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		<title>The New Way To Publish</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[e-books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-Pub]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have a book in your head? You can translate that book into formats that are easy to read in the palm of your hand. The two leading e-book publishing formats are Kindle and e-Pub. By targeting your manuscript to these formats you will reach about 90% of the e-reading public. E-books used to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is On-Page Optimization Changing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landing pages]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It used to be that all you had to think about when building your landing pages was how to optimize your titles and headlines, images through alt tags, keyword usage, and a having strong call to action. Is that all you have to think about today or is there more to it now? I think [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Ways To Kill Your Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[site visitors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want a sure-fire way to kill your website and ensure that it doesn&#8217;t get traction in the search engines or that visitors stop by for a quick look and leave, then follow these web design principles. No social media icons &#8211; Leave off the social media icons. No one&#8217;s going to share your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navigation Menu Basics</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[navigation menu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[website design]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/?p=4923</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are several mistakes that website owners make when it comes to navigation menus when they attempt to use their navigation for SEO purposes instead of focusing on user needs. And all of these are fixable. Multple navigation elements &#8211; I&#8217;ve seen websites with a fancy navigation menu at the top of the page and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should You Build A Website With WordPress?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[html]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wordpress]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/?p=4911</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WordPress once was thought of as nothing more than a blogging platform. It was considered &#8211; and still is &#8211; the premiere blogging platform on the Web. There&#8217;s good reason for thinking of it that way. No other blogging platform offers the same level of design flexibility with search engine optimization benefits and maximum functionality. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Make Your Website Ready For Mobile</title>
		<link>http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/web-design/how-to-make-your-website-ready-for-mobile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The best time to start thinking about whether your website is mobile ready or not is when you start developing your site. One tool that comes in handy for a savvy website developer intent on building a mobile-ready website is mobiReady. So what should you incorporate, or not incorporate, into your website to make it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Custom Web Design Really &#8216;Custom&#8217;?</title>
		<link>http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/web-design/customwebdesignreallycustom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[custom web design]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[web templates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/?p=4626</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of website design companies online that purport to build you a custom-designed website, then use an off-the-shelf web template. Sure, they modify the template, but that&#8217;s hardly &#8220;custom.&#8221; A custom-designed website is one where the web design company takes your concept and builds you a website from scratch. The language used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boost Your Traffic With UGC</title>
		<link>http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/web-design/boost-your-traffic-with-ugc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[user generated content]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[website content]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[website traffic]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/?p=4557</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[UGC stands for user generated content. If you use it, it means less work for you, more monetization opportunities, fewer time management hurdles, and possibly even better content. In most cases, it also means more website traffic. User generated content can be solicited in any number of ways, however. And it can take on many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Ready For Cyber Monday?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[website security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last Christmas shopping season was a record-breaking season. In fact, Cyber Monday (November 29, 2010) was the biggest online shopping day in history topping $1 billion in sales. Are you ready for this year? Whether or not we&#8217;ll surpass that landmark day in online sales this year is a big question, but it&#8217;s not out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Share Buttons Necessary?</title>
		<link>http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/web-design/are-share-buttons-necessary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social sharing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[website design]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/?p=4338</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s pretty much agreed upon by all web designers today that social share buttons are a necessity on your web pages. What we might disagree on are how many and which ones are necessary. But there are three that most of us would agree are essential. Facebook Like &#8211; Facebook is the most trafficked website [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Your Website&#8217;s About Us Page</title>
		<link>http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/web-design/writing-websites-about-us-page/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[About Us]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/?p=4274</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[These days, just about every website has an About Us page. But they are largely misnamed. The page isn&#8217;t really about you at all. It&#8217;s about your customers and when you write it you should go to great pains to make it all about your customers. How do you do that, exactly? For starters, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Web Hosting And Web Design</title>
		<link>http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/web-design/web-hosting-and-web-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 16:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hosting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/?p=4101</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many small business owners spend so much time worried about web design concerns they often forget about the importance of web hosting. That&#8217;s a fatal mistake and it could cost you. It&#8217;s not that web design isn&#8217;t important. It&#8217;s very important, but let&#8217;s draw an analogy. Should you design a nice big and beautiful house [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CMS Or HTML?</title>
		<link>http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/web-design/cms-or-html/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[html]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/?p=4027</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Should you design your next website with HTML or a content management system (CMS)? To be sure, each has its pros and cons. HTML &#8211; We are on the dawn of a new age with HTML. HTML 5 is currently in development and some website development experts have already started using it, either in purity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Important Is Page Load Speed?</title>
		<link>http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/web-design/important-page-load-speed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[page load speed]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/?p=4019</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most important aspects of SEO is page load speed. It&#8217;s easy to overlook this if you are new to search engine optimization. If you do your own SEO, then you might overlook it completely. If you have an SEO firm, be sure to ask them to check page load speed. Page load [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is HTML Or A CMS Superior?</title>
		<link>http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/web-design/is-html-or-a-cms-superior/</link>
		<comments>http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/web-design/is-html-or-a-cms-superior/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[html]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/?p=3992</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The debate has been going on a long time. Some proponents of web design prefer to design their website using HTML. Others prefer a content management system, or CMS. But which is better? I think it depends. First, some CMSs are better than others so you have to be careful which one you use. Do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why WordPress Makes A Good CMS</title>
		<link>http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/web-design/why-wordpress-makes-a-good-cms/</link>
		<comments>http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/web-design/why-wordpress-makes-a-good-cms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wordpress]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/?p=3916</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to web design, not many people can do their own. It requires special skills such as knowledge of HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, and maybe even other Web languages. But many small business owners and community service organizations are beginning to design their own websites now with WordPress as a CMS. Is that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should You Use Affiliate Links?</title>
		<link>http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/web-design/should-you-use-affiliate-links/</link>
		<comments>http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/web-design/should-you-use-affiliate-links/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 13:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affiliate links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affiliate marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/?p=3860</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When building your small business website, the one you&#8217;re going to use for promoting your local service business, should you include affiliate links and promote products that aren&#8217;t yours? There are two ways to think about this question. The first way is to consider those affiliate links exit holes. Anything that causes the site visitor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What A Heat Map Can Do</title>
		<link>http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/web-design/what-a-heat-map-can-do/</link>
		<comments>http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/web-design/what-a-heat-map-can-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 13:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[analytics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heat map]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[traffic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[website development]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/?p=3738</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most useful website analytics tools is a heat map. A heat map measures your traffic and its actions by showing you a colorful representation of that traffic. For instance, the hottest part of your website &#8211; the part where most of your traffic is navigating toward &#8211; will appear in red. Still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Free Web-Based Hosts Stink</title>
		<link>http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/web-design/why-free-web-based-hosts-stink/</link>
		<comments>http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/web-design/why-free-web-based-hosts-stink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 14:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free hosting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web-based hosting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/?p=3685</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just when I thought that everyone online had given up on free web-based hosting, I bump into someone who swears by it. Really. I was shocked. The reason this person liked the free hosting was because it was, well, free. But that was about the only benefit. He did go on to say that he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HTML 5 Web Page Sections</title>
		<link>http://reciprocalconsultingblog.com/web-design/html-5-web-page-sections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 12:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[HTML 4]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HTML 5]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[HTML 5 is in full development mode and I believe we&#8217;ll see the first iteration go public within the next year, maybe two. One of the most interesting changes from HTML 4 to HTML 5 is how page sections will be used during the design phase of website development. Here are 10 web page sections [...]]]></description>
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