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	<title>Arrowsmith Websites Maleny : Website Design Blog : Website Design Maleny : Everything You Need For An Effective Business Website &#187; Website Strategy</title>
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		<title>Blogging = Traffic = Business</title>
		<link>http://www.arrowsmithwebsites.com/blog/2010/07/22/blogging-traffic-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The word ‘blog’ is a strange one. It’s been in use since around 1999, when it was shortened from the term ‘weblog’, or online journal.
Any business that wants to increase traffic to its website, and can arrange to write regular articles or updates, needs a blog.
On the internet information is king. The more you have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The social media buzz just keeps getting louder</title>
		<link>http://www.arrowsmithwebsites.com/blog/2010/03/06/the-social-media-buzz-just-keeps-getting-louder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having a Twitter and Facebook page that’s regularly updated will bring more traffic to your website.
But just a minute, I hear you say, I don’t have time to go around updating all those websites – I don’t even really know what they’re all about!
Well, you don’t have to! What you do need is regular content, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use a form, but watch the spam.</title>
		<link>http://www.arrowsmithwebsites.com/blog/2010/02/19/use-a-form-but-watch-the-spam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.arrowsmithwebsites.com/blog/2010/02/19/use-a-form-but-watch-the-spam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.arrowsmithwebsites.com/blog/?p=207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Having a form on your website is a great way to get feedback from your visitors. It makes it easy for someone to send you a message, and they can do it from any computer, they don’t need to open their email program.
One problem with online forms is they attract spammers. Automated spam bots (bots [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lead generation techniques to gain new business</title>
		<link>http://www.arrowsmithwebsites.com/blog/2010/02/14/lead-generation-techniques-to-gain-new-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.arrowsmithwebsites.com/blog/2010/02/14/lead-generation-techniques-to-gain-new-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Useful Tips]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.arrowsmithwebsites.com/blog/?p=165</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Leads. You know, potential new customers. Leads allow you to deliver your sales message and hope that it works (that’s another story). But you need to generate the leads first.
Here’s three of the best lead generation techniques.
Referrals
Nothing beats this one. One of your happy customers has recommended your services to a friend or associate, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Targetting &#8216;The Long Tail&#8217; to Increase Sales</title>
		<link>http://www.arrowsmithwebsites.com/blog/2009/11/21/targetting-%e2%80%98the-long-tail%e2%80%99-to-increase-sales/</link>
		<comments>http://www.arrowsmithwebsites.com/blog/2009/11/21/targetting-%e2%80%98the-long-tail%e2%80%99-to-increase-sales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.arrowsmithwebsites.com/blog/?p=118</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The term ‘long tail’ comes from the shape of a line chart that reflects the habits of groups of people when searching or buying.
Here’s an example &#8211; books people buy. The most popular books sell the most, and less popular books don’t sell as much, but there are many more less-popular books than popular books.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s the buzz about Twitter?</title>
		<link>http://www.arrowsmithwebsites.com/blog/2009/10/24/what%e2%80%99s-the-buzz-about-twitter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.arrowsmithwebsites.com/blog/2009/10/24/what%e2%80%99s-the-buzz-about-twitter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
If you’re wondering whether you should be using Twitter, here are 5 reasons why you should:

Follow trends &#8211; Keep track of what’s being discussed based on keywords
Make announcements &#8211; Use Twitter as part of your media strategy
Stay informed &#8211; Twitter has become the place where breaking news breaks first
Network &#8211; ‘Meet’ new people with similar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Websites for Tradies</title>
		<link>http://www.arrowsmithwebsites.com/blog/2009/10/18/websites-for-tradies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.arrowsmithwebsites.com/blog/2009/10/18/websites-for-tradies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.arrowsmithwebsites.com/blog/?p=104</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Not too long ago, self employed tradespeople and similar small businesses didn’t need a website. Things have changed. Now if your business doesn’t have a website, you’re probably missing out on potential customers and opportunities.
Take a plumber for example. Plumbers never used to need websites, people used the yellow pages or the classifieds in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Search</title>
		<link>http://www.arrowsmithwebsites.com/blog/2009/10/18/local-search/</link>
		<comments>http://www.arrowsmithwebsites.com/blog/2009/10/18/local-search/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Trends]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.arrowsmithwebsites.com/blog/?p=98</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It can be challenging to get to the top of the search results for generic terms, such as ‘website design’. However, by combining keywords with a locality, you are suddenly targeting a niche and only competing with businesses in the same locality, and therefore have a much greater chance of ranking highly in the search [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business vs The Internet, Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.arrowsmithwebsites.com/blog/2009/09/05/business-vs-the-internet-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.arrowsmithwebsites.com/blog/2009/09/05/business-vs-the-internet-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.arrowsmithwebsites.com/blog/?p=92</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In business today, the internet must be a part of your strategy. Where do you start?
First, get your website in order. Your website is the cornerstone of your internet strategy, it’s the place that you want people to go to, and it should be designed to make it easy for people to find, and easy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Website: The Salesperson That Never Sleeps!</title>
		<link>http://www.arrowsmithwebsites.com/blog/2009/08/08/your-website-the-salesperson-that-never-sleeps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.arrowsmithwebsites.com/blog/2009/08/08/your-website-the-salesperson-that-never-sleeps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.arrowsmithwebsites.com/blog/?p=85</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Your website is available to the whole world 24 hours a day, every day of the year. It’s out there working for you when you’re asleep and when you’re on holidays.
It costs a bit to set up and maintain your website, but nothing compared to what it would cost to hire an army of salespeople [...]]]></description>
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