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	<title>Small Business Marketing Ideas and Best Practices</title>
	<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog</link>
	<description>Small business marketing ideas and best practices that always work</description>
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		<title>Instant Business Capital Without Borrowing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
        Price: USD 8.99
        430 used &#038; new available from USD 4.32
        
    
    




Last week I was conducting an exploratory session with a new business owner. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/instant-business-capital-without-borrowing</link>
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		<title>Obama and change&#8230;what it means for businesses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So Obama has won. What does this mean for businesses across the USA? What does it mean for the world in general?

Honestly I don&#8217;t know. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/obama-and-changewhat-it-means-for-businesses</link>
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		<title>Free Online Business Growth Video</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Outliers: The Story of Success
        Price: USD 15.39
        77 used &#038; new available from USD 14.04
        
    
    




If you are frustrated with current sales growth check out this free marketing video. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/new-business-growth-video-double-sales-every-6-12-months</link>
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		<title>Business Growth Advice: How To Survive The US Depression of 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[memory.loc.gov

Recent riveting headlines like these cause business owners to worry about the future of the US economy:


Bailouts Will Push US Into Depression
USA 2008: The Great Depression
The Second Great Depression - Is The US Headed Towards The Second Great Depression? (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/business-growth-advice-how-to-survive-the-us-depression-of-2008-2</link>
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		<title>What Is SEO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kentucky: Finance Cabinet- eCommerce News


Search Engine Optimization is a process to get your site or specific
pages of your site to the top of search engine results for your targeted words
or phrases. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/what-is-seo</link>
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		<title>What Is Marketing Leverage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Marketing leverage is the ability to control and generate large profit increases from low-cost or no-cost marketing methods. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/what-is-marketing-leverage</link>
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		<title>How To Grow Your Company</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Andre Bell. Your guide to growing a small business in an age of increased
external pressures. Grab our FREE

Small Business Marketing Whitepaper. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/how-to-grow-your-company</link>
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		<title>Services Overview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Traditional marketing and advertising are dead and ineffective.

A stronger marketing matrix involves a two-pronged approach. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/services-overview</link>
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		<title>Free Affiliate Marketing Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There's a lot of hype and garbage about online marketing. So I decided to release to the public a guide that until now I've only circulated among a close knit group of online marketers. If you've never earned a penny online, the steps in this free report are going to outline how to fix that.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/free-affiliate-marketing-report</link>
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		<title>Choosing The Right Membership Software</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unless you&#8217;ve been living under a rock lately you&#8217;ve probably heard how profitable owning membership sites can be. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/independent-membership-software-reviews</link>
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		<title>Selling Online Marketing To Offline Businesses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From time to time people ask me how to get started in marketing consulting. To be honest that is a huge can of worms. The answer is bigger than most people realize. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/selling-online-marketing-to-offline-businesses</link>
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		<title>New Santa Maria Business Consultant Site</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been accused of spending too much time helping national and international businesses, and not enough time helping local businesses. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/new-santa-maria-business-consultant-site</link>
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		<title>Google Sucks!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's happens when Google begins sending you high quality traffic and you are not yet ready to receive that traffic.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/google-sucks</link>
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		<title>What Google Analytics Reveal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that I&#8217;m pretty much settled with my new webhost (if you don&#8217;t know the story of why I abandoned the last host don&#8217;t ask, it was a nightmare) I went to work adding Google Analytics tracking on all of my pages. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/what-google-analytics-reveal</link>
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		<title>Marketing Has Become A Technology</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever since reading Daniel Pink's A Whole New Mind a couple months ago I realized much of what people are calling marketing are activities any person and just about any computer for that matter could simply automate. Marketing as we know it is disappearing. Here's a couple of resources to help knowledge workers avoid being outsourced or replaced by technology.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/76</link>
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		<title>Local SEO Gets Sexy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know if you&#8217;ve been online for long or not. If so you probably remember  online marketers turned their backs on local customers in the 80&#8217;s. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/local-seo-gets-sexy</link>
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		<title>New Yellow Pages Advertising Guide Released</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After hearing plenty of complaints from business owners who have a hard time making Yellow Pages work, I&#8217;ve finally setup a blog dedicated especially to Yellow Pages Advertising. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/new-yellow-pages-advertising-guide-released</link>
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		<title>How To Double Sales Without Advertising</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It really is easier for established companies to double sales overnight than most realize.&#8221;

