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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>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/07/05/marketing-ideas-for-your-small-business/</link>
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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>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>
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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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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>
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		<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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		<title>Social Media Updates and Cheat Sheets</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/05/18/social-media-updates-and-cheat-sheets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 11:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s uncanny how quickly social media has revolutionized how we communicate, interact and build relationships.  I&#8217;ve been thinking about the fact that just a few years ago we were exploring new applications and trying to figure out what each social media tool DID &#8212; and NOW?  WOW
I received this link circuitously from John Mariotti and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How &#8220;Who You Are Being&#8221; Effects Getting Customers</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/05/13/how-who-you-are-being-effects-getting-customers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/05/13/how-who-you-are-being-effects-getting-customers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 20:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the opportunity to speak with a group of business owners yesterday.  The presentation was titled &#8220;The 7 Essential Laws of Marketing&#8221;
One of the more popular segments of the talk came at the very beginning where we were discussion the concept of how &#8220;Who you are being&#8221; effects your marketing strategy.

This is kind of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Ideas Can You Get From This Re-framing of a Problem to a Solution?</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/05/05/what-ideas-can-you-get-from-this-re-framing-of-a-problem-to-a-solution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 21:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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One of my favorite clients sent me a link to this video.  The first thing that struck me was the creative problem solving method they used &#8212; re-framing.  Basically they took activities that are not easy or fun to do and asked the question &#8220;What if this were FUN?&#8221;
In what ways can we make cleaning [...]]]></description>
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