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	<title>Comments on: How to Jump 90,521 Places in Alexa in 10 Days</title>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Increase Alexa rank Quickly

&quot;Don&#039;t wait for Traffic to Come to you? &quot;
go here &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ipott.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.ipott.com&lt;/a&gt;
and search As &quot;SEO&quot; download any Amazing seo software..
then get good ALEXA ranking,
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<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t wait for Traffic to Come to you? &#8221;<br />
go here <a href="http://www.ipott.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.ipott.com</a><br />
and search As &#8220;SEO&#8221; download any Amazing seo software..<br />
then get good ALEXA ranking,<br />
Get good Google Page rank&#8230;.. Visit once</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Amazing Tricks....

thank you
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ipott.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.ipott.com&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Amazing Tricks&#8230;.</p>
<p>thank you<br />
<a href="http://www.ipott.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.ipott.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: nike-air-force-one</title>
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		<dc:creator>nike-air-force-one</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We said, Nike Air force , is the air force 1, this is a very classic shoes, in fact, is the first basketball shoe, but now many people regard it as a trend to wear shoes, air force does not contain a dunk series, air force 1 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nike-air-force-one.com&quot;  rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Nike air force&lt;/a&gt;  shoes of the hind paw with air max air cushion, and this is his only technical, but the air force by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nike-air-force-one.com&quot;  rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;air force 1 shoes&lt;/a&gt;  the classic shape of a large number of shoe lovers around the world welcomed more than 20 years, consistently.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We said, Nike Air force , is the air force 1, this is a very classic shoes, in fact, is the first basketball shoe, but now many people regard it as a trend to wear shoes, air force does not contain a dunk series, air force 1 <a href="http://www.nike-air-force-one.com"  rel="nofollow">Nike air force</a>  shoes of the hind paw with air max air cushion, and this is his only technical, but the air force by <a href="http://www.nike-air-force-one.com"  rel="nofollow">air force 1 shoes</a>  the classic shape of a large number of shoe lovers around the world welcomed more than 20 years, consistently.</p>
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		<title>By: David</title>
		<link>http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/blog/how-to-jump-90521-places-in-alexa-in-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-776</link>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>nice, the hard work is always at the beginning, after reaching a wide audience it will be little easier!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>nice, the hard work is always at the beginning, after reaching a wide audience it will be little easier!</p>
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		<title>By: DJMorrisInc</title>
		<link>http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/blog/how-to-jump-90521-places-in-alexa-in-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-734</link>
		<dc:creator>DJMorrisInc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks of the article...I have been thinking about doing that same thing for a while, and have seen others have success with gifts.  I guess I just will have to put my creative cap on!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks of the article&#8230;I have been thinking about doing that same thing for a while, and have seen others have success with gifts.  I guess I just will have to put my creative cap on!</p>
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		<title>By: Steve’s Sunday Selections – February 21st, 2010 &#124; Steve Scott Site</title>
		<link>http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/blog/how-to-jump-90521-places-in-alexa-in-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-676</link>
		<dc:creator>Steve’s Sunday Selections – February 21st, 2010 &#124; Steve Scott Site</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] really liked Maren’s post about how to increase your Alexa ranking. Here she details a mini-plan about how to get more traffic to your blog. I especially liked her [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] really liked Maren’s post about how to increase your Alexa ranking. Here she details a mini-plan about how to get more traffic to your blog. I especially liked her [...]</p>
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		<title>By: stevescottsite</title>
		<link>http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/blog/how-to-jump-90521-places-in-alexa-in-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-638</link>
		<dc:creator>stevescottsite</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pretty similar to your site.  Creating the life that you want.  Escaping from the grind of a 9 to 5 job.  With a bunch of personal development/growth articles thrown into the mix.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I&#039;ve had success in other online businesses, but this is my first real attempt at creating a blog, so I have to overcome a pretty significant learning curve.  I just found your blog (and a few others), which have some great content to help me get started.  Specifically, I plan on going through your Start Up School.  It looks like you&#039;ve got some high quality info here.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pretty similar to your site.  Creating the life that you want.  Escaping from the grind of a 9 to 5 job.  With a bunch of personal development/growth articles thrown into the mix.  </p>
<p>I&#39;ve had success in other online businesses, but this is my first real attempt at creating a blog, so I have to overcome a pretty significant learning curve.  I just found your blog (and a few others), which have some great content to help me get started.  Specifically, I plan on going through your Start Up School.  It looks like you&#39;ve got some high quality info here.</p>
