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	<title>Strategy Stew &#187; Ivana Taylor</title>
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	<description>Practical Marketing Strategies for Small Business</description>
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		<title>What You Can Learn About Personal Branding From &#8220;The Next Food Network Star&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/07/26/what-you-can-learn-about-personal-branding-from-the-next-food-network-star/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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On Saturdays I often find myself folding laundry and landing in front of the TV to catch up on some guilty pleasure reality TV.  Over the last couple of weeks, I&#8217;ve found myself tuning into &#8220;The Next Food Network Star&#8221; to see how the field of cooks and chef&#8217;s has whittled itself down.
For those of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strategy Stew &#8211; Named Top 50 Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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I just got a Google Alert that &#8220;Strategy Stew&#8221; was named one of the &#8220;Top 50&#8243; blogs by Evan Carmichael! Although I wonder if he was referencing DIYMarketers because he talks about its being Free to join.  Either way, I&#8217;m psyched that Strategy Stew was mentioned along with some of my favorite blogs like

Neuromarketing
Fill the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Make the Bed and Other Pattern Breakers That Reveal Opportunities</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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I&#8217;m not making the bed today.
That&#8217;s only relevant if you know that I make the bed EVERY day.  It&#8217;s a pattern.  When I make the bed, it makes me feel like at least that first part of the day is &#8220;in order.&#8221;  And there&#8217;s something very comforting about order &#8212; or at least the feeling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marketing Ideas for Your Small Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve done an article round up.  This week I&#8217;m including some of articles that have interesting marketing ideas in them for you to think about.
The first is my book review of &#8220;Flip the Funnel&#8221; on Small Business Trends:  The &#8220;duh&#8221; of an idea here is to spend more effort and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Customize Your LinkedIn Profile &#8220;Web Sites&#8221; Section</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/07/03/how-to-customize-your-linkedin-profile-web-sites-section/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 16:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that drives drove me nuts about the LinkedIn profile was that I couldn&#8217;t figure out how to customize the section where all the web sites were.
The default looks like this:
And I want it to look like THIS:
Here&#8217;s how to make that happen:
1. Sign into your account
2. Go to your profile
3. Make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Google Voice Right for You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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Do you have multiple phone numbers?  You know &#8211; work, home, work cell, personal cell, etc?  If so, then Google Voice can be the answer to your prayers.   Head on over to www.google.com/voice and get yourself &#8212; yes &#8212; one more number and then forget the rest.
Google Voice is a virtual VOIP system.  You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How a Basic Sketch Book Helped Focus My Positioning Strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve gotten all kinds of good advice lately &#8212; but this little piece of insight has really helped me tighten up my positioning and differentiation strategy in an unexpected way.
Patti Renner (That Landing Page Lady) is my FAVORITE copywriter.  And for good reason &#8212; she has these low-tech, low-cost ways of getting into the head [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should You Hire Someone That Has Their Own Business?</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/06/10/should-you-hire-someone-that-has-their-own-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would YOU hire someone that has a consulting or freelancing business on the side?
In the past, many employers would say &#8220;No way!&#8221;  After all, if that person is focused on THEIR business, they won&#8217;t be focused on mine &#8212; right?
WRONG!
There are HUGE benefits to hiring marketers, copywriters, designers and other professional freelancers on full time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If You Don&#8217;t Like Yourself &#8211; How Do You Expect Your Customers to Like You Back?</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/05/26/if-you-dont-like-yourself-how-do-you-expect-your-customers-to-like-you-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 16:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emanuel Rosen]]></category>
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I got to this video from Emanuel Rosen&#8217;s Facebook post this morning.  If you&#8217;re not familiar with Emanuel Rosen, he&#8217;s the author and guru of all things &#8220;Buzz&#8221;.
It&#8217;s only 45 seconds long &#8211; but WOW &#8211; it&#8217;s the most engaging powerful 45 seconds of pure self-expressed joy I&#8217;ve seen in a long time.
It made me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Pac Man is Fun and &#8220;Buzz&#8221; Building</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/05/21/google-pac-man-is-fun-and-buzz-building/</link>
		<comments>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/05/21/google-pac-man-is-fun-and-buzz-building/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 19:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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If you haven&#8217;t had the chance to follow the online buzz today &#8212; it&#8217;s all about Google&#8217;s creative and interactive Pac Man home page.
If you haven&#8217;t been on Google today (does that actually include ANYONE?)  head over there now &#8212; Google.com (not iGoogle &#8211; but Google)  and I didn&#8217;t include the hyperlink because after today [...]]]></description>
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