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		<title>How Internet Marketers can Quickly Increase Their Effectiveness</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Lomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web, HTML, Tech]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are many risks involved when trying to sell things, whether online or off-line &#8211; this is common knowledge. More than likely, when playing sport like football, you are going to be hurt. The same is true for online businesses. There are many things that you can do to minimize the injuries that you may [...]]]></description>
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<p>There are many risks involved when trying to sell things, whether online or off-line &#8211; this is common knowledge. More than likely, when playing sport like football, you are going to be hurt. The same is true for online businesses. There are many things that you can do to minimize the injuries that you may receive doing business online. Getting knocked down, and sustaining a few injuries, it&#8217;s probably going to happen. Just get up, hit hard again, and keep going toward your goal.</p>
<p>While everyone with an online business wants to make money, it&#8217;s best to narrow down your goals and aspirations in a more specific way. The majority of people don&#8217;t turn a profit with their business for a long time. It&#8217;s inevitable that you&#8217;ll make mistakes and probably have campaigns that fail. In the face of all this, having a desire to simply make money isn&#8217;t gong to sustain you over the long haul.</p>
<p>When you start thinking about what you want to do with your money, you get closer to discovering what really motivates you. The more personal and specific your goals are, the easier it is to focus on them. You need to turn your attention to other matters once you know what interests you the most in regard to what you will be selling. You do not always need a website or blog, but chances are you will. Once this one thing is done, move onto others. You should have a list of what you need to do next. To get your website shop set up quickly, you need a list at you can reference and follow. Then it&#8217;s good to assign priorities as much as possible, but the important point is these are the minimum components you need. It is very important to always learn more information, moving forward after accomplishing each daily task.</p>
<p>For most of their lives, most people do try the Internet out worked a full-time job before they got here. This information tells us that, for many years, a full-time job is all they have ever known. The dynamic environment is quite a culture shock for these people. The Internet, as you know, can change day by day. And because the Internet is brand-new to these people, they will have to adapt, or run &#8211; the choice is up to them. It really does not have a place for those who like things to remain the same. The Internet favors change. Eventually, something will happen and some part of your business life will be affected. Yes, the Internet can be uncomfortable at times, very different, but the reality is you need to get used to things that are out of your comfort zone. There is a lot to say, which is why I was very long-winded in this article. There is so much more to discuss &#8211; this is just the tip of the iceberg. If you have been in IM for a while, then you know some of the internal issues that have to be overcome or dealt with. There is many things that you have to deal with in this business. It is normal. Get used to it.</p>
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		<title>Post with an image and a caption</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Lomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web, HTML, Tech]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Test that wraps around the image with a caption. Test that wraps around the image with a caption.Test that wraps around the image with a caption.Test that wraps around the image with a caption.Test that wraps around the image with a caption.Test that wraps around the image with a caption.Test that wraps around the image [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Youtube Embed now made easier in WP 3.5</title>
		<link>http://www.ricklomas.com/youtube-embed-now-made-easier-in-wp-3-5</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Lomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[video marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is just a test, I am not massively convinced it s going to work, but apparantly you no longer need the embed code for a youtube video, just the URL, lets try it: Indeed it does seem to work, well that is going to make things easier with embedding YouTube videos, although I do [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is just a test, I am not massively convinced it s going to work, but apparantly you no longer need the embed code for a youtube video, just the URL, lets try it:</p>
<p><iframe width="500" height="281" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mLbO56O-ess?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>Indeed it does seem to work, well that is going to make things easier with embedding YouTube videos, although I do like certain players like Traffic Player Pro by Mark Dulisse. Actually Mark has done quite a good new neat one called something like the Covert Traffic Player which allows embedded videos to start of  as a small thumbnail and then expand when you click them, pushing all the text around at the same time. It&#8217;s very neat and I am seriously thinking about getting it for my new site, <a href="http://www.motorhomebusiness.com">Motorhome Business</a>, which is about motorhome hire in the UK. I think it would be really neat on the homepage of that. If I decide to do that I will do a review and see if I can wangle a discount.</p>
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		<title>Formatting Test</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Lomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gallery left sidebar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is some test in the first paragraph Here is some text in the second paragraph Here is some bold text Here is some italic text after this there is 2 BR tags and this is the last line.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is some test in the first paragraph</p>
<p>Here is some text in the second paragraph</p>
<p><strong>Here is some bold text</strong></p>
<p><em>Here is some italic text</em></p>
<p>after this there is 2 BR tags</p>
<p>and this is the last line.</p>
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		<title>Default unordered lists</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Lomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web, HTML, Tech]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although the Myre theme has very lovely list options that can be done with shortcodes, I wanted to change the default settings, so here is something I am testing: list item 1 list item 2 Some text below the list. &#160;]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Although the Myre theme has very lovely list options that can be done with shortcodes, I wanted to change the default settings, so here is something I am testing:</p>
<ul>
<li>list item 1</li>
<li>list item 2</li>
</ul>
<p>Some text below the list.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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