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		<title>Can you convert your marketing into a religion?</title>
		<link>http://www.mmwebmarketer.com/2009/10/28/can-you-convert-your-marketing-into-a-religion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve all seen that. And if it works for a bunch of crazies, why not make the same marketing strategies work for your product or service? Can you possibly adapt a system that has worked flawlessly for thousands of years to your business? Do you want to have customers chanting your name endlessly?
Suuuuuurrrrre you do! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Can’t Take It With You &#8211; Domains</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was doing some research today on the concept of building your own website using services that offer everything for non-programmers. There are several and at first glance some of them seem to have it all.
They offer 1000’s of templates in every category, easy to update content systems and lots of images to paste into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pay-Per-Click positioning not so important</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google Chief Economist Hal Varian states &#8220;An ad that had a 1.0% conversion rate in the best position would have about a 0.95% conversion rate in the worst position, on average, Varian writes. He explains that ads above search results convert within ±2% of right-hand side positions.&#8221;
Didit VP Mark Simon says the New York company [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Search Engine Optimization Scams</title>
		<link>http://www.mmwebmarketer.com/2009/03/05/search-engine-optimization-scams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am always amazed by how often experts, or people who claim to be experts, will use their knowledge to take advantage of a situation when dealing with clients or potential clients. This is especially true in the IT industry.  I suspect I may not be making friends after that statement, but I became a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Systems make Marketing Effective</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently attended an Internet Marketing seminar here in Calgary which included  an excellent lunch. It was presented in a meeting room attached to a prominent Calgary hotel restaurant. Allow me to state that the presentation by David West of eKzact Solutions Inc. was very informative and well received by the attendees.
On the other hand,  [...]]]></description>
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