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	<description>from the heart and mind of Marisa Pope</description>
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		<title>Why &#8220;Thank you for your service&#8221; seems so small tonight</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marisa Pope]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t watch many war movies; there is usually too  much violence and bloodshed for me.  But I am a huge Mark Wahlberg fan, so when I had the chance to see &#8220;Lone Survivor&#8221; I took it.  I guess it might not appeal to the hardcore war movie lover; there wasn&#8217;t even a gun fight [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>When Did I Become UNCOOL?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2013 15:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marisa Pope]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a revelation this weekend; I am no longer cool.  I was always the fun one &#8211; not afraid to be goofy (as we can see).  I had the kids laughing all the time (obviously). Oh, I think I&#8217;m cool, of course I do.  But the young people around me no longer do.  And [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Pulling Together</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2013 21:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marisa Pope]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every day, in every business, people pull together to make it work.  It may never be recognized, what it took to bring it all together, but someone knows.  In this post, I&#8217;m celebrating one little instance of &#8220;get &#8216;er done&#8221; and Jackson. No matter how much planning you do, occasionally fate throws a glitch your [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Integrity in Recruiting &#8211; What Do Clients Really Think?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2013 20:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marisa Pope]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been on the phone with clients more in the past two weeks than I have in the past two months and in my attempt to gain insight, I&#8217;ve gotten an earful about recruiting. Here are some of my takeaways from those conversations: Recruiting is easy because of social networking. Most agencies just don&#8217;t &#8220;get it&#8221;. There&#8217;s no integrity [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Sleep Number is Number 1 In My Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2013 15:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marisa Pope]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hope Select Comfort finds this, because I am celebrating their customer service.  In 2003, I bought one of their beds &#8211; which almost broke me at the time &#8211; because it was recommended by a physician.  It was a great bed.  It took a bit of getting used to (you have to play around to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Surprises Daily Served up in your 50&#8242;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2013 11:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marisa Pope]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are so many things I didn&#8217;t expect in my 50&#8242;s.  Don&#8217;t get me wrong&#8230;I&#8217;m enjoying this decade as much as all the others (well, maybe not as much as my 20&#8242;s wink, wink) but it&#8217;s a cool decade. Thing is, I&#8217;m taken by surprise a lot: I&#8217;m no longer a fan of the roller [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>An &#8220;exchange&#8221; with the ACA website</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2013 15:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marisa Pope]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ACA has a lot of people confused so I thought I&#8217;d take a moment to share what I learned from my brokers and visit the site myself.  For individual care, it boils down to this: If you don&#8217;t have healthcare by Jan 1, 2014 you need to get some. You can one of four [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>My How Times Have Changed &#8211; and Stayed the Same</title>
		<link>http://blog.jacksonassociates.com/2013/10/my-how-times-have-changed-and-stayed-the-same/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=my-how-times-have-changed-and-stayed-the-same</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2013 16:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marisa Pope]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I missed my exit today (traffic was too thick) and had to come to work a round-about way &#8211; passing the old Jackson building in the process.  We&#8217;ve been at our current location for 21 years, so seeing the Presidential suite of offices brought back a flood of memories to my younger days.  I started [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Spoiled by Service</title>
		<link>http://blog.jacksonassociates.com/2013/03/spoiled-by-service/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=spoiled-by-service</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marisa Pope]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[loyalty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing research strategies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve become spoiled.  No, don&#8217;t argue&#8230;I know it&#8217;s true.  Ever since my stay at the Wynn in Las Vegas, I&#8217;ve started the &#8220;expect&#8221; extraordinary service.  To be fair, I settle for acceptable service, but I never fail to note when it&#8217;s exemplary.  When was the last time you experienced what you would consider exemplary service? Mine [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>AHCA, Here to Stay.  Now What?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marisa Pope]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, Affordable Health Care Act, the side effects you&#8217;re having on business.  I know it wasn&#8217;t your intent, but you&#8217;ve put us all into a frenzy.  I read articles about you almost every day, most of them slanted one way or the other and all of them complex. Truth is, I&#8217;m about sick of you already [&#8230;]]]></description>
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