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	<title>MarketLine &#187; Mistakes to Avoid</title>
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		<title>Want an Easy Way to Build Sales?</title>
		<link>http://clearpointmarketing.com/blog/index.php/2010/05/18/want-an-easy-way-to-build-sales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 20:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ClearPoint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mistakes to Avoid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There you sit.  You’ve got credit card in hand, visions of a new widget burning in your mind, and you can’t get anyone to answer the phone at the store where you’re trying to place your order.  Are you a bit annoyed?  Frustrated?  Downright angry?  Are you considering calling another store – or even forgetting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Marketing Program Underperforming?</title>
		<link>http://clearpointmarketing.com/blog/index.php/2010/04/15/is-your-marketing-program-underperforming/</link>
		<comments>http://clearpointmarketing.com/blog/index.php/2010/04/15/is-your-marketing-program-underperforming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ClearPoint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mistakes to Avoid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just because you’ve relied on the same marketing strategies to drive your sales year after year doesn’t mean you can expect similar results in a down economy.  In fact, being complacent about your marketing program may be much more damaging to your business than it would be in a soft market.  So what can you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Website Driving Customers Away?</title>
		<link>http://clearpointmarketing.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/22/is-your-website-driving-customers-away/</link>
		<comments>http://clearpointmarketing.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/22/is-your-website-driving-customers-away/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ClearPoint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mistakes to Avoid]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[website traffic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the soft economy and highly savvy Internet consumers, your Website’s performance matters more than ever.
Today’s sites are increasingly dependent upon state-of-the-art technologies such as shopping tools, videos, games, and other interactive functions that attract attention and move visitors to action. Unfortunately, some of these highly promising features can sometimes fail to work properly, causing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Enemies of Small Business Success</title>
		<link>http://clearpointmarketing.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/13/5-enemies-of-small-business-success/</link>
		<comments>http://clearpointmarketing.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/13/5-enemies-of-small-business-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ClearPoint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mistakes to Avoid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The road to success is full of land mines. Here are 5 that you need to avoid:
1. Later. This is a way of avoiding personal responsibility for procrastinating, so eliminate it from your vocabulary. As a reminder, write the word “later” on a piece of paper and put a big X through it. Then post [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Ways to Lose a Customer</title>
		<link>http://clearpointmarketing.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/19/5-ways-to-lose-a-customer/</link>
		<comments>http://clearpointmarketing.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/19/5-ways-to-lose-a-customer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ClearPoint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mistakes to Avoid]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are 5 assumptions that can screw up a good customer relationship:

Assume your customers’ expectations aren’t the most important metric.
One of the biggest mistakes business owners make is setting unrealistic goals that exceed the customers’ expectations – over promising.  For example, if a customer needs something on Friday, don’t promise to deliver on Wednesday if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Number One Mistake Small Business Owners Make When Writing Their Own Ads!</title>
		<link>http://clearpointmarketing.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/17/the-number-one-mistake-small-business-owners-make-when-writing-their-own-ads/</link>
		<comments>http://clearpointmarketing.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/17/the-number-one-mistake-small-business-owners-make-when-writing-their-own-ads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ClearPoint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mistakes to Avoid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Writing your own ad isn’t that difficult – right?
After all, you know your products better than anyone. And, it doesn’t take a genius to put some words on paper. That’s obvious. Just read some of the ads out there. They don’t even use proper grammar.
If that’s true, then why aren’t your ads working?
It could be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Re: The Seven Deadly Sins of Social Media</title>
		<link>http://clearpointmarketing.com/blog/index.php/2009/05/15/re-the-seven-deadly-sins-of-social-media/</link>
		<comments>http://clearpointmarketing.com/blog/index.php/2009/05/15/re-the-seven-deadly-sins-of-social-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 22:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ClearPoint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mistakes to Avoid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[myspace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to David Griner at The Social Path, here’s a list of the Seven Deadly Sins that can make your social media program go up in metaphorical flames. We’ve made a few changes and done a bit of editing to make the list more appropriate for our audience, but if you would like an in-depth [...]]]></description>
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