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All rights reserved.</description><link>http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Lee_D)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1546</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/weKK" type="application/rss+xml" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24998935.post-4433251137573855705</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-26T09:23:49.130-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shameless self-promotion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">led</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">marketnews</category><title>New At Marketnews: Upselling To LED-LCD TV</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SuW_AbI669I/AAAAAAAADAU/UnyYcKiJKgY/s1600-h/samsung+led.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SuW_AbI669I/AAAAAAAADAU/UnyYcKiJKgY/s200/samsung+led.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396929742479485906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marketnews.ca/LatestNewsHeadlines/CustomCorner:Up-sellingtoLEDBacklightLCDTVs.html"&gt;Marketnews: Custom Corner: Up-selling to LED Backlight LCD TVs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24998935-4433251137573855705?l=businessopinions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/2009/10/new-at-marketnews-upselling-to-led-lcd.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lee_D)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SuW_AbI669I/AAAAAAAADAU/UnyYcKiJKgY/s72-c/samsung+led.bmp" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24998935.post-7465507204002944895</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-19T08:34:50.807-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shameless self-promotion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">finance</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">automatic finances</category><title>New At Automatic Finances: Why Reverse Stock Splits Are Bad</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/Stx5Aca_IoI/AAAAAAAADAM/okE5emWqjpQ/s1600-h/stocks_ticker_tape%25255B1%25255D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/Stx5Aca_IoI/AAAAAAAADAM/okE5emWqjpQ/s200/stocks_ticker_tape%25255B1%25255D.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394319502219354754" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.automaticfinances.com/reverse-stock-splits/"&gt;Automatic Finances: Why Reverse Stock Splits Hurt Shareholders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24998935-7465507204002944895?l=businessopinions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/2009/10/new-at-automatic-finances-why-reverse.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lee_D)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/Stx5Aca_IoI/AAAAAAAADAM/okE5emWqjpQ/s72-c/stocks_ticker_tape%25255B1%25255D.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24998935.post-8640529954774821535</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-16T09:07:13.173-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shameless self-promotion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">custom solutions</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">marketnews</category><title>This Week In Marketnews: Giving Good Interface</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/StiMDUqj5NI/AAAAAAAADAE/Xb6BIsBK7mE/s1600-h/deanesmay-piratekeyboard_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/StiMDUqj5NI/AAAAAAAADAE/Xb6BIsBK7mE/s200/deanesmay-piratekeyboard_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393214542490887378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marketnews.ca/LatestNewsHeadlines/CustomCorner:StandardizedInterfaceDesign.html"&gt;Marketnews: Custom Corner: Standardized Interface Design&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24998935-8640529954774821535?l=businessopinions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/2009/10/this-week-in-marketnews-giving-good.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lee_D)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/StiMDUqj5NI/AAAAAAAADAE/Xb6BIsBK7mE/s72-c/deanesmay-piratekeyboard_1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24998935.post-676357101239253499</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-06T13:54:24.012-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shameless self-promotion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">custom solutions</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">marketnews</category><title>this Week In Marketnews: The Direct Approach</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SsugTVZnjfI/AAAAAAAAC_0/gDJr6LMtW-A/s1600-h/peg.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SsugTVZnjfI/AAAAAAAAC_0/gDJr6LMtW-A/s400/peg.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389577633101483506" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marketnews.ca/LatestNewsHeadlines/CustomCorner:SimpleDirect.html"&gt;Marketnews: Custom Corner: Simple &amp;amp; Direct&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24998935-676357101239253499?l=businessopinions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/2009/10/this-week-in-marketnews-direct-approach.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lee_D)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SsugTVZnjfI/AAAAAAAAC_0/gDJr6LMtW-A/s72-c/peg.bmp" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24998935.post-2327390497120368790</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-06T13:51:57.463-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shameless self-promotion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bloggotage</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">marketnews</category><title>Guest Blog Update</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SsufupQYETI/AAAAAAAAC_s/opAGtpbUV04/s1600-h/monkeyphones.