{"id":2410,"date":"2015-01-06T15:39:03","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T21:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenivey.com\/?p=881"},"modified":"2015-10-15T16:45:13","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T21:45:13","slug":"how-not-to-market-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mcmdigitalproducts.com\/?p=2410","title":{"rendered":"How NOT to Market Your Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OWN your marketing &#8211; or suffer when they pull the plug. \u00a0(I&#8217;m only posting this because lately I&#8217;ve had a lot of people asking about this).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EbEUuHrWRe4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Again, I&#8217;m only speculating here &#8211; but it sure looks like they shut him down. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/kenivey.com\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_sad.gif\" alt=\":(\" class=\"wp-smiley\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/kenivey.com\/not-market-business\/881\/\">How NOT to Market Your Business<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/kenivey.com\">Ken Ivey<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OWN your marketing &#8211; or suffer when they pull the plug. \u00a0(I&#8217;m only posting this because lately I&#8217;ve had a lot of people asking about this). 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