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					  <title>Websites where you can create generic designs and then pay too much for them</title>
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					  <description>A friend just told me about a site where you can &#34;Design a logo for FREE, then buy it.&#34; I went to the site and I created one.&#160;It might seem at first that they have this savvy web program to create the marketing materials for your business, but as I went through the process step by step and saw the quality of image, font and design content that was offered I would be nothing short of ignorant if I shelled out the $99.00 for some clipart design. I came to the frightening conclusion that I could create something just as good in Microsoft Word or Powerpoint. Here is a step by step process of my logo creation: </description>
					  <author>blastoffstudio@gmail.com (Jonathan Ortiz)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Increase Your Bottom Line by Hiring Help</title>
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Do you do everything yourself when it comes to running your business? Or are you like me and find it difficult to delegate to others, at least sometimes? Do you think you don't have the money to hire help? Well, I'm going to show you how hiring help can help increase your bottom line dramatically.</description>
					  <author>alicia@clientabundance.com (Alicia Forest)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Online Gaming Can Be Expensive - Here&#39;s How To Pay To Play</title>
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					  <description>Have fun and earn money for your online gaming. Anyone over 13 years old can do this and it is so easy and risk free. </description>
					  <author>carib_102@yahoo.com (Steven Walters)</author>
					  <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Top 10 Reasons Your Business Isn&#39;t Growing</title>
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Small business owners commonly fail to plan for their success.&#160;Sure, they want to be successful and profitable, but they often are so focused on the &#34;doing&#34; that they don't examine the practices that are keeping them from&#160;getting there.</description>
					  <author>service@therelief.com (Danielle Keister)</author>
					  <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>How To Make More Money By Working Fewer Hours</title>
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					  <description>Have you ever wondered if there was a way to work fewer hours without putting your company in jeopardy?&#160; This article is for solo-professionals who are looking for ideas on getting much-needed help without breaking their company's budget. </description>
					  <author>jennirv4967@iwon.com (Jennifer Irving)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Are You Prepared for Your Small Business Success?</title>
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					  <description>Safeguard your freedom to live and enjoy your life as a self-reliant, independent professional by planning ahead and hiring the help you need right now--you can't afford not to.</description>
					  <author>service@therelief.com (Danielle Keister)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>Creating Time the Virtual Way</title>
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A Virtual Assistant can take on those time-consuming administrative tasks and special projects, and give you more breathing room to grow, succeed and fall in love with your business again.</description>
					  <author>service@therelief.com (Danielle Keister)</author>
					  <pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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					  <title>How to Hire a Virtual Assistant: Your 10-Step Guide to Finding the Perfect Fit</title>
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As a savvy business owner, you know you can&#8217;t do everything yourself. Whether you are capable or not, you understand that your time is most intelligently focused on activities that grow your business and generate revenue. And these days, outsourcing your administrative support work to a Virtual Assistant (or VA) makes it very easy to get just the amount of support you need without the expense of costly in-house staff. </description>
					  <author>service@therelief.com (Danielle Keister)</author>
					  <pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
					 
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