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		<title>Cheap Advertising Strategies for Small Businesses</title>
		<link>http://blog.rubikintegration.com/2010/07/06/cheap-advertising-strategies-for-small-businesses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another quarter is passing us by, and small businesses are all the rage, lately. With the current attempt to beat the economy into submission, the little guys are suffering much more than the corporate giants. But with this fact comes another: people are more eager to buy from small businesses, and stay away from the [...]
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		<title>Self-Marketing Versus Marketing Companies</title>
		<link>http://blog.rubikintegration.com/2010/03/23/self-marketing-versus-marketing-companies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[David vs Goliath? When you run a small business you have very few options by way of marketing, at least in the face of the big guys who will inevitably show above you in much brighter lights. Ecommerce has changed this for the better. It is easier and easier for the little guy to stand [...]
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		<title>Marketing in a Bloated Market</title>
		<link>http://blog.rubikintegration.com/2010/03/16/marketing-in-a-bloated-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marketing isn&#8217;t what it used to be. While it used to be a fairly straight forward of advertising versus product demand, the market has become so bloated with the introduction of ecommerce that it is next to impossible for some small businesses to reach their audience. In order to do so one any real level [...]
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		<title>Some thoughts about Zencart&#8217;s current newsletter subscription system</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I was going through my inbox in my regular routine to clean up the spam/ads mails. It&#8217;s amazing how much spam I&#8217;ve got so far, my inbox has 3000+ unread emails after just a couple of months (these are all emails I don&#8217;t bother to read). Some of them are not exactly spams, they [...]
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		<title>Marketing a Small Business Through Social Media Part II</title>
		<link>http://blog.rubikintegration.com/2010/03/06/marketing-a-small-business-through-social-media-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In part one we talked about the use of social media types like Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter. But these are all incredibly informal means of marketing, and are often unsuccessful for those who are working as consultant, freelancers, or want to market themselves as a service rather than a whole business. There are several ways [...]
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		<title>Marketing a Small Business Through Social Media Part I</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Basic Principles of Branding</title>
		<link>http://blog.rubikintegration.com/2010/01/22/the-basic-principles-of-branding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Business Basics: How Business Cards Are Still Relevant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Finding Your Target Audience</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, we talked about the importance of finding a niche market to establish your small business in. Today, we will touch on why, and how, you have to find a target market to advertise to. This is more than creating a general idea of who might be interested. Instead, you will be narrowing down [...]
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		<title>Finding THE niche for your business</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
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