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		<title>Google isn&#8217;t everything!</title>
		<link>http://theideasblog.com/2008/11/15/google-isnt-everything/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimconnolly</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an idea, for those of you who have a blog or website, which you would like to grow quickly and without spending a penny on anything!
Ask most people what the secret to a successful blog or website is and the word Google will come into the conversation pretty quickly.  We talk about search engine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Robert Peston&#8217;s Blog - Highly Recommended</title>
		<link>http://theideasblog.com/2008/10/13/robert-pestons-blog-highly-recommended/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimconnolly</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[At least &#8217;something&#8217; positive has come out of the recent financial turmoil, enveloping the economy.  More people are now aware of the work of The BBC&#8217;s Business Editor; Robert Peston.  As the owner of a successful marketing business, I need keep up-to-date with business news and Robert Peston&#8217;s blog is one of the best places [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time management tip - Use RSS</title>
		<link>http://theideasblog.com/2008/10/12/time-management-tip-use-rss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimconnolly</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As you might possibly have noticed, there&#8217;s a bit of an economic downturn happening right now.  This means it&#8217;s really important for you to fully leverage your time and money.  That&#8217;s why I wanted to do a quick post here, to share something that will help you save time AND also spot new opportunities!
RSS can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BetterBusinessBlogging.com Highly Recommended!</title>
		<link>http://theideasblog.com/2008/09/26/betterbusinessbloggingcom-highly-recommended/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimconnolly</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s Highly Recommended Award goes to betterbusinessblogging.com
If you run a business or are an entrepreneur and you would like to know how to dramatically improve your results, betterbusinessblogging.com is just what you need.  By the way, this is NOT a paid for review - I just LOVE this blog!
Packed with free information and workable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WordPress ransom?</title>
		<link>http://theideasblog.com/2008/09/19/wordpress-ransom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimconnolly</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Pay WordPress to remove Google adwords?
Yesterday, WordPress.com announced that it will deliver Google AdWord adverts into the posts and tags of its users blogs - unless they pay WordPress.com $30 a year NOT TO!
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A weird approach to revenue generating
Various people have referred to this $30 demand as a threat and even &#8216;tribute&#8217; (or extortion money.)  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advertising on WordPress.com</title>
		<link>http://theideasblog.com/2008/09/18/advertising-on-wordpresscom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimconnolly</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theideasblog.wordpress.com/?p=617</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jim Connolly - jimsmarketingblog.com
For a couple of years, WordPress.com have very occasionally inserted Google AdWords advertisements into the posts on blogs hosted on wordpress.com.
As of today, WordPress have announced that this blog and all other blogs hosted on WordPress.com will have these adverts inserted into them - unless we pay WordPress.com NOT to!
Obviously, there is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To make it in sales, fish for whales!</title>
		<link>http://theideasblog.com/2008/09/16/to-make-it-in-sales-fish-for-whales/</link>
		<comments>http://theideasblog.com/2008/09/16/to-make-it-in-sales-fish-for-whales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimconnolly</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://theideasblog.wordpress.com/?p=613</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Connolly - www.jimconnolly.com
When I started my first sales job, over 20 years ago, my boss gave me a piece of sales and marketing advice that has helped me generate millions of pounds worth of sales - and I am going to share it with you right now!
&#8220;To make it in sales, fish for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoid &#8216;toilet paper&#8217; web design!</title>
		<link>http://theideasblog.com/2008/09/15/avoid-toilet-paper-web-design/</link>
		<comments>http://theideasblog.com/2008/09/15/avoid-toilet-paper-web-design/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimconnolly</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Connolly - www.jimconnolly.com
Marketing is all about developing trust.  This is why I am always totally amazed, when I see an apparently legitimate company, using the exact same &#8216;toilet paper web design&#8217; as used by online criminals, scammers and con artists!
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What is a &#8216;toilet paper web design&#8217;?
I coined the phrase &#8216;toilet paper web design&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good marketing advice?</title>
		<link>http://theideasblog.com/2008/09/07/good-marketing-advice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimconnolly</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Connolly - www.jimconnolly.com
I have just been reading some dreadful marketing advice; given by a self-proclaimed &#8216;marketing guru,&#8217; to the owner of a small business. The advice was in answer to a question posted on Twitter.  The advice was totally incorrect and showed that this so-called marketing &#8216;guru&#8217; didn&#8217;t even possess a basic understanding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to spot new opportunities &#38; improve client retention!</title>
		<link>http://theideasblog.com/2008/09/04/how-to-spot-new-opportunities-improve-client-retention/</link>
		<comments>http://theideasblog.com/2008/09/04/how-to-spot-new-opportunities-improve-client-retention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimconnolly</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Connolly - www.jimconnolly.com
If you are the owner of a business or someone involved in marketing, you should regularly ask your clients for feedback.  Here are two REALLY good reasons why!
2 reasons why YOU need client feedback:
Firstly, it allows you to spot opportunities that you would have missed AND avoid problems before they happen.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning from your mistakes?</title>
		<link>http://theideasblog.com/2008/08/31/learning-from-your-mistakes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learning from your mistakes is essential if you want to live a happy, healthy and fulfilling life.  It&#8217;s also really helpful if you can learn from other people&#8217;s mistakes too - but it&#8217;s essential (as a minimum) that you learn from your own past errors.
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A 60 year old kid?
