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	<description>Branding &#38; Design for Your Dream Business</description>
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		<title>How to Rise Above the Pack (No biting or clawing required&#8230;)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Austin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Be Unique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Build Your Brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration for the Journey]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chances are you’re painfully aware, that yours is not the only business in your industry or specialty. That there are dozens, if not thousands, of other [writers/designers/makers/coaches] who are vying for the same end-consumers that you are. And you may think that there is no way you can compete… But that’s so NOT true! Those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Excuses for NOT Thriving, and How to Kick Them to the Curb</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 23:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Austin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It never ceases to amaze me, the sorry excuses I’ve made at various points along my journey; reasons why I couldn’t (or wouldn’t) reach my goals + dreams. We all do it…let our fears, our shortcomings, and our circumstances stand in the way of our success. We want to build thriving businesses, we WANT to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E-mail Marketing Handbook, Part 3 (Graphical E-mails vs. Text-Only E-mails: Which is better?)</title>
		<link>http://www.sweetdreamzdesign.com/2013/05/e-mail-marketing-handbook-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 21:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Austin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Build Your Brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connect With Your Tribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing on the Web]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the final installment of my E-mail Marketing Handbook series! If you missed the first two, be sure to check them out: Part One &#038; Part Two. If you’ve been using e-mail marketing for any length of time, you’ve probably come across this conundrum before: “Should I send visually-rich e-mails with lots of graphics, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E-mail Marketing Handbook, Part Two (Essential things to gain, and connect with, subscribers&#8230;)</title>
		<link>http://www.sweetdreamzdesign.com/2013/05/e-mail-marketing-handbook-part-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 21:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Austin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing on the Web]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[autoresponder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[connect with tribe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Part Two of my 3-part series on e-mail marketing. This part is all about opt-ins and autoresponders; coming in Part Three: what kind of e-mails to send for best results. How’s your e-mail marketing technique? Barely there, or a little rusty perhaps? Even if you already know what these two essential e-mail components [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E-mail Marketing Handbook, Part One (Jump on the bandwagon!)</title>
		<link>http://www.sweetdreamzdesign.com/2013/05/email-marketing-handbook-part-one/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sweetdreamzdesign.com/2013/05/email-marketing-handbook-part-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 22:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Austin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Build Your Brand]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[connect with consumers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Part One of a 3-part series on e-mail marketing. Coming in parts Two &#038; Three: how to build your list, and what sort of e-mails to send for best results. It’s probably no secret to you that I have a thriving e-mail newsletter. And I must say, e-mail marketing has made a huge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shoot for the Stars: 12 Ideas to Fuel Your Business Growth!</title>
		<link>http://www.sweetdreamzdesign.com/2013/05/shoot-for-the-stars-12-ideas-to-fuel-your-business-growth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 20:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Austin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inspiration for the Journey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing in Print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing on the Web]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sweetdreamzdesign.com/?p=4045</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Would you believe, I used to think that business was boring?! When I was a kid, my mom told me that she got her baccalaureate degree in business administration. To which my fun-loving child brain said “Eww, that’s no fun”… and resolved to major in something I loved (luckily, I discovered graphic design in high [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stuck in a Creative Rut? Dig Yourself Out With This Technique</title>
		<link>http://www.sweetdreamzdesign.com/2013/04/dig-yourself-out-of-a-creative-rut/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Austin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For Maximum Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inside Sweet Dreamz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Design Process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Biz Success]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We entrepreneurs depend on creativity…to come up with bold new business ideas, develop new products, write articles, books, and blog posts, hatch out new marketing methods, and lots more. And it probably doesn’t surprise you one bit, that I LOVE being creative. I relish the thrill of thinking outside the box, coming up with innovative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Launch Your WordPress Website in Five Steps</title>
		<link>http://www.sweetdreamzdesign.com/2013/04/launch-your-wordpress-website-in-five-steps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Austin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inside Sweet Dreamz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing on the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Savvy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Design Process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[build]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sweetdreamzdesign.com/?p=3958</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My dear reader, I could go on and on about why WordPress is the best platform for building your small business website…and I did, in last week’s post. So now, this week, I’m delving into what you’ll need to do (or hire someone to do for you), to get your site up and running on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Reasons to Switch Your Small Biz Website to WordPress</title>
		<link>http://www.sweetdreamzdesign.com/2013/04/5-reasons-to-switch-your-small-biz-website-to-wordpress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sweetdreamzdesign.com/2013/04/5-reasons-to-switch-your-small-biz-website-to-wordpress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Austin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inside Sweet Dreamz]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sweetdreamzdesign.com/?p=3907</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s no secret that I love WordPress. I use it for my own website and blog, recommend it for all my clients’ sites, and share WordPress how-to’s here, there, and everywhere. But today, I’m not going to talk about how to set up or use WordPress (wait for it – that’s coming next week); for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sweet Honey! How to Get Your Website Visitors to Stick Around</title>
		<link>http://www.sweetdreamzdesign.com/2013/04/sweet-honey-how-to-get-your-website-visitors-to-stick-around/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Austin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Build Your Brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connect With Your Tribe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing on the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Savvy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[connect with prospects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer engagement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Notebook paper, fly paper, and honey…the first catches nothing, because it’s not sticky at all; the second catches unsuspecting flies whether they like it or not; the third catches honey-loving creatures (humans included), because they love the sweet + savory taste, and they’ve just gotta have that honey! So…which one of these do you most [...]]]></description>
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