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		<title>Microsoft&#8217;s Long Road Ahead</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 15:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Schubert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft (MSFT) has a long road ahead of them if they want to regain the notoriety and respect they had at the height of their business in the 1990's.]]></description>
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		<title>Link Title Tags: Useful or Useless?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Schubert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, before yesterday, I had never heard of the Link Title Attribute, which is an HTML tag you can assign to a link that will provide more information via mouseover. It&#8217;s a lot like the alt text that can be added to images. There were some questions about whether this would be a benefit to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AdWords Search Query Reporting Fail!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 00:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Schubert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where, oh where have my negative search terms gone? One of my most successful tools for highly-focused paid search campaigns has been their comprehensive, insightful reporting tools. My favorite report, by far, was the Search Query Report. A blessing in disguise, the SQR showed me search terms that displayed my ads, and these search terms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Avoid Success at All Costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 02:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Schubert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Success definitely has it&#8217;s perks. More money is good. Recognition for doing something that means something can be a very satisfying thing. Taking an idea and turning it into a reality would instill pride in anyone. Don&#8217;t forget, though, that success also has it&#8217;s pitfalls. If you&#8217;ve cashed in with your success, your style of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Mean Streets of Internet Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 22:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Schubert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecommerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Internet Marketing industry has grown and changed ever since the Internet became a viable place to buy and sell goods. Sure, there was that little hiccup with the .com bubble some years back, but we pretty much trimmed the fat and got all that stuff straightened out. About a decade later we’re smarter and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Android Apps For Newbies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Schubert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never been a big phone communicator. In fact, I got my first cell phone only a few short years ago after my car broke down in the worst possible place, on two separate occasions. My wife upgraded her phone and I inherited a gray little flip with a keypad and tiny display. It wasn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ECommerce Customer Service Basics</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 01:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Schubert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are so many different aspects to having good customer service for an Ecommerce business today. Forget about the fact that your company needs to compete on a Search Engine Marketing and Social Media level, forget about the fact that your products must be useful and your services worthwhile. You can have all of those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Grammar: The Other White Hate SEO</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 23:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Schubert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, the secret is finally out and now everyone knows how important it is to consider SEO when building or maintaining any kind of web presence. Sure, there are other important factors to Internet Marketing like Link Building, Social Media, Paid Search and others, but SEO is one of the big one&#8217;s for sure. As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Instant Isn&#8217;t The SEO Killer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Schubert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With every Google announcement it seems as though the entire Search Marketing world freaks out. It&#8217;s the end of the world! SEO will never be the same! Google is trying to kill our business! Well, I&#8217;ll be the first to say Google isn&#8217;t taking any food out of my kid&#8217;s mouths after rolling out Google [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Logos With Hidden Meanings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Schubert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During my Sunday morning Stumble, I came across this excellent piece that showcases a variety of different logos from companies all over the world. The idea of hidden meanings (a message in a message) is something I&#8217;ve always enjoyed. It may definitely help to satisfy or comfort consumers subliminally, or that kind of thought may [...]]]></description>
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