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 184px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SsufupQYETI/AAAAAAAAC_s/opAGtpbUV04/s200/monkeyphones.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389577002776269106" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just catching up on some linkage, here's two of my most recent blog posts for&lt;a href="http://www.marketnews.ca/"&gt; Marketnews.ca:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marketnews.ca/blog/Wal-MartReducingDVDs,DigitalDeliveryIsInevitable.html"&gt;Marketnews: Wal-Mart Reducing DVDs, Digital Delivery Is Inevitable&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marketnews.ca/blog/Imitation:IsItFlattery,Infringement,OrJustTrendFollowing.html"&gt;Marketnews: Imitation: Is It Flattery, Infringement, Or Just Trend Following?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24998935-2327390497120368790?l=businessopinions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/2009/10/guest-blog-update.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lee_D)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SsufupQYETI/AAAAAAAAC_s/opAGtpbUV04/s72-c/monkeyphones.bmp" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24998935.post-8865698029953962239</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-30T13:16:12.366-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shameless self-promotion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">automation</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">marketnews</category><title>This Week In Marketnews: Crestron Vs. Savant Systems</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SsOubPMKWjI/AAAAAAAAC_k/O31YUdkMwIE/s1600-h/rosie.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SsOubPMKWjI/AAAAAAAAC_k/O31YUdkMwIE/s400/rosie.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387341362222488114" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marketnews.ca/LatestNewsHeadlines/CustomCorner:CrestronVersusSavant.html"&gt;Marketnews: Custom Corner: Crestron Versus Savant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24998935-8865698029953962239?l=businessopinions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-week-in-marketnews-crestron-vs.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lee_D)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SsOubPMKWjI/AAAAAAAAC_k/O31YUdkMwIE/s72-c/rosie.bmp" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24998935.post-2418250124013067372</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-28T13:07:41.595-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shameless self-promotion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bloggotage</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">marketnews</category><title>Also At Marketnews: Guest Blogging</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SsEJaEgQ8hI/AAAAAAAAC_c/7GOx-VCmUp0/s1600-h/monkeyphones.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 184px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SsEJaEgQ8hI/AAAAAAAAC_c/7GOx-VCmUp0/s200/monkeyphones.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386596972802142738" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marketnews editor Christine Persaud is on holidays, so I'll be guest-blogging for the next two weeks at the &lt;a href="http://www.marketnews.ca/"&gt;Marketnews.ca&lt;/a&gt; site.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marketnews.ca//blog/BloggingIsHard.html"&gt;Marketnews: Blogging Is Hard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24998935-2418250124013067372?l=businessopinions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/2009/09/also-at-marketnews-guest-blogging.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lee_D)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SsEJaEgQ8hI/AAAAAAAAC_c/7GOx-VCmUp0/s72-c/monkeyphones.bmp" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24998935.post-5684074007895957593</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-28T09:32:42.894-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shameless self-promotion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">automatic finances</category><title>New At Automatic Finances: Trading For Beginners</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SsDXD8tSJrI/AAAAAAAAC_U/ly13rGYgaTk/s1600-h/stocks_ticker_tape%25255B1%25255D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SsDXD8tSJrI/AAAAAAAAC_U/ly13rGYgaTk/s200/stocks_ticker_tape%25255B1%25255D.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386541617170753202" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.automaticfinances.com/stock-trading-tips/"&gt;Automatic Finances: If You're Going to Trade Stocks, Read This First&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24998935-5684074007895957593?l=businessopinions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-at-automatic-finances-trading-for.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lee_D)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SsDXD8tSJrI/AAAAAAAAC_U/ly13rGYgaTk/s72-c/stocks_ticker_tape%25255B1%25255D.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24998935.post-8578540861191488891</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-23T18:36:27.138-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shameless self-promotion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">custom solutions</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">marketnews</category><title>This Week In Marketnews: Quick Tips for Automating Window Coverings</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/Srq_A_TAGXI/AAAAAAAAC_M/3eKctJ6kJUo/s1600-h/somfy.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/Srq_A_TAGXI/AAAAAAAAC_M/3eKctJ6kJUo/s200/somfy.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384826328186886514" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marketnews.ca/LatestNewsHeadlines/CustomCorner:QuickTipsforAutomatingWindowCoverings.html"&gt;Marketnews: Custom Corner: Quick Tips for Automating Window Coverings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24998935-8578540861191488891?l=businessopinions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-week-in-marketnews-quick-tips-for.