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	<title>Rita Wilhelm&#039;s Blog</title>
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	<description>Musings of an entrepreneur about business, green brands, and social media</description>
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		<title>Bye-Bye Democracy.  Hello Special Interest.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It used to be that freedom of speech was for the people.  And, it used to be that there were at least SOME strategies in place to keep special interest out, such as limiting the amount of money a contributor could give to a political candidate.
Well&#8230; things have changed as of yesterday.  The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ritawilhelm.com/?p=444</link>
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		<title>1-800 Vanity Numbers:  A Great Way to Brand a Business</title>
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A vanity number is simply a toll-free number that will spell out a word or words to make a phone number more memorable. For instance, we have all heard the phone number 1-800 FLOWERS and remembered it because it was using words rather than just numbers. Businesses can increase their profits by simply having 1-800 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ritawilhelm.com/?p=438</link>
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		<title>eBay Sale Down this Holiday.   Duhh!  Here&#8217;s the Reason.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just had a bit of a laugh.  I just read an article on the Wall Street Journal about ebay,
and how ebay sales have been hurting this holiday season.
As an eBay affiliate, I can tell you why.  eBay recently changed the way that they pay their affiliate marketers.  It used to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ritawilhelm.com/?p=435</link>
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		<title>Looking for Zhu Zhu pets or hard to find Christmas gifts?</title>
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Are you having trouble finding Zhu Zhu pets this holiday season?  They are going fast, and many stores are already out of them!
If you are looking for those popular zhu zhu pets or a different hard to find gift, be sure to use CraigZoom.   CraigZoom will allow you to search ALL of Craigslist, rather than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ritawilhelm.com/?p=433</link>
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		<title>Eco-Friendly Cleaning Products</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As many of you know, most of the eco-cleaning products on the market today, just don&#8217;t clean as well as brand name cleaning products. I hate to say that.  I do my best to have a green house&#8230; but I also want a clean house.
I was asked to give some eco products an honest review from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ritawilhelm.com/?p=431</link>
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		<title>Interesting statistic on in-store food sampling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was just reading the latest issue of Food Entrepreneur Magazine, and read a surprising statistic.
An independent study by research firm Knowledge Networks-PDI shows that in-store sampling substantially increases sales the day of sampling AND influences a 75% increase in sales even at 20 weeks after the sampling.
Wow!  I wonder if we&#8217;ll start to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ritawilhelm.com/?p=429</link>
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		<title>A Viral Marketing Example: A Viral Catalog Page</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Normally speaking, a catalog page in pretty boring.  It shows pictures or lists items for sale in a particular category.  As a buyer, you look over the items and select an item for purchase.
Well&#8230; here&#8217;s a unique twist.   This catalog page is so interesting that it has actually gone viral.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ritawilhelm.com/?p=424</link>
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		<title>Freebies Are Not As Bad As They Used To Be</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in the days, freebies were usually just old, small samples, almost expired, discardable, low-quality versions of products and merchandise.  The only good thing about them is that they were free.   Somehow, in the course of time, businesses have evolved and adapted more intelligent marketing and promotional gigs while consumers have become [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ritawilhelm.com/?p=419</link>
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		<title>Internship Finder:  Are you looking for an internship?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that lots of great internship opportunities are listed on Craigslist?   One of the best ways to search for an internship is to use a tool like CraigZoom, where you can search ALL of Craigslist, rather than have to search city by city.
This is particularly handy if you are willing to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ritawilhelm.com/?p=416</link>
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		<title>Animated Banner Ads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you want to create nice looking custom animated banner ads, be sure to check out the Banner Generator software program.  It&#8217;s only $27, and very easy to use.  
Here&#8217;s a tutorial you can look at:
How to create an animated banner ad
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		<link>http://www.ritawilhelm.com/?p=413</link>
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