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		<title>What does Groundhog Day teach us about business?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember the movie Groundhog Day? Bill Murray wakes up each day to repeat the same day over and over again. No matter what he does, he can&#8217;t make any significant changes to his future&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..because tomorrow he will wake up and it will be the same day all over again. Does this sound familiar to you? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Rules regarding 1099-Misc IRS Tax Forms</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is going to be a lot of confusion this year with those 1099 forms for miscellaneous payments. The rules have changed. The new rule says that if your customer pays you by credit card of by a third party payments system such as PayPal, you no longer need to issue a 1099.  You need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 10 Commandments of Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With special thanks to Jonathan Fields: Because… Business ain’t just about business, it’s about life!]]></description>
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		<title>Buried Alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When my kids were growing up and I was staying busy with City Council meetings, volunteer activities for kids and community, as well as all the other daily things to do, I kept a &#8220;planner.&#8221;  It helped me create lists, stay organized, and hopefully not forget something important like picking up a kid at 4-H. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is it time to look at change for your business?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been watching this little guy for the past three years.  He lives in our woodpile and ventures out to sun himself on a warm day, to eat, but most often to  fill his pouch with seeds and acorns before scurrying off to add them to his winter stockpile.  This little rock squirrel is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One of the Secrets of Business Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joyce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received the following email the other day from a customer that I have been working with to send customized gifts each month to her college nephew. &#8221; Joyce, You have a fabulous business concept.  Please let me know if I can help you in any way to spread the word out here on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Marketing Calendar for 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joyce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you created the marketing habit? If not, you&#8217;re wasting valuable time! Habits are built as a result of repetition. The philosopher Aristotle said many hundreds of years ago that &#8220;we are what we repeatedly do.&#8221; And this applies as much to your marketing as it does to whether your customers buy their gifts from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why people join communities.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just read an interesting post on another blog. You can read the whole post at PamMarketingNut but here is part of it: &#8220;People no longer are amazed by the latest commercial, billboard or radio segment. People aren’t running to their mail boxes excited for the next spam letter or coupon. They’re not looking on their iPhone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you still putting off that project?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How long have you been working on that new project? Why haven&#8217;t you gotten it off the ground?  What are you waiting for? If you&#8217;re like many of us, you&#8217;re still trying to get it just right.  I know I&#8217;ve said myself, &#8220;I want to get this right the first time around!&#8221; But let me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A lesson from a Great Entrepreneur</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joyce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to DrewsMarketingMinute.com for this great post. &#8220;What can the average Joe learn from Steve Jobs?&#8221; I can’t remember a world mourning the loss of a business leader like we’ve witnessed this past week after the announcement of Steve Job’s death.  The fact that FEEL the loss, that we GRIEVE this man’s passing and that [...]]]></description>
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