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		<title>Writing Your Content How Readers Want to Read It</title>
		<link>http://www.crackerjackblogging.com/2010/03/15/writing-your-content-how-readers-want-to-read-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChristopherR2D2</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging for Beginners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scan-Friendly Posts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was reading a post about how to maximize the value of your blog with content that addresses your readers&#8217; problems with possible solutions and I started thinking about what else bloggers can do with their content in order to make the experience for their readers even better.
One way bloggers can do this is to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Bloggers Can Learn From Storytellers &#8211; Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChristopherR2D2</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Engaging Your Reader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Storytelling for Bloggers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Previously, in Part One of What Bloggers Can Learn From Storytellers, we explored both the effects of storytelling over time and the themes and patterns that emerged as key points throughout otherwise unrelated stories, genres, and storytellers themselves.
More specifically, we explored how a beginning, middle, and end were crucial to storytelling regardless of the medium.
We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Bloggers Can Learn From Storytellers &#8211; Part One</title>
		<link>http://www.crackerjackblogging.com/2010/03/09/what-bloggers-can-learn-from-storytellers-part-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChristopherR2D2</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Storytelling for Bloggers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As one of the oldest forms of expression and recreation, storytelling dates far beyond our vision of time. Though we don&#8217;t know exactly when people started telling stories, we do know that the stories were often told orally with the aid of gestures, rock art, and reenactments.
We also know that certain themes and patterns have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12 Ways Bloggers Can Avoid the Oysters Fate in Alice in Wonderland</title>
		<link>http://www.crackerjackblogging.com/2010/03/07/12-things-bloggers-can-do-to-avoid-the-oysters-fate-in-alice-in-wonderland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChristopherR2D2</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Keeping Readers Interested]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avoid the Oysters Fate in Alice in Wonderland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The animal kingdom doesn&#8217;t have much of a survival rate &#8212; if you happen to leap from the jaws of one predator in one piece, chances are you&#8217;ll land in another&#8217;s.
The blogger kingdom is no different &#8212; if a blogger happens to survive the impatient reader successfully, chances are they&#8217;ll be gobbled up and forgotten [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Did All the Unique Blog Content Go?</title>
		<link>http://www.crackerjackblogging.com/2010/02/21/where-did-all-the-unique-blog-content-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChristopherR2D2</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creating Unique Content]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The word &#8220;unique&#8221; has become commonly accepted by the blogging community as a word to describe whether or not a post is duplicate content &#8212; today I was reading through my google reader and started wondering about the past, present, and future of blogging, as well as the patterns of information consumption blog readers tend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Posting a New Point of View to An Old Point of Interest</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChristopherR2D2</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging for Beginners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Point of view]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One challenge every blogger faces &#8212; regardless of style or type of blog &#8212; is to create unique content their readers will enjoy.
And while there&#8217;s no secret trick to coming up with this content, there is something every blogger should remember, because it&#8217;s the root of why blogging became so popular and because it&#8217;s something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Things Readers Love About Personal Blogs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChristopherR2D2</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Because the majority of content about blogging on the web relates to those aspiring to make money from their blog, I wanted to explore a topic that the base community of blogging will find interesting &#8212; personal blogging.
More specifically, how bloggers with personal blogs can create the content their readers want.
1. A Fresh Point of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Frequently Should a New Blogger Post?</title>
		<link>http://www.crackerjackblogging.com/2010/02/17/how-frequently-should-a-new-blogger-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChristopherR2D2</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging for Beginners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post frequency]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This can often become a heated issue in the blogging realm &#8212; because like most things, it really just comes down to personal preference and style.
The question of whether to post more often or less often is one every blogger faces at some point of another, so I thought it would be beneficial to take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Writing the First Blog Post is So Hard</title>
		<link>http://www.crackerjackblogging.com/2010/02/14/why-writing-the-first-blog-post-is-so-hard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChristopherR2D2</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging for Beginners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first post]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been blogging for a few years now, but it seams no matter how much momentum I build during the process of launching a new blog, the first post never fails to stop me in my tracks and bring the whole process to a halt.
So, what is it about the first blog post that&#8217;s so hard?
If you&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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