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		<title>Get your business on Google Maps</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I helped a client get his business listed on Google Maps. He&#8217;d become very interested once I&#8217;d told him a while ago how I&#8217;d done it without too much trouble, and that I was now appearing in local search results. Along with Yell.com this is a useful way of becoming more visible to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A brand needs a purpose</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a quote from a TED talk by Simon Sinek about leadership, which I enjoyed. But I think it also illustrates a certain point about branding – you have to have substance behind a brand. It&#8217;s not enough to simply create or try to build a brand that starts off with a &#8220;wow&#8221; factor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing elsewhere: A good website helps your business</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 14:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We recently wrote this guest article for Manage My Website&#8217;s journal: &#8220;5 reasons having a good website helps your business&#8221;]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are so many social media guides and blogs out there right now, it&#8217;s almost a whole industry. But I&#8217;ve always found it takes quite a bit of reading before you can really get a sense of what each of the major network is about. I wondered how regular users summarise them to non-users? So [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 simple tips for your homepage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markbowley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you own or manage a website, the one page you need to get right is your homepage. For new visitors, this page will make or break their visit. For regular visitors, it will tell them how well kept and up to date your website is. Here are 5 simple tips to help get the [...]]]></description>
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