What-Youre-Saying-and-Why/Page1.html</link>
					  <description>Be clear. Don't use expressions that you don't understand yourself. Be extra cautious and assume the audience may not get your favorite idioms, especially in our multicultural world of today. </description>
					  <author>lisa@coachlisab.com (Lisa Braithwaite)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>All About Books: The Dos and Don&#39;ts of Books for Print and Web</title>
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					  <description>When you're deciding to write a book, a few things come to mind.&#160; You'll want to determine your core audience, your topics, and how you might eventually go about selling your book.&#160; Both printed books and ebooks are an art form, both of which can be enhanced with a few guidelines.&#160; Unlike websites, a book has a lifespan that takes it from rough draft to final version where the words will stay the same.&#160; More care will probably be taken to make sure the completed book has longevity and relevance.</description>
					  <author>info@vbsondemand.com (Serena Carcasole)</author>
					  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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