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		<title>Article Marketing Automation Is Your New Time Machine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let's face it: the Internet is huge and difficult at best to cover easily. If you run an online business, you need to use every available asset in the tool box to get your word out in front of the competition. But that leaves you with another problem - where will the time come from to get it all done?]]></description>
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		<title>7 Steps to High Impact Email Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The biggest challenge most marketers face, new and old alike, is building a list of repeat buyers. It doesn't matter how large a list is, if the quality is missing in it it won't convert worth a hoot. But there is a solution, if you're willing to put the work in it that it requires.]]></description>
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		<title>Four Great Tips for Aspiring Copywriters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's often a hard task in this Information Age to catch the eye of your target audience. If you're fortunate enough to accomplish that much, then you've really achieved something. How does your target audience respond to your material?]]></description>
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		<title>Black Monday: Is Your Business Ready for the Online Holiday Shopping Season 2009?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><span>The most important marketing day of the year for many online retailers is fast approaching again. Black Monday; the Monday after Thanksgiving, marks the official start of the online holiday shopping season. But this year&#8217;s shopping trends are shaping</span>&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Incoming! Getting Out From Under the Email Barrage</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The slicky boys are getting slicker by the minute it seems and employing more and more less-than-candid marketing practices by the day. Run in, snatch your freebies and unsubscribe in the same breath. If you don't, I guarantee your position will be overrun by the end of the week.]]></description>
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		<title>How to Leverage Targeted Traffic into Repeat Buyers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know what the two most common, drop-dead deal breakers are for internet marketers? It's not the lack of a supersonic website, a big bunch of high converting products to sell or a used car salesman's silver tongue. It's much more basic than that and occurs well before any of those would come into play anyway.]]></description>
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		<title>7 Steps to Starting your Internet Business</title>
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		<comments>http://bluegrassmerchants.com/reference-articles-by-category/business/home-business/7-steps-to-starting-your-internet-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jjarrett</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bluegrassmerchants.com/?p=1249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p>Regardless of what type of internet business you plan to start, the process is the same. Once you&#8217;ve set up your business, there are some steps that you can eliminate, like your start up. However, if you follow the&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Hype Kills: Friends Don&#8217;t Let Friends Market Hyped</title>
		<link>http://bluegrassmerchants.com/reference-articles-by-category/marketing/internet-marketing/hype-kills-friends-dont-let-friends-market-hyped/</link>
		<comments>http://bluegrassmerchants.com/reference-articles-by-category/marketing/internet-marketing/hype-kills-friends-dont-let-friends-market-hyped/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lawson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bluegrassmerchants.com/?p=1551</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you been watching, I mean really watching, what has been going on in the internet marketing niche lately? It's enough to puke a dog on a gut wagon.]]></description>
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		<title>Just Some Thoughts on a Sunday Morning</title>
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		<comments>http://bluegrassmerchants.com/reference-articles-by-category/featured/just-some-thoughts-on-a-sunday-morning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know, sometimes it's hard to stay motivated and on track in this world of entrepreneurship. I do hope that all of you put yourself in the category of entrepreneurs as that is exactly what being a freelancer is all about.]]></description>
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		<title>New Internet Marketing Giveaway Site Just Went Live!</title>
		<link>http://bluegrassmerchants.com/reference-articles-by-category/marketing/internet-marketing/new-internet-marketing-giveaway-site-just-went-live/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tons of free internet marketing training programs &#038; much more. Definitely check this site out: http://www.SystemGiveaway.com/c/277]]></description>
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