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		<title>RiverCityBankOnline 2.0 Unveiled</title>
		<description><![CDATA[River City Bank upgrades web presence, now features bank news blog, custom photography, and plenty of ways to interact and get your banking questions answered. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2010/07/rivercitybankonline-2-0-unveiled/</link>
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		<title>Check out newly redesigned BlueRidgeAHEC.org</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BlueRidgeAHEC.org brought complex opportunities to not only improve the web image for our client, but also improve their operations as they work with thousands of medical students from around the state]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2010/06/check-out-newly-redesigned-blueridgeahec-org/</link>
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		<title>FreshBooks Wordpress Widget</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A widget that displays your team's total billed hours as recorded in Freshbooks. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2010/06/freshbooks-wordpress-widget/</link>
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		<title>Etowah Employment Unveils New Web Presence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce the newly redesigned and expanded web presence for Etowah Employment Staffing Agency, serving employers and employees in Northwest Georgia and Northeast Alabama. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2010/05/etowah-employment-ne-web-presence/</link>
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		<title>Website 101: The Sitemap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A sitemap is a structured list of all pages within a website. If your content is not organized in a clear and standardized way, the user will leave your site frustrated and uninterested in your brand.Read more to learn how to build a sitemap and how search engines use them to share your content. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2010/05/website-101-the-sitemap/</link>
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		<title>OwensSport.com: Now Live</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Owenssport.com is now live. Owens Hardware and Sporting Goods Company, Inc., a family-owned and managed business in downtown Rome, GA since 1923.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2010/05/owenssport-com-now-live/</link>
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		<title>Landing Pages: A Tailored Market</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Landing pages are used by companies to target a very specific market, direct customers to specific information, or a summary of their products and services, and more.  Learn how landing pages can help improve your conversion rate of visitors to quotes or buyers or clients. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2010/05/landing-pages-a-tailored-market/</link>
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		<title>5 Must-Use Social Media Platforms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people in the realm of social media marketing have picked up on the popular social media sites, Facebook and Twitter, to market for their business. While these sites are great, here is a Top 5 list of sites your business won’t want to miss out on.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2010/04/5-must-use-social-media/</link>
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		<title>Newly redesigned site now live</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are overjoyed to announce that newly redesigned, brinson-askew.com went live this week. We touched every part of this site from photography, design, and function to increase web traffic, allow for easy navigation, and highlight the law firm's many legal successes. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2010/03/brinson-askew-web-redesign/</link>
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		<title>Words Are Key with AdWords</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google Adwords is the most well-known form of Search Engine Marketing, making it important to understand exactly what it is and how it can be used effectively to draw traffic and sales for both your website and your business. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2010/03/words-are-key-with-adwords/</link>
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		<title>Foursquare anyone?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you played Foursquare yet? No, not the playground game for kids, it’s a new type of social networking that is a game you play with other foursquare users, and just happens to be an incredible business marketer.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2010/03/foursquare-anyone/</link>
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		<title>Is Facebook for Your Market?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is such a wonderful time for utilizing the new tools Facebook has given, especially with a network of an estimated 400 million users. But as many have found out, Facebook advertising is not for every business.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2010/02/is-facebook-for-your-market/</link>
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		<title>5 Unique Ways to Market with QR Codes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[QR codes provide a dizzying array of ways to connect print and tangible to digital and measurable.  Check out our top five list of ways QR codes have recently been used creatively to create buzz, promote products, and provide mobile function. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2010/02/5-unique-ways-to-market-with-qr-codes/</link>
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		<title>Steele Agency &#8211;  A data-driven digital marketing &amp; design firm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been hard at work making sure that what we are all about matches up with the needs we meet and the projects we undertake.  And of course, before too long, my physics studies reminded me to simply draw a picture.  We do this for all of our projects so we can figure out our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2010/02/steele-agency-a-data-driven-digital-marketing-design-firm/</link>
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		<title>Site Redesign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We're going through a site redesign in order to mirror the refocusing that the company has made in the last few months towards digital marketing technology and away from print.  Bear with us as content is added and functions are increased.  We hope the new design will help direct our visitors to information that they are interested in easily and help them find content that they might not have originally been looking for. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2010/01/site-redesign/</link>
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		<title>2010 Small Business Marketing Forecast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A review of the just released Ad-ology report: 2010 Small Business Marketing Forecast including perspectives on social media. We've broken it down, highlighted the data you need to know and are interested in your thoughts.

