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Worldwide Holidays for February 2010

1st February

Confederal Agreement Day: Senegal.

3rd February

Heroes' Day: Mozambique.

San Blas: Paraguay.

4th February

Independence Day: Sri Lanka.

CCM Day: Tanzania.

5th February

Constitution Day: Mexico.

President's Day: Congo.

6th February

Waitangi Day: New Zealand.

7th February

Independence Day: Grenada.

8th February

Culture Day: Slovenia.

Revolution Anniversary: Iraq.

Virgen de la Candelaria: Puno, Peru.

Youth Day: Congo.

9th February

Feast of Saint Maron: Lebanon.

10th February

Feast of St. Paul's Shipwreck: Malta.

11th February

Armed Forces Day: Liberia.

Makha Bucha Day: Thailand.

National Foundation Day: Japan.

Youth Day: Cameroon.

12th February

Lincoln's Birthday: United States of America.

Union Day: Myanmar.

14th February

St. Valentine's Day.

Tet and Chinese New Year (Year of the Tiger): Vietnam.

Chinese Spring Festival: Mauritius.

15th February

Folklore Day: South Korea.

Presidents' Day: United States of America.

Provincial Holiday: Most Canadian Provinces and Territories.

18th February

Independence Day: Gambia.

General Holiday, Various Provinces: Canada

19th February

National Day: Nepal.

21st February

Shaheed Day: Bangladesh.

22nd February

Independence Day: Saint Lucia.

Union Day: Egypt.

Washington's Birthday: United States of America.

23rd February

National Day: Brunei.

Republic Day: Guyana.

25th February

National Day: Kuwait.

People Power Day: Philippines.

27th February

Independence Day: Dominican Republic.

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Entrepreneurs - Top 7 Ways to Get Customer Traffic With an Awesome Sales Letter By Joshua Black             If you have an existing business, or you are starting a business, the critical key is to get as many customers in the door as you can. Whether you are on-line, have a brick-and-mortar store, or both, customer traffic is key. Read on to find out 7 ways that you can bring in more business with an amazing sales letter. Here are 7 ways that you can greatly increase your customer traffic using a fabulous sales letter: 1. Create a call to action in every piece you send out. Whether it's an email or a stamped letter, don't just tell the customer how great your business is, you need to give them some incentive to get off the couch and into your business. 2. Make sure it's time-sensitive. The customer has to feel a sense of urgency to make the purchase, or else they will never pull out their wallets. The timed offer has to be real however. You can't say that the price will go up and then never increase it. The customer will never trust you again. 3. Sell to one person at one time. Use the word "you" a lot. Don't sell to a group of people. This is one, small chat between you and each individual customer, so picture that when you are writing the letter. 4. Do something different. If everyone else in your industry is sending out the same offer with the same type of letter, then you should go in a completely different direction to get the most attention from your customer.   Adland Digest Sponsor Message $11,000 PIZZA! $11,000 PIZZA! WOULD YOU GIVE UP A PIZZA FOR A MONTHLY INCOME OF $11,000? I DID! Not to do so in this economy would be so insane especially if you're looking for a way to make money from home with little to no effort. Click here to visit Be a sponsor. Place your ad here. (Spot II)   5. Reward the customer for loyalty. Show the customer that you have some sort of system for keeping them with you, instead of going down the street. Loyalty programs can have a huge impact on your business and they cost very little to maintain related to the number of sales they gain. 6. Put the product in your customer's shoes. Put them behind the wheel. Use your writing to make the customer feel as if they have the product in their lives and they will be losing out if they do not make the purchase. 7. Use emotion in all of your sales letters. People buy with emotion and they justify their purchases with logic. Make sure that you sell to this emotional side to gain the biggest sales benefit. When you sell with logic, you aren't using the part of the brain that starts to salivate when we really want something. Emotions equal power.   About the Author: Joshua Black is the developer of the Underdog Sales Letter System. This report gives you all of tips, templates, and tricks necessary to create your own customer-grabbing sales letters in as little as 8 hours. Check it out at: http://www.sales-letter-system.com. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Joshua_Black Adland Digest Sponsor Message Be a sponsor. Place your ad here. (Spot III)    How to Create Your Strategic Email Marketing Plan By Max Kazen   Every email that gets sent must be part of an overall marketing plan. Think about your marketing plan in terms of an expanded law of reciprocity. The basic law of reciprocity says "Do unto others what you would have them do unto you." Another version says "Whatever you give will be given back to you in equal measure...good and bad." And one other reciprocity quote, often applied to business is "Value given for value received." The expanded version that I think helps you develop a good marketing plan...your email marketing strategy included...is more like this: "Give everything with great passion and joy, and provide the opportunity for others to share." When you have a product or service, care deeply about it. Learn all you can about it, and find others who share your passion. Promote others as well as yourself, and create competition if none exists. Be generous in all that you do. The law of reciprocity says "what goes around, comes around." The expanded law says not to worry about from where, or when. When you keep providing opportunities, your opportunity will appear. Consider your unique value proposition. Many marketers believe this means pitting yourself against your competition...sometimes against your friends. That, however, is a lie, or a mistaken perception. If you examine your product or service carefully, you can undoubtedly find something different about it. 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When you're ready to design your e-mail campaign, do the following 3 things: Define Your Purpose: What is the intent of your email campaign? What do you want it to accomplish? This is the goal that all e-mails will be centered around. Identify Your Audience: How big is your audience, how segmented...how many different target markets are you writing for? For example, if you have a catalogue store with a huge variety of tools and small equipment, the email you send to your customers in Miami, Florida wouldn't (normally) be a description of the superior snowblower that would be of great benefit in a Montana mountain town, with its back-saving features and cold-weather starter. Instead, you might be describing the ultra-quiet, lightweight blower that quickly and efficiently removes beach sand from patios and decks. Develop Your Strategy: How can you position your company with every offer? 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