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	<title>St. Louis, MO. - Marketing and Graphic Design</title>
	<link>http://www.platypie.com</link>
	<description>Specializing in Brand Design, Identity, Internet Marketing and Search Engine Optimization</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Are You Engaging Your Readers With Your Marketing?</title>
		<link>http://www.platypie.com/2007/11/want-to-engage-your-readers-with-your-marketing</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Van Horsen</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>St. Louis Marketing</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Questions Answered</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Publishing</dc:subject>
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I posted before Thanksgiving about the 17 Tips to Becoming a Successful Freelance Writer. I received a lot of great feedback, which I thank you for, but there was also a feeling that what I was saying was for beginners, and didn&#8217;t actual pertain to published authors. I apologize for that, and while I agree [...]]]></description>
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		<title>17 Tips To Becoming A Successful Freelance Writer</title>
		<link>http://www.platypie.com/2007/11/17-tips-to-becoming-a-successful-freelance-writer</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Van Horsen</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>St. Louis Marketing</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Publishing</dc:subject>
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As a freelancer, remember you’re working without a net – no staff copy editor, no proofreader, no company style manual. Just you. So you have to be careful and become your own severest critic. In short, learn to be excellent without supervision.
The key is the more work you put into it, the more you’ll get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Impact of Independent Publishers</title>
		<link>http://www.platypie.com/2007/10/the-impact-of-independent-publishers</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Van Horsen</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>St. Louis Marketing</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Publishing</dc:subject>
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In the last ten years, independent publishing has grown in popularity at a staggering pace. In a market once reserved for high dollar authors and big named publishers, the independents have broken through, and have solidified a foothold in the industry. With the advent of the internet, the publishing industry found themselves in a rapidly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ajax-ify your Bathroom Remodel</title>
		<link>http://www.platypie.com/2007/08/ajax-ify-your-bathroom-remodel</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Van Horsen</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>St. Louis Marketing</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obviously, kind of off topic, but I came across this very cool, ajax enabled, home bathroom design interface. 
While the specifics are limited in what you can create, I think this is a great way to get potential customers involved with your product, and pulling them in to further inquiry.
Anyways, I just wanted to share [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The CSS Pocket Mod</title>
		<link>http://www.platypie.com/2007/08/the-css-pocket-mod</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Van Horsen</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Projects</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past three years, I have been using my mini Moleskine notebook religiously. Every random marketing thought, every crazy business idea, every note taken in a meeting, is stored in my Moleskine.
Being as such, I have developed a few different pocket mods for my Moleskine to keep track of my massive list of social [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Client Questions Answered : Improving your Page Rank</title>
		<link>http://www.platypie.com/2007/05/client-questions-answered-improving-your-page-rank</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 21:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Van Horsen</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Questions Answered</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another post for the Client Questions Answered Series.
This question comes from author, Dennis AuBuchon
Dennis writes, …“I would like your opinion on my web site and the exposure I have received through my articles and interviews. The exposure I have received on my name has grown a lot in the last few weeks. My web site [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Client Questions Answered : Improving your Websites Exposure</title>
		<link>http://www.platypie.com/2007/04/client-questions-answered-improving-your-websites-exposure</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 02:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Van Horsen</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Questions Answered</dc:subject><dc:subject>accountability</dc:subject><dc:subject>answers</dc:subject><dc:subject>brand identity</dc:subject><dc:subject>brand recognition</dc:subject><dc:subject>marketing</dc:subject><dc:subject>marketing efforts</dc:subject><dc:subject>promotional</dc:subject><dc:subject>questions</dc:subject><dc:subject>st louis</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my previous post, I talked about Leading by Example, and the approach I am taking to running my business and this website. In an effort to lead by example, I have decided to publish the answers I provide to those that ask a question through the form on the main page of my site. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leading by Example in the Marketing Business</title>
		<link>http://www.platypie.com/2007/04/leading-by-example-in-the-marketing-business</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Van Horsen</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>St. Louis Marketing</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I started building this business and ultimately, this website, I decided that I wanted to be as open and supportive as I could be to my clients. I wanted to provide the best service possible, and do it in a way that could help people learn something about their own businesses.
Sure, I can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Promotional Marketing and Free Gifts</title>
		<link>http://www.platypie.com/2007/03/promotional-marketing-and-free-gifts</link>
		<comments>http://www.platypie.com/2007/03/promotional-marketing-and-free-gifts#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Van Horsen</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>St. Louis Marketing</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a consumer, I love a free gift, and always remember the companies that give them to me. I am not alone in this regard. I can honestly tell you that at least every couple of months,
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		<title>Welcome to St. Louis Marketing and Design</title>
		<link>http://www.platypie.com/2007/03/welcome-to-st-louis-marketing-and-design</link>
		<comments>http://www.platypie.com/2007/03/welcome-to-st-louis-marketing-and-design#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Van Horsen</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>St. Louis Marketing</dc:subject><dc:subject>design</dc:subject><dc:subject>marketing</dc:subject><dc:subject>st louis</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you happen to be reading this, welcome to the site. Please excuse some of the loose ends, we are still adding our content, but should have the majority of the site finalized in the next week or so.
If you are trying to figure out what this site is about, I could bore you with [...]]]></description>
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