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lee_D)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/Srq_A_TAGXI/AAAAAAAAC_M/3eKctJ6kJUo/s72-c/somfy.bmp" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24998935.post-1375031118742194838</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-14T09:04:01.436-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bloggotage</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">junger media</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">backscratching</category><title>Junger Media Launches</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/Sq5bOiKHGsI/AAAAAAAAC_E/JEHbi9bO130/s1600-h/junger.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 82px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/Sq5bOiKHGsI/AAAAAAAAC_E/JEHbi9bO130/s400/junger.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381338909999831746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Head on over to the new site of &lt;a href="http://www.jungermedia.com/"&gt;Junger Media&lt;/a&gt;, run by my good friend and colleague, Jason Unger.  He's sharp as a tack, and knows a lot about online media. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;For one thing, he refuses to call himself a Social Media Guru, and that's clearly a sign that he's got something to offer.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24998935-1375031118742194838?l=businessopinions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/2009/09/junger-media-launches.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lee_D)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/Sq5bOiKHGsI/AAAAAAAAC_E/JEHbi9bO130/s72-c/junger.bmp" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24998935.post-3469199933084729355</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-14T08:47:19.265-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shameless self-promotion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">automatic finances</category><title>New At Automatic Finances: Change Your Attitudes to Change Your Finances</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/Sq5XcPVyn7I/AAAAAAAAC-8/n7t9h_8_qVg/s1600-h/positive.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 196px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/Sq5XcPVyn7I/AAAAAAAAC-8/n7t9h_8_qVg/s200/positive.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381334747420204978" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.automaticfinances.com/financial-attitudes/"&gt;Automatic Finances: Change Your Attitudes to Change Your Finances&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24998935-3469199933084729355?l=businessopinions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-at-automatic-finances-change-your.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lee_D)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/Sq5XcPVyn7I/AAAAAAAAC-8/n7t9h_8_qVg/s72-c/positive.bmp" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24998935.post-5329758669967991973</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-11T08:50:31.734-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shameless self-promotion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">automatic finances</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">personal finance</category><title>New At Automatic Finances: Multiple Accounts</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/Sqpjsmm5WbI/AAAAAAAAC-0/vRSKZWboGQ8/s1600-h/Magnify.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 186px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/Sqpjsmm5WbI/AAAAAAAAC-0/vRSKZWboGQ8/s200/Magnify.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380222322776562098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.automaticfinances.com/multiple-investment-accounts/"&gt;Automatic Finances: Should You Keep Multiple Investment Accounts?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24998935-5329758669967991973?l=businessopinions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-at-automatic-finances-multiple.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lee_D)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/Sqpjsmm5WbI/AAAAAAAAC-0/vRSKZWboGQ8/s72-c/Magnify.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24998935.post-2955603912627602526</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-11T08:48:23.766-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shameless self-promotion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Cedia</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">marketnews</category><title>This Week In Marketnews: CEDIA Expo By Remote</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SqpjLU6a_aI/AAAAAAAAC-s/KtcE8XyQa7A/s1600-h/expo.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 212px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SqpjLU6a_aI/AAAAAAAAC-s/KtcE8XyQa7A/s400/expo.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380221751090937250" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marketnews.ca/LatestNewsHeadlines/CustomCorner:CEDIAEXPOByRemote.html"&gt;Marketnews: Custom Corner: CEDIA EXPO By Remote&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24998935-2955603912627602526?l=businessopinions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-week-in-marketnews-cedia-expo-by.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lee_D)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SqpjLU6a_aI/AAAAAAAAC-s/KtcE8XyQa7A/s72-c/expo.bmp" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24998935.post-5791654330384713705</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-04T08:59:23.850-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shameless self-promotion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">automatic finances</category><title>New At Automatic Finances: Coupon Clipping For Fun And Profit</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SqErQ6TwYbI/AAAAAAAAC-k/ntG5GRA45Ds/s1600-h/coupons.