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		<title>4 Ways to Write a Good E-Lance Proposal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[E-lance connects freelancers with paying jobs.
The problem, for freelancers, is getting noticed by generous employers.
There are plenty of tricks and tips involved in making your e-lance profile pretty, findable, and reputable. I won&#8217;t get into those. If you can use Facebook, you can figure them out.
What I&#8217;m interested in is how to write a proposal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wjbriggs.com/index.php/2010/06/02/4-ways-to-write-a-good-e-lance-proposal/</link>
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		<title>Thought Process Behind (bad) Plot Creation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In life, I want to write. I need to by funny. I want to be a cross between Wodehouse, Twain, Vonnegut, and wee bit of Balzac. I want nothing less.
Now, I simply need a plot. A rip-roaring story. Something that I can attach my perspiration and dedication too. Do you have any ideas, oh mind [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wjbriggs.com/index.php/2010/05/26/thought-process-behind-a-plot-creation/</link>
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		<title>6 Essential Essays Writers Must Read, Bookmark, &amp; Memorize</title>
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Hesitation, pretension, and lack of confidence get in the way of good writing. No one likes to read something written by a guy who never gets to a point or by someone who is a know-it-all bore. The trick to writing is to make sure you are honest, direct, and simple. The following essays help [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wjbriggs.com/index.php/2010/05/24/7-great-writing-resources-online/</link>
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		<title>The Ambiguous Need For Web 2.0</title>
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Today&#8217;s post can be found here.
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		<link>http://wjbriggs.com/index.php/2010/05/14/the-ambiguous-need-for-web-2-0/</link>
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		<title>How To Succeed At Making Money Without Really Trying</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I stumbled onto Kickstarter last night and was impressed. The concept is simple: make a video and ask for money to fund your new project. If you get the amount of money you asked for you are compelled to complete your idea in order to make your new backers happy. The interesting thing is Kickstarter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wjbriggs.com/index.php/2010/05/10/how-to-succeed-at-making-money-without-really-trying/</link>
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		<title>The Basic Insanity of Corporate Blogs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can’t imagine waking up, jump-starting my computer, and heading over to Marriot Hotel’s corporate blog. Or Dell’s or Amazon’s or even Google’s. But we live in a crazy world and, if we’re to believe the Technorati  blog-rankings and the breathless blog posts entitled, “Best corporate Blogs that kept me up all night”, some people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wjbriggs.com/index.php/2010/05/06/the-basic-insanity-of-corporate-blogs/</link>
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		<title>SEO Tricks That Will Make Your Mind Bleed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization (SEO), the mystic art of marketing your website, is insanely popular. I occasionally take jobs on elance and I work for a number of blogs and the first question everyone asks is, “Can you do SEO?”
Everyone who has ever used Google assumes that with a few cleverly placed keywords they can become [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wjbriggs.com/index.php/2010/05/05/seo-tricks-that-will-make-your-mind-bleed/</link>
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		<title>Soccer Pick-Up &amp; Social Functions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s been years since I’ve dealt with a soccer ball at my feet. This weekend, that all changed. I got a chance to play in a soccer pick-up game for a few hours.
I was an integral force on my 8 player team. Our average age was probably 38, but our spirit was young, energetic and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wjbriggs.com/index.php/2010/05/03/soccer-pick-up-social-functions/</link>
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		<title>Speech Writing For the Moderately Intelligent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt from a local campaign speech
In our town’s long and ceremonious past, nothing has made me more jealous than younger people enjoying more success than myself. They may have committed themselves to grueling work schedule, stuck-to-it longer and generally been smarter, but they still piss me off.
The rank of people who are successful and older, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wjbriggs.com/index.php/2010/05/01/speech-writing-for-the-moderately-intelligent/</link>
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		<title>The Raging Depravity of Modern Art &amp; Subway</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chelsea is home to 100 or so art galleries. Each gallery, on average, stocks around 4 to 6 pieces of artwork on any given day. Each gallery has a handful of major shows every year (I think we’re supposed to call them openings). They are staffed by an art dealer and a cadre of female [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wjbriggs.com/index.php/2010/04/30/the-raging-depravity-of-modern-art-subway/</link>
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