If youâ€™ve ever found it difficult to free up time from the normal daily grind of â€˜putting out firesâ€™ to learn how to increase your sales dramatically, these eight marketing steps will save you months of digging. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/how-to-double-sales-without-advertising</link>
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		<title>Why Small Businesses Stay Small</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump. Love Him. Hate him. Feel indifferent. Either way you know who he is &#8212; and so does the rest of the informed world. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/why-small-businesses-stay-small-2</link>
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		<title>Are You A Marketing Octopus Or A Marketing Worm?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The more marketing approaches you use simultaneously the more successful your company will become&#8230;&#8221;

One of the greatest challenges to effectively marketing a business is determining which marketing method is best suited for your company. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/are-you-a-marketing-octopus-or-a-marketing-worm-2</link>
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		<title>Top Nine Strategies To Attract More Clients Now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are nine strategies for increasing sales and attracting more business quick .

Add these strategies to your marketing arsenal and win the war against your competitors today. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/top-nine-strategies-to-attract-more-clients-now</link>
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		<title>The Greatest Marketing Invention Ever Created For The Internet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;This one secret has put more money into my pockets than any other online marketing tactic, hands down!&#8221;

I have a tip for you that Forrester Research calls &#8220;the greatest marketing invention ever created for the Internet&#8221;. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/the-greatest-marketing-invention-ever-created-for-the-internet</link>
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		<title>How to Gain Credibility and Sales Online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Finally Get The Praise, Honor, And Wealth You Deserve&#8221;

Dear Friend,

Writing is one of the most powerful secrets you will find for bringing in new business and gaining credibility among your peers and potential clients. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/how-to-gain-credibility-and-sales-online</link>
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		<title>Virtual Marketing in a Tangible World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the greatest challenges facing business owners and managers is finding a way to cost-effectively communicate frequently and consistently with their target markets. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/virtual-marketing-in-a-tangible-world</link>
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		<title>Marketing Secrets For Technology Service Companies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A manager of a struggling network support provider confided in me, &#8220;we all sell the same thing&#8230; there&#8217;s no difference between what one network support company offers compared to another.&#8221;

Here&#8217;s the problem with his vision&#8230; when you see yourself as providing essentially the same computer support products your competitors sell, you become a &#8220;victim&#8221; to brutal price competition. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/marketing-secrets-for-technology-service-companies</link>
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		<title>Death of A Sales Pitch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Far too many people in business spin their wheels chasing leads that just will not pick up the phone or return calls. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/death-of-a-sales-pitch</link>
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		<title>101 Ways To Market Your Business More Effectively</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How do most business owners market their    companies?

Most simply copy what their competitors are doing. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/101-ways-to-market-your-business-more-effectively</link>
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		<title>Marketing Blueprint - Part 12</title>
		<description><![CDATA[12) Determine A Unique Selling Position (USP), And Integrate It Into All Of Your Marketing And Sales Processes

A USP defines and communicates what makes your business new, unique, or different than everyone else in your industry. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/12-step-marketing-blueprint-part12</link>
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		<title>Marketing Blueprint - Part11</title>
		<description><![CDATA[11) Publicity And Promotions

Closely related to community development is self-promotion through public relations.

Believe it or not, every business has something newsworthy to say. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/12-step-marketing-blueprint-part11</link>
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		<title>Marketing Blueprint - Part10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[10) Community Development

This involves the often dreaded â€œVâ€ word. Volunteering.

This entails getting involved. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/12-step-marketing-blueprint-part10</link>
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		<title>Marketing Blueprint - Part9</title>
		<description><![CDATA[9) &#8220;Package&#8221; And Profit From Your Specialized Knowledge

This involves creating, publishing and marketing your specialized knowledge. Donâ€™t undercut the value of your brain. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/12-step-marketing-blueprint-part9</link>
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		<title>Marketing Blueprint - Part8</title>
		<description><![CDATA[8 ) Find New Uses For Your Existing Products And Services

Sometimes when we are so close to our businesses we tend to think one way. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/12-step-marketing-blueprint-part8</link>
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		<title>Marketing Blueprint - Part7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[7) Calculate And Increase The Lifetime Referral Value Of Clients

