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		<title>An open letter to Whitecourt Home Business Owners</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrysha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone! My home business is a bit different from the traditional home business. In truth, I pretty much sucked at direct sales. What I&#8217;m good at is getting publicity (along with general writing for small and home bases businesses). I&#8217;ve written releases for several direct sales consultants including candle reps and a Watkins rep. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sizzling Summer Ends</title>
		<link>http://pkmarketingsolutions.com/441/sizzling-summer-ends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrysha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Whitecourt Biz News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Better late than never, the Sizzling Summer Shop &#38; Win finally reached completion with the awarding of the cash (well money order really) to most of the winners today. The final delivery for one is scheduled tomorrow.
I&#8217;ll do the final posting to the promotional website, facebook &#38; twitter &#8211; along with a few dozen other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Golden Moments&#8230;Remembrance &amp; Celebration</title>
		<link>http://pkmarketingsolutions.com/437/golden-moments-remembrance-celebration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrysha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Whitecourt Biz News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is an article I am planning to submit locally for Small Business Week.
For those who aren&#8217;t local, my town is Whitecourt &#8211; a town of just under 10,000 on the far edges of the foothills, 109 miles north of the capital city of Edmonton.

When the Whitecourt and District Chamber of Commerce came into being, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Grand Prize Draw and A Publicity Mention&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://pkmarketingsolutions.com/433/a-grand-prize-draw-and-a-publicity-mention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrysha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Whitecourt Biz News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community connected commerce. shop local promotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shop&Win]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night was the rescheduled Shop &#38; Win Grand Prize Draw Locally. It was a great event that taught me a ton about my great new hometown and about running a major marketing campaign.
You see, until now it was all just theory.
While I have done the bits and pieces that went into it (writing press [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kicking off the pre-launch</title>
		<link>http://pkmarketingsolutions.com/406/kicking-off-the-pre-launch/</link>
		<comments>http://pkmarketingsolutions.com/406/kicking-off-the-pre-launch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrysha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Whitecourt Biz News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The soft launch of the Sizzling Summer began Monday with the delivery of most of the merchant packages on Monday. Today marks the second stage of launch &#8211; with the Impact Video Boards beginning with the announcement of 10 extra entries to anyone who picks up their Shop &#38; Win card at participating locations before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preparing for a Sizzling Summer</title>
		<link>http://pkmarketingsolutions.com/398/preparing-for-a-sizzling-summer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrysha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Whitecourt Biz News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve spent the last three days visiting many of the stores, restaurants and consumer services throughout Whitecourt, workng towards getting enough sponsors to make the vision I have for the Sizzling Summer promotion a reality.
You can check out the consumer website that I&#8217;ve started as a platform for the promotion at shopinwhitecourt.com
The promotion incorporates everything [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Profitable Marketing &#8211; An after hours release</title>
		<link>http://pkmarketingsolutions.com/346/profitable-marketing-foundations-for-busy-business-owner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrysha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among other things on my list of accomplishments today, I finalized the proof for my first physical book.
I started offering it to followers on Twitter and then developed an SMMO  for my friends at MomMasterminds. I finished off the evening tasks before dinner by  changing my signature line at Small Business Forum.
Now that everyone is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whitecourt Chamber of Commerce</title>
		<link>http://pkmarketingsolutions.com/160/whitecourt-chamber-of-commerce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrysha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Whitecourt Biz News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Directorship positions were filled at last meeting of Whitecourt Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday at the Eagle River Casino]]></description>
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		<title>This Week in Small Business Marketing</title>
		<link>http://pkmarketingsolutions.com/129/week-small-business-marketing/</link>
		<comments>http://pkmarketingsolutions.com/129/week-small-business-marketing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrysha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Seminars]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been away from the computer and out in my local community much more this week. That was a bit unanticipated, but the speaking engagement I had scheduled for this past Monday has been postponed, so that added 16 hours to my schedule (the driving time there and back).
So &#8211; I was able to put [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I recommend buying local where possible</title>
		<link>http://pkmarketingsolutions.com/122/buying-selling-local-small-busines/</link>
		<comments>http://pkmarketingsolutions.com/122/buying-selling-local-small-busines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrysha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Seminars]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Everlasting PR Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiring a local web designer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine, reading yesterday&#8217;s tips on finding a local web designer/marketer asked me why I was giving tips on finding services similar to mine locally.
She asked me, &#8220;Why not tell them to buy your services instead?&#8221;
There are a few reasons.
First of all, I&#8217;m a big believer in keeping things local wherever and whenever [...]]]></description>
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