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		<title>Transition Your Position by Encouragement</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post by Derrick Hayes &#160; How did I get here? Why do I do the things I do? These are two important questions that we sometimes never look into. Are you a freshman in business trying to avoid the sophomore or jinx that could arrive.? No matter who you are or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everything Old is New Again: Should We Bring Blog Carnivals Back?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m blown away by the speed at which online media changes. Yesterday I participated in a Blog Carnival.  Basically this is how bloggers build traffic and comments to their sites when they first get started.  It used to be very popular &#8220;back in the day&#8221; &#8212; which was about five or six years ago.  CAN [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Not About the Hair They Cut Off &#8211; It&#8217;s About How Much They Leave Behind</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2011/03/16/its-not-about-the-hair-they-cut-off-its-about-how-much-they-leave-behind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just come back from the hairdresser&#8217;s and NO &#8211; it doesn&#8217;t look as bad as this picture. Â In fact, my hair looks fantastic! Â The woman who cuts and colors it is wonderful and she loves what she does. Â We both love to explore new looks and try new things. Â (Again &#8212; I don&#8217;t look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Brand is So Strong That Developers Create Content Around Its Weaknesses?!</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2011/01/26/what-brand-is-so-strong-that-developers-create-content-around-its-weaknesses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brain Candy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How would you like to have a brand that is so powerful, so popular, so cool and so in-demand that : People will wait outside the handful of retail outlets that actually distribute the product? That has some technical features which are less desirable than the alternative? That has basic functions that actually cause developers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JRayl Trucking Has Fun With Videos &#8212; You Can Too</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/11/09/jrayl-trucking-has-fun-with-videos-you-can-too/</link>
		<comments>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/11/09/jrayl-trucking-has-fun-with-videos-you-can-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brain Candy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of small businesses look at social media and video as something that &#8220;isn&#8217;t really for them&#8221; or as a &#8220;waste of time.&#8221; Â It&#8217;s nice to see that JRayl trucking in Akron has put themselves out there with a couple of videos parodying the Geico commercials. I have to admit that I was a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Wasting Time Can Generate Increased Profits</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/11/05/how-wasting-time-can-generate-increased-profits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 10:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have a guest post today from Arthur Gould, the division manager of Â The Self Storage Company. Â He contacted me about contributing an article and came up with this one! Â With the year coming to an end, it just seems natural that we&#8217;re looking back on some missed opportunities and chiding ourselves for all the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Miss Commercials The Way They Used to Be</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/10/16/i-miss-commercials-the-way-they-used-to-be/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw this video in a tweet sent by Guy Kawasaki. Â The article was about how commercials were made BEFORE the age of computer generated images. Â As I watched it I noticed something that we haven&#8217;t seen for a while and, to be honest, I found it refreshing. The commercial totally focused on what Raisin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ask Yourself &#8220;In What Ways&#8221; Can it Get Any Better?</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/10/07/ask-yourself-in-what-ways-can-it-get-any-better/</link>
		<comments>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/10/07/ask-yourself-in-what-ways-can-it-get-any-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anita Campbell was featured in an article on Aaron Wall&#8217;s SEOBook the other day as he interviewed her on how she saw the mindset of small business owners in today&#8217;s economic environment. Â As I was reading the article, I found myself wondering if it was possible to get teary-eyed over a business article (how nerdy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mastering the Inner Game Report: Resetting Your Comfort Zone</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/04/14/mastering-the-inner-game-report-resetting-your-comfort-zone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/04/14/mastering-the-inner-game-report-resetting-your-comfort-zone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had our second webinar session with John Assaraf as a part of his Mastering the Inner Game program. Â In my last report, I talked about learning how to &#8220;drive my brain.&#8221; Â I figured, if my brain is going to be deciding on strategies for me and my clients, I should at least know how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Get Into the Right Mindset for Market Planning</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2009/10/23/how-to-get-into-the-right-mindset-for-market-planning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.strategystew.com/2009/10/23/how-to-get-into-the-right-mindset-for-market-planning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you walk the line of having a productive, positive, mindset while acknowledging the state of the economy?Â  This is a question I&#8217;ve been mulling over recently as my clients jump into the fray of market and strategic planning for 2010. You have to have the right mindset.Â  This means separating &#8220;what&#8217;s happening&#8221; in [...]]]></description>
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