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		<title>31 Day Challenge</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK. So a bit of background, today I was running through expenses from our bank accounts in my lunch break, and what I found was pretty shocking. Who says SEO skills aren&#8217;t transferable So upon deciding to look into this, I downloaded the RAW data from my bank accounts, brought it into Excel and added some [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK. So a bit of background, today I was running through expenses from our bank accounts in my lunch break, and what I found was pretty shocking.<br />
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<h2>Who says SEO skills aren&#8217;t transferable</h2>
<p>So upon deciding to look into this, I downloaded the RAW data from my bank accounts, brought it into Excel and added some custom attribution columns to separate expenses by:</p>
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<li>a person</li>
<li>a type</li>
<li>in/out</li>
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<p>from here I could Pivot the data any way I wanted. And this is what I found:</p>
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<p>Yes.  21p out of every pound I spend each and every month is spent on alcohol. Just less than spent on growing personal and family businesses. And this figure will be even higher if segmented properly (Tesco&#8217;s was counted as food, but will include beer purchases, as will eating out). So what is my challenge? Give up beer? No, don&#8217;t be silly.</p>
<h2>The Challenge</h2>
<p>The challenge is to halve the percentage of outgoings spent on alcohol purchases during July, whilst also attributing all purchase correctly. So the target I am aiming for is 10%, whilst also adding in other purchases&#8230;possible? Who knows, but lets find out.</p>
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		<title>So This is Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following on from the success of Dan Taylor SEO, I thought I would start another blog where I could write about anything that affects my life that is not connected to my work. So what should you expect here? Well I have recently moved on from Everton website People&#8217;s Blog so there may be the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Following on from the success of <a href="http://www.dantaylorseo.com">Dan Taylor SEO</a>, I thought I would start another blog where I could write about anything that affects my life that is not connected to my work. So what should you expect here?</p>
<p>Well I have recently moved on from Everton website <a href="http://www.peoplesblog.co.uk">People&#8217;s Blog</a> so there may be the odd Everton/Football related post; I am a dad for the second time to new born Alfie Taylor and also 4 year old Luke Taylor.</p>
<div id="attachment_8" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 570px"><a href="http://www.dantaylorlife.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/kids.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-8     colorbox-6" title="kids" src="http://www.dantaylorlife.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/kids.jpg" alt="" width="560" height="290" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Alfie and Luke</p></div>
<p>I am also a keen amateur photographer so I will more than likely create a photos section of the site, and I may review the odd film/tv show too.</p>
<p>So a lot to write about and a lot for you to read so why not take the time to sign up to the <a href="/feed/">rss feed</a> for this blog and get updated of any new posts as they happen.</p>
<p>Happy reading.</p>
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