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	<title>The Small Business Muse &#187; Online Marketing</title>
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		<title>Crafters/Artists: 9 Sites You Can Get a Link From</title>
		<link>http://thesmallbusinessmuse.com/craftersartists-9-sites-you-can-get-a-link-from/2010/02/21</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheSmallBusinessMuse</dc:creator>
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Credit: Cool knitting photo from http://www.flickr.com/photos/the-a-team/sets/72157594573683373/

Links are important since they help us get more traffic to our sites and better search engine rankings.  Targeted links are the ones that really count though! 
What is a targeted link?  A link from a site that reaches your target market.   8-)   For example, if you sell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 Steps to Social Media Success</title>
		<link>http://thesmallbusinessmuse.com/6-steps-to-social-media-success/2010/01/21</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheSmallBusinessMuse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reprinted with permission from Christine Gallagher&#8217;s Communicate Value Newsletter
These six steps were born out of common frustrations I hear from people about understanding how to market online.
Does this sound familiar? &#8220;I know I need to figure out all of this social media stuff, but it&#8217;s all piecemeal now and I just don&#8217;t know where to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Identify Your Ideal Client or Customer</title>
		<link>http://thesmallbusinessmuse.com/how-to-identify-your-ideal-client-or-customer/2010/01/15</link>
		<comments>http://thesmallbusinessmuse.com/how-to-identify-your-ideal-client-or-customer/2010/01/15#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheSmallBusinessMuse</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Online Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Website Tips & Tricks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Note: This is part 1 in a 7 part series on how to transform your website to attract your ideal clients.
Who is your ideal client?  Does your website make clear exactly who you serve or support?

Many small businesses focus only on trying to find clients or customers and skip the critical step of identifying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Mistakes That Can Get Your Newsletter Trashed or Trash Your Responses</title>
		<link>http://thesmallbusinessmuse.com/three-mistakes-that-can-get-your-newsletter-trashed-or-trash-your-responses/2009/12/26</link>
		<comments>http://thesmallbusinessmuse.com/three-mistakes-that-can-get-your-newsletter-trashed-or-trash-your-responses/2009/12/26#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheSmallBusinessMuse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Customer Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t let your email newsletter get tossed into the virtual trash can before it&#8217;s opened, or lead your customers to the wrong place when they&#8217;re ready to purchase.
Be sure you aren&#8217;t making these three common mistakes.
 1) A non-descriptive or vague &#8220;From&#8221; line 
Don&#8217;t put &#8220;newsletter&#8221; in the &#8220;from&#8221; line.  No one will know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have You Seen the WAHM Articles Forum?</title>
		<link>http://thesmallbusinessmuse.com/have-you-seen-the-wahm-articles-forum/2009/04/27</link>
		<comments>http://thesmallbusinessmuse.com/have-you-seen-the-wahm-articles-forum/2009/04/27#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheSmallBusinessMuse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Work at Home]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been following me or subscribed to my newsletter for a while, you already know I love article marketing as a promotional strategy.  One place I regularly submit my articles to is WAHM Articles, and you can find more info below about the site.
This week we&#8217;ve been authorized to giveaway ONE Platinum membership to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easy, Auto-Pilot Ways to Promote Your Blog</title>
		<link>http://thesmallbusinessmuse.com/easy-auto-pilot-ways-to-promote-your-blog/2009/02/10</link>
		<comments>http://thesmallbusinessmuse.com/easy-auto-pilot-ways-to-promote-your-blog/2009/02/10#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheSmallBusinessMuse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brainstorm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Challenges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Put your blog promotion on auto-pilot with these “set it once then forget it” promotional strategies.
Submit Your Blog to Blog Directories
Once you’ve requested a listing, you’re done!
http://www.blogcatalog.com
http://www.bloghub.com
http://www.blogarama.com
http://www.blogexplosion.com
http://www.blogflux.com
http://www.blog-search.com
http://www.blogbunch.com
http://www.iblogbusiness.com
http://www.quickblogdirectory.com
http://www.bloglisting.net
http://www.blogrankings.com
http://www.weblogalot.com
Ping When You Post
If you’re using Wordpress, it’s probably already set to ping rpc.pingomatic.com Add that to your ping list if it’s not there already. Ping-O-Matic will receive your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick &amp; Easy One Page Marketing Plan</title>
		<link>http://thesmallbusinessmuse.com/quick-easy-one-page-marketing-plan/2009/02/03</link>
		<comments>http://thesmallbusinessmuse.com/quick-easy-one-page-marketing-plan/2009/02/03#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheSmallBusinessMuse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brainstorm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organization]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A marketing plan gives you a basic guide for your marketing for the year. By looking at your marketing 12 months at a time you can plan for seasonal promotions, work to combat any traditionally slower times for your company, and keep your business supported by always having at least one or two forms of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My New Articles Website is Live!</title>
		<link>http://thesmallbusinessmuse.com/my-new-articles-website-is-live/2008/12/11</link>
		<comments>http://thesmallbusinessmuse.com/my-new-articles-website-is-live/2008/12/11#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheSmallBusinessMuse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Website Tips & Tricks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Want to keep up with my articles?  Looking for free content you can reprint on your blog or website, or in your newsletter?  Check out my new articles website at http://articlesbymichelleshaeffer.com
Subscribe to the RSS feed and you&#8217;ll be the first to know when I post new articles.
Do you write articles for marketing your business?  It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Final Ways to Get More Traffic to Your Website (Part 3 of 3)</title>
		<link>http://thesmallbusinessmuse.com/5-final-ways-to-get-more-traffic-to-your-website-part-3-of-3/2008/10/23</link>
		<comments>http://thesmallbusinessmuse.com/5-final-ways-to-get-more-traffic-to-your-website-part-3-of-3/2008/10/23#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheSmallBusinessMuse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brainstorm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is part three in the &#8220;15 Ways to Get More Traffic to Your Website&#8221; series.  Here are strategies 11 through 15.
11. Craigslist

Craigslist.org is the hugely popular and successful local bulletin board website.  Have you tried it for business yet?  If not, or if your results have been less than you hoped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Small Business Muse in the News</title>
		<link>http://thesmallbusinessmuse.com/the-small-business-muse-in-the-news/2008/10/13</link>
		<comments>http://thesmallbusinessmuse.com/the-small-business-muse-in-the-news/2008/10/13#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheSmallBusinessMuse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Muse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re subscribed to my newsletter, or have talked with me much, you already know I&#8217;m a big fan of article marketing.  It works.  So when Denise Willms followed up with me a few weeks ago I was happy to share with her some stats I had from tracking my article marketing efforts.  With her [...]]]></description>
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