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		<title>Don&#8217;t Give It Away</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trade Secrets &#8211; Are you telling too much?
A recent email conversation with a wonderful polymer clay artist, who specializes in making buttons, reminded me of something that I think many crafters fail to do. By our nature, crafters are a friendly bunch who like to help each other. But, how often have you found a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Craftiness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the &#8220;this possibly can’t be true files&#8221;, it appears that in about a month anyone buying, selling or manufacturing products designed for small children is going to find themselves in a morass of new legal requirements that the spokeswoman for the Consumer Product Safety Commission called a “sticky and tricky” new law.
One could suppose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Actively Reacting As A Marketing Strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being Web Savvy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Selling Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Website Promotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet sense]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of us spend a great deal of time seeking ways to advertise our websites and businesses to stand out from the crowd.
How much time is spent actively reacting to what others are saying about us?
Some time ago I was subcontracted to do some marketing research for a company. Their products sold in the $100k+ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you know who you are linking to?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being Web Savvy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet sense]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know about you but it&#8217;s always exciting when someone new visits my blog and joins the conversation by leaving a comment on one of my posts. It is a tangible way of knowing someone out there actually thought enough of the post to add their own. Of course, not all blog comments are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What do I call it? &#8211; Part II</title>
		<link>http://www.blogaboutcrafts.com/what-do-i-call-it-part-ii.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being Web Savvy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet sense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protecting your business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web design]]></category>

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I was recently reminded that I had failed to write the second part of my techniques for naming my new websites. If anyone was paying attention and waiting for it; my apologies and I hope what I have to say won&#8217;t ruin any cool names you&#8217;ve come up with since then. If you weren&#8217;t waiting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protect Yourself When Getting Your Computer Fixed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you seen this? Woman Sues Best Buy For $54 Milliion!
To make a long story short, a customer brought her laptop in for repairs and it took Best Buy 6 months and at least a dozen phone calls to finally admit that not only did her machine never leave the store, someone stole it. Best [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Dumb Can He Be?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artist Profiles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protecting your business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[selling crafts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The arrogant artiste. We&#8217;ve all met them, those creative types that think anyone who doesn&#8217;t &#8220;get&#8221; their art must be stupid. Our little town has one artiste who has created a whole new art form &#8211; how to destroy your marketability in a single stroke.
How excited would you be to have your local hometown paper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spyware Warning</title>
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		<comments>http://www.blogaboutcrafts.com/spyware-warning.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being Web Savvy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet sense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Off Topic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, this is a bit outside what I usually talk about; but these sorts of folks need to be stopped.
I was checking the visitor and referral logs for several of my websites. When I kept seeing the same site appearing in sites with a wide variety of topics, I thought I should see what it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let the Buyer Beware</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 21:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being Web Savvy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may or may not know, my main business is as a writer. Much of my business has come from people I have met online through forums and from folks who simply found my business website and liked what they saw. A number of my customers speak English as a second or even third [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Content, the King of Missed Opportunities</title>
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		<comments>http://www.blogaboutcrafts.com/content-the-king-of-missed-opportunities.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michele</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Selling Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet sense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently blogged about how having Adsense or other affiliate advertising on a business site can lead to reduced sales &#8211; see Adsense Kills Business.
One of the people who visited mentioned that they wanted &#8216;to get something from the people who came&#8217; and didn&#8217;t buy. This got me to thinking about the many sites I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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