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	<title>Steve Gasser &#187; Inspiration</title>
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		<title>Each Time I Teach, I Learn</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 11:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Gasser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s no secret that I have a passion for rural Minnesota and helping small businesses. That is why I love traveling around Minnesota, teaching others how to grow businesses or non-profits using technology and the web. For each hour I spend researching, writing curriculum, driving, and delivering speeches, I bet I get back tri-fold from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Wasting Time &#8211; Invest in Your Passions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 02:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Gasser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was driving home with my 11 year old daughter a few days ago.  She was sad that I was going to be going to a conference in Chicago over the weekend.   I told her it was a great conference that will give me a new outlook on what and how I blog, use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Gift for the Social Media Enthusiast in Your Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Gasser</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Belated holiday gifts, Birthday, or early Valentine&#8217;s Day ideas&#8230; Need a great gift idea for that special someone in your life whose own life is encompassed by social media efforts? While an ergonomic computer chair is a great idea, I guarantee you that the best thing you can give them is the gift that keeps on giving. I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota Fields are Smiling</title>
		<link>http://www.stevegasser.com/minnesota-fields-are-smiling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevegasser.com/minnesota-fields-are-smiling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Gasser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My daughter and I recently went on a trip to Barnes and Noble to find a couple books.   She is a math genius and wanted to find a book to help her study math at a higher level.  I had an obsession to find a book that was recommend by a friend. Our drive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warning:  &#8216;Unfriend&#8217; is Officially a Word You Don&#8217;t Want Used On You</title>
		<link>http://www.stevegasser.com/warning-unfriend-is-officially-a-word-you-dont-want-used-on-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevegasser.com/warning-unfriend-is-officially-a-word-you-dont-want-used-on-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Gasser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a small article in PC Mag, just 157 words, that caught my eye.  The new word of the year in the New Oxford American Dictionary is &#8216;unfriend.&#8217; What does it mean to &#8216;unfriend&#8217; someone?  Are we no longer friends?  Why were we friends in the first place. The definition is obviously familiar to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is working in your sales and marketing process today</title>
		<link>http://www.stevegasser.com/what-is-working-in-your-sales-and-marketing-process-today/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevegasser.com/what-is-working-in-your-sales-and-marketing-process-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Gasser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rural Small Businesses]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What is working in your sales and marketing process today? If you are like many businesses, there is one thing that is working very well.  Word of Mouth.  Recommendations from other people&#8230; Traditional way people get information Traditionally, information comes from the company and is delivered to potential clients in the form of advertising.  You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media for Non-Profits &#8211; The Game</title>
		<link>http://www.stevegasser.com/social-media-for-non-profits-the-game/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevegasser.com/social-media-for-non-profits-the-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Gasser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below are the materials that we used to play the Social Media Game at the &#8220;Resilient Leaders – Resilient Organizations: A Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation Convening.&#8221; PRESENTER’S DIRECTIONS Amount of time needed:  20 &#8211; 30 minutes Divide participants into 3-5 small groups. Give each small group a scenario page and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media Presentation:  Resilient Leaders – Resilient Organizations: A Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation Convening</title>
		<link>http://www.stevegasser.com/resilient-leaders-%e2%80%93-resilient-organizations-a-blue-cross-and-blue-shield-of-minnesota-foundation-convening/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevegasser.com/resilient-leaders-%e2%80%93-resilient-organizations-a-blue-cross-and-blue-shield-of-minnesota-foundation-convening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Gasser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I would like to offer a sincere thank you to those that attended &#8220;Resilient Leaders – Resilient Organizations: A Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation Convening&#8221; in Redwood Falls, MN.   Below is a copy of the complete presentation from the session on Social Media.  Tomorrow I will post more on the Social Media [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three ways to avoid telling a client their message was caught in your spam filter</title>
		<link>http://www.stevegasser.com/three-ways-to-avoid-telling-a-client-their-message-was-caught-in-your-spam-filter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevegasser.com/three-ways-to-avoid-telling-a-client-their-message-was-caught-in-your-spam-filter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Gasser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rural Small Businesses]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevegasser.com/?p=1445</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Spam filters suck.  Sorry for being so blunt, but they do.  They tend to filter emails that you want to receive and deliver messages that you don&#8217;t want to receive. Why the Frustration? I receive about 150 emails a day on my main email account plus about 100 on other email accounts.  In the spam [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Tips to Writing Regular Blog Posts</title>
		<link>http://www.stevegasser.com/5-tips-to-writing-regular-blog-posts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevegasser.com/5-tips-to-writing-regular-blog-posts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Gasser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing blog posts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most common concerns small businesses have about starting a blog for their business is the task of writing regular blog posts. Where will the ideas come from? When will I have time? What will I write about? Ideas are all around you each and every day. If you write about common everyday things [...]]]></description>
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