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		<title>Middle America’s Brand Royalty: The Amazing Reality of Kim Kardashian</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica C Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.marketsmithinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/kim.jpg" alt="" title="kim" width="90" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1420" />In 2007 Kim Kardashian became an overnight star. Her mother, a smarter, wiser, and better version of Colonel Parker, enlisted her family to create a reality dynasty that has captivated the US TV market and expanded into multiple versions and many other countries.  That same year Kim’s also famous sex tape was released. ]]></description>
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		<title>Officially Trumped</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 20:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica C Smith</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.marketsmithinc.com/?p=1373</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.marketsmithinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/marketsmith-icons-drtv.jpg" alt="Marketsmith DRTV" title="Marketsmith DRTV" width="90" height="90" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1178" />Ok I admit to being obsessed with Trump’s appeal. Back in the late eighties, when I read everything under the sun about being successful, the greatest companies in the world, and how to be happy, one of my reads was Donald Trump’s first book.  At the time I read it, Trump was in huge financial trouble and everyone counted him out.]]></description>
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		<title>Market Less to Make More? Never a Wise Strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.marketsmithinc.com/2011/02/market-less-to-make-more-never-a-wise-strategy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 22:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dmitri Pestrikov</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.marketsmithinc.com/?p=1144</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.marketsmithinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/marketsmith-icons-drtv.jpg" alt="Marketsmith Online Marketing" title="Marketsmith Online Marketing" width="90" height="90" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1117" />Market less and make more seems to be the inferred take-away from Juan Martinez of <a href="http://www.dmnews.com/netflix-q4-2010-revenue-jumps-34-despite-marketing-cut/article/195063/"><em>DM News</em></a>. However, comparing two moderately related indicators does not show the full picture. A 10% cut in marketing spend was not the main driver for the success of Netflix, Inc in Q4 of the past year.]]></description>
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		<title>Woman’s Day Speaks to the Modern Woman</title>
		<link>http://www.marketsmithinc.com/2010/11/womans-day-speaks-to-the-modern-woman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica C Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The November 1, 2010 Woman&#8217;s Day issue has an article which speaks directly to me as a working woman, mother, and key provider, who also has a wide network of family and friends with whom I want to stay in contact, but have trouble maintaining those “face to face” relationships. How Connected are You? by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A: Making Facebook Work for Your Brand &#8211; An Interview With Monica C Smith</title>
		<link>http://www.marketsmithinc.com/2010/06/qa-making-facebook-work-for-your-brand-an-interview-with-monica-c-smith/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marketsmith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q&#038;A: Making Facebook Work for Your Brand By Sherry Chiger, Direct Magazine Direct Magazine asked Monica C. Smith, &#8220;chief marketsmith&#8221; at marketing agency Marketsmith, a few questions about the dos and don’ts of establishing a Facebook presence. Read Full Article]]></description>
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		<title>What do Revamping your Website and Getting your Hair Cut have in Common?</title>
		<link>http://www.marketsmithinc.com/2009/12/revamping-website-hair-cut-online-marketing-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.marketsmithinc.com/2009/12/revamping-website-hair-cut-online-marketing-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marketsmith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WHAT DO REVAMPING YOUR WEBSITE AND GETTING YOUR HAIR CUT HAVE IN COMMON? Your website is a retail window. Recognizing its importance, you want to give your site a fresh look. Or perhaps you have a new spin off; or you have decided to move to a new retail platform. So you have either hired [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Groundbreaking Direct Marketing meets Social Media</title>
		<link>http://www.marketsmithinc.com/2009/12/groundbreaking-direct-marketing-meets-social-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marketsmith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GROUNDBREAKING DIRECT MARKETING MEETS SOCIAL MEDIA As we all know, there is an explosion of media and contact methodologies today. Social media can no longer be ignored. But how do we understand the interaction of all consumer touch points and each one&#8217;s role in delivering the final sale. And, more importantly, how do we know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marketsmith partners with WWD for a New Look at the Luxury Market</title>
		<link>http://www.marketsmithinc.com/2009/09/marketsmith-partners-with-wwd-for-a-new-look-at-the-luxury-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marketsmith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marketsmith partners with WWD for a New Look at the Luxury Market September 17, Women&#8217;s Wear Daily presented &#8220;Luxury Redefined,&#8221; a forum of industry and thought leaders who are pioneering the NEW Luxury in branding and retail, and gaining insights into affluent and aspiring consumers and their attitudes and behavior. Marketsmith was pleased to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Solid Base</title>
		<link>http://www.marketsmithinc.com/2009/05/circulation-planning-database-marketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 21:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marketsmith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A SOLID BASE Encouraged by a Marketsmith newsletter article on focusing on EBITDA, the General Manager of a niche multichannel marketer called us and said, &#8220;We need to cut our marketing expense by at least 15%, but we can not afford to give up any marketing services. What can you do for us?&#8221; At the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Twelve Step Program &#8211; Getting the Most Mileage from your Database</title>
		<link>http://www.marketsmithinc.com/2009/05/database-marketing-outsourced-circulation-planning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 21:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marketsmith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE TWELVE STEP PROGRAM &#8211; GETTING THE MOST MILEAGE FROM YOUR DATABASE As you have seen in this and previous newsletters, we talk about The Next Mile, the next level of marketing sophistication building on information available in a marketing database. The database consolidates multiple data streams allowing a marketer to perform two critical functions: [...]]]></description>
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