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		<title>Customer Awareness!</title>
		<link>http://ask-samknoll.com/159/customer-awareness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SamTheEagle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Hi Guys,</p>
<p>Customer awareness is a very important element as we attempt to move forward an close out sales.  This can be an issue both online and offline with really the same science behind each of them.</p>
<p><a  href="http://ask-samknoll.com/159/customer-awareness/" class="more-link">More on Customer Awareness!</a></p>
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		<title>My New &#8220;WP Link Cloakinator!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://ask-samknoll.com/149/my-new-wp-link-cloakinator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 06:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SamTheEagle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<h1><span style="font-size: small;">Link Cloaking!</span></h1>
<p>Hey gang,</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a brand new plugin that quite simply you really must start using on your blog.</p>
<p>In short this little app allows you to cloak all links you want to from any of your blogs.</p>
<p><a  href="http://ask-samknoll.com/149/my-new-wp-link-cloakinator/" class="more-link">More on My New &#8220;WP Link Cloakinator!&#8221;</a></p>
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		<title>My Firms Current SEO/SEM and PPC Services</title>
		<link>http://ask-samknoll.com/111/my-firms-current-seosem-and-ppc-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 15:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SamTheEagle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Here is a brief slide show (I wanted to try out the slideshare Plugin here) detailing much of what we do when we work with a client on Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Marketing, and Pay Per Click marketing.</p>
<p><a  href="http://ask-samknoll.com/111/my-firms-current-seosem-and-ppc-services/" class="more-link">More on My Firms Current SEO/SEM and PPC Services</a></p>
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		<title>Yahoo Search is No More!</title>
		<link>http://ask-samknoll.com/96/yahoo-search-is-no-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SamTheEagle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><b>Holy Cow my friends!</b></p>
<p>I just received a very interesting email today that I know will create a real issue for many PPC marketers.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img height="407" width="450" align="baseline" src="/wp-content/uploads/image/yahoo-gone.png" alt="yahoo gone Yahoo Search is No More!"  title="Yahoo Search is No More!" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Here&#8217;s the short story&#8230; Yahoo has decided that they are closing down the Yahoo Search program.&#160;</p>
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		<title>Google Parisian Love &#8211; 2010 Super Bowl XLIV Commercial</title>
		<link>http://ask-samknoll.com/95/google-parisian-love-2010-super-bowl-xliv-commercial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SamTheEagle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I just finished watching a whole list of commercials that were shown in the Super Bowl.&#160; I have to say that one of them really stood out for me.</p>
<p>Yes, the Dorito commercials <b>killed</b> me (actually I do some work with the guys that created that video for their <a  href="http://www.smallhd.com">SmallHD.com</a> company).</p>
<p><a  href="http://ask-samknoll.com/95/google-parisian-love-2010-super-bowl-xliv-commercial/" class="more-link">More on Google Parisian Love &#8211; 2010 Super Bowl XLIV Commercial</a></p>
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		<title>Ah yes, your mailing list IS key&#8230;but what type is it?</title>
		<link>http://ask-samknoll.com/94/the-age-of-your-list-is-key/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SamTheEagle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: large;">H</span>ere&#8217;s an interesting issue that is very worth considering&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img width="425" align="baseline" height="282" alt="iStock 000009958666XSmall Ah yes, your mailing list IS key...but what type is it?" src="/wp-content/uploads/image/iStock_000009958666XSmall.jpg" title="Ah yes, your mailing list IS key...but what type is it?" /></p>
<p>As Internet marketers many of us have lists of optin subscribers that we have built.&#160; Some of our lists have been brought in recently while others may have people on them that have been around for quite some time.&#160; I want to talk about the age of those lists and how that comes into play with where, what, when, and why we market to them.</p>
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		<title>Improvements&#8230; if at first it isn&#8217;t right, fix it and relaunch!</title>
		<link>http://ask-samknoll.com/93/improvements-if-at-first-it-isnt-right-fix-it-and-relaunch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SamTheEagle</dc:creator>
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<p style="text-align: center;">&#160;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Yes, I&#8217;ve been very bad about posting to this blog&#8230; but I have been extremely busy!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">About two months ago I took on a new project that entailed me overseeing a project for <a  target="_blank" href="http://www.mikefilsaime.com/about.htm">Mike Filsaime</a>.&#160; It started out as a part time piece but has since grown to what I feel can become a significant piece of what I do.&#160; What is it I am working on?</p>
<p><a  href="http://ask-samknoll.com/93/improvements-if-at-first-it-isnt-right-fix-it-and-relaunch/" class="more-link">More on Improvements&#8230; if at first it isn&#8217;t right, fix it and relaunch!</a></p>
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		<title>Google Begins Permanently Banning Advertisers</title>
		<link>http://ask-samknoll.com/91/google-begins-permanently-banning-advertisers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SamTheEagle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Damn&#8230; I know I&#8217;ve been quiet for a while (Busy, busy, busy doing GREAT things!) but this one deserves some note.&#160;</p>
<p>I just finished reading about this over on the <a  href="http://searchengineland.com/google-adwords-to-step-up-account-disabling-improve-communication-process-29997">SearchEngineLand.com blog</a>.&#160; Google it seems has decided that they are going to start <i><b>banning advertisers</b></i> who are not playing by their rules.&#160; They intend to ban them and keep them from starting up any new accounts as well.</p>
<p><a  href="http://ask-samknoll.com/91/google-begins-permanently-banning-advertisers/" class="more-link">More on Google Begins Permanently Banning Advertisers</a></p>
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		<title>Peace &#8211; Take a Break &amp; Put Your Energy Into It!</title>
		<link>http://ask-samknoll.com/90/peace-take-a-break-put-your-energy-into-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SamTheEagle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I wanted to take a small break from the marketing word today and focus some attention in a new, and very important direction.</p>
<p>I think that once you watch the video below you will understand exactly what I am thinking of here.</p>
<p><a  href="http://ask-samknoll.com/90/peace-take-a-break-put-your-energy-into-it/" class="more-link">More on Peace &#8211; Take a Break &#038; Put Your Energy Into It!</a></p>
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		<title>Zappos&#8217; CEO, Tony Hsieh on Stage</title>
		<link>http://ask-samknoll.com/89/zappos-ceo-tony-hsieh-on-stage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SamTheEagle</dc:creator>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Wanna see and hear what Tony really has to say?</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I&#8217;ve got a treat for you today as you can use the link below to go hear Tony speak for over an hour.</p>
<p><a  href="http://ask-samknoll.com/89/zappos-ceo-tony-hsieh-on-stage/" class="more-link">More on Zappos&#8217; CEO, Tony Hsieh on Stage</a></p>
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