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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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Furniture Adversiting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glosssary]]></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>How To Make Your Website Stick</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></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>History does repeat.</title>
		<link>http://www.thelivelymerchant.com/generations/history-does-repeat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thelivelymerchant.com/generations/history-does-repeat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Generations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[furniture advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retail furniture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[491 years and 18 days ago, the 95 Thesis was nailed to the door in Wittenberg. In its day, this was the means of inviting scholars to debate important issues. Not a single person took the challenge.
A decree condemning the views was issued. The decree was later burned. The rest is history.
Eight or so years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media</title>
		<link>http://www.thelivelymerchant.com/generations/social-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Generations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[family communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[furniture retail]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foul language shouldn&#8217;t be needed to make your position clear.
No one has ever accused me of of being a prude. In fact, just the opposite is more likely the case.
The use of bottom rung slang is no longer my style. Today&#8217;s post is an exception because, after an exhaustive search, I&#8217;ve not been able to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sticks and stones will NOT break bones, but words CAN really hurt you</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Retail]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Words really do matter in advertising.

Advertising written well will cause the reader or listener to take abrupt and unexpected changes in direction.
Advertising should align with what really touches the customer, moving them and their hearts with meaning.
Advertising should clarify how your store answers their felt need for status, power, money, fame, and relationships.
Advertising should position [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soil and seed can be like the chicken or the egg.</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thelivelymerchant.com/general/soil-and-seed-can-be-like-the-chicken-or-the-egg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personality Type]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sales management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What do you make of this? A farmer planted seed. As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road, and birds ate it. Some fell in the gravel; it sprouted quickly but didn&#8217;t put down roots, so when the sun came up it withered just as quickly. Some fell in the weeds; [...]]]></description>
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