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	<title>Strategy Stew &#187; Small business</title>
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		<title>Affiliate Marketing</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2011/10/21/affiliate-marketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is this still a viable option as an online business? Amplify&#8217;d from smallbiztrends.com The War Against Affiliate Marketing Continues 1 Comment&#160; By Susan Payton &#8211; October 21, 2011 If you&#8217;re an affiliate marketer, it seems to keep getting harder to run your business, thanks to companies that don&#8217;t want to support affiliate marketers. This is [...]]]></description>
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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>7 Easy Low Cost Lead Generators You Can Try Now</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/09/13/7-easy-low-cost-lead-generators-you-can-try-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brand Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DIY Marketing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ivy Worldwide]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have customers &#8211; they you&#8217;ve got yourself a money machine. Â These are people who see enough value in what you offer and consistently trade their money for your product or service. Â And this is a great thing. Â  But are you managing your money machine? Â What can you do to keep it going? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Presentation on PowerPoint Designed to Inspire and Educate and NOT Kill</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/08/16/a-presentation-on-powerpoint-designed-to-inspire-and-educate-and-not-kill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[BizCamp]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[presentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Presentation Zen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QuestionPro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Survey Analytics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the next month or so I&#8217;m going to be doing more speaking and presenting than I&#8217;ve done all last year! Â Like every other skill &#8212; if you don&#8217;t use it, you lose it. Â Quite frankly, I&#8217;m feeling a little rusty. I&#8217;ll be doing one LIVE presentation at this year&#8217;s BizCamp (using PowerPoint) and I&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should You Hire Someone That Has Their Own Business?</title>
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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; Â 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mastering the Inner Game Report: Do You Have Drivers License for Your Brain?</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/04/08/mastering-the-inner-game-report-do-you-have-drivers-license-for-your-brain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Assaraf]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You need a license to drive a car, and you need to know how to operate a computer. Â But do you really need to know how to operate your brain? Â You wouldn&#8217;t think so, but if you&#8217;re a student of how to get whatever you want out of life, you can&#8217;t afford to be walking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Find a Good Cause To Support That Builds Your Brand</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/03/25/find-a-good-cause-to-support-that-builds-your-brand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/03/25/find-a-good-cause-to-support-that-builds-your-brand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[E-Myth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Jantsch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some people are just naturally philanthropic. Â They volunteer, they give their time helping others and are always involved in a charity. Â This is a good thing. Â I&#8217;ve just never been drawn to something like that. Â At least not yet. Â But when I saw this latest blog post from John Warrillow, author of &#8220;Built to Sell&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>InfusionSoft Puts Their Mouth Where Their Money Is</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/03/12/infusionsoft-puts-their-mouth-where-their-money-is/</link>
		<comments>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/03/12/infusionsoft-puts-their-mouth-where-their-money-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the second day of InfusionCon and I decided to come &#8220;early&#8221; to set up and write a few articles based on the interviews I&#8217;d done yesterday. Â When I got to the hotel ballroom&#8211; Clate Mask, Scott MartineauÂ and their team were already in the main ballroom with about a hundred or more InfusionSoft users helping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There is Great Customer Service &#8212; Even at the Airport!</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/03/10/there-is-great-customer-service-even-at-the-airport/</link>
		<comments>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/03/10/there-is-great-customer-service-even-at-the-airport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ll be reading a lot from me over the next few days as I report from InfusionCon. Â I&#8217;m headed to InfusionCon to help promote BizSugar by interviewing and writing about the small business owners and entrepreneurs that will be attending the conference. Little did I know that my first taste of customer service and entrepreneurial, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Got a Marketing Question? Bizmore.com Has Expert Answers</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2009/10/22/got-a-marketing-question-bizmore-com-has-expert-answers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.strategystew.com/2009/10/22/got-a-marketing-question-bizmore-com-has-expert-answers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brain Candy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alice Hill]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve ever asked a question on LinkedIn and been pleasantly surprised by the quality of answers you&#8217;ve received &#8212; then you &#8216;ain&#8217;t seen nothin&#8217; yet! I was recently contact by Alice Hill, one of the founders of the new &#8220;Business Advice&#8221; site called Bizmore.com, to take a tour around the site and see how [...]]]></description>
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