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		<title>Making the Most of Your Promotional Products Investment</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 00:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Page Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve ever attended a trade show or other event, then you&#8217;re familiar with the &#8220;swag dash&#8221; &#8230; the rush to visit every exhibitor and grab whatever items they&#8217;re giving away. Only after the frenzy has ended do you return &#8230; <a href="http://blog.marketingzone.com/making-the-most-of-your-promotional-products-investment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Online Retail Sales Rising</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Page Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the economy as a whole is recovering slowly, the e-commerce channel has experienced growth for the tenth consecutive quarter. According to a new report from Comscore, online retail sales increased about 16.6% in the first quarter, to nearly $44.3 &#8230; <a href="http://blog.marketingzone.com/online-retail-sales-rising/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review:  The Challenger Sale</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 15:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrith Lambka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a new book out with a new approach to selling.   Authors of The Challenger Sale, Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson of the Corporate Executive Board, conducted research to uncover what types of salespeople are most successful.  Their research identified &#8230; <a href="http://blog.marketingzone.com/book-review-the-challenger-sale/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Back to Basics Key to Small Business Marketing Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 19:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Page Donovan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Plans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s marketing landscape is overgrown with new services, approaches, and claims about the best way to market your small business. Use this tool, or that service, or another social media platform. It can be overwhelming, and no one has the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.marketingzone.com/back-to-basics-the-key-to-small-business-marketing-success/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Publisher for MarketingZone.com!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 04:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrith Lambka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Susan J. Curtis becomes Publisher of MarketingZone.com.  Susan started her career in business publishing and advertising, working for publishers like Ziff-Davis and IDG.  She&#8217;s been the Publisher of Mobile Office, Portable Computing, and Cellular Business &#8212; from launch to sale. &#8230; <a href="http://blog.marketingzone.com/new-publisher-for-marketingzone-com/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How to Increase Website Traffic</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 18:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrith Lambka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quality website visitors are people who will buy something or ask for a price quote or download a report to learn more about what you are selling.  You want to attract website traffic for qualified buyers at the lowest cost. &#8230; <a href="http://blog.marketingzone.com/how-to-increase-website-traffic/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tips on Customer Experience Design from Cisco&#8217;s Monique Mulbry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrith Lambka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monique Mulbry is Senior Director of Customer Experience Strategy and Design at Cisco.  Before taking on this role at Cisco she led branding.  Branding is ultimately all about the customer experience.  Here&#8217;s what she has to share&#8230; The lawyers at &#8230; <a href="http://blog.marketingzone.com/tips-on-customer-experience-design-from-ciscos-monique-mulbry/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How to Get Found on Google</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 01:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrith Lambka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Marketing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Affordable Marketing Ideas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How findable is your business?  Do a Google search for the most common terms people may use when searching for what you do or offer.  Do you show up?  What about on all the other places people go to search &#8230; <a href="http://blog.marketingzone.com/how-to-get-found-on-google/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Does Social Media Make Us Anti-Social?</title>
		<link>http://blog.marketingzone.com/does-social-media-make-us-anti-social/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Page Donovan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the mother of three girls , I&#8217;ve been dreading the inevitable shift from ongoing daily interaction with my kids, to their preference for chatting with their friends for endless hours on the phone. Yes, the phone. I actually thought &#8230; <a href="http://blog.marketingzone.com/does-social-media-make-us-anti-social/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mother&#8217;s Day Marketing Ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Page Donovan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affordable Marketing Ideas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mother&#8217;s Day is May 13, right around the corner. And it&#8217;s not too late to take advantage of Mother&#8217;s Day marketing opportunities to increase sales in the weeks ahead. Dads and kids want nothing more than to make their mom &#8230; <a href="http://blog.marketingzone.com/mothers-day-marketing-ideas/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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