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		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2010/01/small-business-marketing-forecast/</link>
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		<title>What is PHP?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This powerful but simple tool allows dynamic information to be reached or calculated and then translated into something a browser understands in real time.  Richard breaks down this complexity into easy to understand diagrams and analogies. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2010/01/what-is-php/</link>
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		<title>Year End Agency Calendar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Steele Agency is closed December 24-25 and both New Years Eve and New Years Day. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/12/year-end-agency-calendar/</link>
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		<title>New Jowers Sklar site now live</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Newly redesigned website, JowersSklar.com went live Friday, December 18th.  Jowers-Sklar Insurance now has an expansive site that maintains the vast catalog of insurance available through the company.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/12/jowers-sklar-insurance-website-goes-live/</link>
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		<title>End of Year Email Marketing Special</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Until December 15th, every paid sign-up for Constant Contact will receive our Quick Start package for free! That's a savings of $159 for a $15/month sign-up. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/12/end-of-year-email-marketing-special/</link>
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		<title>The Twonderful Tworld of Twitter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A practical guide to make even the least computer savvy person a twitter expert. With these simple functions, you will be well on your way to conquering all there is to know about twitter and how to use it.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/12/the-twonderful-tworld-of-twitter/</link>
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		<title>Tricia Steele Featured on WRGA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WRGA joined us for our presentation at the Small Business Action Council Meeting last month and hosted a (brief) follow up interview with CEO, Tricia Steele, where he posed three pressing questions being asked by small businesses in the area.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/12/tricia-steele-featured-on-wrga/</link>
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		<title>Open Source CMS, Drupal takes the Reins at WhiteHouse.gov</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month, the White House re-launched its figurehead web presence, WhiteHouse.gov featuring among other changes, a switch from a proprietary Content Management System (CMS) to Drupal, an open source CMS. The switch was brought on not by efforts to save money or use a more secure web publishing system, but to better foster communication between the White House and WhiteHouse.gov visitors, according to the Obama Administration.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/11/open-source-drupal-whitehouse/</link>
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		<title>Listening (AKA Market Research) Presentation at FastTrac Seminar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tricia presented yesterday at the FastTrac Growth Venture. She explored traditional, web, and social resources for gathering information from customers, potential customers and gathering research about industry, product, competition, and market.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/11/listening-market-research-at-fasttra/</link>
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		<title>Steele Agency Welcomes New Intern</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Steele Agency team is excited to welcome David Nuckolls to the staff as Social Media Assistant. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/11/steele-agency-welcomes-new-intern/</link>
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		<title>Tools to Keep Track of Your Social Media Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For a small business owner, the idea of keeping up with yet another "inbox" is daunting, much less a twitter feed, facebook profile and page, linkedin account, youtube channel or delicious account.  Now, of course, my first disclaimer is always that you don't have to be everywhere to be effective (and often must not be everywhere to be effective) but all this aside, it is still exhasting to think about. So, I'm putting together a list of programs that can make some of it a bit easier (and for free).]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/11/social-media-tools-for-small-business/</link>
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		<title>Cornerstone Concrete Website Goes Live!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cornerstone Concrete Development LLC debuts their dynamic, new web presence where interested clients can view a full gallery of design work ranging from indoor acid staining to outdoor stamp overlay to commercial customization and everything in between. Website Created by Steele Agency, LLC.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/11/cornerstone-concrete-dynamic-web/</link>
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		<title>Controlling Your Facebook Feed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There's a way to control what you see when you log in to Facebook.  It's just a little hidden, but here's a quick how-to to getting the information you want in your Facebook news feed. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/11/controlling-your-facebook-feed/</link>
