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		<title>How to market on a tight budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mvh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where do you get the biggest bang for your buck? Or for your hour? I hereby give you permission to stop doing what doesn't work. ]]></description>
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		<title>How to Say No to a Prospect</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 23:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Welcome to Mike's Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[client selection]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[prospecting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Sharisax is Out There&#8221; has a series of posts on this topic, and my &#8220;guest post&#8221; is the fourth in this series. After you read mine, check out the other articles. Selecting the best clients is critical to growing your business, so how can you bring yourself to say no to a prospect? First of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 3 Barriers to Small Business Growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mvh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your business is growing and profitable, then BOOM, you hit a speed bump. Or you get stuck in a swamp. What happened? You ran into one of the growth barriers that are dang near universal. ]]></description>
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		<title>How entrepreneurs get started</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mvh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you don't have a workable product, then you cannot demonstrate that everybody wants it. Without this evidence, nobody will invest in you.]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons From a Gawdawful Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mvh</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[action plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["What if I was this cost-conscious in the good times?" "I saw how arrogant I had been." "I let myself get discouraged." "I only kept half an eye on the books." "We lost sight of our goals." "We should have laid people off sooner." ]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Past Procrastination</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mvh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you ever procrastinate? Stop kicking yourself! Here are some ways we help each other counter this.]]></description>
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		<title>When Do Companies Stop Being Creative?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mvh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[9 creativity killers for small business owners. Failure of creativity follows shifts in the attitudes of the owner and other key people
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		<title>Has Your Company Stopped Being Creative?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mvh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I see small companies launch in a burst of creativity, then slowly lose their creative edge over time. Why?]]></description>
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		<title>Ask Mike Van Horn a question</title>
		<link>http://blog.businessownerstoolbox.com/ask-mike-van-horn-a-question/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 17:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mvh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have a pressing business question, use the form below to send it to me. I will get back to you. %%wpcontactform%%]]></description>
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		<title>My Top 10 Rules for Small Business Marketing</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.businessownerstoolbox.com/my-top-10-rules-for-small-business-marketing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mvh</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cost-effective marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market plan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: What are the marketing needs for the average small business? Do you consider working with marketing consultants and, if so, what would you go to one for?   I&#8217;m looking to get thoughts from those who are in/ run a small business (i.e., sole-proprietorship to a place with fewer than 20 employees)  (Linked In posting, [...]]]></description>
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