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JULY 2007
Issue: 3
Greetings!

We're hot in the middle of summer, so I'm keeping things short and sweet this month.

If you're trying to learn more about your market or know someone who needs information for a business plan, read the article on how to do market research.

Plus, learn about driving traffic to your site using content publishing at my next workshop. More info on this one and others at the bottom of this email.

Swimmingly yours,

Robbin Block
Looking for market info?
Here's a quick way to find it.

Contrary to what you may have thought, starting with Google is not the fastest way to find industry and customer data. It's just too much information to wade through. A better method is to find the publications and associations related to your industry, and mine them for reports, white papers, articles and more. Read the article
 
Robbin's Upcoming Workshops Robbin Block

July 27th: Publishing Content to Drive Traffic

As the second part of a Triple Play, we'll be talking about creating materials for PR, publishing through RSS and link-bait. We'll also help you discover topics that will be especially interesting to your prospects and site visitors.

August 15th: Marketing 101
Just getting started or need to write the marketing portion of your business plan? Come to this workshop where you'll learn all the basics.

August 31st: 3rd Base
In the final part of our triple play, we'll look at online advertising as a way to build traffic, without overpaying or overspending. This includes pay-per-click services, like Google Adwords, paid text links, and display advertising, like banners, skyscrapers, etc.

September 8th: Marketing Tips & Tricks at BizFair, Washington's Small Business Fair. I'm speaking at 8:30am and 2:30pm, but the event goes on all day. If you're thinking about starting a business, this is the place to go for information. And all the seminars are FREE!

In This Issue
Fast Track Research
Upcoming Workshops

The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.

 -- Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), one of America's most famous architects. His interest in architecture began with a set of kindergarten building blocks he received as a child.

















If you're a meeting planner needing a speaker for coming events,
contact me about topics and dates. I can get you in for a sneak preview at any of my workshops as well.

Robbin Block
Blockbeta Marketing
info@blockbeta.com
206.335.5929

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