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		<title>Twitter: Why It Matters To Your Business.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Steele Agency takes an in-depth look at the questions: 
What is Twitter, 
Why should I use it for my business?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/11/twitter-why-it-matters-to-your-business/</link>
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		<title>Steele Agency and River City Bank Partnering to Provide Free Social Media Workshop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[River City Bank, in partnership with Steele Agency, invites Rome business leaders to join us for a free workshop covering topics related to social media and business. This workshop series is aimed at helping local business owners learn about new and emerging technology that could broaden business exposure and customer interaction.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/10/free-social-media-workshops/</link>
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		<title>Innovation Vs. Carbon Copy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One staffer shares his thoughts on Microsoft's attempts to merely reach the bar that Apple continues to set. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/09/innovation-vs-carbon-copy/</link>
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		<title>Constant Contact Unveils New Import Tools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Constant Contact has been busy, and we couldn't be happier as a Business Partner to announce several new import features!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/09/constant-contact-features/</link>
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		<title>A Question for Our Clients and Readers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Client Feedback: You all have at least two things in common: you want to serve your customers, and you want to succeed financially in a tough economy. What do you think of all this "engagement" marketing?  Where are the gaps in your marketing effectiveness?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/09/a-question-for-our-readers/</link>
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		<title>So you want a corporate blog….</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Questions to ask when pondering and planning for a corporate blog with links to success stories of all kinds. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/08/so-you-want-a-corporate-blog/</link>
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		<title>Ladies Night Out Will Celebrate Rome&#8217;s &#8216;Steel Magnolias&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rome Ladies will get the first glimpse at Rome Little Theatre's production of "Steel Magnolias" on Thursday, October 22. The $25 ticket includes a pre-show reception where wine, hor d'oeuvres, and dessert will be served.  During the reception, a women's expo will feature products and services by and for ladies as well as surprise activities. In special honor of the show, Magnolia Magazine will announce Rome's "Steel Magnolias".]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/08/ladies-night-out/</link>
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		<title>Why Constant Contact?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are often asked why we chose to work exclusively with Constant Contact Email Marketing software. Here's 5 facts all inquiring minds should know about the powerful software. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/08/why-constant-contact/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;If you’re not blogging now, you’re behind&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here’s one good reason your company needs a blog – all the big dogs are doing it. However, even small businesses can reap the benefits of blogs.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/08/if-you%e2%80%99re-not-blogging-now-youre-behind/</link>
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		<title>How to sell on Facebook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you asked your grandmother where she gets her aspirin, she could name the owner, managers and teenage store clerks - along with their quirks and personalities. She's what marketers call a loyal shopper - someone who wouldn't dream of going to any other drug store than the Rite Aid two miles away, where she's been going since 1980. While this may sound counter-intuitive, Facebook marketing is just as old-fashioned. Facebook is about long-term relationships with customers, not rapid one-time sales.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/07/how-to-sell-on-facebook/</link>
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		<title>New Digs for the Agency</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You can find us near the heart of downtown Rome, across from the Rome Clocktower at 108 East Fifth Avenue (Suite B).  We love our neighbors already, and view is second to none (Picture forthcoming). ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/07/new-digs/</link>
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		<title>Explaining the news: how Twitter affected Iranian protests</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Western media says Twitter had a large role in recent Iranian protests. The facts say that's only part of the story. A (brief) history on the conflict and how twittering replaced mainstream journalism in a day.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/07/twitteriran/</link>
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		<title>Departmentalizing Vs. Denial</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Caroline Herndon, Staff Writer
In an economic downturn, everybody shrinks. The budget dries up. Staffs are cut. Customers are lost. That’s why using social media sounds counterintuitive. How can a business master new technology and a new way of thinking while struggling to stay afloat?
