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		<title>How to Set SMART Goals For Marketing Success</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Giselle Aguiar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 23:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s been said that if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Given that, when you plan your marketing, what are you planning for? Success, right? Well, how do you know when you&#8217;ve achieved it? That&#8217;s where goal setting comes in. Furthermore, success means different things to different people. That&#8217;s where SMART Goals come [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://azsocialmediawiz.com/set-smart-goals-new-year/">How to Set SMART Goals For Marketing Success</a> first appeared on <a href="https://azsocialmediawiz.com">AZ Social Media Wiz</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Free is a Free Website? Is it a Good Place to Start?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Giselle Aguiar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 23:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A low-priced or free website is ridiculously tempting for the small business owner, just because they&#8217;re free or inexpensive. The problem is that just because of their site-builder structure &#8212; to make it super easy to use &#8212; you forego or lose vital search engine optimization (SEO). Obviously, that&#8217;s a MAJOR factor in today&#8217;s digital [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://azsocialmediawiz.com/how-free-is-a-free-website-is-it-a-good-place-to-start/">How Free is a Free Website? Is it a Good Place to Start?</a> first appeared on <a href="https://azsocialmediawiz.com">AZ Social Media Wiz</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Marketing on Social Media with no Tactical Plan is Wasted Effort</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Giselle Aguiar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 23:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Have you ever planned a big trip? I&#8217;m talking about a longer-than-a-weekend vacation or a major relocation trip. It takes a good tactical plan to make the trip enjoyable and worry-free. Likewise, if you attempt to do your social media marketing without a tactical plan, you&#8217;ll waste time and money. Besides that, you won&#8217;t get [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://azsocialmediawiz.com/social-media-marketing-tactical-plan/">Marketing on Social Media with no Tactical Plan is Wasted Effort</a> first appeared on <a href="https://azsocialmediawiz.com">AZ Social Media Wiz</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Videos: Make the Best of the 2 Sides of LinkedIn and Unleash its Power</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Giselle Aguiar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>LinkedIn is way more than a place for job seekers to network and find jobs. If that&#8217;s the last time you used it, then you&#8217;re missing out on a powerful tool. Having a completed profile with updated information, as well as a company profile page for your business, increases your trust and credibility factor immensely. [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://azsocialmediawiz.com/linkedin-powerful-tool/">Videos: Make the Best of the 2 Sides of LinkedIn and Unleash its Power</a> first appeared on <a href="https://azsocialmediawiz.com">AZ Social Media Wiz</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Podcasting: What You Need to Know to Get Started</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Giselle Aguiar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Several years ago, I considered podcasting. However, I heard that it takes a lot of planning and that you really need to have 2 people or guests to be successful. With that in mind, I decided not to do one in the digital marketing field. There are several very good social media, content marketing, and [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://azsocialmediawiz.com/podcasting/">Podcasting: What You Need to Know to Get Started</a> first appeared on <a href="https://azsocialmediawiz.com">AZ Social Media Wiz</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How to Use Visual Marketing to Boost Your Brand and Sales</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Giselle Aguiar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Everywhere you look, you see visual marketing: pictures, photos, graphics, animations, and/or videos. For instance, did you know that YouTube videos appear frequently in Google AI Overviews? Plus, how does AI Search fit in? Besides that, what are today&#8217;s visual marketing trends, platforms, and tools &#8212; including AI? If you want your marketing messages to [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://azsocialmediawiz.com/how-to-get-visual-to-boost-your-brand-and-sales/">How to Use Visual Marketing to Boost Your Brand and Sales</a> first appeared on <a href="https://azsocialmediawiz.com">AZ Social Media Wiz</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What You Need to Know to Build a Website that Works</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Giselle Aguiar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I was once asked, &#8220;Could my Facebook business page serve as my website. No. Your website is yours. Social media profiles should be your backup in case your site goes down. And it’s a way to drive people to your website. You have zero control over what happens on Facebook or the other social networks [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://azsocialmediawiz.com/build-your-website-for-effective-results/">What You Need to Know to Build a Website that Works</a> first appeared on <a href="https://azsocialmediawiz.com">AZ Social Media Wiz</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What is the Right Selling Ratio on Social Media?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Giselle Aguiar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>To sell or not to sell: that is the question. What is the right selling ratio on social media? That is, the ratio of selling vs. non-selling posts? Seriously, think about it. When you&#8217;re on social media, you don&#8217;t want to see ad after ad, after ad, after annoying ad, right? Yet, that&#8217;s what businesses [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://azsocialmediawiz.com/right-ratio-social-media/">What is the Right Selling Ratio on Social Media?</a> first appeared on <a href="https://azsocialmediawiz.com">AZ Social Media Wiz</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Often Should You Blog for Marketing Success?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Giselle Aguiar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Blogging, especially now in the age of the AI Search evolution, is a vital function of your business. As part of your content marketing, blogging should be strategically included in your overall marketing plan. Why do you need to blog regularly? Here are the benefits of blogging&#8230; How do you make the blog work? Basically, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://azsocialmediawiz.com/how-often-should-you-blog/">How Often Should You Blog for Marketing Success?</a> first appeared on <a href="https://azsocialmediawiz.com">AZ Social Media Wiz</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Do You Want to go Viral? Tell Stories that Provoke Emotions</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Giselle Aguiar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s an excellent example of a viral video for a brand that actually rejected it. It&#8217;s what&#8217;s called &#8220;user-generated content&#8221;. A fan of a product or service creates a video on their own, without prompting from the brand. But this is not about the brand, but the power of telling stories that provoke emotions. About [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://azsocialmediawiz.com/want-go-viral-tell-stories-provoke-emotions/">Do You Want to go Viral? Tell Stories that Provoke Emotions</a> first appeared on <a href="https://azsocialmediawiz.com">AZ Social Media Wiz</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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