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		<title>Tony Hsieh: 2009 SUCCESS Achiever of the Year</title>
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Tony Hsieh is not your typical CEO. The CEO of online shoe and accessory retailer Zappos.com works in an open space amidst the hustle and bustle of busy co-workers, hosts employee parties and barbecues at his home, encourages employees to hang out after work, and spends his spare time studying the science of happiness.
Of course, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Viral Marketing for the Rest of Us</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Viral marketing campaigns are internet word-of-mouth initiatives that use social networks to increase lead generation and brand engagement. They work across any online platform and easily scale from small to large, exponentially increasing their reach with little effort on the part of the marketer. Too often smaller organizations shy away from viral campaigns, assuming they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Write an Article to Market Your Website or Product</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Article Marketing Resource

Let’s assume for a moment that you have a product or website that you would like to promote through the use of articles. It’s very important that you understand the process through which you go about doing this without scaring away potential product customers or visitors to your website. Let’s agree right now [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://profitable.com/internet-marketing/how-to-write-an-article-to-market-your-website-or-product/</link>
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		<title>Working From Home Is Hard Work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For many, a home office sounds like the ultimate work fantasy. Visions of working in pajamas, spending more time with family, scheduling your own time&#8211;what could be better?
Unfortunately, all those images are exactly that&#8211;fantasy.
When the line between home and work gets blurred, things can get a little complicated. There are several obstacles that make working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teen obsession with Internet forces media, advertisers to tweak strategies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent Kaiser Family Foundation study shows that teenagers, an $85 billion market, spend more time during the day interacting with media than in the classroom or sleeping. 
And as media use explodes, teens are supplanting traditional platforms like broadcast and print with online media sources that didn’t exist a decade ago.
Chicago-based firm Teenage Research Unlimited [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://profitable.com/trends/teen-obsession-with-internet-forces-media-advertisers-to-tweak-strategies/</link>
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		<title>Retailers still struggling with social media as a marketing tool</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The majority of UK retailers are failing to exploit the opportunity to integrate social media as a means to increase sales and generate loyalty, according to a new study from dotCommerce.
The ecommerce solutions company reveals that while 42% of retailers have some kind of social media presence, just 12% are using more than one social [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home, sweet, home-based business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For Wes Garnett, launching his own human resources firm a few years ago meant leaving the days of delegating responsibility as a corporate executive for the do-it-all life of small-businessman.
And along the way, Garnett learned that while he knew human resources forward, backward and sideways, there was plenty he needed to learn about the basics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Entrepreneurs want Nashville&#8217;s home business rules loosened</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Photographer Kristen Steele uses public parks and borrowed studios as backdrops for her customers&#8217; portraits.
She would like to set up a small studio in her home where clients could come, but Nashville law prohibits it in a residential neighborhood.
As the recession wears on, Steele, a 23-year-old Web designer by day, is among a growing number [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://profitable.com/home-business/entrepreneurs-want-nashvilles-home-business-rules-loosened/</link>
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		<title>Google launches social networking service Buzz</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google Inc. is getting more social.
The Internet giant, which has faltered in its attempts to break into the booming social networking business, is making another bid to counter the growing influence of Silicon Valley rival Facebook Inc. and San Francisco upstart Twitter Inc.
Google on Tuesday rolled out a new service dubbed Buzz that it says [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://profitable.com/internet-marketing/google-launches-social-networking-service-buzz/</link>
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		<title>3 Things Restaurant Menus Can Teach Us About SEO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was recently reading about a fascinating corner of the world — the psychology behind restaurant menus.
Much like the world of SEO, there are gurus and consultants out there with a ton of tricks up their sleeves, ready to help the big and the little guys alike. In fact, the parallels abound — the really [...]]]></description>
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