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		<title>By: Maren Kate</title>
		<link>http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/blog/how-to-jump-90521-places-in-alexa-in-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-634</link>
		<dc:creator>Maren Kate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Neat Steve, what is your blog on?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Neat Steve, what is your blog on?</p>
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		<title>By: Maren Kate</title>
		<link>http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/blog/how-to-jump-90521-places-in-alexa-in-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-635</link>
		<dc:creator>Maren Kate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks Archan, I love Rocky too, great analogy for anyone who needs motivation!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Archan, I love Rocky too, great analogy for anyone who needs motivation!</p>
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		<title>By: Maren Kate</title>
		<link>http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/blog/how-to-jump-90521-places-in-alexa-in-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-636</link>
		<dc:creator>Maren Kate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you I know I like commentluv too!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you I know I like commentluv too!</p>
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		<title>By: Maren Kate</title>
		<link>http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/blog/how-to-jump-90521-places-in-alexa-in-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-637</link>
		<dc:creator>Maren Kate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you matthew :) tell me how you like it?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you matthew <img src='http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  tell me how you like it?</p>
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		<title>By: stevescottsite</title>
		<link>http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/blog/how-to-jump-90521-places-in-alexa-in-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-633</link>
		<dc:creator>stevescottsite</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for this mini-plan here!  It really made me think about what I have to create a really high content piece that&#039;s worth linking back to.  Will have to start incorporating some of your ideas in the way I develop my blog.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for this mini-plan here!  It really made me think about what I have to create a really high content piece that&#39;s worth linking back to.  Will have to start incorporating some of your ideas in the way I develop my blog.</p>
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		<title>By: Archan Mehta</title>
		<link>http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/blog/how-to-jump-90521-places-in-alexa-in-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-617</link>
		<dc:creator>Archan Mehta</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maren:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wow, looks like you are really making progress. I feel happy for you. Congrats.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I like it when people share their personal stories with me just like you do.&lt;br&gt;Yes, some people are only interested in themselves, and that&#039;s fine. Who am I to judge anyway? But for me, it&#039;s great to see people making progress.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When people work hard, they should be able to get results and achieve their dream. For example, Rocky is one of my favorite movies because it inspired me.&lt;br&gt;Watching Sly Stallone&#039;s character achieve his dream brought tears of joy to my eyes. So, keep on moving forward and never, ever give up. And share.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maren:</p>
<p>Wow, looks like you are really making progress. I feel happy for you. Congrats.</p>
<p>I like it when people share their personal stories with me just like you do.<br />Yes, some people are only interested in themselves, and that&#39;s fine. Who am I to judge anyway? But for me, it&#39;s great to see people making progress.</p>
<p>When people work hard, they should be able to get results and achieve their dream. For example, Rocky is one of my favorite movies because it inspired me.<br />Watching Sly Stallone&#39;s character achieve his dream brought tears of joy to my eyes. So, keep on moving forward and never, ever give up. And share.</p>
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		<title>By: MMAdotBS</title>
		<link>http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/blog/how-to-jump-90521-places-in-alexa-in-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-595</link>
		<dc:creator>MMAdotBS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Really finding some interesting stuff on your page, and it&#039;s thanks to CommentLuv, haha.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Great stuff here for a beginner like me. Thanks!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thomas @ MMA.BS</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Really finding some interesting stuff on your page, and it&#39;s thanks to CommentLuv, haha.</p>
<p>Great stuff here for a beginner like me. Thanks!</p>
<p>Thomas @ MMA.BS</p>
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		<title>By: matthewneedham</title>
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		<dc:creator>matthewneedham</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maren, I&#039;ve not read Free Prize inside, but I have read a few of Seth Godin&#039;s books and a lot of what you say resonates well with me. I&#039;ve just finished Ideavirus (one of Seth&#039;s other books) and it seems like you&#039;ve launched your own with SUS. I&#039;m going to check it out now,it sounds awesome.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maren, I&#39;ve not read Free Prize inside, but I have read a few of Seth Godin&#39;s books and a lot of what you say resonates well with me. I&#39;ve just finished Ideavirus (one of Seth&#39;s other books) and it seems like you&#39;ve launched your own with SUS. I&#39;m going to check it out now,it sounds awesome.</p>
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		<title>By: John R. Sedivy</title>
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		<dc:creator>John R. Sedivy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maren &amp; Marcus - You&#039;re welcome; happy to be of assistance! Feel free to contact me if you need additional information.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maren &#038; Marcus &#8211; You&#39;re welcome; happy to be of assistance! Feel free to contact me if you need additional information.</p>
