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		<title>5 Reasons Why Good Deals are a Bad Idea</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ruswick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all like a good deal. We all love that crazy promotion that happens every once in a while that gets us all excited to run out of the house and save some cash on that new pair of pink fuzzy car seats that come with free mirror dice. Wait…anyone? No? Just me then&#8230; Deals are a part of business. Discounts are often a big part the small business marketing strategy as well. I’ve got some news for you though; discounting your product or service [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Does Your Customer *REALLY* Want?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ruswick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As business owners and entrepreneurs, we like to think were awesome. We’ve been through a lot, up, down and sideways. We know our business inside out, so why wouldn’t we know what the customer wants? The truth is, if you do know your business as good as you think you do, you probably have a good idea of what your customer wants. The other truth is, you probably don’t know your business as good as you think you do. Knowing the ins and outs of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Website Suck Syndrome &#8211; Are You Infected?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ruswick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s face it, your website is sick, and not in that hipster good way (screw those cool kids). I mean your website is sick as in its sweating away value and coughing out customers. It needs someone to help. That’s something that unfortunately I have to say to clients all too often. Why? Why does it suck? How can it suck when it looks so pretty? Well, Website Suck Syndrome actually has nothing to do with the way your site looks. There are beautiful sites [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stopping the SOPA Bill and the #BlackOutSOPA Protest</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ruswick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As some of you may have noticed, Web Vitals went completely dark yesterday in an organized protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act, or SOPA and PIPA for short. If these bills pass, intellectual property holders can literally take down your domain name or any social media accounts that you have and control them. To be honest, it’s ridiculous that something like this would even be considered. It’s such a blatant violation of freedom of expression disguised as something that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>QR Code Chaos – Why You’re Using Them Wrong and How to Fix It</title>
		<link>http://webvitals.com/marketing/qr-code-chaos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ruswick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state of technology these days is astounding. The things we are capable of with a little square box and superphone makes my jaw drop. These little squares, the things most people call QR codes are everywhere, and they aren’t going anywhere any time soon. The technology is brilliant, and how it is implemented into every smartphone is awesome. There’s just one problem: how people use them. See there’s nothing wrong with the concept, or even the function of the technology. The chaos instead comes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Tech Effect – How Faster Speeds Slow Down Your Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ruswick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Technology is getting faster. There’s now doubt about that. Hell, even the speed at which technology is getting faster is&#8230;um&#8230;getting faster. This world is only going to speed up, and there’s nothing we can do about that. The turtles of the world have no choice but to put on some roller skates and strap a rocket on their back if they want to get somewhere these days, that’s just how life is. But – Is it for the best? Is the speed of technology actually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Bad Reviews are Good For Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ruswick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve all done it. We’ve all scoured the internet for our name or our business name and meticulously went through the search results, looking for anything at all that relates to us. When it finally happens, it’s a sudden blow to the chest, and your heart seems to sink into the quicksand of your stomach. Someone left a bad review. WHAT IF PEOPLE SEE IT?!?!? Following the discovery, it’s almost like a panic state that you enter into. You wish you would’ve treated them better, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Ignore Your Customers (and have them love you for it!)</title>
		<link>http://webvitals.com/mindset/how-to-ignore-your-customers/</link>
		<comments>http://webvitals.com/mindset/how-to-ignore-your-customers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ruswick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s be honest: customers aren’t always right. In fact, the old saying that “the customer is always right” might be the most wrong thing ever written. So how could something so wrong, be adopted so widely as right? How can something that feels like the right thing to do actually end up severely limiting your business down the line? And how is it that I seem to be the only person on earth to see this huge inconsistency in business? Well, I’m not. In fact, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Eliminate Uncertainty and Predict the Future</title>
		<link>http://webvitals.com/mindset/how-to-eliminate-uncertainty-and-predict-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ruswick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, things don’t go according to plan. Sometimes, things happen that seem so far out of your control, you don’t feel like you are in the driver’s seat of your life or your business. And sometimes, that actually is the case. But most of the time the future can be anticipated and controlled in a predictable way. There are those of us that run our business like the Wild West, and as my good friend Kelly McRae would say, they like to “Shoot from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Find Your Social Media Sweetspot</title>
		<link>http://webvitals.com/social-media/how-to-find-your-social-media-sweetspot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Ruswick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over my many years of social media experience, I’ve learned a thing or two. I’ve been on it since the dawn of time, and I’ve watched it grow and thrive just as I’ve done in my own life. I’ve posted everything from short and witty remarks, to book-long manifestos in my digital world, and some have been embraced while others fall through the cracks. So what is it then that defines whether or not a post onto a social media outlet has an impact? What’s [...]]]></description>
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