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	<description>Strategies for Winning All the Business You Want.</description>
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		<title>A Competitive Spirit Fuels Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 04:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maribeth Kuzmeski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So does competitiveness determine success? Not always, of course, but I would say competitiveness often determines success.

Where is your competitive spirit?  Are you passionate? Do you want to be number one in your firm or your industry? ]]></description>
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		<title>The Believable Voice</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 12:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maribeth Kuzmeski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Often, the message isn’t believable until someone who has experienced it first-hand speaks up. This is a significant reason that messaging the value of a firm can be off kilter. The business owner knows that their business is as they say, and they expect others to just believe.]]></description>
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		<title>It’s Magnificent! Getting Clients to Recognize Your Stellar Service</title>
		<link>http://redzonemarketing.com/blog/business/it%e2%80%99s-magnificent-getting-clients-to-recognize-your-stellar-service/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=it%25e2%2580%2599s-magnificent-getting-clients-to-recognize-your-stellar-service</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 04:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maribeth Kuzmeski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your clients are not talking about how great you are – perhaps, just perhaps, they don’t recognize all that you do for them. If a client has been working with a financial advisor for a few years, do they recognize all the above and beyond activities that are being done for them or do they consider it just regular service? ]]></description>
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		<title>Multitasking Your Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maribeth Kuzmeski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that multitasking doesn’t actually work to increase your productivity? The more projects we start and the more marketing we throw out there – often the less productive it all becomes.]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Business Similar to TSA?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maribeth Kuzmeski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The TSA may be leading in ways that we don’t know – but they are not necessarily a progressive, service-oriented business we want to emulate. To lead or to follow? It is much easier to follow. It is groundbreaking to lead.]]></description>
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		<title>3 Steps to Create a Memorable Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maribeth Kuzmeski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Telling a story or vignette around what your firm does is often the best way to get someone to remember you and what you do. ]]></description>
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		<title>Your Best Marketing is NOT Your Marketing</title>
		<link>http://redzonemarketing.com/blog/business/your-best-marketing-is-not-your-marketing/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=your-best-marketing-is-not-your-marketing</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 03:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maribeth Kuzmeski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, your most powerful strategy for promoting word of mouth, gaining referrals, increasing website visitors, and getting more calls to your office is … your service!]]></description>
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		<title>Can Prospects Find You? 4 Simple Steps to Increase Your Searchability</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maribeth Kuzmeski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are 4 simple and quick ways to increase your online presence and searchability.]]></description>
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		<title>The Number One Marketing Mistake</title>
		<link>http://redzonemarketing.com/blog/business/the-number-one-marketing-mistake/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-number-one-marketing-mistake</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maribeth Kuzmeski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can set your marketing budget as high as you would like, but if your messaging fails to properly present you and your firm, it’s wasted money.]]></description>
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		<title>Loyalty Is Dead</title>
		<link>http://redzonemarketing.com/blog/business/loyalty-is-dead/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=loyalty-is-dead</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 05:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maribeth Kuzmeski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's official. Loyalty is dead. When Peyton Manning, who IS the Indianapolis Colts franchise, is no longer a Colt, we have proof that loyalty doesn’t always win out.]]></description>
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