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		<title>It&#8217;s been a while&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://garydickenson.com/2012/01/its-been-a-while/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So it&#8217;s been a while since my last post. Have I got nothing to say? Nope (well yes), I keep thinking of no end of ideas of posts but it&#8217;s simply been a lack of time for various reasons I&#8217;ll detail below. Last month I thought to myself &#8220;Christmas is coming that&#8217;s a great time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If a job&#8217;s worth doing&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://garydickenson.com/2011/11/if-a-jobs-worth-doing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My late father left many legacies. Some good, some not so but one thing he taught myself and my siblings was that if a job&#8217;s worth doing it&#8217;s worth doing well. Perfection was to be strived for. This blog post is about that subject and how many seem to not bother. By 13 I could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nurturing entrepreneurs</title>
		<link>http://garydickenson.com/2011/06/nurturing-entrepreneurs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks back I had the privilege of  being a mentor on a schools enterprise day working with a bunch of year 9&#8242;s (that&#8217;s 13 yr olds ). The idea was to come up with a new smoothie flavour and market it including branding, packaging design and strategy including competitor research. This is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The power of one</title>
		<link>http://garydickenson.com/2011/05/the-power-of-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 22:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been thinking today how powerful a single person is. At one end of the scale a single person can start a war and bring around peace or a single person can build a business empire and destroy it (Ratners). Then maybe at the other end of the scale a single person can choose to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Belief &#8211; the 4th element?</title>
		<link>http://garydickenson.com/2011/05/belief-the-4th-element/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 20:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the film the 5th element we see Korben Dallas (played by Bruce Willis) chasing across space to collect 4 stones representing the 4 classic elements and then a 5th element, a women called Leeloo, which makes the other 4 &#8216;come alive&#8217; in order to fire a weapon and ultimately save the planet. Know &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EVENT &#8211; Old Fashioned Customer Service And Engagement In A Very Modern World</title>
		<link>http://garydickenson.com/2011/04/talk-old-fashioned-customer-service-and-engagement-in-a-very-modern-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you&#8217;re a business owner, middle management or a customer facing shop assistant; engaging with your prospects, customers or service users is absolutely vital and now is integral with providing the best customer service that you can. This interactive talk, yes you will have to give some input too, should leave you pepped up to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to market your business on a shoestring budget &#8211; surgery</title>
		<link>http://garydickenson.com/2011/03/how-to-market-your-business-on-a-shoestring-budget-surgery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FSB North Norfolk branch host a marketing surgery for you to come along and ask a panel of marketing industry experts who can take questions on a wide range of marketing based services including: Traditional Marketing &#8211; Guerrilla Marketing &#8211; Website Design – Internet Marketing &#8211; Video Marketing Social Media (Facebook / Twitter / YouTube [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Damp thinking from The Waterfront.</title>
		<link>http://garydickenson.com/2011/03/damp-thinking-from-the-waterfront/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Picture it. The Waterfront (a local music venue) management team are meeting and the subject of marketing comes up. They need to get the current website sorted and someone comes up with the idea that they could launch a competition that in exchange for designing and building their new website the winner will get a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why am I chasing you?</title>
		<link>http://garydickenson.com/2011/03/why-am-i-chasing-you/</link>
		<comments>http://garydickenson.com/2011/03/why-am-i-chasing-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever found yourself seemingly chasing someone or a firm in order for you to give them your business? I know I have. On more than one occasion I&#8217;ve done research and contacted a company either by email or by phone and perhaps been promised a call back or received a email delivery notification [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Engaging with your audience</title>
		<link>http://garydickenson.com/2011/03/engaging-with-your-audience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little story to start with.. 3 years ago an electrician was fitting safety devices in kitchens. The biggest complaint from kitchen owners was the length of time it took to install and thus the bill was higher and downtime longer. He thought he could solve that problem. Then of course maybe fitters would be [...]]]></description>
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