Currently, companies respond to social media in two ways, depending on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/06/departmentalizing-vs-denial/</link>
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		<title>Profile Extrusion Unveils New Dynamic Web Presence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Profile Extrusion Company unveils their new website where potential clients can view a promotional video, download brochures and catalogs and most importantly, participate in future discussion on the aluminum extrusion industry.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/06/profile-extrusion-unveils-new-dynamic-web-presence/</link>
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		<title>MySpace Reduces Staff by Nearly 30%</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES—June 16, 2009—As part of a plan to restructure itself into a more innovative, efficient, and entrepreneurial business, MySpace announced today that it will reduce its staff by nearly 30%. This restructuring plan crosses all U.S. divisions of the company and lowers the total number of domestic staff at MySpace to 1,000 employees.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/06/myspace-reduces-staff-by-nearly-30/</link>
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		<title>Agency explores Android OS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite mixed reviews and some skepticism, we&#8217;ve decided to put our money where our mouth is and invest in mobile technology based on the principles of open source software. 
Google&#8217;s Android OS boasts great potential for application development and is a great tool for us multitaskers with multiple windows and fast movement between layers. At [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/06/agency-explores-android-os/</link>
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		<title>Steele Agency Welcomes Profile Extrusion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Profile Extrusion Company is seizing the opportunity to upgrade their online image and emphasize "find and share" web 2.0 technologies.  Look for the site to be unveiled late in the week.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/05/steele-agency-welcomes-profile-extrusion/</link>
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		<title>The Information Stream</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is “the stream”?

Depending on who you talk to, it’s the bane of business or a godsend. It’s the shift from article-writing to instant commentary, from teaching to “sharing” information via Twitter or Facebook. It’s a way of seeing information: as an ever-changing web as opposed to a simple paper trail.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/05/the-information-stream/</link>
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		<title>Thrive! Weightloss Goes Social with Customized Facebook Fan Page</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Travis Martin’s Thrive! Weightloss launched a new Facebook page Monday.  All participants are invited to become a fan, upload before and after photos, and join in the discussion about healthy eating.  Public events will be posted, including the upcoming ribbon cutting ceremony and “Why Thrive” workshop hosted at the new headquarters in Armuchee Village Shopping Center.  This step into more social web presence builds on the program’s strong community-centered approach.  Started in 2006, Thrive! now boasts offices in Rome,  Cartersville, and Adairsville and classes throughout the metro Atlanta and Northwest Georgia area.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/04/thrive-weightloss-goes-social/</link>
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		<title>Rome Boulevard is Tubing and Twittering</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many companies big and small are wanting to know just how social media can build their brand and business.  We will be highlighting our clients who are embarking on the nontraditional path, so that you can see first hand what works and why. Click the title to read the first case study. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/03/rome-boulevard-is-tubing-and-twittering/</link>
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		<title>Steele Agency Welcomes Thrive Weightloss!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The community building diet program that has Northwest Georgia buzzing with success stories, meetings, and customized menus is now moving into the world of social media.  Thrive Weightloss, founded and owned by Rome&#8217;s own Travis Martin,  is growing regionally and hopes to build on the great start it has had thus far.  Look for Facebook, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/03/steele-agency-welcomes-thrive-weightloss/</link>
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		<title>The Twitter Story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a link to a great article written by the CEO of Twitter, the leader in real-time searching and &#8220;ambient findability&#8221;. He seems to pinpoint the real deal about entrepreneurship: a series of accidents used well. He also might serve as the poster child for the &#8220;college is a waste of time&#8221; line of thought [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/03/the-twitter-story/</link>
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		<title>Steele Agency Welcomes Rome Boulevard!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Agency announces its newest client, Northwest Georgia, LLC., the developers of The Boulevard, breaking ground in April.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/03/steele-agency-welcomes-rome-boulevard/</link>
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		<title>Recession Marketing 101</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sign up for our e-newsletter series on tips and tricks to maximizing your advertising dollars by utilizing web-based, buzz-creating, fully trackable, and immediate response-generating technologies.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/02/recession-marketing-101/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Angels&#8217; among us: Local leaders till an &#8216;entrepreneurial garden&#8217;</title>
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Market potential. High scalability. Deal flow. Due diligence. Committed funds. Co-investments.
When representatives from the Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce escort a handful of curious investors to Athens on Feb. 5, they will be joining several communities across the state talking the language of “angel investment networking.”
