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		<title>10 Ways to Know When to Update Your Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Paulsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know it’s time to remake your company’s website when … A first-time visitor says, “Ahh, I see your website is from the Early Web Period.” Only your mother can find it. A new customer comes to your store, sits down and cries, “It didn’t look like this on the web!” Your staff informs you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remediating Search Engine Rankings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Paulsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Businesses that developed simple text-dense websites in the early years of the Internet (before 2001) benefited from a phenomenon known as “grandfathering”.  If these businesses listed their websites in the major search engines before the engines began charging for inclusion or pay per click, their sites stayed in the search engines for free because the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Owner&#8217;s Thanksgiving</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Paulsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[li { padding: 10px 0 10px 0; } By Elizabeth Paulsen in the style of Chuck Gallozzi We are thankful for: Long hours because even though they’re long, we set them and we are not likely to lay ourselves off. Work stress because it gives us an excuse to reach for the dark chocolate or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>20 Ways to Fail at SEO</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Paulsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[20 Ways to Keep Search Engines from Listing Your Website in Their Search Results In ten years of optimizing websites for the search engines, I’ve often been called in to remedy business websites that have had disastrous results in the search engines. In each case a prior webmaster or search engine optimization (SEO) service provider [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business Indicators</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Paulsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is your business improving? While some business owners look to their financials to determine whether their business is doing better, many small business owners also look to the following indicators.  They know business is better when: 1. Management isn&#8217;t panicked when some high maintenance customers go elsewhere. 2. Management begins to test new services and markets. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which Medium When?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 23:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Paulsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although I make a living helping businesses attract new customers and sales through online media, I don&#8217;t quickly jump on every new social medium platform. This is because I&#8217;ve learned from experience that: some are huge time wasters that provide very little meaningful communication, others don&#8217;t last long enough to be proven as effective social [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Setting Your Price</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 21:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Paulsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I enjoy mentoring new businesses.   One of the most common questions I hear from new business owners is &#8220;How should I set my price?&#8221;   Here is what I tell them. Know the price your competitors are charging.   Gather as much information as you can regarding what your competitors are charging and why. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Business in Difficult Times</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Paulsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many businesses are reporting that their goal is simply to survive these difficult times. The steps to survival are the same as those for building a business. Build relationships (old and new). This builds trust and helps you identify who needs what your business has to offer and who has what your business needs. Tell [...]]]></description>
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