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		<title>By: John R. Sedivy</title>
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		<dc:creator>John R. Sedivy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Interesting. I had read and learned about the psychology of pricing in business school, but hadn&#039;t heard about always pricing higher than you think it&#039;s worth - but it seems to make sense though. In addition to associating higher price with quality, pricing higher helps offset unknown risks that crop up during a project. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;While serving as a technical project manager we had a running joke that whenever submitting bids to management we had to multiply the original estimate by Pi (times Pi or 3.14) to account for the original budget being knocked down or reducing the risk of scope creep on our end.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting. I had read and learned about the psychology of pricing in business school, but hadn&#39;t heard about always pricing higher than you think it&#39;s worth &#8211; but it seems to make sense though. In addition to associating higher price with quality, pricing higher helps offset unknown risks that crop up during a project. </p>
<p>While serving as a technical project manager we had a running joke that whenever submitting bids to management we had to multiply the original estimate by Pi (times Pi or 3.14) to account for the original budget being knocked down or reducing the risk of scope creep on our end.</p>
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		<title>By: Marcus Sheridan,The Sales Lion</title>
		<link>http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/blog/how-to-jump-90521-places-in-alexa-in-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-579</link>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Sheridan,The Sales Lion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah John, that was really helpful...much appreciated! :-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah John, that was really helpful&#8230;much appreciated! <img src='http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Maren Kate</title>
		<link>http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/blog/how-to-jump-90521-places-in-alexa-in-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-578</link>
		<dc:creator>Maren Kate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow! Thanks John, i didn&#039;t know this stuff AT all :) I was wondering though... thanks so much for the info!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow! Thanks John, i didn&#39;t know this stuff AT all <img src='http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  I was wondering though&#8230; thanks so much for the info!</p>
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		<title>By: Maren Kate</title>
		<link>http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/blog/how-to-jump-90521-places-in-alexa-in-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-577</link>
		<dc:creator>Maren Kate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks Hulbert for the comment!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Hulbert for the comment!</p>
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		<title>By: Maren Kate</title>
		<link>http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/blog/how-to-jump-90521-places-in-alexa-in-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-576</link>
		<dc:creator>Maren Kate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>yeah... the best advice I&#039;ve gotten is ALWAYS price higher than you think its worth... because something about our human anatomy we tend to associate higher prices with quality.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>yeah&#8230; the best advice I&#39;ve gotten is ALWAYS price higher than you think its worth&#8230; because something about our human anatomy we tend to associate higher prices with quality.</p>
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		<title>By: John R. Sedivy</title>
		<link>http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/blog/how-to-jump-90521-places-in-alexa-in-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-575</link>
		<dc:creator>John R. Sedivy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Marcus - Something to keep in mind with Alexa - not all traffic is created equal. The Alexa rank consists of two parts - number of visitors and time on site. It is possible to have a better rank with much fewer visitors if those visitors stay on your site a long time and not &#039;bounce&#039;. I suspect in Maren&#039;s case that her jump in rank not only had to do with more visitors, but those visitors sticking around much longer - due to compelling content. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Alexa&#039;s not perfect, but seems to be a good predictor of popularity, especially as you increase in rank. For example, there is no doubt that Google is #1, while Facebook is #2 and so on, however things may not be as accurate in the millions. I&#039;ve found other traffic ranking sites but keep coming back to it due to simplicity. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I hope this helps.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Marcus &#8211; Something to keep in mind with Alexa &#8211; not all traffic is created equal. The Alexa rank consists of two parts &#8211; number of visitors and time on site. It is possible to have a better rank with much fewer visitors if those visitors stay on your site a long time and not &#39;bounce&#39;. I suspect in Maren&#39;s case that her jump in rank not only had to do with more visitors, but those visitors sticking around much longer &#8211; due to compelling content. </p>
<p>Alexa&#39;s not perfect, but seems to be a good predictor of popularity, especially as you increase in rank. For example, there is no doubt that Google is #1, while Facebook is #2 and so on, however things may not be as accurate in the millions. I&#39;ve found other traffic ranking sites but keep coming back to it due to simplicity. </p>
<p>I hope this helps.</p>
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		<title>By: John R. Sedivy</title>
