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	<description>Lose the hype. Bring marketing down to earth.</description>
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		<title>Comment on 50 Ways to Love Your Customers by Gaby</title>
		<link>http://grassrootsmarketing.ca/50-ways-to-love-your-customers/#comment-8</link>
		<dc:creator>Gaby</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>loved it</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>loved it</p>
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		<title>Comment on 6 Sponsorship Suggestions to get more BANG for your &#8216;Puck&#8217;! by Patricia Simoneau</title>
		<link>http://grassrootsmarketing.ca/6-sponsorship-suggestions-to-get-more-bang-for-your-puck/#comment-7</link>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Simoneau</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If you are referring to a door prize donation, I would try to find some products that complement your service, and bundle it with your own. 

For example, let&#039;s say you have a bookkeeping business. You can put together a basket of supplies for a woman&#039;s home office – a nice daytimer (perfect for a January tournament!) along with some stationery items, high-end pens, and maybe a little luxury item like some specialty teas or a scented candle.  (I did that one year, surprisingly, people loved having scratch pads, sticky notes and nice pens... who couldn&#039;t use them?)

Then put in a copy of something YOU created... a book you wrote, a special report on tax-saving tips, a CD from a teleconference call you did, anything that YOU produced.  

Of course if you have a big product like a do-it-yourself home study course or a series of workbooks, you can put that in as a stand-alone product. I only suggest the other complementary items as a way to &#039;pretty it up&#039; and supplement your product if you only have one physically small item.

Also throw in an offer of a discount on a particular service when they visit your website. It can be a BOGO 30-minute phone consultation for example. Once they have that chance to &#039;try you out&#039;, you have a better chance of making the sale for on-going service.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are referring to a door prize donation, I would try to find some products that complement your service, and bundle it with your own. </p>
<p>For example, let&#8217;s say you have a bookkeeping business. You can put together a basket of supplies for a woman&#8217;s home office – a nice daytimer (perfect for a January tournament!) along with some stationery items, high-end pens, and maybe a little luxury item like some specialty teas or a scented candle.  (I did that one year, surprisingly, people loved having scratch pads, sticky notes and nice pens&#8230; who couldn&#8217;t use them?)</p>
<p>Then put in a copy of something YOU created&#8230; a book you wrote, a special report on tax-saving tips, a CD from a teleconference call you did, anything that YOU produced.  </p>
<p>Of course if you have a big product like a do-it-yourself home study course or a series of workbooks, you can put that in as a stand-alone product. I only suggest the other complementary items as a way to &#8216;pretty it up&#8217; and supplement your product if you only have one physically small item.</p>
<p>Also throw in an offer of a discount on a particular service when they visit your website. It can be a BOGO 30-minute phone consultation for example. Once they have that chance to &#8216;try you out&#8217;, you have a better chance of making the sale for on-going service.</p>
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		<title>Comment on 6 Sponsorship Suggestions to get more BANG for your &#8216;Puck&#8217;! by Bonnie Roill</title>
		<link>http://grassrootsmarketing.ca/6-sponsorship-suggestions-to-get-more-bang-for-your-puck/#comment-6</link>
		<dc:creator>Bonnie Roill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Patti, lover your &quot;new look?&quot; I also loved the timing of this article for me - I am planning a free presentation for my HOA and this article sparked some thoughts for me. Thanks! </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Patti, lover your &#8220;new look?&#8221; I also loved the timing of this article for me &#8211; I am planning a free presentation for my HOA and this article sparked some thoughts for me. Thanks!</p>
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		<title>Comment on 6 Sponsorship Suggestions to get more BANG for your &#8216;Puck&#8217;! by Cynthia</title>
		<link>http://grassrootsmarketing.ca/6-sponsorship-suggestions-to-get-more-bang-for-your-puck/#comment-5</link>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you for the awesome suggestions!   I run a home-base service business and am always looking for new ideas!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for the awesome suggestions!   I run a home-base service business and am always looking for new ideas!</p>
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		<title>Comment on 6 Sponsorship Suggestions to get more BANG for your &#8216;Puck&#8217;! by Shelley</title>
		<link>http://grassrootsmarketing.ca/6-sponsorship-suggestions-to-get-more-bang-for-your-puck/#comment-4</link>
		<dc:creator>Shelley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Excellent Stuff Patti! Can you make a suggestion on how a service based business could maximize on these opportunities as apposed to buying a gift from another retailer just to take part. The gift usuallly has nothing to do with what the service based company has to offer.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excellent Stuff Patti! Can you make a suggestion on how a service based business could maximize on these opportunities as apposed to buying a gift from another retailer just to take part. The gift usuallly has nothing to do with what the service based company has to offer.</p>
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		<title>Comment on 6 Sponsorship Suggestions to get more BANG for your &#8216;Puck&#8217;! by Shawna Cevraini</title>
		<link>http://grassrootsmarketing.ca/6-sponsorship-suggestions-to-get-more-bang-for-your-puck/#comment-3</link>
		<dc:creator>Shawna Cevraini</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Excellent tips! Very specific and useful! Thank you!! :) Congrats to Kim!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excellent tips! Very specific and useful! Thank you!! <img src='http://grassrootsmarketing.ca/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Congrats to Kim!</p>
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		<title>Comment on On My SOPA Box by Patricia Simoneau</title>
		<link>http://grassrootsmarketing.ca/on-my-sopa-box/#comment-2</link>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Simoneau</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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