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		<title>Lead Generation for Local Business Part Two – Drive Traffic to a Lead Capture Page</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Christie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online Marketing for Local Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Geyser and Main Street Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last month I started to work on a website to do lead generation for a dental practice. We did some research to find out what information people were searching for online relating to choosing dentists.
We are using Traffic Geyser’s Main Street Marketing  Machines system, which is aimed at providing resources and tools to quickly set [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lead Generation for Local Business Part One – Give a Good Reason to Opt In</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 21:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Christie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online Marketing for Local Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month I have been working on a project to do lead generation for a private dental practice.
There is some competition for private patients locally, especially those who want cosmetic dentistry. The business has a substantial spend on print advertising ( Yellow Pages and elsewhere ) and already has a &#8220;pretty website&#8221; that gives no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Started with Video Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Christie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Video Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We have all heard the hype about videos uploaded to YouTube that have taken off, getting many many 1000s of viewers.
However, YouTube.com and other video sites also put video marketing within the reach of even the smallest business.
Ten years ago, local TV adverts, costing $10,000s, were the only option. Now anyone with a PC and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>List Your Local Business on Google Maps</title>
		<link>http://www.dave-christie.com/blog/list-your-business-on-google-maps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Christie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google Maps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you have a local business forget about paying to get listed on the tired old print local business directories. They don’t work anymore.
Most people now search for businesses and services online. Yet many local businesses don’t even show up on the Google listings.
If you have a local business, getting listed on Google doesn’t mean you have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use eBay Classified Ads to Promote Your Business</title>
		<link>http://www.dave-christie.com/blog/use-ebay-classified-ads-to-promote-your-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Christie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[eBay Classified Ads]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you have your own business, you should be looking at what you can do to promote it online.  Even if you don’t have an Internet  Business, more and more of your prospective clients go online first to find information and services. Even for local services.
So, if you have any kind of business at all, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boost Your Local Business Using Email Marketing</title>
		<link>http://www.dave-christie.com/blog/boost-your-local-business-using-email-marketing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dave-christie.com/blog/boost-your-local-business-using-email-marketing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Christie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Email Marketing for Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The most important thing in your business is to know who your clients are. If you know who your clients are, you can follow up their first purchase giving them lots of good reasons to buy from you again.
Most traditional local businesses concentrate on bringing in more new buyers, but neglect following up with past [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging for Business</title>
		<link>http://www.dave-christie.com/blog/blogging-for-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Christie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Blogging]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Starting a blog can bring a valuable boost to your business, whether you have an Online Business, or you have a traditional Local Business.
Blogging is no longer just the home for self indulgent ramblings, and online diaries. If done properly a blog can be a valuable tool to get your business listed with the search [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Setting up our Blog Part Two – Getting started with WordPress</title>
		<link>http://www.dave-christie.com/blog/setting-up-our-blog-part-two-%e2%80%93-getting-started-with-wordpress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dave-christie.com/blog/setting-up-our-blog-part-two-%e2%80%93-getting-started-with-wordpress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Christie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Getting Started]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Once we have hosting for our domain name, and the email account for our blog is set up we need to install the Blog software.
We are going to use WordPress for our blog. There is other blog software available, but WordPress is hard to beat. It’s easy to use and setup, and support at WordPress [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting the Right Kind of Help</title>
		<link>http://www.dave-christie.com/blog/getting-the-right-kind-of-help/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dave-christie.com/blog/getting-the-right-kind-of-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Christie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Getting Started]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the next few months I am building a Real Online Business with the help and advice of  John Thornhill of  http://planetsmsblog.com/
Starting an Online Business does not mean you have to be a technical whizz.
Infact it can be a distinct advantage to concentrate on the “big picture” of developing your business without getting bogged down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Setting up our Blog Part One – Get Web Hosting</title>
		<link>http://www.dave-christie.com/blog/setting-up-our-blog-part-one-%e2%80%93-get-web-hosting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dave-christie.com/blog/setting-up-our-blog-part-one-%e2%80%93-get-web-hosting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Christie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Getting Started]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Once we have a domain name for our blog we need to set it up.
If you are not technically inclined this does not need to be a problem, there are plenty of smart techies who you can get to do the work for you. But there are some important points you need to consider.
First, we [...]]]></description>
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