This involves calculating and tracking the average referral value of your clients. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/12-step-marketing-blueprint-part7</link>
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		<title>Marketing Blueprint - Part6</title>
		<description><![CDATA[6) Increase Response Rates And Conversion Rate Of Existing Advertising And Marketing Offers

In a nutshell this involves writing better and better ads, sales letters, and marketing pieces. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/12-step-marketing-blueprint-part6</link>
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		<title>Marketing Blueprint - Part5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[5) Increase Sales Conversions

Increasing inquiry-to-sales conversion will increase a companyâ€™s income without increasing costs. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/12-step-marketing-blueprint-part5</link>
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		<title>Marketing Blueprint - Part4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[4) Increase Customer Retention/Reduce Attrition

Clients drift away for a number of reasons. Often complacency of business owners and staff is the cause. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/12-step-marketing-blueprint-part4</link>
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		<title>Marketing Blueprint - Part3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[3) Increase The Volume Of Purchases

Adopt marketing methods that will increase the average dollar amount of each client transaction.  Begin using point of purchase incentives. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/12-step-marketing-blueprint-part3</link>
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		<title>Marketing Blueprint - Part2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2) Increase The Frequency Of Client Purchases

Apply as many marketing methods as possible and are profitable for increasing the number of times a week, month, quarter, or year your clients buy from you. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/12-step-marketing-blueprint-part2</link>
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		<title>New Copywriting Blog Launched</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not everyone can afford to hire a professional copywriter to write their sales copy for them. Especially small business owners who are just starting out. A new copywriting blog was created at www.longformsalesletter.com to provide free copywriting tips to small business owners...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/new-copywriting-blog</link>
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		<title>Marketing Blueprint - Part1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1) Attract New Clients

Use as many marketing methods as make sense for your industry, your market, and your company. How many marketing methods are there? Literally hundreds. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/12-step-marketing-blueprint</link>
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		<title>Why Small Businesses Stay Small</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump. Love Him. Hate him. Feel indifferent. Either way you know who he is &#8212; and so does the rest of the informed world. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/why-small-businesses-stay-small</link>
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		<title>Confidential Business Growth Analysis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you reached your true growth potential? Here&#8217;s how to find out! (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/confidential-business-growth-analysis</link>
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		<title>Are You A Marketing Octopus Or A Marketing Worm?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the greatest challenges to effectively marketing a business is determining which marketing method is best suited for your company. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/are-you-a-marketing-octopus-or-a-marketing-worm</link>
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		<title>When are spammers going to catch on&#8230;?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning I sent a spammer a remove request. Here&#8217;s exactly what I said, other than his name removed&#8230;

Don&#8217;t send me stuff like this. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/when-are-spammers-going-to-catch-on</link>
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		<title>9 Step Fool Proof Marketing Action Plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You don&#8217;t have to spend thousands of dollars to create a profitable marketing action plan. In fact, there&#8217;s more of a science than an art to creating great marketing plans. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/9-step-fool-proof-marketing-action-plan</link>
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		<title>How To Setup And Promote A Business Website From Scratch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Andre Bell Consulting announced new websites building and promotion video training series: How to setup your own business website in minutes -- without reading a single book or paying thousands in web design fees!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/announcing-new-video-series-how-to-easily-setup-and-promote-a-business-website</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s The Difference Between A Business Plan And A Marketing Action Plan?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you've wondered what's the difference between a business plan and marketing plan here's the answer you are looking for. Back when I was chasing a career as a loan broker, understanding when to create a marketing plan and when to create a business plan confused many business owners. This answer will..]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/whats-the-difference-between-a-business-plan-and-marketing-plan</link>
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		<title>7 Ways To Destroy The U.S. Economy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's why the U.S. Economy REALLY Stinks. And it's not because of what you heard.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/7-ways-to-destroy-the-us-economy</link>
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		<title>When To Admit Your Sales Letter Sucks!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thinking of writing a sales letter or other marketing piece? Our ego may say we can write just as well as the next guy or gal. If that is true then great. But when is it time to stop lying to ourselves and get the help we need? When should we finally time to admit that our sales letter sucks? This entry will help answer that question.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/when-to-admit-your-sales-letter-sucks</link>
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		<title>Diary of an Info-Maniac&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve traversed my site much you&#8217;ve probably already figured out I&#8217;m an information publishing maniac. I love to share tips and suggestions and help others. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/diary-of-an-info-maniac</link>
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		<title>The Biggest Mistake In Online Marketing&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saying, â€œwe built our site just to get our name out there, not to make moneyâ€ is the same as saying you opened your business just to take up space, not to serve customers and clients. This is a common and deadly approach to online marketing. A better approach that is 100% free is discussed in this blog entry.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/the-biggest-mistake-in-online-marketing</link>
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		<title>Advertising Isn&#8217;t The Only Way To Grow A Company</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My greatest frustration is watching successful companies miss huge opportunities for growth.

