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	<title>Home Business Wannabe</title>
	<link>http://www.home-business-wannabe.com</link>
	<description>Thoughts, tips and articles on starting and running a successful home business</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>1 John Chow and 1234 pens show how to advertise</title>
		<link>http://www.home-business-wannabe.com/2007/03/14/1-john-chow-and-1234-pens-show-how-to-advertise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[John Chow, otherwise known as the root of all evil, today posted a competition to win a Nintendo Wii. He&#8217;s running the competition with 1234pens.com, the promotional pens maker. In order to enter the competition you have to write a blog post featuring two specific links.
So, that&#8217;ll be this post, then.
What&#8217;s all this got to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheeper isn’t always cheerful</title>
		<link>http://www.home-business-wannabe.com/2007/03/05/cheeper-isnt-always-cheerful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[At some point in your life as a Home Business Wannabe you are going to have to decide how you are going to tempt customers to buy your product or service.
It&#8217;s tempting to undercut your competition and assume the customers will look for the bargain. This may works sometimes, but it is not a guarantee. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knowing your market</title>
		<link>http://www.home-business-wannabe.com/2007/03/05/knowing-your-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There are three fundamental steps to knowing your market: research, research and, yep, research.
You&#8217;ve got this really great idea for your home business venture - you really like it, you&#8217;d buy it, you think it&#8217;s great. That&#8217;s you. What is everyone else going to think? You can be offering the greatest product or service the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Showing up on time</title>
		<link>http://www.home-business-wannabe.com/2007/02/28/showing-up-on-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Showing up on time with a smile on your face is almost always more important than what you actually say or do.
Words of wisdom from Seth Godin&#8217;s blog.
This rings true when I think about all the people I have worked in offices with over the years who have been punctual and upbeat and who have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 ways to maximise your time</title>
		<link>http://www.home-business-wannabe.com/2007/02/27/5-ways-to-maximise-your-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.home-business-wannabe.com/2007/02/27/5-ways-to-maximise-your-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Getting started]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Productivity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Your biggest investments in your home business are going to be time and money. You might be able to startup with a small amount of money but there&#8217;s no way you are going to get something going without investing a serious chunk of time.
You need to make sure you get maximum benefits from the time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lose the negative attitude: start your own business</title>
		<link>http://www.home-business-wannabe.com/2007/02/25/lose-the-negative-attitude-start-your-own-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.home-business-wannabe.com/2007/02/25/lose-the-negative-attitude-start-your-own-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2007 21:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people dream about starting their own business, few get further than that.
People are daunted by the prospect of starting their own business, they come up with reasons why they shouldn&#8217;t do it and stay in their &#8217;safe&#8217; job. They think that it&#8217;s only for a certain kind of person and they are not that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Needed for your home business: time and money</title>
		<link>http://www.home-business-wannabe.com/2007/02/25/needed-for-your-home-business-time-and-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.home-business-wannabe.com/2007/02/25/needed-for-your-home-business-time-and-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2007 21:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Time and money are the two things you are absolutely going to need when kicking off your home business.
Everyone complains about not having enough time. Your full-time employment takes up most of the day, you want to spend quality time with your family, your favourite TV shows, your hobbies&#8230; Where the heck are you going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idea blast: Import something</title>
		<link>http://www.home-business-wannabe.com/2007/02/23/idea-blast-import-something/</link>
		<comments>http://www.home-business-wannabe.com/2007/02/23/idea-blast-import-something/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[The big idea]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://home-business-wannabe.com/2007/02/23/idea-blast-import-something/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Been on holiday and fell in love with the local beer? Been on a business trip and couldn&#8217;t do without that amazing sock-pressing machine?
All those people over there are benefiting from those great products. Can you bring them to the people over here?
These guys have.
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		<title>Hitting on your killer business idea</title>
		<link>http://www.home-business-wannabe.com/2007/02/23/hitting-on-your-killer-business-idea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.home-business-wannabe.com/2007/02/23/hitting-on-your-killer-business-idea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Getting started]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You know you want to start your own business but there&#8217;s a real tough choice straight ahead: what exactly are you going to do?
To get some ideas bouncing around, think about:

Your skills - Artists, writers and programmers have very transferable skills. What skills do you have and how can you use them?
What annoys you? - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting rich quick (you won’t)</title>
		<link>http://www.home-business-wannabe.com/2007/02/22/getting-rich-quick-you-wont/</link>
		<comments>http://www.home-business-wannabe.com/2007/02/22/getting-rich-quick-you-wont/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of Get Rich Quick schemes on the Internet - a lot. If you are willing to part with some money you can easily:
START MAKING BIG MONEY RIGHT NOW!
MAKE THOUSANDS A MONTH FROM GOOGLE ADS WITHOUT NEEDING A WEBSITE!
OWN A PORSCHE LIKE ME BY THE END OF THE MONTH!
And so on, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home office: The number one threat to getting things done!</title>
		<link>http://www.home-business-wannabe.com/2007/02/21/home-office-the-number-one-threat-to-getting-things-done/</link>
		<comments>http://www.home-business-wannabe.com/2007/02/21/home-office-the-number-one-threat-to-getting-things-done/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Productivity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Home office]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://home-business-wannabe.com/2007/02/21/home-office-the-number-one-threat-to-getting-things-done/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, your kids!
A new home office is going to be a magnet for the little rascals. All that new furniture to investigate and just what is Mummy/Daddy doing in there all the time?
Even once your office is established and you&#8217;ve been working from home for a while, your little one is going to be wanting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So, you want to start your own business?</title>
		<link>http://www.home-business-wannabe.com/2007/02/20/so-you-want-to-start-your-own-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.home-business-wannabe.com/2007/02/20/so-you-want-to-start-your-own-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll start off with a question:
Why?
Have a think about it and define your reasons for wanting to start out by yourself.
You&#8217;re not alone in thinking about starting your own business; the person in the cubicle next door has probably thought about it too, and Sally from down the hall and Bob from accounts. The point [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Launchy gets your Windows apps moving</title>
		<link>http://www.home-business-wannabe.com/2007/02/19/launchy-gets-your-windows-apps-moving/</link>
		<comments>http://www.home-business-wannabe.com/2007/02/19/launchy-gets-your-windows-apps-moving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://home-business-wannabe.com/2007/02/19/launchy-gets-your-windows-apps-moving/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Launchy is an application that lets you forget about your Start Menu, your desktop items and even Windows Explorer. It&#8217;s the quick way to launch applications, bookmarks, music files and documents using just a few key presses.
On the face of it, Launchy doesn&#8217;t sound that impressive - doesn&#8217;t sound like it actually does much. But [...]]]></description>
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