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		<title>Free Facebook Promotions!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contests]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the hats I wear is as an organizer for a local cash mob group.  If you haven&#8217;t heard of cash mobs, this isn&#8217;t the forum and there&#8217;s information all over the internet on the subject.  But, if you&#8217;re local to Dorchester&#8230;  join us.  The actual subject of this post though is Facebook marketing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Websites and Food; It&#8217;s all about the Love!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 17:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook Tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Mother&#8217;s Day around the corner I find myself reminising about my own Mom. She&#8217;s been gone a very long time, taken quite young. The other night, while preparing dinner I couldn&#8217;t help but remember a conversation we had more than 40 years ago. We all had daily chores and mine for the day was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wild Things and Little Devils Exposed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 11:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Little Devils]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wild Things]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=438</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the first things we do when we&#8217;re writing a blog article is check Google Trends to see what the hot searches are and try to predict what will be hot for a few days.  Of course, we already have a basic subject in mind at this point too like the marriage of Facebook [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s a Real Facebook Fan?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 12:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Facebook Tips]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Facebook Fans for Business]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=429</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many Facebook pages out there that promote exchanging page likes&#8230;  We&#8217;ll call them like exchanges.  They&#8217;re similar to link exchanges for websites.  You like mine, and I&#8217;ll like your&#8217;s.  And if all you care about is getting a massive number of &#8220;Likes&#8221;&#8230;  that&#8217;s great.  Do a search in Facebook for Fan Page Exchange [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prostitutes Appeal to Pope</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 16:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Attention Getting Headlines]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=426</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[That was an actual headline&#8230;  Of course, the writer didn&#8217;t exactly mean that the Pope had a thing for these girls.  How about this one&#8230;  &#8220;Panda Mating Fails &#8211; Veterinarian Takes Over.  Or Child&#8217;s Stool Great Use In Garden.  My personal favorite though&#8230;  Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers!  Oh, the horror! While I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Secret to Driving Website Traffic With Facebook</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 14:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Website Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[headlines drive clicks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=415</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2011 207 different people visited the Masters of the Marching Arts website for a total of 240 visits and 554 page views.  A large number of these page views, 160 of them, had a visitor duration of less than 10 seconds. In early 2012, MMA contacted LMWD about a redesign of their website.  We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memorial Day 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/2012/05/02/memorial-day-2012/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=memorial-day-2012</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 13:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Memorial Day 2012]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=407</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s May 2nd, a little late to be planning a marketing campaign for Cinco de Mayo but the perfect time to be looking toward Memorial Day.  Memorial Day, which honors veterans of American wars that have sacrificed their lives in service of the nation, will be observed on May 28th this year. The holiday provides [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dad Was Hanging Pictures &#8211; Featuring Little Johnie</title>
		<link>http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/2012/05/01/dad-was-hanging-pictures-featuring-little-johnie/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=dad-was-hanging-pictures-featuring-little-johnie</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 22:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=405</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Little Johnny comes downstairs crying. His mother asked, “What’s the matter now?”  “Dad was hanging pictures, and just hit his thumb with hammer,” said little Johnny through his tears. “That’s not so serious,” soothed his mother. “I know you are upset, but a big boy like you shouldn’t cry at something like that. Why didn’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rules are Rules</title>
		<link>http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/2012/05/01/rules-are-rules/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rules-are-rules</link>
		<comments>http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/2012/05/01/rules-are-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 22:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jokes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=402</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hospital regulations require a wheel chair for patients being discharged. While working as a student aide, Sam found one elderly gentleman already dressed and sitting on the bed with a suitcase at his feet, who insisted he didn’t need Sam’s help to leave the hospital. After a chat about rules being rules, he reluctantly let [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helicopter Landing on Water</title>
		<link>http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/2012/05/01/helicopter-landing-on-water/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=helicopter-landing-on-water</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 21:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=398</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A helicopter carrying passengers suddenly loses engine power and the aircraft begins to decend. The pilot safely performs an emergency landing in water, and tells the passengers to remain seated and to keep the doors closed, stating that in emergency situations, the aircraft is designed to stay afloat for 30 minutes, giving rescuers time to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How is a Facebook Page Like a Good Burger Joint?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 16:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Facebook Tips]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=392</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How is a Facebook Page like a Burger Joint? Not long ago I had an incredible burger in Harvard Square with a guy I&#8217;ve known for more than 40 years&#8230;  I guess that makes him my oldest friend.  The subject of the conversation was to be transforming one of his business ventures from a loss [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Justin Bieber STABBED by CRAZED Fan Outside NYC Nightclub!</title>
