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		<title>By: Sunshine on a Rainy Day &#124; Everyday Pictures... Every... Day - BenSpark.com</title>
		<link>http://www.benspark.com/do-you-have-a-contingency-plan.html/comment-page-1#comment-76858</link>
		<dc:creator>Sunshine on a Rainy Day &#124; Everyday Pictures... Every... Day - BenSpark.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] pretty nice. I got a great review. I got to do videos again for the company president because of my contingency plan. So I figured that a sunny day was what I really had so a sunny photo was what was [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] pretty nice. I got a great review. I got to do videos again for the company president because of my contingency plan. So I figured that a sunny day was what I really had so a sunny photo was what was [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Drew</title>
		<link>http://www.benspark.com/do-you-have-a-contingency-plan.html/comment-page-1#comment-76693</link>
		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bethany,
I&#039;m here to help. that is what I like to do. And as long as you are okay with my constructive criticism then cool. It is great that you answer your readers, I&#039;m not sure that blogger has the best way to do that, it may be time to take the big step to your own domain and wordpress.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bethany,<br />
I&#8217;m here to help. that is what I like to do. And as long as you are okay with my constructive criticism then cool. It is great that you answer your readers, I&#8217;m not sure that blogger has the best way to do that, it may be time to take the big step to your own domain and wordpress.</p>
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		<title>By: Bethany</title>
		<link>http://www.benspark.com/do-you-have-a-contingency-plan.html/comment-page-1#comment-76689</link>
		<dc:creator>Bethany</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks Drew! I&#039;ve been wanting a critical eye to look over my blog for some time, just didn&#039;t want to pester anyone by asking. I am absolutely passionate about my blogging. It&#039;s rather an addiction, right there with my caffeine need. LOL I would just like to see it grow... may not be the best word I&#039;m looking for... Thank you for the tips on links and so forth. I&#039;ve had comments at various times but unfortunately they are few and far between. I try to answer via comments or by email those who respond.
.-= Look at what Bethany wrote blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MotherOfTheMunchkins/~3/MjjwcokDnXo/potholes-and-sweet-nothings-of-working.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The potholes and sweet nothings of working at home&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Drew! I&#8217;ve been wanting a critical eye to look over my blog for some time, just didn&#8217;t want to pester anyone by asking. I am absolutely passionate about my blogging. It&#8217;s rather an addiction, right there with my caffeine need. LOL I would just like to see it grow&#8230; may not be the best word I&#8217;m looking for&#8230; Thank you for the tips on links and so forth. I&#8217;ve had comments at various times but unfortunately they are few and far between. I try to answer via comments or by email those who respond.<br />
<span class="cluv"> Look at what Bethany wrote blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MotherOfTheMunchkins/~3/MjjwcokDnXo/potholes-and-sweet-nothings-of-working.html" rel="nofollow">The potholes and sweet nothings of working at home</a> <span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip" alt="My ComLuv Profile" border="0" width="16" height="14" src="http://www.benspark.com/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif"/></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: Drew</title>
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		<dc:creator>Drew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bethany,

First you gotta ask yourself are you blogging because you love to blog and you are passionate about what you are writing each day or are you just looking for numbers and money? It looks like you have been blogging for a couple of years. Why are you still on blogger? And if you like blogger why don&#039;t you have your own domain name? These are some key factors to raising your numbers, they really are. Looking at your theme it immediately jumps out at me that you&#039;ve spent a lot of time on the header but where are the links to sign up for your e-mail newsletter, links to your flickr, twitter and facebook accounts.By providing more links for people to connect with you and making it easier to do so will also increase your numbers. I don&#039;t see any comments on any of the posts on the front page. Do you have blogging friends that you can exchange comments with? Do you respond to your comments? There are many ways to engage readership and build community. Build a community and the readers will follow. 

Also about the AHHH mode, never let them see you sweat. :-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bethany,</p>
<p>First you gotta ask yourself are you blogging because you love to blog and you are passionate about what you are writing each day or are you just looking for numbers and money? It looks like you have been blogging for a couple of years. Why are you still on blogger? And if you like blogger why don&#8217;t you have your own domain name? These are some key factors to raising your numbers, they really are. Looking at your theme it immediately jumps out at me that you&#8217;ve spent a lot of time on the header but where are the links to sign up for your e-mail newsletter, links to your flickr, <a href="http://www.benspark.com/spontwts" 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target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >facebook</a> accounts.By providing more links for people to connect with you and making it easier to do so will also increase your numbers. I don&#8217;t see any comments on any of the posts on the front page. Do you have blogging friends that you can exchange comments with? Do you respond to your comments? There are many ways to engage readership and build community. Build a community and the readers will follow. </p>
<p>Also about the AHHH mode, never let them see you sweat. :-)</p>
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		<title>By: Bethany</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bethany</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Does a contingency plan include panicking when one can&#039;t get the readership numbers they so desire? Cause I&#039;m in full blown AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH mode.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does a contingency plan include panicking when one can&#8217;t get the readership numbers they so desire? Cause I&#8217;m in full blown AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH mode.</p>
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