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SqErQ6TwYbI/AAAAAAAAC-k/ntG5GRA45Ds/s320/coupons.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377626999587103154" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.automaticfinances.com/coupons-savings/"&gt;Automatic Finances: Using Coupons and Calendars for Big Savings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24998935-5791654330384713705?l=businessopinions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-at-automatic-finances-coupon.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lee_D)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SqErQ6TwYbI/AAAAAAAAC-k/ntG5GRA45Ds/s72-c/coupons.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24998935.post-2252414351516493071</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-04T08:56:39.292-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shameless self-promotion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">custom channel</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">marketnews</category><title>This Week In Marketnews: CFL Bulbs And Power</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SqEql5NSOZI/AAAAAAAAC-c/_RsFH7ei4BU/s1600-h/apc+s20.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 117px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SqEql5NSOZI/AAAAAAAAC-c/_RsFH7ei4BU/s320/apc+s20.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377626260557150610" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marketnews.ca/LatestNewsHeadlines/CustomCorner:CFLBulbsPowerConditioners.html"&gt;Marketnews: Custom Corner: CFL Bulbs &amp;amp; Power Conditioners&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24998935-2252414351516493071?l=businessopinions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-week-in-marketnews-cfl-bulbs-and.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lee_D)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SqEql5NSOZI/AAAAAAAAC-c/_RsFH7ei4BU/s72-c/apc+s20.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24998935.post-6515458649521306301</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-27T08:58:36.151-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shameless self-promotion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">custom solutions</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">marketnews</category><title>This Week In Marketnews: Estimating Wiring Usage</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SpafF5NwR_I/AAAAAAAAC-U/CXn02BIUBdw/s1600-h/bulk+wire.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 280px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SpafF5NwR_I/AAAAAAAAC-U/CXn02BIUBdw/s400/bulk+wire.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374658128919939058" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marketnews.ca/LatestNewsHeadlines/CustomCorner:EstimatingWiringUsage.html"&gt;Marketnews: Custom Corner: Estimating Wiring Usage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24998935-6515458649521306301?l=businessopinions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/2009/08/this-week-in-marketnews-estimating.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lee_D)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SpafF5NwR_I/AAAAAAAAC-U/CXn02BIUBdw/s72-c/bulk+wire.bmp" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24998935.post-2392292322251995236</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-19T09:54:03.951-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shameless self-promotion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">finance</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">automatic finances</category><title>New At Automatic Finances: Diversify. Diversify!</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/Sowf-4GQK0I/AAAAAAAAC-M/n7NiXEyoVGQ/s1600-h/cards.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 175px; height: 131px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/Sowf-4GQK0I/AAAAAAAAC-M/n7NiXEyoVGQ/s200/cards.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371703620617120578" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.automaticfinances.com/investment-diversification/"&gt;Automatic Finances: Diversify Your Investments. No, Really, We Mean It&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24998935-2392292322251995236?l=businessopinions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-at-automatic-finances-diversify.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lee_D)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/Sowf-4GQK0I/AAAAAAAAC-M/n7NiXEyoVGQ/s72-c/cards.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24998935.post-2102372537912144902</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-18T08:02:26.337-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shameless self-promotion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">custom solutions</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">marketnews</category><title>This Week In Marketnews: Residential Gaming</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/Soq0VtOy-WI/AAAAAAAAC-E/P_XY8_3R7ww/s1600-h/arcade+legends+from+chicago+gaming.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 128px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/Soq0VtOy-WI/AAAAAAAAC-E/P_XY8_3R7ww/s200/arcade+legends+from+chicago+gaming.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371303790604646754" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marketnews.ca/LatestNewsHeadlines/CustomCorner:GamingBeyondtheConsoles.html"&gt;Marketnews: Custom Corner: Gaming Beyond the Consoles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24998935-2102372537912144902?l=businessopinions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/2009/08/this-week-in-marketnews-residential.