I overheard two people speaking last week, as I was waiting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increase your confidence - Make a mistake</title>
		<link>http://theideasblog.com/2008/08/28/increase-your-confidence-make-a-mistake/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Guest Writer Jane C Woods - www.changingpeople.co.uk
This article looks at how you can boost your confidence! You can become much more confident by learning from your mistakes. In fact, making mistakes is one of the ways you can gain in confidence and add to your store of wisdom.
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Internal Mail
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		<title>SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!</title>
		<link>http://theideasblog.com/2008/08/27/special-announcement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Connolly - www.jimconnolly.com
Today sees the launch of my brand new marketing blog, over at http://JimsMarketingBlog.Com
My marketing blog is an excellent new way for me to interact with those of you, who are looking specifically for marketing tips, advice and ideas.  As some of you already know, I write one of the most popular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WordPress.com - Simply the best!</title>
		<link>http://theideasblog.com/2008/08/21/wordpresscom-simply-the-best/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Connolly - www.jimconnolly.com
Occasionally, you buy a product or receive a service that is &#8216;just so incredibly good&#8217; that you want to let everyone know.  I have one such service to recommend to you today - that service is WordPress.com
According to Wikipedia, WordPress.com is a &#8216;WordPress-powered blog hosting provider.&#8217;  In real terms, it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A great mailshot and email marketing tip!</title>
		<link>http://theideasblog.com/2008/08/18/a-great-mailshot-and-email-marketing-tip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Connolly - www.jimconnolly.com
Here&#8217;s a great little tip to help you get the very best response rates from your mailshots or marketing emails.
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Timing!
Timing can have a huge impact on the success of your mailshots or email marketing.  It&#8217;s simple: If your marketing material arrives at the &#8216;wrong&#8217; time, you will get a lower response [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confidence</title>
		<link>http://theideasblog.com/2008/08/15/confidence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Connolly - www.jimconnolly.com
Confidence plays a major role in the quality of our lives and the level of success we achieve.  I&#8217;m not talking here about our self-confidence, but the level of confidence that other people have in us!
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I would like to ask you a question
When someone asks you how you are or how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which is most important to you - Freedom or Security?</title>
		<link>http://theideasblog.com/2008/08/12/which-is-most-important-to-you-freedom-or-security/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Connolly - www.jimconnolly.com
In life you get the opportunity to choose between two routes:

The route to freedom
The route to security
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If you choose SECURITY, you ALWAYS lose both!
Success is nothing more than freedom; freedom of choice, freedom from fear, freedom to live where you want, freedom to go where you want and freedom to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In written marketing - LESS is MORE!</title>
		<link>http://theideasblog.com/2008/08/11/in-written-marketing-less-is-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Connolly - www.jimconnolly.com
Here&#8217;s a very quick marketing tip for you.  To improve the success of ALL your written marketing, use as few words as you can to get your message across!
Two powerful reasons why, with written marketing, less is MORE:

By using as few words as possible, you remove all the dross and keep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I can change your life in 7 days!</title>
		<link>http://theideasblog.com/2008/08/09/i-can-change-your-life-in-7-days/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Connolly - www.jimconnolly.com
There are numerous books, seminars and audio series out there that sell themselves with a claim from the author or trainer; that he or she can change your life. Some say they can change your life in 30 days, others promise to change you in 21 days and a few suggest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>He loves to watch other people fail - but why?</title>
		<link>http://theideasblog.com/2008/08/08/he-loves-to-watch-other-people-fail-but-why/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Connolly
Have you ever wondered why some people take great pleasure in watching a colleague make a mistake? Perhaps you have witnessed someone deliberately trying to get a co-worker into trouble and wondered what motivates such behaviour?  In either case, I am going to show you why this happens and how to deal with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get YOUR Mailshot letters opened!</title>
		<link>http://theideasblog.com/2008/08/07/get-your-mailshot-letters-opened/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Connolly
When a company sends out a mailshot, it does so in order to generate enquiries or sales.  Of course, in order for these marketing letters to work, they must first be opened and read!  After all, you can have the strongest, most compelling and motivating marketing letter imaginable inside that envelope, but in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knowledge is NOT power!</title>
		<link>http://theideasblog.com/2008/08/05/knowledge-is-not-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jim Connolly
It has often been said that knowledge is power.  This is very definitely not the case!  Even so, it is repeated over and over again.  Think about it for a moment and it becomes clear that knowledge is not power.
For example, two people can attend the same seminar or read the same book, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First impressions count - even online!</title>
		<link>http://theideasblog.com/2008/08/04/first-impressions-count-even-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Connolly
How many times have you heard that; “first impressions count”?  Well, it’s true – first impressions count for a great deal – especially in business.  This is because, the first impression a business or a person creates with a potential client, is what forms the foundation of their relationship with them.
If that relationship [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why does this always happen to ME?</title>
		<link>http://theideasblog.com/2008/08/03/why-does-this-always-happen-to-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jim Connolly
Some people will do anything to avoid responsibility.  Yet, we all know that the only way to succeed in your life, career or business is to accept full responsibility.  In this article, I am going to show you why so few people ever achieve the success they are capable of – but more importantly, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to make more money</title>
		<link>http://theideasblog.com/2008/07/31/how-to-make-more-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to make more money - It&#8217;s easy!
By Jim Connolly
Right now, here in this article, I am going to show you how to make more money.  More importantly, I am going to show you how to make more money without working more hours or working any harder!
OK, before we start - I need you to [...]]]></description>
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