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		<dc:creator>John R. Sedivy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Congratulations - this is a significant accomplishment considering you had a great rank to begin with! As I&#039;m sure you&#039;ve noticed it becomes much trickier to improve your Alexa rank as it continues to improve :)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I&#039;ve also read Free Prize Inside and found it to be a great book. Seth Godin has some amazing books - I haven&#039;t read one that I didn&#039;t like. One of the really cool things was that book was originally in a milk carton! &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Glad to hear you&#039;ve figured out pricing - I think every entrepreneur goes through this at one time or another. I&#039;ve heard of pricing referred to as the holy grail of business as it&#039;s tricky and elusive.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Congratulations &#8211; this is a significant accomplishment considering you had a great rank to begin with! As I&#39;m sure you&#39;ve noticed it becomes much trickier to improve your Alexa rank as it continues to improve <img src='http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>I&#39;ve also read Free Prize Inside and found it to be a great book. Seth Godin has some amazing books &#8211; I haven&#39;t read one that I didn&#39;t like. One of the really cool things was that book was originally in a milk carton! </p>
<p>Glad to hear you&#39;ve figured out pricing &#8211; I think every entrepreneur goes through this at one time or another. I&#39;ve heard of pricing referred to as the holy grail of business as it&#39;s tricky and elusive.</p>
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		<title>By: Hulbert</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hulbert</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nice post Maureen on how you were able to have a better Alexa ranking with your blog. I think it&#039;s always a good idea to show others that your blog has good content - something that is worthwhile for others to read instead of wasting their time with something that may frustrate them. I agree that blogging isn&#039;t a get rich quick scheme and shudder at sales pages that say, &quot;I&#039;ve made $100,000 in 6 months. You can do it too with this system!&quot; Thanks for reminding us that we need to add value to other people&#039;s lives rather than try to always take it. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice post Maureen on how you were able to have a better Alexa ranking with your blog. I think it&#39;s always a good idea to show others that your blog has good content &#8211; something that is worthwhile for others to read instead of wasting their time with something that may frustrate them. I agree that blogging isn&#39;t a get rich quick scheme and shudder at sales pages that say, &#8220;I&#39;ve made $100,000 in 6 months. You can do it too with this system!&#8221; Thanks for reminding us that we need to add value to other people&#39;s lives rather than try to always take it. <img src='http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Marcus Sheridan,The Sales Lion</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marcus Sheridan,The Sales Lion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maren, really love your energy, which is why I read just about all your stuff. Couple of points:&lt;br&gt;1. 10k Check---Sweet action girl!! :-)&lt;br&gt;2. Like you, my Alexa rating has been improving despite the youthful nature of my blog(well, not quite at the pace of yours though). But I have found also that there are people with 200,000 Alexa ratings that only get 20-30 visitors a day, while there are others that have a 200,000 rating with 700 visitors a day. (Both mentioned here are friends of mine)...I guess my point is, how much of a focus should Alexa be considering it&#039;s such a shaky indicator? Don&#039;t get me wrong, I check mine daily and want to go lower and lower, but why is the thing such an inaccurate reflection at times?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maren, really love your energy, which is why I read just about all your stuff. Couple of points:<br />1. 10k Check&#8212;Sweet action girl!! <img src='http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> <br />2. Like you, my Alexa rating has been improving despite the youthful nature of my blog(well, not quite at the pace of yours though). But I have found also that there are people with 200,000 Alexa ratings that only get 20-30 visitors a day, while there are others that have a 200,000 rating with 700 visitors a day. (Both mentioned here are friends of mine)&#8230;I guess my point is, how much of a focus should Alexa be considering it&#39;s such a shaky indicator? Don&#39;t get me wrong, I check mine daily and want to go lower and lower, but why is the thing such an inaccurate reflection at times?</p>
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		<title>By: Maren Kate</title>
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		<dc:creator>Maren Kate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yep for sure, though I get my business in a combo on/offline model of networking</description>
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		<title>By: Maren Kate</title>
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		<dc:creator>Maren Kate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks James that is really encouraging :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks James that is really encouraging <img src='http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: James Ward</title>
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		<dc:creator>James Ward</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great info!  I will have to check out &lt;a href=&quot;http://Alexa.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Alexa.com&lt;/a&gt;.  Thanks once again for all the great info!  Your site really rocks!  I have learned alot from the short time I have been reading.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great info!  I will have to check out <a href="http://Alexa.com" rel="nofollow">Alexa.com</a>.  Thanks once again for all the great info!  Your site really rocks!  I have learned alot from the short time I have been reading.</p>
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		<title>By: Moon Hussain</title>
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		<dc:creator>Moon Hussain</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maren, I just got into this whole Alexa ranking thing after checking out your post, Ryan&#039;s posts, and a couple others.  So yesterday, I went to the Alexa site and had to compare mine to other blogs, including yours.

Results? My blog is left in the duuusssst.  But I have a plan and am determined to do what you&#039;ve done.  I want to make a gazillion # jump in my Alexa ranking (well, any progress, haha).

