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		<title>Referrals aren’t automatic!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
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“Referrals aren’t automatic. Some business owners assume that a great  product or terrific customer service will generate referrals by default.  Not so.&#8221;
Continue reading Michelle Davidson&#8217;s article called, &#8220;You Do Not Need a Magic Wand to Generate New Business.&#8221;  (wouldn&#8217;t it be nice is there was such a thing!)
Learn a SYSTEMATIC way of gaining [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Businesses: Promote Review Sites!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[CitySearch]]></category>
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Small businesses can&#8217;t afford to ignore online review sites.  CitySearch, Yelp, InsiderPages, and basic reviews consumers make on Google and Yahoo business pages &#8211; they are incredibly important to your online reputation.
IMPORTANT: new customers are reviewing these reviews to make their decision on whether to do business with you or not.  Even if they are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Referrals &#8211; Getting Better Ones and More of Them!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Referrals]]></category>
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This video below is from John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing &#8211; gotta love John&#8217;s practical ideas!
If you are interested in taking your business to the next level, follow me over to my other Duct Tape Marketing Coach site and learn about how you can join a Referral Engine Pro Virtual Power Group starting 9/15!
Today [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Churches Use Press Releases</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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Church leadership &#8211; pay attention to this!  Love this podcast interview from @evangelismcoach:
The best quote comes at the end of the interview (about 40:30) as to WHY churches should use press releases:
&#8220;Churches do many more wonderful things than most people realize. Press releases aren&#8217;t just about helping a church increase its attendance or increase its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>REPLAY:  What I Learned from Africa about Niche Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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Here&#8217;s a replay of a blog post from last year called &#8220;What I Learned from Africa about Niche Marketing&#8221;
Enjoy!
-Randy
image source: jokeemail.com
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		<title>Why Should Businesses Use Facebook Places?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing offers &#8220;5 reasons why businesses should use Facebook Places.&#8221;  He suggests:

 Facebook is building a suite of advertising tools that will allow you to list, claim and advertise your place on Facebook
You no longer have to educate your customers – they all know what Facebook is
People checking in at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>*New* &#8211; Facebook Places &#8211; Checking In</title>
		<link>http://www.MarketingTwins.com/2010/marketing-coaching/new-facebook-places-checking-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Coaching]]></category>
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OK &#8211; first of all I haven&#8217;t checked-in anywhere yet!
But I plan on it.
I have been using Foursquare for a while now and Donny has been using Gowalla.  Competiting location-based services (LBS), we decided we could divide and conquer and compare the two major LBS giants (there are plenty of other sites, not to mention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media Tools</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
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This morning, I&#8217;m sharing a few quick links to highlight some real practical articles on various social media tools:
Twitter:  Scott Williams claims that while MySpace was once the thing, then Facebook, for him, Twitter is the best tool in his arsenal.
Foursquare (4sq): Still relatively new on the scene, Brian Solis describes Foursquare as &#8220;social [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Changes Coming Aug 23</title>
		<link>http://www.MarketingTwins.com/2010/marketing-coaching/facebook-changes-coming-aug-23/</link>
		<comments>http://www.MarketingTwins.com/2010/marketing-coaching/facebook-changes-coming-aug-23/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FACEBOOK]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aug 23]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fan Page]]></category>
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This is some great information Donny posted in an email yesterday to some of our Facebook Page clients.  I wanted to share excerpts here as well:
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;
I wanted to take a moment to address the recent Facebook announcement that came out which is causing some confusion and stirring with fan page owners.  Here’s the announcement if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 Easy Ways to Get More Referrals</title>
		<link>http://www.MarketingTwins.com/2010/marketing-coaching/2-easy-ways-to-get-more-referrals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Duct Tape Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Referrals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bob berg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david frey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[davide frey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JOHN JANTSCH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[referral engine]]></category>

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In the business of referral marketing, I know there are many ways to get referrals.  Before I share with you 2 practical strategies, let&#8217;s first examine a definition of marketing, as described by John Jantsch, in his best-selling book on the topic, &#8220;The Referral Engine.&#8220;  John suggests a flow in the marketing definition that creates [...]]]></description>
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