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	<description>Tips and advice for the small business owner</description>
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		<title>The new mantra of marketing CCDVTP</title>
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C:  Create
C: Communicate
D: Deliver
V: Value
T: Target Market (to the target segment)
P:  Profitably

Your marketing strategy can be defined following this new mantra from Philip Kotler from the London Business Forum.  This short little acronyms encompasses product management, brand management, customer management, open innovation, open technology, emotional connection, corporate social responsibility&#8230;.
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		<link>http://www.shirleyshannon.com/Blog/2011/05/the-new-mantra-of-marketing-ccdvtp/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Quit Poem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tim Wong from Chi Activate, was invited to be our graduation day speaker for our self-employment class, and he shared this poem:
This Don&#8217;t Quit presentation is based on a famous poem which was written many years ago. The author of this poem is unknown. Sadly, in recent years a number of people have claimed ownership [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shirleyshannon.com/Blog/2011/05/dont-quit-poem/</link>
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		<title>Touchsquid Remote Control Tablet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I like to say that I am smart, but when it comes to anything mechanical or spatial, I am pretty hopeless.  That includes using the universal remote control.
Easy to say that there is the one remote to control the DVD player, cable TV box, the VCR and the television, yet if you slightly point the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shirleyshannon.com/Blog/2011/04/touchsquid-remote-control-tablet/</link>
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		<title>Thriftopolis at Port Coquitlam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One reason why I love my work so much is the wide circle of entrepreneurs that I get to work with.  Lucky me to work with Hal Merritt and Vanda Cooper who recently opened their Thriftopolis antique and thrift store in Port Coquitlam.  Their tagline is Quality Thrift and Blasts from the Past, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shirleyshannon.com/Blog/2011/03/thriftopolis-at-port-coquitlam/</link>
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		<title>A Visit to Portobello West</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Portobello West Fashion and Art Market is a monthly event held at the new Creekside Community Recreation Centre located at the Athlete Olympic Village, False Creek of Vancouver.  The shows features local artists with handcrafted fashion arts and accessories that are &#8220;designed in Vancouver&#8221;.  My client Magda Garbacz, of Piknic Designs is  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shirleyshannon.com/Blog/2011/03/a-visit-to-portobello-west/</link>
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		<title>The Beginning of a Silk Mosaic Art Piece</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is Part III of a series on a Robert Schinnour Silk Mosaic Art piece.
Part I.  How the Idea started.
Part II.  Experimenting with colors.
Part III.  Beginning of a Silk Mosaic Art Piece
I got a phone call from the Canadian tapestry and textile artist Robb Schinnour that a color rendition of my favorite [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shirleyshannon.com/Blog/2011/03/the-beginning-of-a-silk-mosaic-art-piece/</link>
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		<title>Part II. Commissioning a piece of textile art</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part I.  How the Idea started.
Part II.  Experimenting with colors.
Part III.  Beginning of a Silk Mosaic Art Piece
Once I&#8217;ve made up my mind to have my first piece of textile art commission, I went for a hunt for the photos I want to use. It took me a few days to locate these [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shirleyshannon.com/Blog/2011/03/part-ii-commissioning-a-piece-of-textile-art/</link>
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		<title>Part I. Commissioning a piece of textile art</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part I.   How the idea started.
I have the fortune of meeting a Canadian textile and tapestry artist, Robb Schinnour who has impressed me most with a very unusual type of textile art.    The art is his own invention and it involves using layers of silk wrapped around a cord and attached to a canvas backing. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shirleyshannon.com/Blog/2011/03/commissioning-a-piece-of-textile-art/</link>
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		<title>Husband day care a cute business idea</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New businesses are springing up everywhere as more Canadians take control of their destiny and take up self-employment.
There are doggie day care centers, after school day care, toddler day care, caregiver placement agencies, nurse next door franchise for short term caregivers, or rent-a-grandma domestic agencies.  So, how about this one?

A Husband Day Care Center? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shirleyshannon.com/Blog/2011/03/cute-business-idea/</link>
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		<title>Slideshare &#8211; powerful business tool</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Slideshare is a tool for sharing power point presentations just as youtube is for sharing video clips.  I stumbled upon slideshare and this is my first attempt to test out how the system works.
Using slidecast and zipcast, slideshare can be used to hold presentations to users from all around the world through the internet. [...]]]></description>
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