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		<title>Blog with SEO Intent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heather</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I blog at Talk21, the national blog of CENTURY 21 Canada - posting at least 3 blogs each week for the past year. And as busy as I get, I always take the time to add SEO-friendly components to each post that goes up.

SEO-friendly blogging includes:

Keywords in the headline (e.g. &#8220;Wind Energy&#8221; if that is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Training an SEO Copywriter</title>
		<link>http://www.writingseo.com/archives/training-an-seo-copywriter</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingseo.com/archives/training-an-seo-copywriter#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heather</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BASF]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[CIBA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fortune 500]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Google Adwords]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nissan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[search engine optimization]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEM copywriting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[seo copywriting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[UFA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As part of my consulting work at a marketing communications and advertising agency, I have the responsibility of training a marketing coordinator in the task of SEO copywriting. That&#8217;s because there is sometimes too much work for me to handle all their clients&#8217; needs for SEO writing - clients such as CIBA Vision, UFA, Nissan, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEO Alert: Don&#8217;t Trade Blogging for Tweeting</title>
		<link>http://www.writingseo.com/archives/seo-alert-dont-trade-blogging-for-tweeting</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingseo.com/archives/seo-alert-dont-trade-blogging-for-tweeting#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heather</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[alice munro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[blog]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[corporate blogging]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[keywords]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[online reputation management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sean hill]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[short stories]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[tweets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Move over, Alice Munro - there&#8217;s a new short story genre in town - and some gent named Sean Hill is leading the brigade.
Sean has Tweeted more than 300 teeny tiny &#8217;stories&#8217; - and also hosts them all on his site, Very-Short-Story.com.
Here are three of my favourite &#8220;very short stories&#8221; aka Tweets:
We&#8217;ve lost him.&#8221; said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEO as a Career: Panel of Experts Tell It Like It Is</title>
		<link>http://www.writingseo.com/archives/seo-as-a-career-panel-of-experts-tell-it-like-it-is</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingseo.com/archives/seo-as-a-career-panel-of-experts-tell-it-like-it-is#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heather</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[aaron wall]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[blogger]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[gary cottam]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[kevin gillett]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[phoenix seo blog]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[search engine optimization]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[search marketing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[seo career]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[seo copywriting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[seo jobs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO writing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[seobook]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[


&#8220;SEO as a Career - Where Technology, Design, Copy and Marketing Meet&#8221; - that&#8217;s the title of an online article recently posted that interviews 6 &#8220;successful, famous and established SEO professionals&#8221; in 5 nations, including.. yours truly!
I was contacted by journalist Naveen Bala for an interview about how I got into the biz, tips for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KISS of Death</title>
		<link>http://www.writingseo.com/archives/kiss-of-death</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingseo.com/archives/kiss-of-death#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heather</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[journalism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[journalists]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[search engine optimization]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[search engines]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO writing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[writing style]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Keep it Simple Stupid (KISS): the not-so-subtle way of reminding us to write in an uncomplicated, non-flowery style.
Great advice, for web writing in particular and most types of writing in general (maybe outside of journals).
But sometimes it can be the KISS of death. Case in point:
I was in the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo recently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why EVERY Business Should Hire a Journalist</title>
		<link>http://www.writingseo.com/archives/why-every-business-should-hire-a-journalist</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingseo.com/archives/why-every-business-should-hire-a-journalist#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 16:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heather</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[broadcast journalists]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[david meerman scott]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[digital immigrants]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[digital writers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Internet marketing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[journalism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[journalists]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pr]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[print journalists]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[radio journalists]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[tv journalists]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[writers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[Full disclosure: I am a graduate of journalism school and a 20-year veteran of print journalism as a writer and editor.]
I attended a presentation by marketing speaker David Merman Scott in Florida last week and to my surprise (and delight) he urged the audience to all go out and hire a journalist for their online [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;At the End of the Day&#8221;&#8230; It&#8217;s Evening</title>
		<link>http://www.writingseo.com/archives/cliches-in-writing</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingseo.com/archives/cliches-in-writing#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heather</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cliches]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[copywriting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[language]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[slang]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I really think I am going to scream the next time I hear &#8220;at the end of the day&#8230;&#8221; in another interview.
My country&#8217;s public broadcaster has always been my choice for radio listening as I have no patience for commercials and, generally, the quality of content is high.
BUT every time someone is quoted in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Flash vs. SEO War Over&#8230;?</title>
		<link>http://www.writingseo.com/archives/seo-friendly-flash</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingseo.com/archives/seo-friendly-flash#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heather</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[flash]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[flash design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[search engine optimization]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO Design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[seo-friendly flash]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had a great meeting in Toronto last week with a cool design shop that builds high-end Flash websites. Modular white office in a derelict-come-trendy neighbourhood, eccentric business owners with fabulous design talent&#8230;
The owner had heard good things about my SEO business from a colleague and wanted to bring me in to chat about a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Note to Gen Y: Spelling DOES Matter</title>
		<link>http://www.writingseo.com/archives/note-to-gen-y-spelling-does-matter</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingseo.com/archives/note-to-gen-y-spelling-does-matter#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heather</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[search engine optimization]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[seo copywriting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO writing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[spelling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was making a sales call with a local retailer last week, when an entrepreneur walked in off the cold streets of Oakville, ON with flyers in hand. He waited patiently until my pitch was done, then handed both myself and my soon-to-be client some business cards and attractive, colored flyers.
I flinched. Both the flyer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dominate Page 1? Yes. We. Can.</title>
		<link>http://www.writingseo.com/archives/dominate-page-1-yes.-we.-can.</link>
		<comments>http://www.writingseo.com/archives/dominate-page-1-yes.-we.-can.#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>heather</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[digital asset optimization]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[digital assets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[flickr]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[LinkedIn]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[search engine optimization]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SMO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SMO strategy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[social media optimization]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[youtube]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.writingseo.com/?p=1059</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the &#8220;olden days&#8221; - say, um, last year - I was teaching companies how to get their corporate site on Page 1 of Google search results using SEO techniques. (Two years ago it was plain ole text SEO; last year I started doing more local SEO, followed swiftly by Universal/Blended SEO and Video SEO).
But [...]]]></description>
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