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	<title>Smooth Harold, The Blog of Blake Snow &#187; business</title>
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		<title>How I made a living last year</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[data and charts are cool]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an independent contractor, I get asked a lot on how I make a living. The easiest answer is &#8220;I work from home.&#8221; If that doesn&#8217;t satisfy the interviewer, however, I&#8217;ll usually say &#8220;I&#8217;m a writer,&#8221; which is only partly true.
In many ways, I&#8217;m a jack of all trades. Writing and helping others leverage compelling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reason no. 629 I love Amazon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;There are two types of companies: those that work hard to charge customers more, and those that work hard to charge customers less. Both approaches can work. We are firmly in the second camp.&#8221;—Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of the Seattle-based Amazon.com, now going on seven consecutive years as my favorite website.
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		<title>The secret to life is working to death, experts say</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boring]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[editorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[everybody's busy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lame people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lifehacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[offline balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sarcasism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what not to do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work-a-holics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[PROVO, Ut. — Want to get ahead in this world? Work lots of extra hours — even nights and weekends — experts say, and it will all be worth your while.
&#8220;It&#8217;s easy to forget what&#8217;s most important in life,&#8221; says Bill Loney, a certified life coach who hasn&#8217;t quite made it in life yet. &#8220;Family, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In business, people buy &#8220;why&#8221; you are, not &#8220;what&#8221; you are</title>
		<link>http://www.smoothharold.com/in-business-people-buy-why-you-are-not-what-you-are/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smoothharold.com/in-business-people-buy-why-you-are-not-what-you-are/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Great video, particularly from 2-5 minutes.
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		<title>Why eBay auctions are no longer popular</title>
		<link>http://www.smoothharold.com/why-ebay-auctions-are-no-longer-popular/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smoothharold.com/why-ebay-auctions-are-no-longer-popular/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 13:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ebay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, auctions represent only 31% of all Ebay sales. A decade ago, Ebay was suppose to change the way everything was bought and sold. That didn&#8217;t happen. A new article in Wired tells why:
To begin with, the experience of auctions changed over time, generally in ways that made them less appealing to both buyers and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Color makes the depression look less depressing</title>
		<link>http://www.smoothharold.com/color-makes-the-depression-look-less-depressing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 20:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[great depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
More rare color photos of the depression here
]]></description>
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		<title>Best product placement ever?</title>
		<link>http://www.smoothharold.com/best-product-placement-ever/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smoothharold.com/best-product-placement-ever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 18:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cell phones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electronics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mount everest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Samsung sponsored this guy Kenton Cool (awesome name) to summit Mount Everest for a ninth time this month. In exchange, the company had him place the first cell phone call ever from the highest point on Earth, to his wife. What a moment.
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		<title>My favorite hot dog has quite the story</title>
		<link>http://www.smoothharold.com/my-favorite-hot-dog-has-quite-the-story/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smoothharold.com/my-favorite-hot-dog-has-quite-the-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[j dawgs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
J Dawgs is delish! (check the user reviews)
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		<title>Could shoe makers sell more using regular color names?</title>
		<link>http://www.smoothharold.com/could-shoe-makers-sell-more-using-regular-color-names/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smoothharold.com/could-shoe-makers-sell-more-using-regular-color-names/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adidas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cleats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[colors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shoes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soccer]]></category>

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See those three stripes? They&#8217;re called &#8220;diva,&#8221; not pink, according to Adidas. And the white you see is &#8220;running white,&#8221; as opposed to idle white. I know because that&#8217;s what the box on my kitchen counter says. (They&#8217;re not for me, mind you, but the little soccer player I father.)
Adidas isn&#8217;t the first shoe manufacturer to use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pro tip: Sell your products and services to these guys</title>
		<link>http://www.smoothharold.com/pro-tip-sell-your-products-and-services-to-these-guys/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smoothharold.com/pro-tip-sell-your-products-and-services-to-these-guys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>

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They have cash—lots of it.
I&#8217;m a big fan of cash. Love the cash.
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