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				<title>Introducing Karen Rosenzweig</title>				
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				Karen Rosenzweig, the Incredible ChefBoy, are you in for a treat.The new Seattle Women and Business Examiner is Karen Rosenzweig, also known as The Incredible Chef.&amp;nbsp; Karen begins her column this week.Karen&apos;s background is in sports publicity, an...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:48:33 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Paring down, saving up, and getting out</title>				
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				For once in my life, I&apos;m ahead of the curve.&amp;nbsp; A trendsetter, in fact!The current economy has many people thinking about simplification, saving money, and being more aware of what they already have instead of what they want.&amp;nbsp; Even though no ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:37:11 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Build a website in a day</title>				
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				www.brownbugproject.comCan you spare a day to build your own website?&amp;nbsp; One you can modify yourself at any time and with no knowledge of website code?Amber Riviere at Brown Bug Project has developed an easy-to-follow guide to build a site in a pl...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:30:57 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Decluttering, Moving, and Estate Sales</title>				
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				Katie Munoz of Moving ForwardIf you have a busy or elderly relative who needs to move or downsize, Moving Forward is like having your smart older sister organize the move.&amp;nbsp; Got a huge clutter problem or know someone who does?&amp;nbsp; Avoid the jud...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:05:16 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Linking to Opportunity at The Village Bellevue</title>				
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				&amp;nbsp;Last night I attended the &amp;quot;Linking to Opportunity&amp;quot; event at The Village Bellevue.&amp;nbsp; It is the kind of event I&apos;d like to see more of - open networking in a place other than a loud restaurant/bar, a few quality speakers who each giv...
				
				
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				<category>Spotlight on Seattle Business</category>
				
				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:44:02 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>International Women&apos;s Day Event</title>				
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				Sheila C. Johnson of Market-Salamander On March 5, you can watch &amp;quot;A Powerful Noise,&amp;quot; the documentary produced by Sheila C. Johnson (of BET fame) at either Pacific Place in Seattle or Bella Botega in Redmond.&amp;quot;A Powerful Noise&amp;quot; is t...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:28:28 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Who is your favorite female president?</title>				
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				 				Seattle Chcolate Truffle Bars  				Editor&apos;s Note: For President&apos;s Day I asked some movers and shakers to submit their favorite local female President/CEO.&amp;nbsp; The winning entry from Nancy Juetten follows:Jean Thompson, CEO, Seattle Chocolate  ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:58:33 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Diabetics, are you wearing the right shoes?</title>				
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				 				Source: www.footsolutions.com/bellevueDid you know that Medicare Part B has a shoe benefit for diabetics?&amp;nbsp; Judy Cocchiarella of Foot Solutions in Redmond tells me that many people don&apos;t know and miss out on the special shoes and inserts tha...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:55:22 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Growing your business with Biznik</title>				
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				 				Biznik cofounder Dan McComb and CTO Andrew LippertRegular readers know that I love Biznik, the social networking site for entrepreneurs.&amp;nbsp; Whether you are looking for peer support, customers, education or search engine optimization, you can ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:12:22 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Get your romance on with Jane Porter</title>				
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				Source: www.janeporter.comLast month I had the pleasure of attending a brunch with Jane Porter, local author of Flirting with Forty, which was turned into a Lifetime movie starring Heather Locklear.&amp;nbsp; Jane has written 30 books, including 5 modern...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:22:30 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Cheap Valentine gifts</title>				
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				Source: www.mymms.comDid you send a hoilday card or small gift to your clients?&amp;nbsp; They probably had dozens of other cards competing for their attention.&amp;nbsp;A great way to stand out from your competition is to send a Valentine to your clients.&amp;n...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:45:49 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Check out the new Personal Finance Examiner</title>				
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				Steve Juetten, CFP&amp;reg;Seattle Examiner.com has a new personal finance guru to help you learn what you need to know to make sound financial decisions.Steve Juetten is a fee-only advisor who works with &amp;quot;do-it-yourself&amp;quot; investors.&amp;nbsp; He sh...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:11:39 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Programming Note</title>				
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				I will be away from the column this week as I visit my family in New Mexico and tour some quirky and interesting sites like the UFO Museum&amp;nbsp;in Roswell&amp;nbsp;and Carlsbad Caverns.&amp;nbsp;In my absence, please check out some of our&amp;nbsp;terrific Natio...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:53:29 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Seattle women comment on the Inauguration</title>				
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				 Source:&amp;nbsp; www.barackobama.com You cannot turn on the news or pick up a newspaper or surf the Internet without hearing gloom and doom stories about the economy.&amp;nbsp; You would think we should all be in bed with blankets pulled over our heads.&amp;nb...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:15:19 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Branding strategies to boost your business</title>				
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				Marketing experts Maria Ross and Whitney Keyes are presenting a workshop on February 11 to help you adjust your marketing efforts to the current economic climate.&amp;nbsp; You&apos;ll get $1000 worth of expert consulting for just $100 - don&apos;t miss it!Date: W...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:43:44 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>How to use Twitter for business</title>				
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				 				Source:&amp;nbsp; www.twitteroid.comAll the cool kids are doing it, and Twitter has now made it the business world just like Facebook.If you aren&apos;t familiar, Twitter is a &amp;quot;microblogging&amp;quot; platform that allows only 140 characters.&amp;nbsp; By f...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:02:07 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>One-page business plans</title>				
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				Business plans typically fall into 2 different categories:Long documents that are used to get funding and then filed awayPlans that never get formalized into writingDo either of those fit your situation?Maria Marsala of Elevatingyourbusiness.com is h...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:55:45 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Local author publishes career book</title>				
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				&amp;nbsp;How many jobs have you had in your life - 5, 10, maybe 15?&amp;nbsp; Karen Burns, author of The Amazing Adventures of Working Girl: Real Life Career Advice You Can Actually Use has had 59 jobs and gleaned a bit of wisdom from each one.You&apos;ll laugh ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:26:15 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Charge appropriately to make 2009 your best year</title>				
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				How long has it been since you raised your rates?You may think I&apos;m crazy for asking that question in an economic downturn, but stay with me for a minute.People and businesses are still spending money.&amp;nbsp; Smart people - the kind of customers you wa...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:36:10 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Good followup practices to make 2009 your best year</title>				
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				Your phone won&apos;t ring if you don&apos;t call.  				Do you stay in touch with your prospects, customers and referral partners?&amp;nbsp; You probably have good intentions to do so, but life and work just get in the way.&amp;nbsp;Good intentions don&apos;t cut it when i...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:08:41 -0700</pubDate>
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