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		<title>Are They Really Marketing Secrets?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu McLaren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I read an article by marketer Clayton Makepeace on the topic of &#8220;Secrets&#8221;.
It immediately pulled me in and by the end of the article my mind was racing with new ideas for upcoming promotions and campaigns.
With permission, I&#8217;m sharing the article verbatim below.
Enjoy&#8230;

 Psst … Can You Keep a Secret?

Dear Business-Builder,
The great investor Warren [...]


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		<title>Barber Shop Business Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu McLaren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I was engaged in a fascinating conversation.
A bunch of guys on my soccer team and I were discussing (of all things)&#8230; getting our hair cut!
It all started when someone made a comment about my freshly groomed crop. Well that comment led to another and before I knew it, an amazing set of business lessons [...]


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		<title>Virtual Book Tour System &#124; Sell Books Fast</title>
		<link>http://myideaguy.com/blog/virtual-book-tour-system-sell-books-fast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu McLaren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great marketing ideas are the fuel to your marketing success.
That&#8217;s why when I see something creative and effective, I take note.
For example, learning to sell books fast is one of the skills every author wants to master.  However, the problem is most don&#8217;t know how to do it (including some of the best-selling authors [...]


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		<title>What Are Your Information Products Telling People?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2006 18:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu McLaren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday the door bell rang&#8230;
Now the fact that the door bell rang may not sound strange but we just moved into a new home so many of our friends don&#8217;t even know where our new house is yet.  Therefore  random visitors have been an unusual circumstance.
So I opened the door and there he [...]


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		<title>Repackage Your Products and Multiply Your Profits</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 05:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu McLaren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have a product (of any kind) one of the fastest and easiest ways to multiply your profits is to repackage what you have.
Best-selling author Seth Godin did it.
U2 has done it.
Heck, even Oprah has done it.
And now you&#8217;re starting to see many other major companies do it as well (some are listed later [...]


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		<title>Top 5 Tips for Selling High Priced Items</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stu McLaren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately, we've been spending a lot of money.

Amy (my girlfriend) and I just finished building a new house so there have been all kinds of high priced items we needed to purchase. With that being said, I have learned an aweful lot about what works and what doesn't.

Here's my Top 5 Tips for Selling High Priced Items...


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