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	<description>Random ideas that might even help your business</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Annual Employee Review Stress</title>
		<link>http://Rstoeber.com/blog/2008/10/23/annual-employee-review-stress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[employees]]></category>

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

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

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

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		<description><![CDATA[I was having lunch with a friend the other day when he started complaining about the upcoming employee review process at his company.  He was already spending hours filling out the review forms for his direct reports, and this year was going to be more stressful than usual.  Business is down, and expected to remain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Send e-mail, set reminders, make appointments by phone</title>
		<link>http://Rstoeber.com/blog/2008/10/05/send-e-mail-set-reminders-make-appointments-by-phone/</link>
		<comments>http://Rstoeber.com/blog/2008/10/05/send-e-mail-set-reminders-make-appointments-by-phone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[e-mail]]></category>

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

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

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://Rstoeber.com/blog/?p=28</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of my most productive time, that is, when I can really think undisturbed by phones or other people, is when I&#8217;m riding my bicycle or driving alone.  Unfortunately, those are also about the only times that I&#8217;m unable to capture my half-baked ideas on my business planning napkin, or compose that new blog entry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utilities for getting the most out of Google Apps</title>
		<link>http://Rstoeber.com/blog/2008/08/25/utilities-for-getting-the-most-out-of-google-apps/</link>
		<comments>http://Rstoeber.com/blog/2008/08/25/utilities-for-getting-the-most-out-of-google-apps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[address book]]></category>

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

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Google Apps]]></category>

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

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

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

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://Rstoeber.com/blog/?p=22</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I wrote about Google Apps and what a great tool it can be for small to mid-size companies.  Today I&#8217;ll give you a list of add-ons to help integrate your Google calendar and contacts with your computer and phone.
It&#8217;s really ridiculous that these utilities are even necessary, but the fact is that two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Apps is a great deal for small business</title>
		<link>http://Rstoeber.com/blog/2008/08/18/google-apps-is-a-great-deal-for-small-business/</link>
		<comments>http://Rstoeber.com/blog/2008/08/18/google-apps-is-a-great-deal-for-small-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[calendar]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cloud computing]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[e-mail]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Google Apps]]></category>

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

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

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

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://Rstoeber.com/blog/?p=17</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Managing e-mail, contacts and calendars are some of the most fundamental tasks in any business.  Yet even today it&#8217;s surprisingly difficult to set up an integrated system for a typical small business.  E-mail is probably the easiest, but there are competing standards for calendar information and contacts, and several different ways to handle security.  And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Save a tree and some money</title>
		<link>http://Rstoeber.com/blog/2008/07/16/save-a-tree-and-some-money/</link>
		<comments>http://Rstoeber.com/blog/2008/07/16/save-a-tree-and-some-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[green]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[save paper]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://Rstoeber.com/blog/?p=12</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems like every time I print a Web page or e-mail message the last page off the printer is mostly blank.  Sometimes it just has an ad that I don&#8217;t need, or the last part of a privacy notice from an e-mail, or even just a page number.  These extra pages get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Refreshing, and Easy, Marketing Program Perfect for Summer</title>
		<link>http://Rstoeber.com/blog/2008/07/10/refreshing-and-easy-marketing-program-perfect-for-summer/</link>
		<comments>http://Rstoeber.com/blog/2008/07/10/refreshing-and-easy-marketing-program-perfect-for-summer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>moderator</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[direct mail]]></category>

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

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://Rstoeber.com/blog/?p=9</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Summer is typically a slow time in business.  Customers are either frying at the beach, daydreaming about their trip to Paris, or thinking about their next barbecue.  Either way their mind isn&#8217;t really focused on buying whatever you&#8217;re selling.  So you can either write off the next couple of months, or have some fun with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manage your projects with the right tools</title>
		<link>http://Rstoeber.com/blog/2008/06/09/manage-your-projects-with-the-right-tools/</link>
		<comments>http://Rstoeber.com/blog/2008/06/09/manage-your-projects-with-the-right-tools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>moderator</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[open source]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Software as a Service]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Zoho Projects]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been using Microsoft Project for years to organize resources and create time lines for our projects.  It&#8217;s a good tool, but for $1000 (only $600 for the non-professional version) I could never recommend it for small companies, or small project teams.  Now there are a couple of really good tools for managing projects that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guy&#8217;s 10/20/30 rule of PowerPoint presentations</title>
		<link>http://Rstoeber.com/blog/2008/05/19/guys-102030-rule-of-powerpoint-presentations/</link>
		<comments>http://Rstoeber.com/blog/2008/05/19/guys-102030-rule-of-powerpoint-presentations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 15:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>moderator</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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

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

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

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

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://Rstoeber.com/blog/?p=6</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Guy Kawasaki came up with this excellent idea several years ago.  It&#8217;s very simple and easy to follow, but not many people get it, so I continue sitting through long presentations, with unreadable fine print on the screen, that the presenter reads to the audience.  If it&#8217;s a sales presentation I&#8217;ve been very tempted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use Google or Yahoo account to log in to Zoho apps</title>
		<link>http://Rstoeber.com/blog/2008/05/14/now-use-google-or-yahoo-account-to-log-in-to-zoho-apps/</link>
		<comments>http://Rstoeber.com/blog/2008/05/14/now-use-google-or-yahoo-account-to-log-in-to-zoho-apps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 16:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[share documents]]></category>

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

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://Rstoeber.com/blog/?p=5</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Starting today it&#8217;s possible to log in to Zoho applications using your existing Google or Yahoo! account information.  See the full story here.
Two reasons this is important.  First, it&#8217;s nice to see someone trying to reduce the number of user IDs and passwords we all have to remember.  I know every company wants to &#8220;own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enterprise-Scale Software for One</title>
		<link>http://Rstoeber.com/blog/2008/05/12/enterprise-scale-software-for-one/</link>
		<comments>http://Rstoeber.com/blog/2008/05/12/enterprise-scale-software-for-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 17:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>moderator</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[crm]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[customer information]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[customer relationship management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[direct mail]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[personal communications]]></category>

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

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most interesting recent technology advances for small business is the emergence of high-end, enterprise-class software applications that have been simplified for small business use, and in some cases these are available for FREE.]]></description>
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