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		<title>Say No To Cookie Cutter Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every local business is unique – don’t put up with cookie cutter solutions for your marketing. Local business marketing used to be relatively straight forward &#8211; get a great location, advertise in the yellow pages, possibly do some direct mail or local newspaper advertising, and you had all of your bases covered.  Today, that isn’t &#8230;]]></description>
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		<link>http://thrivehive.com/1618</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HivePro Tip of the Week: Make sure your blog has social sharing buttons. If you want visitors to share your content, make it easy!]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Build It; Use Tools to Grow Your Small Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ThriveHive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Successful business owners are a group who know how to get things done. They&#8217;ve built something from the ground up and have the skills to make anything happen. Knowing this, many of them will confidently strive into a new arena and say to themselves, &#8220;Hey, I could build this even better.&#8221; and immediately get to &#8230;]]></description>
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		<link>http://thrivehive.com/1614</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HivePro Tip of the Week: Spend more time on Twitter and Facebook. Engage with your customers and really listen to what they&#8217;re saying.]]></description>
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		<title>Title Tags in 4 Easy Steps</title>
		<link>http://thrivehive.com/title-tags-in-4-easy-steps</link>
		<comments>http://thrivehive.com/title-tags-in-4-easy-steps#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Title tags are probably the single most important element on a web page when it comes to optimizing for search engines.  The title tag controls the text that shows in the top of your web browser window, as well as the title listed in the organic search results.  The title tells both the search engines &#8230;]]></description>
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		<link>http://thrivehive.com/1562</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HivePro Tip of the Week: Be sure to rotate your promotional offers regularly. New offers keep your customers engaged and active.]]></description>
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		<title>5 Ways to Build an Online Audience</title>
		<link>http://thrivehive.com/5-ways-to-build-an-online-audience</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing Thoughts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You have built a website and you already have your SEO working the right way. Potential customers are coming your way, but for some reason people don’t seem to be coming back to your site or engaging with you in Facebook and Twitter. Keep reading and you will find a list of five simple things &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>8 Tips to Help You Prepare for Facebook’s New Business Pages</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing Thoughts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You might have heard that Facebook is rolling out a new business page design. You need to prepare your page and customize it to ensure that you get the most out of the new design. This article will outline 8 easy steps to make sure you are ready for Facebook’s new business page design. The &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business Marketing Checklist &#8211; 6 Things to Check Daily</title>
		<link>http://thrivehive.com/small-business-marketing-checklist-6-things-to-check-daily</link>
		<comments>http://thrivehive.com/small-business-marketing-checklist-6-things-to-check-daily#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing Thoughts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a small business owner or manager you might be wondering: &#8220;What are the things that I need to do every day to stay on top of my marketing and continue to grow my business?&#8221; We&#8217;ve put together a simple and easy to follow checklist to help you figure out where to focus your efforts. &#8230;]]></description>
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		<link>http://thrivehive.com/1396</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HivePro Tip of the Week: Is the Yellow Pages still working for you? Give them a tracked phone number to measure customer calls.]]></description>
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		<title>9 of the Most Successful B2B Viral Videos Ever</title>
		<link>http://thrivehive.com/9-of-the-most-successful-b2b-viral-videos-ever</link>
		<comments>http://thrivehive.com/9-of-the-most-successful-b2b-viral-videos-ever#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing Thoughts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What do a glass manufacturer, a toilet seat company, a phone system provider, a printing company, and a repo man all have in common?  They all decided to forego the conventional wisdom that companies who sell relatively ordinary products B2B cannot produce virally shareable videos. At ThriveHive we hear from businesses all the time who &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>How To Create a Google+ Page For Your Small Business</title>
		<link>http://thrivehive.com/how-to-create-a-google-page-for-your-small-business</link>
		<comments>http://thrivehive.com/how-to-create-a-google-page-for-your-small-business#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Your business is active on Twitter, you’re posting regularly to Facebook, but are you on Google+?  This new social network may be the smallest of the three, but it has the most influence over Google’s search results.  If you&#8217;re a small business that has already mastered Facebook and Twitter, you might want to consider adding &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Engaging Content: How to Increase Web Traffic and Reduce Bounce Rate</title>
		<link>http://thrivehive.com/engaging-content-how-to-increase-web-traffic-and-reduce-bounce-rate</link>
		<comments>http://thrivehive.com/engaging-content-how-to-increase-web-traffic-and-reduce-bounce-rate#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creating engaging content is critical if you want to attract people to your website and keep them on the site once they get there.  This article will outline four tips to help you create relevant content that will captivate your audience. First off, let’s define what a bounce rate is to make sure we all start &#8230;]]></description>
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		<link>http://thrivehive.com/1251</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HivePro Tip of the Week]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[HivePro Tip of the Week: It may seem like a digital world, but offline marketing like direct mail can still be incredibly effective.]]></description>
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		<title>Get Found Online By Using A Marketing Footprint Report</title>
		<link>http://thrivehive.com/get-found-online-by-using-a-marketing-footprint-report</link>
		<comments>http://thrivehive.com/get-found-online-by-using-a-marketing-footprint-report#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ThriveHive</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing Thoughts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Having a big sign in a busy physical location used to be enough to attract potential customers to your business.  Today, having a good marketing footprint still follows that same principle, but the signs are online and it’s important to place those signs in multiple places on the internet.  ThriveHive has developed a free way &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Top 3 Marketing Approaches from The Chiropractor Marketing Report</title>
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		<comments>http://thrivehive.com/top-3-marketing-approaches-from-the-chiropractor-marketing-report#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing Thoughts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, ThriveHive is excited to release “The Chiropractor Marketing Report”, a detailed look into the current marketing trends in the chiropractic industry based on a survey of 236 chiropractors.  You can download your free copy here. It’s probably no surprise that most chiropractors are in a constant search for patients. If you’re thinking “Yep, that’s &#8230;]]></description>
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		<link>http://thrivehive.com/1155</link>
		<comments>http://thrivehive.com/1155#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HivePro Tip of the Week]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[HivePro Tip of the Week: A picture is worth 1,000 words, so take lots of your business in action and share them everywhere you can.]]></description>
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		<link>http://thrivehive.com/1127</link>
		<comments>http://thrivehive.com/1127#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HivePro Tip of the Week]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ask customers to review you on Google. More than 5 reviews gets your rating shown in the search results.]]></description>
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		<link>http://thrivehive.com/1124</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HivePro Tip of the Week]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[HivePro Tip of the Week: Run your Marketing Footprint report at www.MarketingFootprint.com. Use it as a marketing to-do list for your business.]]></description>
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		<title>10 Things Your Small Business Can Tweet About Today</title>
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		<comments>http://thrivehive.com/10-things-your-small-business-can-tweet-about-today#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to Twitter, one of the problems most small business owners face is &#8220;what do I tweet about?&#8221;  It&#8217;s a good question.  You&#8217;re busy running your business and that means creating content isn&#8217;t always easy. You know you should be on Twitter, you know there are a lot of potential customers to connect &#8230;]]></description>
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