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By Jerry Fisher

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What clever marketing methods are entrepreneurs using todifferentiate themselves? This new column will uncover a few eachmonth to inspire your own creative efforts.

SEEN: A local pizzeria adds to its family appeal byputting Trivial Pursuit Cards on every table. (OK, who playedTV's Doogie Howser, M.D.?)

HEARD: From a door-to-door salesman, to overcome aknee-jerk rejection: "Sir, before you slam the door on me andgo back to watching that Seinfeld rerun . . . ."

SEEN: A kitchen designer sends out a "garagegourmet" survival basket of goodies on the stressfuldemolition day of a client's remodeling project.

SEEN: A hot teen boutique takes a bunch of tops offhangers and slings them onto hooks, neatly messy, like a kid'scloset--the better to make it feel like home.


Jerry Fisher is Entrepreneur's "AdWisdom" columnist.

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