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		<title>Plinky Helps You Overcome Writer&#8217;s Block</title>
		<link>http://www.diymarketers.com/2010/07/26/plinky-helps-you-overcome-writers-block/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diymarketers.com/2010/07/26/plinky-helps-you-overcome-writers-block/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Quick Tips]]></category>

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It&#8217;s all about creating great content.  But what if you&#8217;re genius brain is running a little dry on inspiration today?  No worries &#8211; head on over to Plinky.
I just found out about Plinky from a WordPress link on Wordpress.com.  It&#8217;s the super easy way to get your writing juices flowing.  Here&#8217;s how:

Simply click over to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Increase Sales to Existing Accounts Using This EASY Account Plan Template</title>
		<link>http://www.diymarketers.com/2010/07/22/how-to-increase-sales-to-existing-accounts-using-this-easy-account-plan-template/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diymarketers.com/2010/07/22/how-to-increase-sales-to-existing-accounts-using-this-easy-account-plan-template/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Butt Savers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
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I think it&#8217;s funny how we all talk about increasing sales to existing customers and building relationships &#8212; yet much of our marketing time and money still go toward converting prospects to customers and fishing for new prospects.
While I don&#8217;t normally advocate having more than 25% of your business come from a single account, chances [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Find Riches in Target Market Niches</title>
		<link>http://www.diymarketers.com/2010/07/18/how-to-find-riches-in-target-market-niches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diymarketers.com/2010/07/18/how-to-find-riches-in-target-market-niches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[30 Minute Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newsletter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positioning]]></category>
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There are really only two ways to successful market yourself on the internet:

Participate in a well, targeted niche.
Identify and &#8220;own&#8221; the keywords associated with that niche.

There are lots of great free keyword tools out there.  My favorites are

Google&#8217;s keyword search tool
Aaron Wall&#8217;s SEO Book Keyword Search Tool
Keyword Discovery
Market Samurai

I&#8217;ve been reviewing and participating in Ed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Web Site?  No Problem. Use Facebook Fan Page or LinkedIn</title>
		<link>http://www.diymarketers.com/2010/07/14/no-web-site-no-problem-use-facebook-fan-page-or-linkedin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diymarketers.com/2010/07/14/no-web-site-no-problem-use-facebook-fan-page-or-linkedin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heard on the Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Tools]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://diymarketers.em.extrememember.com/?p=2442</guid>
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One of the hottest trends in building a list for your blog or newsletter is to ask people to become guest contributors to your blog.  What I&#8217;ve come to find out in this process is that there are quite a few experts out there who don&#8217;t have a web presence.
One of the best reasons to become [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Build a Targeted Online Community: Deciding on a List Building Strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.diymarketers.com/2010/07/12/how-to-build-a-targeted-online-community-deciding-on-a-list-building-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diymarketers.com/2010/07/12/how-to-build-a-targeted-online-community-deciding-on-a-list-building-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[30 Minute Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Build a Brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Information overload]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Victoria Ransom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wildfire Interactive]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://diymarketers.em.extrememember.com/?p=2435</guid>
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I&#8217;ve been playing with DIYMarketers for over a year and now it&#8217;s time to finally start building an online community.  I&#8217;ve read lots of articles and gotten lots of tips.  But it&#8217;s been hard to move from just reading and learning to actually doing.
As luck would have it, I had the opportunity to interview Victoria [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pretty Link Offers WordPress Bloggers An Extra Tool to Build An Audience</title>
		<link>http://www.diymarketers.com/2010/07/08/pretty-link-offers-wordpress-bloggers-an-extra-tool-to-build-an-audience/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diymarketers.com/2010/07/08/pretty-link-offers-wordpress-bloggers-an-extra-tool-to-build-an-audience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[30 Minute Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Build a Brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Tools]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pretty Link]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uniform Resource Locator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Website]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress Plugin Directory]]></category>

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If you&#8217;ve got a WordPress.org powered blog (meaning that you are hosting it yourself) and you&#8217;ve not heard of &#8220;the Pretty Link&#8221; plugin &#8212; then you are really missing out on a wonderful self-promotion and audience building tool.
Pretty Link is a FREE plugin that you can get from WordPress that turns any link that you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Check Out This Terrific Elevator Pitch Template</title>
		<link>http://www.diymarketers.com/2010/06/07/check-out-this-terrific-elevator-pitch-template/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diymarketers.com/2010/06/07/check-out-this-terrific-elevator-pitch-template/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
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Because DIY Marketers is here to be your &#8220;Consumer Reports&#8221; of marketing, I&#8217;m always looking at tools, programs and systems that will cut the trial-and-error out of your process &#8211; and save you money too.
I&#8217;ve been participating in the OneCoach program over the last several months and I have recommended it whole-heartedly to anyone who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Secretly Overwhelmed by Social Media?</title>
		<link>http://www.diymarketers.com/2010/05/05/are-you-secretly-overwhelmed-by-social-media/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diymarketers.com/2010/05/05/are-you-secretly-overwhelmed-by-social-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 21:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[30 Minute Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quick Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bizmore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://diymarketers.em.extrememember.com/?p=1452</guid>
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It&#8217;s OK. No one is watching you here.  It&#8217;s completely safe to say that you&#8217;re overwhelmed by social media.  You are not alone.  I&#8217;ll be that you sometimes feel like a smoker stranded out in the cold puffing away on your traditional marketing strategy while those hip and trendy marketing folks are laughing it up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News Release &#8211; Campaigner: A New Resource for Email Marketing</title>
		<link>http://www.diymarketers.com/2010/04/12/news-release-campaigner-a-new-resource-for-email-marketing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diymarketers.com/2010/04/12/news-release-campaigner-a-new-resource-for-email-marketing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constant Contact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E-mail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iContact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MailChimp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software as a service]]></category>

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I received this news release from the folks at Campaigner.com. &#160;This is a new service (to me) and according to the chart they have comparing their pricing to iContact, Constant Contact and Mail Chimp &#8212; it looks like a good deal. &#160;Read the release and get yourself a copy of their free e-book. &#160;Let me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doodle’s Approach to Online Scheduling</title>
		<link>http://www.diymarketers.com/2010/03/31/doodle%e2%80%99s-approach-to-online-scheduling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diymarketers.com/2010/03/31/doodle%e2%80%99s-approach-to-online-scheduling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing Tools]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Doodle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Educational]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Naef]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Productivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scheduling Utilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tungle]]></category>

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Image via CrunchBase



 
I&#8217;ve written about Tungle, the online scheduling tool and that article prompted Brandon Watts, an evangelist for Doodle to contact me and let me know about HIS favorite scheduling tool.  As a result of that connection, I was lucky enough to get this wonderful guest post from the CEO of Doodle, Michael [...]]]></description>
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