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		<title>Blog Tips from the Internet Strategist</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a great listing of the basic blog tips that all associaitons and all bloggers should remember.  The blog needs to have your great information and expertise, but these technology tips can make it user friendly and get the readership you want. http://blog.inc.com/e-commerce/2009/11/13-must-have-blog-techniques_t.html Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: blog<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ewaldconsulting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6732592&amp;post=69&amp;subd=ewaldconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SEO and Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEO is always a hot topic when you are discussing websites.  Everyone wants the next secret to getting the top Google placement in searches without the effort.  As the saying goes, &#8220;If it sounds too good to be true, it is!&#8221;  There is no easy way for your website to reach the top search results [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ewaldconsulting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6732592&amp;post=74&amp;subd=ewaldconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Six Ground Rules for Effective Meetings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Start and end all meetings on time &#8211; include time frames for each agenda item.  This shows respect for those who take care to arrive on time.  If repeat latecomers begin to understand that rather than everyone waiting 5-10 minutes for them that they will be &#8220;clinking&#8221; in to a meeting in progress, it will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ewaldconsulting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6732592&amp;post=72&amp;subd=ewaldconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Check out Association Jam!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are general news aggregates like Digg.com where people can submit stories from the web that they like and then rank them.  This is great, but you get a pretty wide variety of information.  But, there are now sources for associations &#8230; check out Association Jam. http://associationjam.org/ &#8220;Association Jam is a community website for people [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ewaldconsulting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6732592&amp;post=67&amp;subd=ewaldconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media Strategy for Associations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was also published for the MSAE Tech Expo. Social Media Strategy for Associations By Jessica Gill &#38; Kathie Pugaczewski, CAE, CMP Ewald Consulting From the beginning, the purpose of associations has been about creating communities with a common purpose. Through the years, we have seen trends come and go, but our “business” is still [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ewaldconsulting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6732592&amp;post=65&amp;subd=ewaldconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Search Engine Optimization Top 10</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that you have a website, how do you make sure the right people see it?  It&#8217;s not as easy as it sounds, but here are a few things to keep in mind&#8230;  You Can’t Trick the Search Engine. When search engines first started, the algorithm for site ranking was not too complicated, but the algorithms [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ewaldconsulting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6732592&amp;post=63&amp;subd=ewaldconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social Media is a hot topic for associations.  Here are a few tips to keep in mind&#8230; 1. Listen First: Social media is a conversation, and like any good conversation, you must be an active listener. Listen to the social media to see what our members and others are talking about, what they say about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ewaldconsulting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6732592&amp;post=59&amp;subd=ewaldconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Twitter an &#8220;ap&#8221; in Search of an Application?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 11:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It will be interesting to see how Twitter is being used by the business community a year from now. We used it-successfully, I think-at a recent conference that we managed in Chicago. A number of the attendees tweeted their comments and questions and those tweets were used as feedback by the presenters and as fodder [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ewaldconsulting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6732592&amp;post=55&amp;subd=ewaldconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Persistence</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 12:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My 17-year-old daughter, Sarah, a junior in high school, started looking for a job in the early spring as soon as she was finished with the ski racing season. Full of optimism, she went to local employers looking for work. I think she expected to be working within a day or so. After several days [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ewaldconsulting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6732592&amp;post=53&amp;subd=ewaldconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fear</title>
		<link>http://ewaldconsulting.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/fear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m usually in the office by 5:30 AM. I enjoy being alone during the early part of the day which tends to be my most productive time. That&#8217;s when I handle tasks that require my most intense concentration. My trip to the office starts at about 4:45 AM and I even like my commute whose [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ewaldconsulting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6732592&amp;post=48&amp;subd=ewaldconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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