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		<title>Joanne Steele Is Presenting at British Columbia Canada’s Conference on Rural Tourism</title>
		<link>http://ruraltourismmarketing.com/2010/03/joanne-steele-is-presenting-at-british-columbia-canada%e2%80%99s-conference-on-rural-tourism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joanne Steele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Success For Small Towns]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’m going to British Columbia again this spring to present at BC’s first Conference on Rural Tourism.
The conference will be held near Chase – too far to visit one of my all time favorite rural tourism destinations, Revelstoke, B.C.. But hey, maybe I’ll find another fav on my way up and back.
The conference is sponsored [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be The Best Small Town in America in 10 Easy Steps</title>
		<link>http://ruraltourismmarketing.com/2010/03/be-the-best-small-town-in-america-in-10-easy-steps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joanne Steele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding & Regional Flavor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Techniques & Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rural Economic Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success For Small Town Businesses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success For Small Towns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community pride]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I discovered Budget Travel Magazine’s America’s Coolest Small Town Contest today and had
great fun reading about the 21 finalists. Go to their site and cast your own vote.
I doubt if this designation will have major impact on the economic or tourism futures of any of these listed small towns, but that’s not the point.
Being chosen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Blogs are Important on Rural Tourism Business Web Sites</title>
		<link>http://ruraltourismmarketing.com/2010/03/why-blogs-are-important-on-rural-tourism-business-web-sites/</link>
		<comments>http://ruraltourismmarketing.com/2010/03/why-blogs-are-important-on-rural-tourism-business-web-sites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joanne Steele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success For Small Town Businesses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[effective tourism web sites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Successes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[niche marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online tourism marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First, let me define what a blog is.
A blog is a new page of content added to your web site on a regular and consistent basis. It can contain text, video, photos or any combination of those three things.
You noticed that I said “regular and consistent”, not daily. One of the misconceptions about blogs is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make Small Town Tourism Work For Your Rural Region</title>
		<link>http://ruraltourismmarketing.com/2010/03/make-small-town-tourism-work-for-your-rural-regio/</link>
		<comments>http://ruraltourismmarketing.com/2010/03/make-small-town-tourism-work-for-your-rural-regio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joanne Steele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding & Regional Flavor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rural Economic Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success For Small Towns]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I discovered a valuable post on small town tourism planning this morning that I want to pass on.
In her post Getting Folks Around the Table, Nicole Vaugeois, tourism expert from Vancouver Island University, stresses that who is involved in rural tourism planning is as important as the effort itself.
Every small town or region working to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Small Town Tourism Businesses Should Be Collaborators NOT Competitors</title>
		<link>http://ruraltourismmarketing.com/2010/03/why-small-town-tourism-businesses-should-be-collaborators-not-competitors/</link>
		<comments>http://ruraltourismmarketing.com/2010/03/why-small-town-tourism-businesses-should-be-collaborators-not-competitors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joanne Steele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding & Regional Flavor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Techniques & Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rural Economic Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success For Small Town Businesses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regional network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rural tourism marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tourism development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For tourism to work in a small town, get over the idea that any other business is  a competitor.
Here’s why:
Tourism is about giving visitors lots of choices. A town with ONE lodging and ONE restaurant and ONE gift shop and ONE adventure business will always be small beans.  Their share of the tourism pie will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 Steps To Organizing Lists and Notes, For Small Business Mavens</title>
		<link>http://ruraltourismmarketing.com/2010/02/4-steps-to-organizing-lists-and-notes-for-small-business-mavens/</link>
		<comments>http://ruraltourismmarketing.com/2010/02/4-steps-to-organizing-lists-and-notes-for-small-business-mavens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joanne Steele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing Techniques & Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success For Small Town Businesses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success For Small Towns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a small business owner in charge of everything and doing everything, you probably rely heavily on LISTS. You make them on yellow pads, you keep them in your pda, you write them on paper napkins in restaurants, you jot them on backs of envelopes.
And then you spend valuable time looking for them…
I promised you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Write Effective Newsletters Your Customers Can’t Wait to Open</title>
		<link>http://ruraltourismmarketing.com/2010/02/write-effective-newsletters-your-customers-open/</link>
		<comments>http://ruraltourismmarketing.com/2010/02/write-effective-newsletters-your-customers-open/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joanne Steele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Techniques & Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success For Small Town Businesses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[email newsletters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[long tail marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing message]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ruraltourismmarketing.com/?p=1483</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First off, every small tourism business should be sending out at least a monthly email newsletter.
Everyone likes to receive good, juicy, interesting email. We like it almost as much those snail mail letters we used to get from close friends and loved ones.
It is that anticipation of interesting news, feel good messages, surprises and delight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Welcome a New Business to Your Small Town</title>
		<link>http://ruraltourismmarketing.com/2010/02/how-to-welcome-a-new-business-to-your-small-town/</link>
		<comments>http://ruraltourismmarketing.com/2010/02/how-to-welcome-a-new-business-to-your-small-town/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joanne Steele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rural Economic Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success For Small Towns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chamber of commerce]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ruraltourismmarketing.com/?p=1464</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most small towns are delighted to see a new business open. The chamber of commerce holds a ribbon cutting that is published in the newspaper, and everyone keeps their fingers crossed that this small business will succeed.
Here are some extra things a chamber of commerce can do to help that dream of success come true.
Provide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rural Tourism: It&#8217;s Our Time!</title>
		<link>http://ruraltourismmarketing.com/2010/02/rural-tourism-its-our-time/</link>
		<comments>http://ruraltourismmarketing.com/2010/02/rural-tourism-its-our-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joanne Steele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding & Regional Flavor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rural Economic Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success For Small Towns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community redevelopment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is your town  considering a tourism option to diversify your economy? Check out my guest post at the Nebraska Center for Rural Affairs.
Rural Tourism: It&#8217;s Never Been A Better Time to Be A Small Town
]]></description>
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		<title>Why Multitasking is Bad for Your Small Tourism Business</title>
		<link>http://ruraltourismmarketing.com/2010/02/why-multitasking-is-bad-for-your-small-tourism-business/</link>
		<comments>http://ruraltourismmarketing.com/2010/02/why-multitasking-is-bad-for-your-small-tourism-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joanne Steele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing Techniques & Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success For Small Town Businesses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Success For Small Towns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chamber of commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have been researching multitasking for weeks with the idea that I would share ideas for how to get better at it.
I know that you are probably either a small tourism business or a rural chamber of commerce with responsibility for every aspect of your business, so to keep up with everything you’re multitasking like [...]]]></description>
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