		<link>http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/2012/04/28/justin-bieber-stabbed-by-crazed-fan-outside-nyc-nightclub/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=justin-bieber-stabbed-by-crazed-fan-outside-nyc-nightclub</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=389</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Or&#8230;  You won&#8217;t believe what this girl was doing when her father walked in on her&#8230;  Or&#8230;  Facebook will donate a dollar every time this post is shared&#8230;  or, what ever&#8230;  All these things do a great job at targeting human emotions!  All these posts have become viral on Facebook over the past year or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can&#8217;t Think of Anything to Say?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook Tips]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=383</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s tough coming up with blog articles, status updates for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn.  Large numbers of small business owners simply don&#8217;t bother or just don&#8217;t think about what they&#8217;re doing when they post.  Every single day I see status updates from small business owners that totally miss the mark.  Some of them actually come from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Next Best Thing Since Sliced Bread!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=381</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Google +1, Microsoft, Dell, Comodore&#8230;  all great software or hardware for what they are.  But how do you know where you should be?  How can you tell, right from the beginning what&#8217;s going to take off and what will go the way of the Timex Sinclaire?  Oh, just in case you didn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is It Time To Re-Design?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Website Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[website design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[website redesign]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=378</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a good friend locally that talks with me frequently about building traffic for his website.  He wants to do it himself (and wants me to teach him how for free &#8211; gotta love friends).  He designed his own website and Facebook page a couple of years ago but broke a few of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Social in a Different World</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=374</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every year the folks at Google come out with some of the most creative spoofs for April Fools Day.  This year&#8217;s GMail Tap had me spitting coffee.  When I first saw an ad for Google&#8217;s foray into the artificial intelligence area with Project Glass I figured it was another great joke.  I mean, come on&#8230;  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cool and FREE Website Tools</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Website Design]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=369</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Creating and maintaining a great website is like raising a child&#8230;  It takes a village to raise a child&#8230;  no, wait&#8230;  that&#8217;s something else entirely.  But it isn&#8217;t really that far off. There are litterally thousands of components, plug-ins, code modules and templates that anybody can download and use to build great websites.  Some of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is your site working for you?</title>
		<link>http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/2012/04/04/is-your-site-working-for-you/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=is-your-site-working-for-you</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[website design]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=364</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How many people read your last Facebook post?  How about your last blog post?  How many people are on your website right now?  Chances are, you have no idea how to find that information.  Most small business owners actually think that when they post something, everyone sees it!  And they expect that they all see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are you doing to keep people on your website?</title>
		<link>http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/2012/04/02/what-are-you-doing-to-keep-people-on-your-website/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=what-are-you-doing-to-keep-people-on-your-website</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook Tips]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Website Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bounce]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=356</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Great SEO will get them to visit the first time but it takes a bit more to get them to stay a while or to come back again.  I recall visiting friends years ago and after several grueling hours thinking that I&#8217;d never be able to get that time back again.  They weren&#8217;t exactly entertainers.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Facebook Fans&#8230;  And the Lottery</title>
		<link>http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/2012/03/30/more-facebook-fans-and-the-lottery/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=more-facebook-fans-and-the-lottery</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Facebook Tips]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[facebook fans lottery]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=351</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a small radio station up in Canada that came up with a novel approach to getting more Facebook fans.  They purchased 50 dollars worth of lottery tickets (the jackpot is worth a little over 600 million at the moment) and they&#8217;ve publicly offered to share it when they win.  All you have to do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>60 Terabyte Drives&#8230;  How Much is Too Much?</title>
		<link>http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/2012/03/21/60-terabyte-drives-how-much-is-too-much/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=60-terabyte-drives-how-much-is-too-much</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=349</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in the early 80s I was in a Radio Shack shopping for an external hard drive for my PC. A whopping 10 MB! I couldn&#8217;t imagine filling it at the time. It was pretty expensive back then too for a guy in the Navy. I recall shelling out close to a week&#8217;s pay for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing:  Brochure Website Designs!</title>
