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Your Marketing Department Needs to Be Bigger

By Mary Ellen Tribby | 07/17/2008

If you have five employees, you should have five marketers. If you have 100 employees, you should have 100 marketers.

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Marketing With Free Information

By Bob Bly | 07/16/2008

One of the easiest – and most effective – ways to generate more leads and orders from your marketing is to offer, as a bonus, a free special report. But be careful: Your prospects already have too much to read and don’t really want a “report” per se. What they…

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The Green Tea Scam

By Craig Ballantyne | 07/16/2008

Green tea is a healthy drink. It’s been shown to boost brain health, protect against Parkinson’s, increase metabolism, protect the prostate, and reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease. But, contrary to claims made in many ads making the rounds these days, it does NOT cause weight loss. Researchers from…

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An ETF With a Bright Future

By Christian Hill | 07/15/2008

The world of exchange traded funds (ETFs) is ever-evolving. Nowadays, you can invest in a fund that covers just about any niche market. One that has caught my interest lately is the Claymore/MAC Global Solar Energy Index ETF, with the ticker symbol TAN. (Apparently, even Wall Street has a bit of a sense of humor.)

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Was It Worth the Pain?

By John L. Herman Jr. | 07/15/2008

Success is like any other high in life. It is a rush. It may be as simple as getting the closest parking space. Ahhh, that little rush of victory! And all it took was driving around the lot three times.

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Take Baby Steps to Better Health

By Craig Ballantyne | 07/15/2008

I get hundreds of e-mails every day, but only a few of them upset me. And those are the ones from guys who are under 30 and feel that they’ll never be in good shape again. It is frustrating that so many men, and women, think they are over the hill in their late 20s. Can you believe that?

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Your Customers Won’t Know What They’re Getting Unless You Tell Them

By Suzanne Richardson | 07/14/2008

You aim for top-notch service. And you always put your customer first. But if you’re not reminding your customer of exactly what you’re doing for her, your hard work could be going unnoticed.

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Meat: Clean, Lean, and Green

By Kelley Herring | 07/14/2008

Should I eat meat? At some point, just about everyone asks themselves that question. As you know from reading ETR, we strongly believe that the answer is yes – because meat is an essential part of a healthy, fat-burning diet.

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The Right Way to Take a Working Vacation

By Mark Morgan Ford | 07/14/2008

You can do it too – enjoy a working vacation of half-days. The idea is that instead of taking a two- or three-week vacation without work, take a four- to six-week vacation working just four hours a day.

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How to Gain Muscle and Burn Fat – at the Same Time

By Jon Benson | 07/12/2008

I’d like to help you get into top shape as quickly as possible. In order to do that, you must do two seemingly opposing things: Gain weight (muscle) and lose weight (fat).

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Contaminated Crops

By James B. LaValle | 07/11/2008

Fresh produce is a key component of a healthy diet, and I’m constantly reminding patients to increase their intake. But recent headlines have opened our eyes to the fact that when we eat fresh fruit and vegetables, we may be literally biting off more than we can chew.

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Only 7 Percent of E-Mails Are Worth Reading

By Mary Ellen Tribby | 07/10/2008

Knowing I was going to be out of touch for a while, I prepared everything I needed ahead of time. That included setting up the following autoresponder message for all the e-mails I would be receiving while I was gone.

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