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lee_D)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/Soq0VtOy-WI/AAAAAAAAC-E/P_XY8_3R7ww/s72-c/arcade+legends+from+chicago+gaming.bmp" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24998935.post-6455256408359975923</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-13T11:50:31.005-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ces</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ce industry</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">guerilla marketing</category><title>Are You Going To Be Guerilla Marketing At CES?</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SoRSYCHIIDI/AAAAAAAAC98/bR2_nRC3ks8/s1600-h/crowds.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 143px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SoRSYCHIIDI/AAAAAAAAC98/bR2_nRC3ks8/s200/crowds.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369507228569575474" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is an open call to all readers of &lt;a href="http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lee Distad's Professional Opinion&lt;/a&gt; who are CE distributors or manufacturers.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Will you be attending CES in January, but not manning a booth? As a public service, Lee Distad's Professional Opinion will post a schedule of hotels, meeting rooms and open house times for vendors who'll be conducting low-profile marketing efforts while they're at the show.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Get exposure for your presentations, and best of all, it's FREE.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Email us with the details at lee(underscore)distad(at)yahoo.com and we'll post them for you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dealers, check back at Lee Distad's Professional Opinion to see what exciting CE vendors will be at the show, even if they don't have a big expensive booth on display.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Watch this space!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24998935-6455256408359975923?l=businessopinions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/2009/08/are-you-going-to-be-guerilla-marketing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lee_D)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SoRSYCHIIDI/AAAAAAAAC98/bR2_nRC3ks8/s72-c/crowds.bmp" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24998935.post-4731658463108477517</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-12T08:52:32.115-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shameless self-promotion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">custom solutions</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">marketnews</category><title>This Week In Marketnews: Series Vs.Home Run</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SoLXKnO3LbI/AAAAAAAAC90/qtlLJXqDgIE/s1600-h/spool.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SoLXKnO3LbI/AAAAAAAAC90/qtlLJXqDgIE/s200/spool.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369090283109035442" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marketnews.ca/LatestNewsHeadlines/CustomCorner:HomeRunWiringVersusSeries.html"&gt;Marketnews: Custom Corner: Home Run Wiring Versus Series&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24998935-4731658463108477517?l=businessopinions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/2009/08/this-week-in-marketnews-series-vshome.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lee_D)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SoLXKnO3LbI/AAAAAAAAC90/qtlLJXqDgIE/s72-c/spool.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24998935.post-7427892512610606996</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-05T08:13:43.303-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shameless self-promotion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">leasing a car</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">automatic finances</category><title>New At Automatic Finances: Leasing a Car? Know the Downsides</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SnmTcJcT8PI/AAAAAAAAC9s/ve_QMIMhgJ4/s1600-h/lease.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SnmTcJcT8PI/AAAAAAAAC9s/ve_QMIMhgJ4/s200/lease.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366482542768943346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.automaticfinances.com/downsides-of-leasing-a-car/"&gt;Automatic Finances: Leasing a Car? Know the Downsides&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24998935-7427892512610606996?l=businessopinions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-at-automatic-finances-leasing-car.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lee_D)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SnmTcJcT8PI/AAAAAAAAC9s/ve_QMIMhgJ4/s72-c/lease.bmp" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24998935.post-2472623609669034339</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-04T12:57:34.787-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">onion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bloggotage</category><title>Satire, Or Prescience?</title><description>From &lt;a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/video/new_wearable_feedbags_let"&gt;The Onion:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="430"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/onn_embed/embedded_player.swf?