Sponsored and run by the Kauffman Foundation out of Kansas City, “The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/01/angels-among-us-local-leaders-till-an-entrepreneurial-garden/</link>
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		<title>A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Any address on the state of the economic soul is bound to contain a mix of optimism and realism.  On the one hand, great business, infrastructure, and education developments in the area have indeed occurred over the last year and deserve attention and merit; however, the current economic climate creates an uncertainty about the future that makes many a positive statement of growth appear self-deluded or perhaps reason to go to a local sports game rather than a meeting on the state of local business.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2009/01/a-crisis-is-a-terrible-thing-to-waste/</link>
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		<title>Entrepreneurship Is Hope of American Economy Says PayPal Founder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nov. 10, 2008&#124; CHARLOTTE, NC. PayPal founder, Peter Thiel, said American entrepreneurship is the way out of the current economic crisis.  His talk, "The Business Model of the United States" was given at the opening reception of the Collegiate Network's East Coast Editor's Conference held in Charlotte, NC on Nov. 7.  He crafted a view of American business for the seventy undergraduate editors of independent newspapers and magazines gathered for the weekend conference.  Premised on the idea that the most fundamental business principle is "not to compete," he described the type of business which defines America on the world stage given the current political, international, and economic climate.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2008/11/peter-thiel-entrepreneurship/</link>
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		<title>Steele Agency named Constant Contact Email Marketing Business Partner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Steele Agency of Rome is the first in the area to offer e-mail marketing and online survey products from Constant Contact Inc. Steele joins 3,500 small businesses around the world as a member of Constant Contact’s Business Partner Program.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2008/10/steele-agency-new-constant-contact-business-partner/</link>
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		<title>Towards a &#8220;Googlier&#8221; World: Google&#8217;s Maureen Schumacher Shares at Berry&#8217;s Executive Round Table</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ROME, GA. When Sergey Brin and Larry Page began work on their Stanford doctoral project to create a search engine that would better connect users to relevant information, it’s possible they envisioned the kind of global success their brand would have just ten years following their first $100,000 investment from Sun Microsystems even from their home garage office.  As Maureen Schumacher clearly articulated at Berry College’s Executive Round Table Dinner, the company is founded not just on the concept of connection to information, but on the notions of innovation – nine of them to be exact.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2008/10/towards-a-googlier-world/</link>
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		<title>Calling All Would-Be Pilots: Freedom Flight Center Getting Off Ground</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Freedom Flight Center wants you. Executives announced plans to begin accepting flight students in two to three weeks at this week’s Rome Kiwanis Club meeting. CFO, David Wright presented an entertaining history of aviation, including the real story of Orville and Wilbur Wright – after a coin flip put Wilbur in the driver’s seat first that fateful morning, he wrecked and left Orville with the history making flight.  As he continued with tales of the aerial feats, it was easy to see just how much this man loves flying.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2008/10/calling-all-would-be-pilots/</link>
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		<title>From Paper Towel Sketch to Steel and Stone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Wright Ledbetter and Derek Bell submitted their “Porto Futurus” design to the citywide competition to bring large-scale art to the city, it had already come a long way from the paper towel drawings they had sketched over beer while hanging out one summer night in 2007.  And now, after ten years of friendship and nearly a year since that fateful night, the concept is fast becoming reality with the second of three concrete segments poured last week and stonework underway.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2008/09/from-paper-towel-sketch-to-steel-and-stone/</link>
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		<title>Far from RIFF-Raff: James McDaniel and Robert Milazzo come to Rome International Film Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RIFF opened the festival with a call to all heroes of independent film. The four barreled spot light stationed outside the city auditorium must have been seen for miles.  The opening feature film, “War Eagle, Arkansas” brought close to 200 folks and Emmy, Obie, and Tony Award winning actor James McDaniel and crew.  While Rome’s viewing of the feature film was the 30th run out of 44 bookings in festivals worldwide, they were full of praise towards the city for the event and gratefully acknowledged their presence was due to the “fact that Rome organizers just asked.”  The film takes on manifold themes of friendship and disability, but director Robert Milazzo indicated that it was “most deeply about choices – the choices we make every day and how the not-so-obvious ones may be the best ones.”]]></description>
		<link>http://www.steele-agency.com/2008/09/far-from-riff-raf-90508/</link>
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