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	<title>Small Business Marketing Ideas and Best Practices</title>
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	<description>Small business marketing ideas and best practices that always work</description>
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		<title>The Truth About Marketing With Sales Letters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past 16+ years I&#039;ve written so many hundreds and hundreds of articles online I&#039;ve forgetten about many of them. There have been just way too many to keep track of. Even some of the more recent articles get lost in the shuffle.

Well, when checking my server logs for traffic statistics I noticed a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/the-truth-about-marketing-with-sales-letters</link>
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		<title>Free Business Growth Video</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi. I&#039;ve been sharing sort of an &#039;insider&#039; business growth video with a select group of people. Today I removed membership protection and am making the video available to the public.

The video explains how to double or triple sales every 6-12 months without spending more on ads.

It&#039;s no hollywood production by any means. And because [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/free-business-growth-video</link>
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		<title>&#034;Launder&#034; Money Into Business Bank Accounts Legally&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You probably won&#039;t believe this. But it&#039;s true.If you own an established business of any kind, there is a way you can legally double, triple, and even quadruple the amount of money you deposit without taking on a single penny of debt, without selling off receivables, and without spending a penny more on advertising.How have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/launder-money-legally</link>
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		<title>How To Expand And Grow A Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you could achieve anything you wanted from your company right now, what would it be?

Increase the frequency, volume, and profit of each purchase from existing clients?
Attract more high-quality leads?
Dramatically boost referrals?
Immediately stop competitors from &#039;stealing food from your plate?&#039;
Streamline and &#039;systematize&#039; your marketing to make it more predictable, responsive, and profitable so you can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/how-to-expand-and-grow-a-business</link>
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		<title>What Is SEO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization is the process of getting your site or specific pages of your site to the top of search engine results for the targeted words and phrases people use when searching online for what you sell and do.
SEO may involve focusing on a few essential keywords or phrases or may involve an entire [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/what-is-local-seo</link>
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		<title>One Size Doesn’t Fit All&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
There&#039;s a reality marketers refuse to acknowledge.

We&#039;re in an age of specialization. Everyone wants, no, demands to have things their way. This applies to the clothes they wear, the foods they eat, the beverages they drink, the homes they live in, and just about every aspect of their lives.

30 years ago large institutions doled out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/one-size-doesn%e2%80%99t-fit-all</link>
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		<title>Instant Business Capital Without Borrowing</title>
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Last week I was conducting an exploratory session with a new business owner. One of the topics that came up was how tough the credit crunch has made it for businesses to get financing. And that got me thinking&#8230;

For more than two years I&#039;ve been championing the concept of growth through leveraging marketing assets. Assets [...]]]></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>
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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&#039;t know. The problems facing the president-elect are too complex for any single man to fix. Maybe life will improve during his term in office. Maybe the economy will completely fall flat. [...]]]></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[
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If you are frustrated with current sales growth check out this free marketing video. The steps shown in the video work for all for-profit businesses whether you are a manufacturer, retailer, professional, service business, restaurant owner, or any other for-profit company.

The video is import to view because when it comes to marketing it seems most [...]]]></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?


And last week one of the TV news stations in my area interviewed several local business owners [...]]]></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 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.

 Point of purchase incentives and one-time offers are two examples of leverage. It takes no extra expense to leverage a second or third purchase than it takes to make a single sale. Another example of leverage is [...]]]></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.



Small businesses are under attack&#8230;


    We are facing an unprecedented age of skepticism
    Competitors from countries formerly viewed as insignificant are now stealing
opportunities that can be outsourced, automated, [...]]]></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.

In the &#039;old days&#039; of marketing, advertisers could get away with forcing people to watch and listen to mass media commercials because there were so few competitors at the multi-million dollar level.

Times have changed. Not only are people exposed to more marketing messages than ever before, but modern [...]]]></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&#039;ve been living under a rock lately&#8230;

You&#039;ve probably already heard how profitable owning membership sites can be. You simply setup the membership site. Add content. And sit back and watch your client list grow month, after month, after month, ad infinitum without any extra work required of you.
Plus you could even package and profit [...]]]></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.

You need to develop or acquire some pretty strong skill sets:


offline marketing
online marketing
selling
SEO


&#8230;and a ton more skills.

There is a better way that does not [...]]]></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&#039;ve been accused of spending too much time helping national and international businesses, and not enough time helping local businesses.

So yesterday I launched a new website to specifically show my support for local businesses seeking a Santa Maria Business Consultant.

The new site is www.SantaMariaBusinessConsultants.com/ .