Just yesterday a business owner I spoke with said, &#8220;that won&#8217;t work for my industry&#8221;. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/advertising-isnt-the-only-way-to-grow-a-company</link>
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		<title>America is worried about the economy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[America is worried about the economy. And with good reason. We are facing a mortgage crisis, a drop in corporate and consumer technology spending, and an increase in oil costs that will trigger a destructive domino effect in many industries. The worse to suffer will be small business owners, consumers, and the poor.  The rich will continue to prosper. But so will proactive business owners.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/america-is-worried-about-the-economy</link>
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		<title>Vista&#8217;s 100 Million Milestone Is A Threat To Consumers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vista's 100 million milestone is a threat to computer users. Here's a free identity theft protection video to help protect your identity online.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/free-id-theft-protection-video</link>
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		<title>Technology Marketing Strategies Blog Makeover</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once again I&#8217;m updating the look of my Technology Marketing Strategies blog. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/small-business-marketing-strategies-blog-makeover</link>
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		<title>Technology Marketing Strategies For Surviving US Recession</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How close to a recession are we really?

On the first Friday of the new year Wall Street suffered dramatic falls. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/business-growth-strategies-for-surviving-the-us-recession</link>
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		<title>Small Business Marketing Strategies Video Online - Free</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just released a new &#8216;Amazing Business Growth Formula&#8217; video. The video shows my exact formula for increasing profits and revenues for any established company in any industry. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/amazing-business-growth-video-online-free</link>
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		<title>Why I Hate Talking To Failing Small Business Owners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning I received a phone call from a small business owner in my community. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/why-i-hate-talking-to-failing-small-business-owners</link>
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		<title>New direct mail campaign to IT professionals, MSPs, and VARS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been doing more reading about psychology and persuasion and came across a new tactic I hadn&#8217;t heard of before. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/new-direct-mail-campaign-to-it-professionals-msps-and-vars</link>
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		<title>Small Business Marketing Strategies For Busy Business Owners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most business owners and managers are so frantic, running around 'putting out fires' and handling daily problems in their businesses they don't have time to work on their business. 
They feel trapped and frustrated. And the more they struggle to break free the deeper they get buried.

This is a problem because the single greatest asset in the life of a business owner is time. Once time is gone you can never get it back. So what to do about it?  Read this article for the solution...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/marketing-relief-for-busy-business-owners</link>
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		<title>Critical Business Building Truth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve said it once, and I&#8217;ll say it again&#8230;

Copywriting is NOT the most important element for building a strong and profitable business. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/critical-business-building-truths</link>
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		<title>How To Double Sales</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve ever found it difficult to free up time from the normal daily grind of &#8216;putting out fires&#8217; to learn how to increase your sales dramatically, these eight marketing steps will save you months of digging. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/how-to-double-profits-quickly</link>
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		<title>Free Small Business Marketing Strategies Plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You&#8217;re About To Learn Secrets Most Business Owners 
Will Never Know About Sustaining Real Business Growth&#8221;

Inside you’ll learn&#8230; How to uncover specific strategies and tactics to dominate your competition’s vulnerabilities, weaknesses and imagined strengths
How to develop specific growth strategies for getting more new leads
How to improve sales conversion ratios
How to increase the average value of each sale
How to improve profit margins
How to increase the average number of times your clients and customers buy per year
How to increase high quality referrals
How to convert more referred leads to buy customers
How to generate immediate- steady streams of ongoing income




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		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/free-12-step-business-growth-plan</link>
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		<title>Site Changes&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please forgive my dust&#8230;.

