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		<title>Special Report: SEO for 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.purposive.com/seo-for-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Special Report: SEO for 2012 is a guide to what&#8217;s going on in the SEO industry. It&#8217;s FREE! You will find info on: Mobile SEO Local SEO Google Algorithm Updates (Panda &#38; others) The Yahoo-Bing Backlink Situation New Linking Best Practices The New Reality of Website Content Google+ &#38; SEO]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile Websites: Best Practices &amp; Considerations</title>
		<link>http://www.purposive.com/mobile-websites-best-practices-considerations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.purposive.com/mobile-websites-best-practices-considerations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new reality is rapidly approaching where web design companies will have to adapt or die off as mobility becomes the leading way that consumers access the Internet. Any business that doesn&#8217;t have a mobile-friendly version of their website within the next few years may face the wrath of consumers. The list of considerations and best [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Survival: Reactive vs Proactive Posts</title>
		<link>http://www.purposive.com/blog-survival-reactive-vs-proactive-posts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 04:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.purposive.com/?p=1065</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent post, I discussed how I don&#8217;t believe that blogging is dead but rather that it&#8217;s changing. As one part of the puzzle, perhaps it&#8217;s the type of blog that will help the concept of blogs survive which is the  focus of this post. Categorizing Blogs There are several common ways to categorize blogs such as: Groups [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging is Not Dead</title>
		<link>http://www.purposive.com/blogging-is-not-dead/</link>
		<comments>http://www.purposive.com/blogging-is-not-dead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to the New York Times, there are rumblings in the social media world that blogging is a dying art. Micro-blogging on Twitter and status updates on Facebook and Google+ are ruling the day. Blogs vs Newspapers Will blog interest completely fade? Of course not. That&#8217;s like saying that people will stop consuming content. It&#8217;s not gonna [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tutorial: SEO Linking Guide 101</title>
		<link>http://www.purposive.com/seo-linking-guide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.purposive.com/seo-linking-guide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SEO Basics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You may have heard terms such as &#8220;linking,&#8221; &#8220;link building,&#8221; &#8220;linking campaigns&#8221; and similar expressions. This post is a question and answer style guide to linking for search engine optimization (SEO) purposes. I will add to this free tutorial periodically but there is certainly enough information for you to gain an understanding. What is a link? [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>Are You an Excuse-generator or Using SEO to Make Money?</title>
		<link>http://www.purposive.com/are-you-an-excuse-generator-or-using-seo-to-make-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.purposive.com/are-you-an-excuse-generator-or-using-seo-to-make-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 05:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.purposive.com/?p=1073</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time to stop postponing your SEO! Excuses for not optimizing your company&#8217;s website are wide ranging but all pretty poor. While millions of businesses continue to waste money for non-optimized websites, they also use lame excuses for not using SEO. SEO is going mainstream but there are still a lot of people who don&#8217;t know [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fortune 500s Missed Out On These Opportunities</title>
		<link>http://www.purposive.com/fortune-500s-missed-out-on-these-opportunities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.purposive.com/fortune-500s-missed-out-on-these-opportunities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 04:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The larger an organization is, the harder it is to get anything done. I learned that the hard way as I consulted with a number of very large organizations over the last few years, especially on SEO techniques. As you probably already know, large companies like to control their image and customers as much as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revenue Share: Why an SEO &#8211; Client Partnership is a Bad Idea</title>
		<link>http://www.purposive.com/what-you-should-know-about-seo-equity-stake-team-ups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.purposive.com/what-you-should-know-about-seo-equity-stake-team-ups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 04:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Search]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I get a lot of calls from people who want to team up with me. Some of these inquiries are from strangers while others are from clients who I have done great work for and want to use my skills on a new venture. It is extremely rare that I agree to team up because I believe that [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is another Internet bubble dot com crash coming soon?</title>
		<link>http://www.purposive.com/is-another-internet-bubble-dot-com-crash-coming-soon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.purposive.com/is-another-internet-bubble-dot-com-crash-coming-soon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 03:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.purposive.com/?p=1039</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not a fear monger and would have a lot to lose if Internet-based spending suddenly ceased or were severely reduced. I attend and speak at Internet conferences, read a lot, follow the Twitter headlines, and continually absorb knowledge from many sources. Lately, I&#8217;ve noticed a trend that makes me nervous, the result of which may be another dot [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>One Large Ecommerce Website vs Multiple Niche Stores</title>
		<link>http://www.purposive.com/one-large-ecommerce-website-vs-multiple-niche-stores/</link>
		<comments>http://www.purposive.com/one-large-ecommerce-website-vs-multiple-niche-stores/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.purposive.com/?p=1059</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Business owners who sell many products or services can become confused as to whether building one large website or several smaller websites is the way to proceed. The debate has been going on for years. Here are points to consider about each of these scenarios. One Large Store Shows You Mean Business: The beauty of having [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Are Your Tweets Clean?</title>
		<link>http://www.purposive.com/are-your-tweets-clean/</link>
		<comments>http://www.purposive.com/are-your-tweets-clean/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.purposive.com/?p=1077</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Express yourself freely on Twitter but write your tweets in an easy-to-read fashion. I want to read your tweet which is why I&#8217;m following you. Make it easy for me to filter your tweet and pay attention to it. It&#8217;s easier to understand you if you&#8217;re writing clean tweets. The term &#8220;clean tweets&#8221; is that I call [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Does Social Media Make You Smarter?</title>
		<link>http://www.purposive.com/does-social-media-make-you-smarter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.purposive.com/does-social-media-make-you-smarter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 04:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.purposive.com/?p=1052</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, that title was the attention grabber (at least I can admit it, unlike Yahoo!). More specifically, are people more knowledgeable if they fit these criteria: (1) They are in the tech community (e.g., web marketing, WordPress programmer, etc) (2) They have far more connections/followers than the average user of a given social media platform [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Internet Marketing Double Standard</title>
		<link>http://www.purposive.com/the-internet-marketing-double-standard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.purposive.com/the-internet-marketing-double-standard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.purposive.com/?p=1035</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Internet marketing world is ripe for double standards and I could easily mention a few right off the top of my head. That said, I&#8217;d like to focus on one that Internet marketing companies face from time to time when they work with companies that have an &#8220;old school&#8221; mentality. Famous Quote There&#8217;s an old [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why You Need a Personal Branding Nexus</title>
		<link>http://www.purposive.com/personal-branding-nexus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.purposive.com/personal-branding-nexus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 05:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.purposive.com/?p=732</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I devised the term &#8220;Personal Branding Nexus&#8221; to refer to a central source that allows individuals (potential employers, prospective clients, and others with an interest in you) to easily get information about you and your relevant online presence. It&#8217;s a source that is used as a jump-off point from which to showcase your accomplishments, social media [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>How to Create a Personal Identity Hub Website</title>
		<link>http://www.purposive.com/personal-identity-hub-websites/</link>
		<comments>http://www.purposive.com/personal-identity-hub-websites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 04:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jobs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.purposive.com/?p=999</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In this article, I propose that personal branding and increased business can results from having a central source online from which to guide people who are interested in your services. I believe that by creating what I call a &#8220;Personal Identity Hub Website,&#8221; you can benefit on multiple fronts. You can have a blog, represent multiple [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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