Hopefully local Central Coast companies seeking marketing assistance will now realize [...]]]></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&#039;m pretty much settled with my new webhost (if you don&#039;t know the story of why I abandoned the last host don&#039;t ask, it was a nightmare) I went to work adding Google Analytics tracking on all of my pages.

On my old host I used third-party software to track traffic and visitor behavior. [...]]]></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&#039;t know if you&#039;ve been online for long or not. If so you probably remember  online marketers turned their backs on local customers in the 80&#039;s. The belief was the internet would bring the whole world to their door as customers. Finally the little guy could compete on a global scale.

Think Big! became [...]]]></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&#039;ve finally setup a blog dedicated especially to Yellow Pages Advertising.

The blog is appropriately titled Yellow Pages Pain, in recognition of business owners&#039; frustrations.

I had thought of calling the site Pain In The Butt Yellow Pages, but that [...]]]></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[&#034;It really is easier for established companies to double sales overnight than most realize.&#034;

If you&#039;ve ever found it difficult to free up time from the normal daily grind of &#034;putting out fires&#034; to learn how to increase your sales dramatically, these eight marketing steps will save you months of digging.

These steps explain how to attract [...]]]></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. &#034;The Donald&#034; has lost fortunes larger than most of us will gain in our entire lives of earning. How has Donald become a household name that is worth billions today? [...]]]></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[&#034;The more marketing approaches you use simultaneously the more successful your company will become&#8230;&#034;

One of the greatest challenges to effectively marketing a business is determining which marketing method is best suited for your company.

Most people look at what their competitors are doing to market their businesses and then simply imitate that, whether good or bad. [...]]]></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.


Trade journals, ezines, and web sites that cater to your ideal client


One secret for gaining substantial increase in sales is to communicate where your clients who buy the most [...]]]></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[&#034;This one secret has put more money into my pockets than any other online marketing tactic, hands down!&#034;

I have a tip for you that Forrester Research calls &#034;the greatest marketing invention ever created for the Internet&#034;.

The principles of this secret applies to YOU whether you want to increase sales online or offline. So read this [...]]]></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[&#034;Finally Get The Praise, Honor, And Wealth You Deserve&#034;

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.

Writing articles in online publications that cater to your ideal client will put you heads and tails above your competitors. Most competitors [...]]]></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.

It is nearly impossible to profitably hire enough people to personally maintain frequent and regular contact with your existing clients, let alone profitably seek new clients.

If you company grows in size or [...]]]></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, &#034;we all sell the same thing&#8230; there&#039;s no difference between what one network support company offers compared to another.&#034;

Here&#039;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 &#034;victim&#034; to [...]]]></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. In the beginning of your interaction, it seemed the prospect was initially &#039;hot&#039; for your services. You sent literature. You did your song and dance. Now, nothing. The prospect has turned cold to [...]]]></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. That&#039;s because they have a  difficult time discovering how to attract new clients, sell more to existing  clients, or reactivate clients who&#039;ve drifted away beyond what competitors are  doing.

If you&#039;re in that boat you [...]]]></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. Itâ€™s your competitive advantage.

For example, think of FedEx.

FedExâ€™s USP is: &#034;When it absolutely positively has to be there overnight&#034;.

That [...]]]></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.

For instance, can you come up with ideas for workshops or seminars, or unique owner expertise, or interesting client experiences that would benefit or interest your community?

Also, what is occurring now, has occurred [...]]]></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. Volunteering brings more success by focusing on giving instead of receiving.

Community development requires looking for ways to boost your image in your community. If your business is a retail organization, likely your community is the area within a 20 mile or so [...]]]></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) &#034;Package&#034; And Profit From Your Specialized Knowledge

This involves creating, publishing and marketing your specialized knowledge. Donâ€™t undercut the value of your brain. I have yet to find anyone in business who hasn&#039;t generated unique experience or methods that others wouldnâ€™t be dying to pay to learn.

Your experience can save someone else valuable time and [...]]]></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. But few businesses ever successfully continue long without stepping outside the box. One client I consulted with had a struggling business that was excellent at providing their products and services.

The [...]]]></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. Once you know how much each customer is worth to your bottom line in terms of referral value, youâ€™ll know how much money you can invest in a formal referral system, to get new [...]]]></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. A key factor in improving your response to your offers is removing common marketing mistakes.  These are common and easy-to-fix mistakes that hurt sales response.

Unfortunately there isnâ€™t [...]]]></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. This is an instant profit increase without taking on a single penny of expense.

There are several steps a business can take to improve itâ€™s sales conversion rate. Some of these steps are to target and market to only the highest probability [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/12-step-marketing-blueprint-part5</link>
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		<title>Marketing Blueprint - Part4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Increase Customer Retention/Reduce Attrition

Clients drift away for a number of reasons. Often management and staff complacency is the cause. But usually clients drift away for reasons that have nothing to do with us.