You&#039;re doing ridiculously well, so keep it up! Congrats on the $9999 deal!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maren, I just got into this whole Alexa ranking thing after checking out your post, Ryan&#8217;s posts, and a couple others.  So yesterday, I went to the Alexa site and had to compare mine to other blogs, including yours.</p>
<p>Results? My blog is left in the duuusssst.  But I have a plan and am determined to do what you&#8217;ve done.  I want to make a gazillion # jump in my Alexa ranking (well, any progress, haha).</p>
<p>You&#8217;re doing ridiculously well, so keep it up! Congrats on the $9999 deal!</p>
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		<title>By: Ken Siew</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ken Siew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah it&#039;s totally free (no email needed). You can read it online or download the pdf file. Here&#039;s the link: &lt;a href=&quot;http://authorityrules.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://authorityrules.com/&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah it&#39;s totally free (no email needed). You can read it online or download the pdf file. Here&#39;s the link: <a href="http://authorityrules.com/" rel="nofollow">http://authorityrules.com/</a></p>
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		<title>By: TheInfoPreneur</title>
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		<dc:creator>TheInfoPreneur</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great stuff Maren, &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You really are on your way up, which is great to see. Interesting how have your enquiries, sales and comments reacted? I presume all this has gone up too?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great stuff Maren, </p>
<p>You really are on your way up, which is great to see. Interesting how have your enquiries, sales and comments reacted? I presume all this has gone up too?</p>
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		<title>By: Maren Kate</title>
		<link>http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/blog/how-to-jump-90521-places-in-alexa-in-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-548</link>
		<dc:creator>Maren Kate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ha thank you, as long as you don&#039;t mean &quot;funny... looking&quot; because then i&#039;ll be sad!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ha thank you, as long as you don&#39;t mean &#8220;funny&#8230; looking&#8221; because then i&#39;ll be sad!</p>
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		<title>By: Maren Kate</title>
		<link>http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/blog/how-to-jump-90521-places-in-alexa-in-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-547</link>
		<dc:creator>Maren Kate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lol, better than the money is that my goal for over 6 months has been like a mantra I say all the time, &quot;10k a month, 10k a month&quot; so this month I&#039;ll actually make it! Yay :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lol, better than the money is that my goal for over 6 months has been like a mantra I say all the time, &#8220;10k a month, 10k a month&#8221; so this month I&#39;ll actually make it! Yay <img src='http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Maren Kate</title>
		<link>http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/blog/how-to-jump-90521-places-in-alexa-in-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-546</link>
		<dc:creator>Maren Kate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Gotta check out copyblogger&#039;s course, is it free? If so I should take some tips from that as well!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gotta check out copyblogger&#39;s course, is it free? If so I should take some tips from that as well!</p>
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		<title>By: Maren Kate</title>
		<link>http://www.escapingthe9to5.com/blog/how-to-jump-90521-places-in-alexa-in-10-days/comment-page-1/#comment-545</link>
		<dc:creator>Maren Kate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I know I was SOO surprised that in 10 days that many sites linked back! It was super encouraging and in the future will tempt me to make even bigger give away&#039;s to attract more links and more eyeballs. Let me know how your link bait goes!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know I was SOO surprised that in 10 days that many sites linked back! It was super encouraging and in the future will tempt me to make even bigger give away&#39;s to attract more links and more eyeballs. Let me know how your link bait goes!</p>
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		<title>By: S Ahsan</title>
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		<dc:creator>S Ahsan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Making Link Bait is the way to go. Absolutely amazing post and useful. I have been busy but its about time I implement this. Besides, it always good to learn from the actual result, thanks Maren</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Making Link Bait is the way to go. Absolutely amazing post and useful. I have been busy but its about time I implement this. Besides, it always good to learn from the actual result, thanks Maren</p>
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		<title>By: Ken Siew</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ken Siew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Congratulations on your $9,999 deal! I&#039;m totally excited for you. It&#039;s great to see another blogger succeeding, just motivating to myself in a way.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You SUS is definitely a good course, and I&#039;m thinking to do one for my own blog as well. Copyblogger also has a great course on authority blogging and I totally dig it.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Keep up the awesome work!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Congratulations on your $9,999 deal! I&#39;m totally excited for you. It&#39;s great to see another blogger succeeding, just motivating to myself in a way.</p>
<p>You SUS is definitely a good course, and I&#39;m thinking to do one for my own blog as well. Copyblogger also has a great course on authority blogging and I totally dig it.</p>
<p>Keep up the awesome work!</p>
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		<title>By: Stephen Bozzone</title>
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		<dc:creator>Stephen Bozzone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ok, you are my new internet hero.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Nice! $9,999 DOWN payment.</description>
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<p>Nice! $9,999 DOWN payment.</p>
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		<title>By: Yst</title>
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		<dc:creator>Yst</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;re so funny...... :-p</description>
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