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If you have subscribed to this blog by email then I have some bad news and good news. The bad news is that email notifications are soon going to stop being sent out as each blog post is made. The good news is that you can still subscribe using the RSS feed. Simply sign up [...]


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		<title>7 &#8220;make or break&#8221; elements for your website!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<title>What did you say?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan</dc:creator>
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		<title>No offense intended</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
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