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		<title>Six Ways to Boost Your Bottom Line</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2011/04/21/six-ways-to-boost-your-bottom-line/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post from Patricia Sigmon adapted from her new book, &#8220;Six Steps to Creating Profit&#8221; How often have you spent an entire business week working to &#8220;make payroll&#8221; without a single moment&#8217;s thought about your bottom line? You&#8217;re not alone. With credit crunch and cash flow fears looming, it&#8217;s not surprising that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take Advantage of This Offer AND Never Take Your Influence For Granted</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2011/03/07/take-advantage-of-this-offer-and-never-take-your-influence-for-granted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Guy Kawasaki doesn&#8217;t take HIS influence for granted, then neither should you! Guy Kawasaki has written a new book , Enchantment &#8211; it&#8217;s his tenth. Â And he&#8217;s been working the marketing for this book like nobody&#8217;s business. Â  Just this morning, I received a limited offer that gives you a FREE copy of Reality [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Check Out The Referral Engine by John Jatnsch</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/05/10/check-out-the-referral-engine-by-john-jatnsch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 11:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your sales and marketing budget is a little low &#8212; be sure to check out my review of John Jantsch&#8216;s latest read &#8220;The Referral Engine: Teaching Your Business to Market Itself.&#8221; I can already sense the excitement you must be feeling at the prospect of getting and keeping great customers without spending a lot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self-Promotion for IntrovertsÂ® Holds Marketing Insight for Everyone</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/02/12/self-promotion-for-introverts-holds-marketing-insight-for-everyone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I few months ago, I reviewed &#8220;Self-Promotion for IntrovertsÂ®: The Quiet Guide for Getting Ahead.&#8221; Â And yesterday, I did a recorded interview with Nancy Ancowitz, the author, for my soon-to-be-launched book segment on DIYMarketers.com. Even though I&#8217;m a flaming extrovert, the title of this book had me completely hooked. Â You see, while I may prefer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Come Up With Your Own Competitive Advantage</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2009/08/30/how-to-come-up-with-your-own-competitive-advantage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s book review at Small Business Trends was on &#8220;Creating Competitive Advantage&#8221; by Jaynie L. Smith. Â In my on-going efforts to practice what I&#8217;ve been preaching about content repurposing, I created my first short video book review to match the article and originally posted it on DIY Marketers. In this article, I&#8217;d like to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Reading for Marketers</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2009/08/24/summer-reading-for-marketers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do we think that there are more hours in the day during the summer time? Â Must be the longer days and the distant memories of being lazy and care-free. Whatever the reason, I piled up a summer reading list that I&#8217;m still working through that I thought you might enjoy at least ast much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use Your Right Brain to Compete in Today&#8217;s Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2009/07/07/use-your-right-brain-to-compete-in-todays-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just finished the book &#8220;A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future,&#8221; by Daniel Pink.Â  You&#8217;ve probably heard that name before because he&#8217;s also the author of &#8220;Free Agent Nation.&#8221;Â  You can read my book review on Small Business Trends today. One of the big things that this book brought out was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NPR and Sesamee Street Teach Valuable Brand Loyalty Lessons</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2009/03/09/npr-and-sesamee-street-teach-valuable-brand-loyalty-lessons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Â  You know a brand is powerful when it tugs at your emotions and stays with you for years and years.Â  Not many brands have that kind of distinction.Â  Sure, lots of brands say that they do and many of them are truly powerful.Â  Who can argue with the universal appeal of Coke or McDonald&#8217;s?Â  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resources on How to Differentiate and Position Yourself WITHOUT Dropping Your Prices</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2008/11/29/resources-on-how-to-differentiate-and-position-yourself-without-dropping-your-prices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t fall into the trap of lowering prices just because the economic situation gets tight.Â  I ran into this quote from Rafi Mohammed and I think it&#8217;s spot on: Over-the-top profits come from developing unique, hard to copy, products that customers value. This is why pharmaceuticals rank as the most profitable industry in the Fortune [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pressure is  a Privilege &#8211; Are You Doing the Most With What You Have?</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2008/10/16/pressure-is-a-privilege-are-you-doing-the-most-with-what-you-have/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via WikipediaBilly Jean King has a new book out called &#34;Pressure is a Privilege.&#34;&#0160; She said that she doesn&#39;t like to look at stress as stressful, she looks at it as pressure.&#0160; And being pressured to be your best and to do your best is actually a privilege or an opportunity.&#0160; She said that [...]]]></description>
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