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		<title>Can Humanity Keep Up With The Internet?</title>
		<link>http://upsmack.com/uncategorized/much-too-fast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fire.  The Wheel.  Farming.  The Printing Press.  Many think of these advances as some of the greatest in human history.  Where would we be without fire?  Before the wheel was invented, moving anything heavier than one could lift was either impossible or simply not worth the effort.  Man would still be hunting and gathering if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Great Things About BigCommerce</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have worked as an Ecommerce Manager in a variety of Internet industries for the past several years and have had good experience with a variety of Ecommerce platforms including Yahoo! Store, GoECart, AbleCommerce and others. Getting to know a completely new Ecommerce platform is always a pretty big undertaking as you learn new processes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Get What You Want</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I  was reading an insightful article the other day about who should shoulder the responsibility when the client fails to heed the wise words of the Search Marketing Consultant. The SEO Blame Game doesn&#8217;t stop at SEO, however. Regardless which department you&#8217;re in, or what your responsibilities are in a given day, you always stand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Lose Sales and Alienate People!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The single most important factor in having a successful business is what? Revenue! Making sales! If you&#8217;re not selling your product or service then you&#8217;re not making sales. If you&#8217;re not making sales, then you&#8217;re losing them. I would venture to guess that many, many businesses fail because they didn&#8217;t get enough sales. I know, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ecommerce Review: The Premium Business Directory</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paid Search]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disclaimer: I received a free listing in an online business directory for writing the following honest review. I was also offered a promo code so my loyal following can get their own listing at half price if they so desire. So, there you go FTA! Premium Business Directory is one of the latest in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Promoting Your Business With Streaming Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a long night so I&#8217;m going to skip all of the graceful, creative descriptive that would normally follow this sentence because tonight, I have a more direct message. Whether your company lives online or in the real world, promoting your business with streaming video is one of the most affordable and effective [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chat Support &amp; Language Translation to Improve Customer Service</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve worked a lot of customer service jobs throughout my life and while I certainly didn&#8217;t enjoy the vast majority of them, I do have appreciation now for what they taught me about the market and how a customer should be treated. A staff that is highly skilled in customer service is a staff that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Respect Your Brand?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ecommerce procedures]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brand awareness is something all business owners need to be conscious of because your brand is represented in everything you do. From Customer Service to Sales &#38; Technical Support, your customers are going to associate their individual experiences with your company as a whole. Are you confident that you and your staff can consistently deliver [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should My Ecommerce Business Be On Twitter?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEM Theory]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve spent a lot of time working with Twitter on a personal and professional level and there are clear benefits to using them in the Ecommerce arena. Results obviously vary depending on the particular niche you&#8217;re in, but by and large, I do believe Twitter is a great means of promoting products and services. Twitter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ecommerce Must-Have&#8217;s of 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many Ecommerce website owners are redoubling efforts this year to convert as much visitor traffic into conversions as possible. This isn&#8217;t anything new, of course, as conversions have been the goal of Ecommerce sites since, well, the beginning. Despite that fact, Ecommerce companies around the world are getting it wrong when it comes to a [...]]]></description>
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