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theonion.com%2Fcontent%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2FFEEDBAGS_article.jpg&amp;amp;videoid=80614&amp;amp;title=New%20Wearable%20Feedbags%20Let%20Americans%20Eat%20More%2C%20Move%20Less"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/onn_embed/embedded_player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="480" height="430" flashvars="image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theonion.com%2Fcontent%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2FFEEDBAGS_article.jpg&amp;amp;videoid=80614&amp;amp;title=New%20Wearable%20Feedbags%20Let%20Americans%20Eat%20More%2C%20Move%20Less"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/video/new_wearable_feedbags_let?utm_source=videoembed"&gt;New Wearable Feedbags Let Americans Eat More, Move Less&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24998935-2472623609669034339?l=businessopinions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/2009/08/satire-or-prescience.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lee_D)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24998935.post-8422684862314484363</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-04T12:59:12.309-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shameless self-promotion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">custom solutions</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">marketnews</category><title>July Marketnews Now Online</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/Snh8jJwPrOI/AAAAAAAAC9k/ugP2udfbBAQ/s1600-h/mnaug.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 159px; height: 225px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/Snh8jJwPrOI/AAAAAAAAC9k/ugP2udfbBAQ/s400/mnaug.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366175899367484642" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you're a CE professional, and you don't subscribe to Marketnews, you really need to.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As well as the online news site the monthly print edition is reproduced in pdf format.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Free registration is required, then you can download them &lt;a href="http://www.marketnews.ca/latestprintissue/index.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My story on DIY Products in the July issue begins on page 8.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24998935-8422684862314484363?l=businessopinions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/2009/08/august-marketnews-now-online.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lee_D)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/Snh8jJwPrOI/AAAAAAAAC9k/ugP2udfbBAQ/s72-c/mnaug.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24998935.post-4304286417918064016</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-04T09:31:34.231-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">pr work</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bloggotage</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">backscratching</category><title>enThrall Promotions Very Good At What They Do</title><description>Here at Lee Distad's Professional Opinion, we're not all about Shameless Self-Promotion.  &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Indeed, we will gladly Shamelessly Promote Other People too!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.enthrall.ca/"&gt;enThrall Promotions&lt;/a&gt; is an Edmonton Alberta-based PR firm owned and operated by veteran publicist Christopher Thrall, and old schoolmate of mine.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;He's very smart, and knows what he's doing, so check out his company's &lt;a href="http://www.enthrall.ca/"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24998935-4304286417918064016?l=businessopinions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/2009/08/enthrall-promotions-very-good-at-what.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lee_D)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24998935.post-741113911983001703</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-04T08:54:34.313-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">goddamn i love coffee</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">coffee</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bloggotage</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">i drink too much coffee</category><title>BREAKING: Coffee Is The Best Drink Ever</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SnhK_jrC_CI/AAAAAAAAC9c/_edgAOve7CQ/s1600-h/espresso.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SnhK_jrC_CI/AAAAAAAAC9c/_edgAOve7CQ/s200/espresso.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366121411779951650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Longtime readers of Lee Distad's Professional Opinion I love coffee. I really love coffee.  I drink Herculean quantities of it. And when I'm not drinking it, I'm reading about it.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sometimes, I even pull out all the stops and drink it while reading about it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;If you love coffee, I reccomend that you read Joe Wiesenthal's essay over at The Stimulist.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://thestimulist.com/in-praise-of-black-iced-coffee/"&gt;The Stimulist: In Praise Of Black Iced Coffee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Great minds clearly think alike. For years now my morning routine has begun upon waking with a glass of ice cold black coffee from a pitcher I keep in the fridge for this express purpose.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Kickstart My Heart, as Mötley Crüe would say.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;*Don't forget to check out &lt;a href="http://coffeegeek.com/"&gt;CoffeeGeek&lt;/a&gt; for all your coffee-related news!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24998935-741113911983001703?l=businessopinions.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://businessopinions.blogspot.com/2009/08/breaking-coffee-is-best-drink-ever.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lee_D)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NLDigQGOkZc/SnhK_jrC_CI/AAAAAAAAC9c/_edgAOve7CQ/s72-c/espresso.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>
