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	<title>Rick Rochon's Marketing Blog</title>
	<link> http://www.realestatebusinessplanningguide.com/rick-rochons-marketing-blog.htm </link>
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	<copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2007 RealEstateBusinessPlanningGuide.com. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright>
    <pubDate>2007-08-03</pubDate>
        
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		  		<title><![CDATA[13 Ways to Promote your Local Business for Free]]></title>
	      		<link><![CDATA[http://blog.rickrochon.com/2009/07/19/13-ways-to-promote-your-local-business-for-free/]]> </link>
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				Your small business needs to get found online, period, end of report.  What are you doing to make sure that happens?  Are you thinking about how folks looking for your product or service would be searching online or are you thinking like you?  Are you making sure your site is sexy to Google?  This is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.rickrochon.com&blog=5359247&post=130&subd=rickrochon&ref=&feed=1" /><a href=http://blog.rickrochon.com/2009/07/19/13-ways-to-promote-your-local-business-for-free/ target='_blank'> <u>...&raquo;</u> </a>				]]></description>
	      		<pubDate> Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:37:21 +0000 </pubDate>
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		  		<title><![CDATA[What&#8217;s wrong with newspaper advertising for small business anyway?]]></title>
	      		<link><![CDATA[http://blog.rickrochon.com/2009/07/19/whats-wrong-with-newspaper-advertising-for-small-business-anyway/]]> </link>
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				I was just reading an interesting article online making the case for newspaper advertising for small/local businesses.  The article provided some very useful data about readership, responsiveness and just how darn great it is to advertise in the newspaper.  As I see it, the issue with newspapers is NOT a lack of audience or a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.rickrochon.com&blog=5359247&post=128&subd=rickrochon&ref=&feed=1" /><a href=http://blog.rickrochon.com/2009/07/19/whats-wrong-with-newspaper-advertising-for-small-business-anyway/ target='_blank'> <u>...&raquo;</u> </a>				]]></description>
	      		<pubDate> Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:21:02 +0000 </pubDate>
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		  		<title><![CDATA[Learn to harness the power of Facebook for your small business.]]></title>
	      		<link><![CDATA[http://blog.rickrochon.com/2009/06/17/learn-to-harness-the-power-of-facebook-for-your-small-business/]]> </link>
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				Learn to market your small business (even big, small business) using Facebook Pages and Ads.  Jump at this great opportunity to learn from a pro and save yourself a HUGE amount of wasted time.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.rickrochon.com&blog=5359247&post=124&subd=rickrochon&ref=&feed=1" /><a href=http://blog.rickrochon.com/2009/06/17/learn-to-harness-the-power-of-facebook-for-your-small-business/ target='_blank'> <u>...&raquo;</u> </a>				]]></description>
	      		<pubDate> Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:21:22 +0000 </pubDate>
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		  		<title><![CDATA[Leveraging the Power of the Internet for the Small Business Owner: Strategies that increase Credibility, Exposure and Business Success!]]></title>
	      		<link><![CDATA[http://blog.rickrochon.com/2009/05/31/leveraging-the-power-of-the-internet-for-the-small-business-owner-strategies-that-increase-credibility-exposure-and-business-success/]]> </link>
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				Bringing the best of the bay to teach you all you need to know to be a powerhouse on the internet!

LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Wordpress! Social Networking is not a fad it’s the next level of internet marketing. BUT is it getting you results? Do you have the right online presence to attract opportunity for your business?  Or do you feel like you’re wasting time? Have you learned to implement strategies that WILL achieve results? And are you driving traffic in the smartest ways possible?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.rickrochon.com&blog=5359247&post=115&subd=rickrochon&ref=&feed=1" /><a href=http://blog.rickrochon.com/2009/05/31/leveraging-the-power-of-the-internet-for-the-small-business-owner-strategies-that-increase-credibility-exposure-and-business-success/ target='_blank'> <u>...&raquo;</u> </a>				]]></description>
	      		<pubDate> Sun, 31 May 2009 16:31:25 +0000 </pubDate>
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		  		<title><![CDATA[The importance of brand for small business marketing]]></title>
	      		<link><![CDATA[http://blog.rickrochon.com/2009/05/03/the-importance-of-brand-for-small-business-marketing/]]> </link>
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				Tips for small businesses and small business marketers to clearly convey their brand in their marketing including 4 simple tips to convey your brand to prospects.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.rickrochon.com&blog=5359247&post=110&subd=rickrochon&ref=&feed=1" /><a href=http://blog.rickrochon.com/2009/05/03/the-importance-of-brand-for-small-business-marketing/ target='_blank'> <u>...&raquo;</u> </a>				]]></description>
	      		<pubDate> Sun, 03 May 2009 16:07:03 +0000 </pubDate>
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		  		<title><![CDATA[Small business social marketing.  A few tips for using Facebook and Twitter in your small business.]]></title>
	      		<link><![CDATA[http://blog.rickrochon.com/2009/04/29/small-business-social-marketing-a-few-tips-for-using-facebook-and-twitter-in-your-small-business/]]> </link>
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				I have been really swamped with new clients and social marketing training events, so I apologize for not blogging like I should, please forgive.  But I have been having a great time and learning a great deal about how small businesses should and should not utilize applications like Facebook and Twitter.  Now for the basic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.rickrochon.com&blog=5359247&post=106&subd=rickrochon&ref=&feed=1" /><a href=http://blog.rickrochon.com/2009/04/29/small-business-social-marketing-a-few-tips-for-using-facebook-and-twitter-in-your-small-business/ target='_blank'> <u>...&raquo;</u> </a>				]]></description>
	      		<pubDate> Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:40:53 +0000 </pubDate>
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		  		<title><![CDATA[In NYC baby.]]></title>
	      		<link><![CDATA[http://blog.rickrochon.com/2009/04/07/in-nyc-baby/]]> </link>
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				Heading to to the Greenpearl event. I will be presenting a workshop on &#8220;Socially Marketing Your Listings and Yourself&#8221; for real estate agents. Then we are having a panel with some other folks in this space. More to come.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.rickrochon.com&blog=5359247&post=105&subd=rickrochon&ref=&feed=1" /><a href=http://blog.rickrochon.com/2009/04/07/in-nyc-baby/ target='_blank'> <u>...&raquo;</u> </a>				]]></description>
	      		<pubDate> Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:07:23 +0000 </pubDate>
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		  		<title><![CDATA[Understand the Social Marketing Puzzle By Rick Rochon]]></title>
	      		<link><![CDATA[http://blog.rickrochon.com/2009/03/15/understand-the-social-marketing-puzzle-by-rick-rochon/]]> </link>
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				A few months back I got to participate in BizTechDay.  I really loved being a part of such an exciting event. BTD  was an event for small business owners and entrepreneurs to get together for a one-day event that can really empower their business in the future.  The day was filled with amazing speakers like [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.rickrochon.com&blog=5359247&post=100&subd=rickrochon&ref=&feed=1" /><a href=http://blog.rickrochon.com/2009/03/15/understand-the-social-marketing-puzzle-by-rick-rochon/ target='_blank'> <u>...&raquo;</u> </a>				]]></description>
	      		<pubDate> Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:35:02 +0000 </pubDate>
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				How do you get free publicity? Rick Rochon &#38; Whitney Keyes &#8211; The Main Street Mavericks Just in case you aren&#8217;t familiar with how to get some publicity and to keep it simple you can check out Whitney and Rick chatting about how to get publicity as a small business. It doesn&#8217;t have to be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.rickrochon.com&blog=5359247&post=99&subd=rickrochon&ref=&feed=1" /><a href=http://blog.rickrochon.com/2009/03/10/99/ target='_blank'> <u>...&raquo;</u> </a>				]]></description>
	      		<pubDate> Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:45:06 +0000 </pubDate>
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		  		<title><![CDATA[Socially marketing your small business.  The conversation has started.]]></title>
	      		<link><![CDATA[http://blog.rickrochon.com/2009/03/08/socially-marketing-your-small-business-the-conversation-has-started/]]> </link>
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				Today Rick and Whitney, The Main Street Mavericks, break down the value or lack of value for a small business to spend time marketing on Facebook, Twitter and other sites with weird names. Is it all a fad or a revolution? How can it help you make more money in your business and what are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.rickrochon.com&blog=5359247&post=94&subd=rickrochon&ref=&feed=1" /><a href=http://blog.rickrochon.com/2009/03/08/socially-marketing-your-small-business-the-conversation-has-started/ target='_blank'> <u>...&raquo;</u> </a>				]]></description>
	      		<pubDate> Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:22:38 +0000 </pubDate>
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