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		<title>Why Your Blog Didn’t Take Off in 2011 and How You Fix It for 2012!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Crush It]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fair warning!  This blog post is not for the meek or the faint hearted! About this time last year, you were like a lot of folks who decided that they were going to follow Gary Vaynerchuk’s advice and  “Crush It” (no slam on Gary…if you do what he says, you are going to be farther [...]
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		<title>Why Aren&#8217;t You Using URL Shorteners?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think everyone would agree that the success of your internet business is dependent on how well you can drive traffic to your site.  And there are a variety of ways to do that…Twitter, Facebook, Article Marketing, etc.  The question then becomes: Do you really have any idea how effectively you are driving traffic to [...]
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		<title>Content Marketing Principles: 3 Highly Effective Things to Incorporate Into Your Blog Posts!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that I learned from my attendance to the NAMS conference a couple of weeks ago was that:  Content Marketing IS Connection Marketing! Let’s face it.  In this day and age, it is increasingly difficult to grab someone’s attention, let alone keep it.  So, why would you spend a lot of time, [...]
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		<title>6 Quick and Easy Blogging Tips!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have been online for any amount of time, you will find that having a blogs is without question one of the best tools available for anyone who wants to share information online or to drive traffic to their site. Conversely, how do you set yours apart from the myriad of other blogs in [...]
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		<title>Best Ways to Drive Traffic To Your Blog!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following article was written by  Dorothy J Bellisario who has a site calledThe Blog With A Twist!   Many good bloggers fail to register a profit because they simply don&#8217;t know how to drive traffic. Let&#8217;s have a look at some tips that will help you drive traffic to your blog: 1. Make sure [...]
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		<title>Better Blogging How To – Tip # 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A common mistake that I made when I first started writing was that I simply took too long to make a point. I truly used to believe that the more words I had in a post, the more value people would see in it.  Since that time, I have learned that what works best is [...]
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		<title>7 Reasons You Should Be Blogging</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blogs are taking over the Internet and for good reason. They provide both individuals and organizations with a display where they can share information about themselves and/or their products and services in an informal environment. If your business does not have a blog, then it’s missing out on some of the wonderful benefits that come [...]
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		<title>5 Reasons to use WordPress for your Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exposure. We used to call this SEO, or search engine optimization; these days I like to call it exposure.  Your content is being found all over the place &#8211; not just on the search engines.  WordPress is ready out of the box and there are dozens of plug-ins that can make your website even more [...]
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
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