		<link>http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/2012/03/20/introducing-brochure-website-designs/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=introducing-brochure-website-designs</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[brochure website designs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=332</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A great website doesn&#8217;t have to be expensive! In today&#8217;s electronic world, it is essential for any respectable business to have a website. We make it easy and affordable with our brochure website package. How affordable? Cheaper than an ad in the phone book! Custom created design to suit your unique business needs. You supply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Website Evaluation &#8211; Again</title>
		<link>http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/2012/02/14/website-evaluation-again/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=website-evaluation-again</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Website Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=342</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We were asked to evaluate a site for a local small business the other day.  www.elderserviceplan.org  They were looking for a price to make it more friendly to search engines and get it found.  Of course, they want more site visitors, more clients&#8230;  more! The first thing we noticed was that there were no social [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secret Elements of Blogging Revealed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[headlines]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=337</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve talked before about the importance of headlines in blogs.&#160; The headline provides a tease into the contents of the article.&#160; It also determines whether or not your potential reader will open the article or not.&#160; But, how do you come up with a headline?&#160; And how do you provoke people to read what follows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s About People Being Social With People!</title>
		<link>http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/2012/02/08/its-about-people-being-social-with-people/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=its-about-people-being-social-with-people</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Facebook Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media marketing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=335</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I read a Tweet this morning about increasing a business page&#8217;s Fan base by exchanging likes with the admins of other pages.  While this will absolutely drive up your numbers of likes, can it bring in new business?  Probably not!  Those administrators want the same thing you want, more fans on their pages.  But be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nobody Cares What You Post in Facebook!</title>
		<link>http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/2012/02/07/nobody-cares-what-you-post-in-facebook/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=nobody-cares-what-you-post-in-facebook</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Facebook Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[engage]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=333</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[OK, that&#8217;s not entirely true.  But a great majority of posts are never even seen by your fans because they&#8217;ve fallen off the radar screen.  The only way to make sure that they see what you post is to keep them engaged right from the moment they become fans on your page. We have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Your Posts Promoting Your Business?</title>
		<link>http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/2012/02/06/are-your-posts-promoting-your-business/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=are-your-posts-promoting-your-business</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Facebook Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business page]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extending reach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=330</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We see loads of small business posts in Facebook.  Some are good, a great majority do nothing for the business or the page. Good Versus Bad Posts The following are qualities of successful posts: Has one percent feedback rate or more Has 50 percent or more impressions compared to fans Is attention-grabbing Is something 95 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Blog Attracting Too Much Spam?</title>
		<link>http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/2012/01/28/is-your-blog-attracting-too-much-spam/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=is-your-blog-attracting-too-much-spam</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[blog spam]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=328</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First off, congratulations!  Your blog is being found on the internet! Spam in blogs (also called simply blog spam or comment spam) is a form of spamming. (Note that blog spam has another, more common meaning, namely the post of a blogger who creates no-value-added posts to submit them to other sites.) It is done [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Promoting Your Facebook Page</title>
		<link>http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/2012/01/27/promoting-your-facebook-page/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=promoting-your-facebook-page</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Facebook Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extending your reach]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=326</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We started our Facebook page just a short time ago.  Today, we&#8217;re rapidly approaching 1,000 fans.  One of the most common questions I&#8217;ve gotten lately is &#8220;how did you do it?&#8221; We tried paid ads, we tried a few contests and had very little success with them.  I&#8217;m not saying that they were complete failures.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Tips of the Day &#8211; Basic Tips to Fundraising</title>
		<link>http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/2012/01/26/facebook-tips-of-the-day-basic-tips-to-fundraising/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=facebook-tips-of-the-day-basic-tips-to-fundraising</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larrymarino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Facebook Tips]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[basic tips to fundraising]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lowermillswebdesigns.com/blog/?p=324</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I started playing the trumpet at the young age of 8 in my grade school band.  I moved on to marching with drum and bugle corps shortly after that and still play today&#8230;  many years later.  I&#8217;m also pretty good at helping non-profits find donors.  One of my pet projects lately has been helping a [...]]]></description>
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