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		<title>How to market a new service to an unproven market?</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[Offer a discount for multiple bo]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Offer a discount for multiple books. Three families. Five families. Ten families. You could find yourself quite busy!]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Cold Calling the region to test ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Cold Calling the region to test your response rate then gauge if it is worth further investment of your time.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hi Ace,
For schools, I find tha]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Hi Ace,
For schools, I find that&nbsp;the PTA is always more receptive to ideas than going through administration.&nbsp; You could&nbsp;approach them with&nbsp;a scrapbooking fundraiser&nbsp;concept.&nbsp; PTA`s are always looking to raise funds]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Ace, I actually do have some "lo]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Ace, I actually do have some "loose" experience with the medical community (I`m not a medical professional, but I have med pros and med groups as clients). I can tell you that offering any type of bonus or referral to medical groups is a hairy situation]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Thanks for your suggestions Kare]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Thanks for your suggestions Karen and Deborah  

I`m not sure if either of you have any ideas on the best way to
approach institutions like schools, hospital/health, day care etc?
Cause for normal busi]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[You could also&nbsp;share inform]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[You could also&nbsp;share information with parents&nbsp;by speaking at PTA meetings&nbsp;re: treasuring childhood memories.&nbsp;]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Would it be possible to market y]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Would it be possible to market your&nbsp;business to an area maternity hospital? Your service sounds PERFECT for new mothers - they have lots of pictures and very little time. Maybe you could leave brochures at some OB/GYN offices? What about leaving br]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Thanks for your comments Chuck. ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Thanks for your comments Chuck. 
I`m just tweaking the site at the moment, so I might put it up and out there for comment (oohhh) when that`s done.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
We`re going through that issue]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[
We`re going through that issue now with our draft website. Some of our friends are reviewing it and they are a bit confused on what to actually do. So it looks like we may need to do a mini-overhaul of the site. Better to do it no]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Thanks Chuck. Great suggestion.&]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Thanks Chuck. Great suggestion.&nbsp;Never thought of doing a focus group especially for a low volume, home made (at this stage) product like ours. We just thought of putting it out there and seeing if it picks up traction or not. And because we`ve set ]]></description>
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