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	<title>The Lively Merchant &#187; Web Strategy</title>
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		<title>How To Make Your Website Sell More Stuff</title>
		<link>http://www.thelivelymerchant.com/web-strategy/are-you-using-your-website-as-a-selling-tool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grey Suit Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If you build it, they will come.&#8221; 

 This famous line from Field of Dreams might apply to baseball diamonds, but it doesn’t necessarily translate  to websites. At Grey Suit Retail, our online marketing and web development company, we design websites with many built-in features  that make it easy for your customers to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catalogs Increase Time on Site</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Strategy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Grey Suit Retail, our online marketing and web development company, provided this data to FURNITURE&#124;TODAY 

FURNITURE&#124;TODAY MARCH 7, 2011
Does your site include product catalogs or offer online sales? It should. Data from Grey Suit Retail shows that consumers spent, on average last year, 82% longer on sites that contain catalogs. And, e-commerce capabilities increased the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upholstery Sells the Most</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FurnitureToday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Sales]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Grey Suit Retail, our online marketing and web development company, provided this data to FURNITURE&#124;TODAY

 
FURNITURE&#124;TODAY FEBRUARY 7, 2011
This week’s e-Intent reveals the most-purchased products through online furniture retailers for the fourth quarter of 2010. Upholstered sofas and chairs, covered in fabric and leather, were bought the most during the three-month period.
According to the exclusive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seriously?</title>
		<link>http://www.thelivelymerchant.com/products/seriously/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 00:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Furniture eCommerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Selling Solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Websites]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I found the opposite end of the spectrum today at website for a furniture retailer whom we help in several areas of media. Here’s what every single page on their site says about online pricing: "Online Pricing - For a variety of reasons, including manufacturer restrictions, technical issues, and constant change, we are unable to quote prices online or by email..."]]></description>
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		<title>Utilizing SEO: Strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[furniture advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stretegy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Part 3 of 3
Beyond technology, here are three principles to remember when planning and executing an SEO campaign:

Flow
Remember, the reason you are trying to get your website to the top of the first page is because you want people to come to the site and look at your content, then buy what your selling. Don’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utilizing SEO: Glossary of Key Terms</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Furniture Adversiting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glosssary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Part 2 of 3
Understanding these key SEO (Search Engine Optimization) ideas and terms will help you make the best decisions for your search marketing strategy:

Title
Each page on your website is coded with a unique title that is different than the page name. Depending on your internet browser, check the name of the tab or the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utilizing SEO: Why and How?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ad Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[furniture advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yellow Pages]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Part 1 of 3
Used to be, the company with the biggest Yellow Page ad won the local search wars. Businesses vied for newspaper ads above the fold, billboards at prime intersections, drive time radio and prime time TV.
Now, when print media is experiencing cutbacks, layoffs, and declining readership, it comes as no surprise that businesses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Make Your Website Stick</title>
		<link>http://www.thelivelymerchant.com/what-are-you-talking-about/how-to-make-your-website-stick/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thelivelymerchant.com/what-are-you-talking-about/how-to-make-your-website-stick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Website]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Consumers have a lot to look at these days. We’re exposed to several thousand advertisements and websites each day, yet we remember very few of them – despite billions of dollars spent on advertising.
How can you do a better job than your competition at attracting your consumer’s attention?

Be brief. Decide what to leave out. Be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;What you are trying to accomplish?&#8221;</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thelivelymerchant.com/general/what-you-are-trying-to-accomplish/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Strategy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thelivelymerchant.com/?p=1189</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Technology has changed the retail world like nothing that has happened in the last 100 years. The same thing has happened in publishing, where 60,000 jobs have been lost in just over eight years. David Carr of the New York Times recently explained in an article entitled The Fall and Rise of Media: “Those of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you get personal?</title>
		<link>http://www.thelivelymerchant.com/general/do-you-get-personal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thelivelymerchant.com/general/do-you-get-personal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Strategy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thelivelymerchant.com/?p=1153</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over 17 years ago,  Bruce Springsteen belted out,
“You might need something to hold on to, when all the answers, they don&#8217;t amount to much, somebody that you could just to talk to, and a little of that human touch baby, in a world without pity.”
Today more than then we are all desirous of a [...]]]></description>
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