My site is undergoing a few changes to better help you find the information you are looking for. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/site-changes</link>
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		<title>Why Businesses Fail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are three main reasons businesses fail to reach their fifth year anniversary. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/why-80-of-businesses-fail-in-the-first-5-years</link>
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		<title>Why A Sales Letter Is Never Enough</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re an established business owner and are considering hiring an outside copywriter to increase sales, reactivate clients that have drifted away, or sell more to your existing clients I have one piece of advice for you&#8230;

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		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/the-case-against-hiring-copywriters</link>
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		<title>Home-Based Business Scams</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The internet is littered with every kind of con and scam you can imagine. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/how-to-tell-if-a-home-based-business-is-a-scam</link>
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		<title>Praying Mantis in California&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The winter&#8217;s frost and summer&#8217;s heat completely killed my wife&#8217;s ferns under her kitchen window at the front of our home. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/winters-frost-and-summers-heat</link>
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		<title>[closed] Beta Testers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Can you do me a favor?

Last night I bit the bullet and plopped down $139 to get my hands on the newest version of an online shopping cart. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/clickbank-commander-affiliate-marketing-software-seeks-beta-testers</link>
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		<title>Affiliate Marketing Software</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve recently created a new affiliate marketing software program called Clickbank Commander. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/new-affiliate-marketing-software-autopilot-income</link>
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		<title>Marketing Career Opportunities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are expanding! (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/were-expanding-career-and-job-opportunities</link>
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		<title>Small Business Marketing Strategies Toolkit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Attract More Clients Using Proven Marketing Growth Principles

   
Here&#8217;s a new business growth kit I think will profit you immensely:
 
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		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/free-business-marketing-growth-strategy-toolkit</link>
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		<title>New Promotional Tool</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For a limited time I&#8217;m distributing a free promotional tool for advertisers. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/free-promotional-tool-for-advertisers</link>
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		<title>Freelance Yellow Pages Pro</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you reading my blog because you want to become a professional copywriter? Are you thinking of starting a career as a high paid yellow pages ad designer? (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/10</link>
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		<title>Another one bites the dust&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have to just shake my head&#8230;

Another former business owner folded up shop, tossed in the towel, and reluctantly went to work for one of his competitors.

So sad and totally avoidable. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/another-one-bites-the-dust</link>
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		<title>[closed] Website For Sale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[closed]

The offer below has ended. The site has been sold.

After an initial 48-hour marketing test (and over 100 orders received with near 100% acceptance i.e. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/product-website-for-sale</link>
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		<title>[closed] FREE Audio CD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This offer has ended&#8230;thank you for your interest

Marketing consultant Andre Bell has just released a FREE audio CD called &#8220;The Overnight Business Growth System.&#8221; He created this CD for every person in business who wants more leads, more sales, and more profits quickly and predictably. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/free-marketing-audio-cd-the-overnight-sales-strengthening-system</link>
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		<title>Job Hunting Tips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love interviewing.

To me interviewing is like flirting with a total stranger just so you can see your value. Just so you know that you still are an attractive option, if you were on the market. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/job-hunting-tips-for-marketing-grads</link>
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		<title>Never Pursue Clients</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sunday a business owner I had been chasing years ago when I was starting out approached me.  He hadn&#8217;t hired me back then. Now his business is struggling, near the brink of going under. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/why-copywriters-should-never-pursue-clients</link>
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		<title>African American Businesses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Race.

There’s a loaded word if there ever was such a thing.

Many people get mad just hearing the &#8220;r&#8221; word. Others try to ignore hearing it and instead dance around it. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/why-african-american-businesses-will-never-dominate</link>
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		<title>Ethics In Advertising</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning I read something that pissed me off to no end. Ordinarily there&#8217;s not much that gets to me. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/ethics-in-advertising</link>
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		<title>Archives</title>
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		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/archives-for-search-engines-to-follow</link>
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		<title>About Andre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Andre Bell is recognized internationally as an expert direct response copywriter and
business growth strategist. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/about-andre</link>
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		<title>Unblockable popups</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This blog posting was originally written prior to 2006 - the
examples mentioned no longer exist. Please do NOT email asking for
assistance with these steps. The email will get deleted. (...)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/unblockable-popups</link>
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