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		<title>5 Simple SEO Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Search engine optimization, commonly known as SEO, does not have to be overly complex and intimidating for the average business person or communications professional. So says Katie Evans, who offered a handful of basic tips in the January/February issue of &#8230; <a href="http://headlinesfromfloyd.com/2012/02/01/5-simple-seo-tips/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=headlinesfromfloyd.com&amp;blog=4587285&amp;post=2105&amp;subd=headlinesfromfloyd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Adventure of Book Writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend I was reading The Adventure of Living, a book written in the mid 1960s by Paul Tournier, a Swiss doctor and author who has been called the 20th century&#8217;s most famous Christian physician. This book is one of &#8230; <a href="http://headlinesfromfloyd.com/2012/01/23/the-adventure-of-book-writing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=headlinesfromfloyd.com&amp;blog=4587285&amp;post=2085&amp;subd=headlinesfromfloyd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Take Out the Bad Parts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his book titled On Writing, Stephen King tells how John Gould, editor of the Lisbon (Maine) Weekly Enterprise, taught him more about the craft in 10 minutes than all his English and composition classes in high school and college. &#8230; <a href="http://headlinesfromfloyd.com/2012/01/17/take-out-the-bad-parts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=headlinesfromfloyd.com&amp;blog=4587285&amp;post=2080&amp;subd=headlinesfromfloyd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why People Don&#8217;t Give</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even in a bad economy, money is circulating. There are a lot of great causes that desperately need money. So why don&#8217;t people give? Many reasons. But the top reason folks don&#8217;t write a check, according to fundraising professionals I &#8230; <a href="http://headlinesfromfloyd.com/2012/01/12/why-people-dont-give/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=headlinesfromfloyd.com&amp;blog=4587285&amp;post=2070&amp;subd=headlinesfromfloyd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>3 Gold Nuggets to Uncover From Any Creative Brief</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Sagebiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dave Moore, creative director of Williams Helde Marketing Communications, penned a smart article on creative briefs in the November/December issue of Marketing, a Seattle-area trade newspaper. Moore begins by mentioning the &#8220;staggering number of creative-brief formats&#8221; in his career. I &#8230; <a href="http://headlinesfromfloyd.com/2011/11/21/3-gold-nuggets-to-uncover-from-any-creative-brief/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=headlinesfromfloyd.com&amp;blog=4587285&amp;post=2044&amp;subd=headlinesfromfloyd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Make It Easy for Target Audience</title>
		<link>http://headlinesfromfloyd.com/2011/11/14/make-it-easy-for-target-audience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I once interviewed a salesman named Jim who had made 75,000 sales calls in his 43-year career with a large chemical distribution company. I asked him if any sales calls stood out. &#8220;The first four calls I made when I &#8230; <a href="http://headlinesfromfloyd.com/2011/11/14/make-it-easy-for-target-audience/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=headlinesfromfloyd.com&amp;blog=4587285&amp;post=2039&amp;subd=headlinesfromfloyd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Andy Rooney: &#8216;A Writer&#8217;s Job Is to Tell the Truth&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://headlinesfromfloyd.com/2011/11/07/andy-rooney-a-writers-job-is-to-tell-the-truth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Sagebiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I will miss Andy Rooney, who died last week at the age of 92, even though I haven&#8217;t been a regular viewer of 60 Minutes for years. &#8220;I wish I could do this forever,&#8221; Rooney said after delivering his 1097th &#8230; <a href="http://headlinesfromfloyd.com/2011/11/07/andy-rooney-a-writers-job-is-to-tell-the-truth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=headlinesfromfloyd.com&amp;blog=4587285&amp;post=2027&amp;subd=headlinesfromfloyd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>5 Fundraising Tips from Hollins President</title>
		<link>http://headlinesfromfloyd.com/2011/10/31/5-fundraising-tips-from-hollins-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last July a Q&#38;A with Hollins University President Nancy Gray appeared in the business section of the Sunday Roanoke Times. I saved it because it contained Gray&#8217;s views on how the university was able to raise a substantial sum of &#8230; <a href="http://headlinesfromfloyd.com/2011/10/31/5-fundraising-tips-from-hollins-president/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=headlinesfromfloyd.com&amp;blog=4587285&amp;post=2016&amp;subd=headlinesfromfloyd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ulysses S. Grant, Writing Hero</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next time I think writing is hard, maybe I&#8217;ll think of Ulysses S. Grant. A new book about Grant (GRANT&#8217;S FINAL VICTORY: Ulysses S. Grant&#8217;s Heroic Last Year) is out. A  Roanoke Times book review reminded me of a &#8230; <a href="http://headlinesfromfloyd.com/2011/10/25/ulysses-s-grant-writing-hero/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=headlinesfromfloyd.com&amp;blog=4587285&amp;post=2006&amp;subd=headlinesfromfloyd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The 5 W&#8217;s of a Successful Elevator Pitch</title>
		<link>http://headlinesfromfloyd.com/2011/10/12/the-5-ws-of-a-successful-elevator-pitch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had read somewhere in the last year or two that elevator pitches were passé. That might be true in some quarters, but I was recently assigned an elevator pitch project, which caused me to revisit the old marketing standby. &#8230; <a href="http://headlinesfromfloyd.com/2011/10/12/the-5-ws-of-a-successful-elevator-pitch/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=headlinesfromfloyd.com&amp;blog=4587285&amp;post=1996&amp;subd=headlinesfromfloyd&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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