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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>Are your Friends Helping Your Network</title>
					  <link>http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/article/articles/1357/1/Are-your-Friends-Helping-Your-Network/Page1.html</link>
					  <description>To be successful you must have a strong peer group. If your network is not helping to push you to new levels of success, perhaps it is time to get a new network </description>
					  <author>drew@drewstevensconsulting.com (Drew Stevens PhD)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Design Job Forecast: A Look Ahead</title>
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Forced to be more innovative and efficient with the
resources they have, companies continue to need creative thinkers to compete.
No longer a manufacturing-based workforce of skilled laborers, we&#8217;re idea and
technology-based. We&#8217;ve moved from the Industrial Economy to the Creative
Economy. Enter the era of the designer.</description>
					  <author>allison@bluetreemedia.com (Kristen Harris)</author>
					  <pubDate>Sun, 08 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>How Article Marketing Can Help You Even If You Own a Local Business</title>
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					  <description>Whether you have a local business or an Internet business that operates worldwide, you still have a target market, and you need to write your articles with that specific group in mind...</description>
					  <author>prleadsarticles@yahoo.com (Eric Gruber)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Tightening the Belt</title>
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At a time when the economy continues to waver and companies seek further ways to tighten the belt, is this a time to slash marketing? Some companies are reducing marketing spend in line with other organizational cutbacks. Others have practically eliminated their marketing budgets.

Or, is this a time to invest?</description>
					  <author>pam@maconraine.com (Pamela Taylor)</author>
					  <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>How to Buy a Media List That Gets You, Your Products, and Your Services in Front of the Right People</title>
					  <link>http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/article/articles/1248/1/How-to-Buy-a-Media-List-That-Gets-You-Your-Products-and-Your-Services-in-Front-of-the-Right-People/Page1.html</link>
					  <description>Before you buy a media list, be sure to ask these questions, so You Get the Most publicity for your buck...</description>
					  <author>danjanal@yahoo.com (Dan Janal)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>How to brand your business and launch your brand online . . . without losing your money or your mind!</title>
					  <link>http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/article/articles/1229/1/How-to-brand-your-business-and-launch-your-brand-online----without-losing-your-money-or-your-mind/Page1.html</link>
					  <description>You don&#8217;t need to be a cyber-genius to go online and get results. But unless you have a clear business objective and message, you could waste a lot of time and money without accomplishing much. Here are seven steps to guide you in developing your website. Use this system as a clear roadmap, so you don&#8217;t find yourself wandering in circles. </description>
					  <author>karen@macgraphics.net (Karen Saunders)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Making Your Marketing Tick</title>
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					  <author>pam@maconraine.com (Pamela Taylor)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>10 Ways to Stop Attracting New Clients &#38; Kill Your Small Business in a Recession</title>
					  <link>http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/article/articles/1174/1/10-Ways-to-Stop-Attracting-New-Clients--Kill-Your-Small-Business-in-a-Recession/Page1.html</link>
					  <description>Your clients are the most valuable asset you have. By using attentive, relationship-building marketing strategies like distributing a print newsletter, create a bond that will allow you to weather any type of economic environment.</description>
					  <author>DavidGruttadaurio@gmail.com (David Gruttadaurio)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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