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		<title>BUSINESS BUILDING: While The Others Are Cutting, You Should Be Strutting.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Business During Downturn]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Connections Vol.1 No.6]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Weddle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Just Info Communications]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8211; Dave Weddle
Co-Founder, YOUSEENOW.com
OK. The world&#8217;s a scary place. Gas prices are killing you. We&#8217;re in a recession or depression or something shaky and it&#8217;s not good. The cost of everything is either going up or gone out of reach already. Clients are cutting back, retrenching, preparing for the coming economic storm. So What?
The solution [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WELLNESS: Chinese Medicine Works.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connections Vol.1 No.6]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kirk Mann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ventura Acupuncture Clinic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wellness]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8211; Kirk Mann, M.Ac. L.A.c
Ventura Acupuncture Clinic
When you hear the terms &#8220;acupuncture&#8221; and &#8220;Chinese medicine,&#8221; what comes to mind?  Many of us have experienced oriental medicine in some form (or know someone who has).  I would venture to say that still more don&#8217;t really know anything about it at all.
Questions abound. How does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BRANDING: Two Out of Three Isn’t Bad…It’s Worse.</title>
		<link>http://www.simmonsconnections.com/branding-two-out-of-three-isnt-bad-its-worse</link>
		<comments>http://www.simmonsconnections.com/branding-two-out-of-three-isnt-bad-its-worse#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[3 Step Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry Ridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry Ridge Graphic Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Color Marketing Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Color and Brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Color and Brand Success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Color in the World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connections Vol.1 No.6]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design Promise Delivery Branding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8211; Barry Ridge, Principal
Barry Ridge Graphic Design
Branding&#8230;seems to be the buzz word of today&#8217;s business strategies. But what exactly is branding? How does it shape perception of a product or service? What distinguishes a great brand from a not-so-great one?
We all saw the news footage and photos of the Enron corporate headquarters during that memorable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE WEB: The Keys to Successful SEO (Search Engine Optimization)</title>
		<link>http://www.simmonsconnections.com/the-web-the-keys-to-successful-seopart-six-the-rules-for-linking-up</link>
		<comments>http://www.simmonsconnections.com/the-web-the-keys-to-successful-seopart-six-the-rules-for-linking-up#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Connections Vol.1 No.6]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linking Campaigns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Social Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vinh Bui]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8211;Vinh Bui, WebMaster
Part Six:  The Rules for “Linking Up” 
To recap, in the previous issue of Connections, I provided a brief historical perspective on Google and the concept of &#8220;search&#8221; as it pertains to the worldwide web &#8212;  also explaining why all links are not created equal. In this issue, I&#8217;d like to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WELCOME TO OUR FIFTH ISSUE</title>
		<link>http://www.simmonsconnections.com/welcome-to-our-fifth-issue</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Barry Ridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cindy Mann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connections Vol.1 No.5]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Rob Veis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scot Simmons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vinh Bui]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a big world out there. And if you&#8217;re not keeping in touch with what&#8217;s new, ado and adapting, you could find yourself in catch-up mode for a long time. Please don&#8217;t get me wrong. I&#8217;m really not trying to use fear as a motivator, here. We&#8217;ve all seen how well that&#8217;s working. I do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HEALTH: The Importance of Early Dental Diagnosis (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://www.simmonsconnections.com/health-the-importance-of-early-dental-diagnosis-part-1</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Connections Vol.1 No.5]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dental Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dentist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Rob Veis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early Dental Diagnosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teeth Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Appliance Therapy Group]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8211; Dr. Rob Veis, Dentist, Lecturer and
CEO, Appliance Therapy Group
The American Association of Orthodontists recommends that every child have an orthodontic examination by the age of 7. This early examination and diagnosis of bite irregularities and potential dental concerns in growing children is vital to their lifelong dental health and proper development. 
For example, an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE WEB: The Keys to Successful SEO (Search Engine Optimization)</title>
		<link>http://www.simmonsconnections.com/the-web-the-keys-to-successful-seo-search-engine-optimization-3</link>
		<comments>http://www.simmonsconnections.com/the-web-the-keys-to-successful-seo-search-engine-optimization-3#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>connects</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connections Vol.1 No.5]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Developing Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linking Campaigns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Starting a Website]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vinh Bui]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Services]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8211;Vinh Bui, WebMaster
Part Five:  Planning &#38; Implementing a Linking Campaign
In previous articles, I&#8217;ve introduced what to do at the beginning of website construction and, most recently, how to write copy for your website to help &#8220;tweak&#8221; search results in your favor. This time, I want to talk about invitations&#8230;invitations to your &#8220;house&#8221; &#8212; otherwise [...]]]></description>
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