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		<title>The first sale is the hardest</title>
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		<description>The first sale is the hardest</description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Sounds kind of like a niche Froo]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Sounds kind of like a niche Froogle.
I built a site along those same lines back in the late 90s pitching used cars in El Paso, Texas. It was hard getting dealers onboard at first until I gave it to them for free for the 1st 6 months and promised]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I am starting too, I am a crysta]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I am starting too, I am a crystal crafts gift supplier.
The first is hard, I think!]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 23:23:07 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[
Leddo, give me a call! What we]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[
Leddo, give me a call! What we do is help businesses get that first few customers!GailJ Max
JMAXMarketing2007-5-15 16:2:25]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 23:23:07 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[I usually get around the early a]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I usually get around the early adopter problem by giving it to someone for a little while. 
Find a potential customer you trust, and that is tolerant of the growing pains, and give them the service as part of your "Beta Test". At the very least ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 23:23:07 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Can you post a link to your site]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Can you post a link to your site?
Sounds like you might be encountering the old "hammer looking for a nail problem". If your prospects "love" the idea but aren`t signing up then you`re taking their feedback the wrong way. They`re saying "we love]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 23:23:07 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[I`m still not quite sure I under]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I`m still not quite sure I understand what your site does, but ...what you have is a common problem. What you need is an early adopter. These are the people who buy the thing when it comes out first - the first Vista users, first iPod users, the fi]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 23:23:07 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Ok, i`m after some advice here..]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Ok, i`m after some advice here...&nbsp; About 3 months ago, we finished a prototype of a new website.&nbsp; This website is designed for the end consumer to locate information ac]]></description>
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