Salvaging clients from leaving has the same impact to your bottom line as increasing sales by that same percentage.

For example, if a business [...]]]></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. Promote &#034;one time offers&#034; to encourage spontaneous purchases. Also, try imitating Mc Donaldâ€™s way of combining multiple items together as a â€œvalueâ€ purchase. In other words, encourage clients to [...]]]></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.

The more frequently they buy, the more money your company generates. For ideas on how to increase buying frequency, if you havenâ€™t already [...]]]></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.

I&#039;ve discovered some 410 ways to:

Get More Leads
Boost Conversion Rates
Boost The Amount clients spend on each purchase
Increase The Frequency Of Purchase
Boost Profit Margins
Get More Referrals

As proof, I&#039;ve publicly published [...]]]></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.

&#034;The Donald&#034; has lost fortunes larger than most of us will gain in our entire lives of earning. How has Donald become a household name that is worth billions today? Two [...]]]></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&#039;s how to find out!

Complete the fields below to request your confidential business growth analysisYES â€” I want to hear what Andre can do for my company.I understand the purpose of this analysis is to determine my growth potential and verify I can immediately increase sales, attract more [...]]]></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. Their lack of marketing knowledge leaves many business owners and decision makers fearful of the future.

Thatâ€™s because most look at what competitors are doing and simply imitate that, whether good or bad. The problem [...]]]></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&#039;s exactly what I said, other than his name removed&#8230;

Don&#039;t send me stuff like this. I&#039;m not interested in receiving unsolicited promotional emails. Period.

Take care.

His reply was a series of insults and offensive remarks (that I wont repeat here). Then finally an attempt to justify his [...]]]></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&#039;t have to spend thousands of dollars to create a profitable marketing action plan. In fact, there&#039;s more of a science than an art to creating great marketing plans. Even large consulting agencies follow a &#039;script&#039; for uncovering opportunities for their clients. If you&#039;ve ever found it difficult to free up time from the [...]]]></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&#039;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&#039;ve traversed my site much you&#039;ve probably already figured out I&#039;m an information publishing maniac. I love to share tips and suggestions and help others.

Unlike most dudes, my greatest joy comes from helping others. That&#039;s why I&#039;ve published so freely.  If you are new to my site or my blog, the links are [...]]]></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&#039;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, &#034;that won&#039;t work for my industry&#034;. He was adamant that no form of marketing would work for his industry other than cold calling. He&#039;s wrong. And his growth is hindered by such a closed view. [...]]]></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&#039;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&#039;m updating the look of my Technology Marketing Strategies blog.

A Korean site I landed on today while doing research for online collaboration tools had this really neat blog layout that frankly, I wanted. To my surprise I found that the author of the blog template has published the template for the internet community [...]]]></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.

The sharp rise in the December unemployment rate heightened fears of a recession in the USA, the world&#039;s largest economy. Technology behemoth Intel increased American market fears after Intel fell eight percent. Traditionally technology has been [...]]]></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&#039;ve just released a new &#039;Amazing Business Growth Formula&#039; video. The video shows my exact formula for increasing profits and revenues for any established company in any industry.

And the most amazing thing is&#8230;you can watch the video 100% for free.

There are no web forms to fill out, no email requests to deal with. No hoops [...]]]></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.

During the course of the call he starts telling me all the reasons his business isn&#039;t doing as well as it could be doing. Every one of the reasons involves a failure on the part of some other human being. Failure [...]]]></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&#039;ve been doing more reading about psychology and persuasion and came across a new tactic I hadn&#039;t heard of before.  This tactic is titled &#039;3&#215;7&#039; and supposedly will have a huge impact on creating a feeling of familiarity and improve recall when dealing with complete strangers.  It makes people more comfortable dealing with [...]]]></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&#039;ve said it once, and I&#039;ll say it again&#8230;

Copywriting is NOT the most important element for building a strong and profitable business.

That probably sounds strange, coming from a copywriter. Yeah I know. But here&#039;s the thing&#8230;

I&#039;ve grown tired of the game playing that goes on in this industry.

Clever copywriters who really know this business in [...]]]></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&#039;ve ever found it difficult to free up time from the normal daily grind of &#039;putting out fires&#039; to learn how to increase your sales dramatically, these eight marketing steps will save you months of digging.

These steps explain how to attract more business, how to sell more to your existing clients, and how to [...]]]></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[
&#034;You&#039;re About To Learn Secrets Most Business Owners 
Will Never Know About Sustaining Real Business Growth&#034;

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 [...]]]></description>
		<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.

