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		<title>Targeting Mailshots</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 20:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog post aims to explore the reasons that you, as a business, should think carefully about how you are going to target any mail shots that you are sending out. I live in rural North Wales and have recently managed to upgrade from ADSL to ADSL 2+ in order to improve the broadband speed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smoking in the Work Place</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a small business owner you will know that here in the UK it&#8217;s illegal to smoke in the workplace, no matter if it&#8217;s a shop, office, factory or even a works van. Similarly it&#8217;s illegal to smoke in bars, shops, restaurants and other such places. However, did you know that there is an alternative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Van Speed Limits</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was driving back from a business meeting earlier this week and was amazed by the number of vans that were passing me on several stretches of dual carriage way on my route. While it&#8217;s well known that the fastest vehicles on the roads are white vans I wondered how many of the thought that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Get the Job you Want &#8211; 6 Simple Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an ex-contractor I have attended many  job interviews for contracts so I thought I&#8217;d list six steps to help you be prepared for leaving a lasting impression on the interviewee. Do your research As the old saying goes, &#8220;fail to plan and plan to fail&#8221;. There are certain questions that you are bound to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Managing Customer Expectations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog post has been inspired by a friend who rescues animals and gives them a &#8220;for-ever&#8221; home.  The time came when her &#8220;pet room&#8221; needed to be re-organised as the number of cages had exceeded the space available. Having spent time looking around on the net and saving money she placed an order for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Company Car MOTs and Servicing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It struck me recently that many people driving business vehicles run the risk of forgetting when a service or the annual MOT is due. I know that I tend to forget when my service is due and only remember my MOT date when I turn the diary over and see that it&#8217;s marked on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m At The Top Of The Search Engines But Don&#8217;t Get Any Traffic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was a comment made to me the other day by someone I was talking to &#8211; they were prod of the fact that they were at the top of Google for a phrase that had millions of results.  However they were a bit concerned that their website stats shows that they didn&#8217;t have any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Not to Move a Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have, or I should say had, an client (a local hotel) that used us to build a website and then carry out SEO on the site for them.  I say &#8220;had&#8221; as they contacted us recently and told us that they were going to move the site to a 3rd party who would build [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visitor Bounce Rates &#8211; How Do I Reduce It ?</title>
		<link>http://www.forestsoftware.co.uk/blog/2012/04/visitor-bounce-rates-how-do-i-reduce-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forestsoftware.co.uk/blog/?p=677</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This blog article has been triggered by a question on a group I belong to on LinkedIn that read &#8220;Will anyone suggest me how to reduce bounce rate of website as traffic is increasing day by day?&#8221; (sic). I thought that I&#8217;d spend a few minutes putting together my response to the question in an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Umbrella Companies</title>
		<link>http://www.forestsoftware.co.uk/blog/2012/03/umbrella-companies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Mitchell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accounting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business advice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Struggling with your own business? How an umbrella company could help.  For anyone who is struggling to cope with the trials and tribulations frequently associated with owning and operating a small business, employing the services of an umbrella company can be a useful solution. The small business/umbrella company relationship is akin that of the employee/employer [...]]]></description>
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