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	<title>Your Book Is Your Business &#187; Lyn</title>
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		<title>Calgary Social Media Innovation Summit (SMIS)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lyn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[West17Media, a social media consultancy based in Calgary, Alberta, presents the Calgary Social Media Innovation Summit (SMIS). Executives, public relations professionals, senior marketing and communication professionals will look at how to use social media tools to support your campaigns, connect with your customers, manage your brand identity, measure your results and achieve your objectives. You [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[West17Media, a social media consultancy based in Calgary, Alberta, presents the Calgary Social Media Innovation Summit (SMIS). Executives, public relations professionals, senior marketing and communication professionals will look at how to use social media tools to support your campaigns, connect with your customers, manage your brand identity, measure your results and achieve your objectives. You [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Oil Sands CAN be Canada&#8217;s Path to Clean Energy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lyn</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Canada's Path to Clean Energy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Oil Sands: Canada&#8217;s Path  to Clean Energy? launches at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 12 at the Central Library, John Dutton Theater, (2nd Floor), WR Castell Central Library, 616 McLeod Trail SE. Admission is free.
An engineer and Harvard MBA who has traveled the world gives his views of the oil sands and how [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Oil Sands: Canada&#8217;s Path  to Clean Energy? launches at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 12 at the Central Library, John Dutton Theater, (2nd Floor), WR Castell Central Library, 616 McLeod Trail SE. Admission is free.
An engineer and Harvard MBA who has traveled the world gives his views of the oil sands and how [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Calgary Joins Over 100 Cities to Celebrate Twestival, 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lyn</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Calgary Twestival 2009]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Charity: Water]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Calgary, AB) Twestival Calgary presents an evening of social media discussion, education and celebration for Calgary’s Twitterati (twitter users, live) to meet up with each other face to face along with the social-media-curious. Join us to learn about social media, network, celebrate AND raise money for  CHARITY:WATER to provide clean drinking water to impoverished communities.
Last [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[(Calgary, AB) Twestival Calgary presents an evening of social media discussion, education and celebration for Calgary’s Twitterati (twitter users, live) to meet up with each other face to face along with the social-media-curious. Join us to learn about social media, network, celebrate AND raise money for  CHARITY:WATER to provide clean drinking water to impoverished communities.
Last [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Canada’s Stonehenge: Astounding Archaeological Discoveries in Canada, England and Wales</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lyn</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Canada's Stonehenge]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Freeman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sun Temple Discovery in Alberta Informs Stonehenge Research

(Calgary, January 7, 2009) In a remote location west of Brooks, Alberta in 1980, scientist Gordon Freeman discovered a Sun Temple that pre-dates Stonehenge. According to Freeman, it was constructed some 5000 years ago by the Oxbow People, and contains a solar calendar like ours, but slightly more [...]]]></description>
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(Calgary, January 7, 2009) In a remote location west of Brooks, Alberta in 1980, scientist Gordon Freeman discovered a Sun Temple that pre-dates Stonehenge. According to Freeman, it was constructed some 5000 years ago by the Oxbow People, and contains a solar calendar like ours, but slightly more [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Now Available: Tricksy Dee in Winter by Eleanor Oltean</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lyn</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Eleanor Oltean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tricksy Dee in Winter]]></category>

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&#8220;a collection of her gorgeous and whimsical paintings, portraying a winter wonderland of pixies and fairies, and the magical illustrations provide the perfect backdrop to her charming verses.
The book has a vintage feel; the paintings are luminous, detailed and evocative as the pixies frolic in the snowy forest, ride snowflakes through the air and hide [...]]]></description>
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&#8220;a collection of her gorgeous and whimsical paintings, portraying a winter wonderland of pixies and fairies, and the magical illustrations provide the perfect backdrop to her charming verses.
The book has a vintage feel; the paintings are luminous, detailed and evocative as the pixies frolic in the snowy forest, ride snowflakes through the air and hide [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What&#8217;s an Author to Blog About?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lyn</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[authors]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[blogs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[book marketing with social media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[OK, your publisher or publicist or friends and colleagues have told you that you must start blogging. Why? About what? But, I have some serious writing to do. But, I haven&#8217;t a clue where to start or what to do. Then again, perhaps you have started blogging and are certain that the only audience you&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[OK, your publisher or publicist or friends and colleagues have told you that you must start blogging. Why? About what? But, I have some serious writing to do. But, I haven&#8217;t a clue where to start or what to do. Then again, perhaps you have started blogging and are certain that the only audience you&#8217;ve [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Launching Your Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lyn</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[book launch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[book publishing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[launch party]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most authors want a launch party – and once upon a time it was an important part of the publication of a book. However, times changed and now many publishers do not want to pay for a launch party. Why the change? Simple.
Times changed. Guests changed. It used to be that someone made coffee and cookies or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Most authors want a launch party – and once upon a time it was an important part of the publication of a book. However, times changed and now many publishers do not want to pay for a launch party. Why the change? Simple.
Times changed. Guests changed. It used to be that someone made coffee and cookies or [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Facebook</title>
		<link>http://yourbookisyourbusiness.ca/?p=26</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lyn</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dear author, please consider setting up a Facebook profile if you are to make one single foray into social networking. Why Facebook? Well, you certainly have lots of choices of social networking platforms and if you are really keen on connecting online, take a look at Quantcast, www.Quantcast.com for a list and their general demographics, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Dear author, please consider setting up a Facebook profile if you are to make one single foray into social networking. Why Facebook? Well, you certainly have lots of choices of social networking platforms and if you are really keen on connecting online, take a look at Quantcast, www.Quantcast.com for a list and their general demographics, [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>National Philanthropy Day Inspires Kickback Giveaway</title>
		<link>http://yourbookisyourbusiness.ca/?p=87</link>
		<comments>http://yourbookisyourbusiness.ca/?p=87#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lyn</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kickback]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Law of Contribution]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Robert Urbanowski]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Calgary, November 10, 2008) To celebrate National Philanthropy Day®, Robert Urbanowski is giving away 1300 copies of his book Kickback at a luncheon in Calgary, AB, this Friday, November 14, 2008.
Kickback unveils The Law of Contribution which states, &#8220;You get what you want when you give to meet others’ needs. The law holds true in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[(Calgary, November 10, 2008) To celebrate National Philanthropy Day®, Robert Urbanowski is giving away 1300 copies of his book Kickback at a luncheon in Calgary, AB, this Friday, November 14, 2008.
Kickback unveils The Law of Contribution which states, &#8220;You get what you want when you give to meet others’ needs. The law holds true in [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Building a Marketing Plan</title>
		<link>http://yourbookisyourbusiness.ca/?p=44</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lyn</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The best case scenario is one in which your book is part of your business plan. If you don&#8217;t have a business plan, there are many books on the market and plenty of online resources. I use this interactive template http://www.bdc.ca/en/business_tools/business_plan/default.htm
At the very least, you need a marketing plan for each book that you do. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The best case scenario is one in which your book is part of your business plan. If you don&#8217;t have a business plan, there are many books on the market and plenty of online resources. I use this interactive template http://www.bdc.ca/en/business_tools/business_plan/default.htm
At the very least, you need a marketing plan for each book that you do. [...]]]></content:encoded>
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