In the meantime check out these resources:

Free 12-Step Business Growth Plan 
FREE Marketing Articles
FREE Marketing Course
Copywriting Software 
Direct Response Marketing Toolkit
Yellow Pages Copywriting Guide 
Hire Andre
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		<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.

Failure to attract sufficient numbers of qualified prospective clients
Failure to convert qualified prospects into profitable customers
Failure to keep existing clients from slipping into inactivity or away to competitors


In a nutshell, each of these reasons contributes to the business running out of cash.  [...]]]></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&#039;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;

DON&#039;T!

Though I&#039;ve written profitable sales letters that have been the foundation for launching entire companies, I can tell you [...]]]></description>
		<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.

There are the Nigerian 419 schemes, forced matrix &#039;opportunities&#039; that would max out the entire human population in just a few short &#039;levels&#039; if enough people fell for them, there are pay per click and Adsense scams, fake mlm and network marketing [...]]]></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&#039;s frost and summer&#039;s heat completely killed my wife&#039;s ferns under her kitchen window at the front of our home. So I decided yesterday to get out there and pull the darned things up.

Well, just as I pulled maybe a quarter of them out, up jumped this critter:
What is it? It&#039;s a praying mantis!

It [...]]]></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. This cart promises to handle automated product delivery of my new work-from-home money making software.

If this cart works as well as promised, I can completely eliminate having [...]]]></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&#039;ve recently created a new affiliate marketing software program called Clickbank Commander.

Clickbank Commander is a fool proof, totally automated, truly &#034;set it and forget it&#034; system to easily generate tens of thousands affiliate niche product pages you can profit from instantly.

You are not locked into any lame design schemes and your pages do NOT look [...]]]></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!



Careers in Consulting&#8230;

TELECOMMUTERS - APPOINTMENT SETTERS 

Flexible Morning and Afternoon Hours

Description

Are you looking for an opportunity to earn a better-than-full-time income&#8230;while working only part-time? 

If you have strong telephone skills Andre Bell Consulting Group, a performance based company, wants to hear from you. We are currently recruiting Business Coordinators to set appointments for [...]]]></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&#039;s a new business growth kit I think will profit you immensely:
 
Enjoy.
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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&#039;m distributing a free promotional tool for advertisers.

This free promotional tool &#034;hypnotizes&#034; media buyers into becoming more open to recommendations and suggestions. They drop their resistance and buy more advertising.

If you are an advertiser go to my free promotional gifts for advertisers page for details.
]]></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?

If so, here are a few threads from Michel Fortin&#039;s blog that you must read. This information has proven invaluable to many.

Need advice for plan of action on [...]]]></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.

If only he had listened when I offered to help just a few short months ago he&#039;d not only still be in business, he&#039;d be [...]]]></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. only one refund even 120 days later) I decided to sell my site: INSTANTNICHEPRODUCTREVIEWS.COM and its mirror sites:

PUSHBUTTONPRODUCTREVIEWS.COM
PUSH-BUTTON-PRODUCT-REVIEWS.COM
INSTANT-NICHE-PRODUCT-REVIEWS.COM

Plus not only the site but also exclusive ten-year marketing rights to the [...]]]></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 &#034;The Overnight Business Growth System.&#034; He created this CD for every person in business who wants more leads, more sales, and more profits quickly and predictably.

You can request his free marketing audio CD from his home [...]]]></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.

The difference with interviewing is you seldom wake up the next morning feeling guilty, wondering what in the world were [...]]]></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&#039;t hired me back then. Now his business is struggling, near the brink of going under. He is working more than ever and earning less than ever.

Though those who followed my advice have seen continued increases [...]]]></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 &#034;r&#034; word. Others try to ignore hearing it and instead dance around it. Sort of like little kids covering their eyes when something frightens them. As if covering your eyes will make fears go away.

Though many black people [...]]]></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&#039;s not much that gets to me. But my one pet peeve, if you want to call it that, is injustice.Of all the things that take place in this world, the one to most likely to lead to me &#039;going postal&#039; is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/ethics-in-advertising</link>
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		<title>Archives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
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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[Our founder, Andre Bell, is recognized internationally as an expert direct response copywriter and business growth strategist.
Business owners, decision makers, and professionals in more than seven countries have benefited from Andre&#039;s advice.
His unique business growth strategies have increased sales by as much as 6,000% in only 27 days. One client was so excited by the [...]]]></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. I do not
offer programming or html training




Internet marketers are constantly looking for new ways to boost conversion rates and squeeze out more money from the traffic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.andrebell.com/blog/unblockable-popups</link>
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