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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So now I&#8217;ve used my BNI elevator pitch in an eight-week series to orient my fellow members of Chapter 41 to my business.  If they don&#8217;t have a pretty detailed impression by now, either they&#8217;re too preoccupied with their fruit assortments or I&#8217;m just not the communicator I thought I was.  But now we&#8217;ve finally worked [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=txtincorporated.com&amp;blog=3669699&amp;post=470&amp;subd=txtincorporated&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Elevator 7:  How to Keep Your Tone</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My penultimate BNI elevator pitch deals with one of the final steps in writing:  shaping the attitude and personality your readers will perceive in you and your business. If you’ve stayed with me through all these steps, you may feel like writing is more about planning your words than getting them onto the page.  Not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=txtincorporated.com&amp;blog=3669699&amp;post=427&amp;subd=txtincorporated&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Elevator 6:  The What and the Why</title>
		<link>http://txtincorporated.com/2009/05/27/elevator-6-the-what-and-the-why/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 23:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this BNI elevator pitch we get to the heart of determining the content in your document.  This is the part where you actually have to start writing:         If you&#8217;re far enough into a piece to plan its format and structure, target its audience and choose your approach, chances are you have a good idea [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=txtincorporated.com&amp;blog=3669699&amp;post=352&amp;subd=txtincorporated&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Elevator 5:  The Art of Words</title>
		<link>http://txtincorporated.com/2009/03/12/elevator-5-the-art-of-words/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My previous BNI elevator pitches have gradually shifted focus from how you plan your document to what goes into it.  Now we&#8217;re just about ready to write:  Communicating with partners, colleagues and customers is about more than just stating your case. One of the areas where consulting with a writer can make the most difference is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=txtincorporated.com&amp;blog=3669699&amp;post=322&amp;subd=txtincorporated&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Elevator 4:  You Talkin to Me?</title>
		<link>http://txtincorporated.com/2009/02/22/elevator-4-you-talkin-to-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having touched on the importance of an appropriate format and clear structure, in my next BNI elevator pitch I move deeper into the actual content of your writing with a look at why you need to consider your audience before you start:         People often assume if you’re talking about a writer, that’s someone primarily concerned [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=txtincorporated.com&amp;blog=3669699&amp;post=308&amp;subd=txtincorporated&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Elevator 3:  Everybody Needs a Little Structure</title>
		<link>http://txtincorporated.com/2009/02/16/elevator-3-everybody-needs-a-little-structure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing my series of 60-second BNI elevator pitches, I sum up how a writer moves from the visual aspect of your writing to helping you control the text itself:       In my last elevator pitch I mentioned how important it is to convey professionalism with correct formatting in your documents—even less formal ones like e-mail messages. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=txtincorporated.com&amp;blog=3669699&amp;post=247&amp;subd=txtincorporated&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Elevator 2:  How Do You Format Yourself?</title>
		<link>http://txtincorporated.com/2008/12/20/elevator-2-how-do-you-format-yourself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been posting a series of my &#8220;60-second Elevator Pitches&#8221;, which I&#8217;ve used to explain my business to my partners in Manhattan BNI Chapter 41.  You can find the introduction in my last post; here&#8217;s the next one:    My name is Nathan Keene. I write both promotional copy and informative content for Web sites, marketing materials and business [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=txtincorporated.com&amp;blog=3669699&amp;post=155&amp;subd=txtincorporated&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Elevator 1:  What Do Writers Do?  (And Don&#8217;t Just Say &#8220;They Write&#8221;!)</title>
		<link>http://txtincorporated.com/2008/11/20/elevator-1-what-do-writers-do-and-dont-just-say-they-write/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As promised in my previous post, here is the first in a series of 60-second &#8220;elevator pitches&#8221; I&#8217;ve been using to familiarize business networking partners with what I do.  In any new setting, I start off with the basics:         My name is Nathan Keene. I write both promotional copy and informative content for Web sites, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=txtincorporated.com&amp;blog=3669699&amp;post=122&amp;subd=txtincorporated&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to My Elevator! (or, What I Did this Summer)</title>
		<link>http://txtincorporated.com/2008/09/13/welcome-to-my-elevator-or-what-i-did-this-summer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Labor Day is past.  The beach is a fading memory and that definitive knell of fleeting leisure the schoolbell has begun once more to ring.  In that spirit let me talk about what I did with this year&#8217;s stretch of hot weather and lingering daylight. The short answer:  I shelled out and joined my first [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=txtincorporated.com&amp;blog=3669699&amp;post=109&amp;subd=txtincorporated&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>(Shouts Dept.) Web-trepreneurial NYC</title>
		<link>http://txtincorporated.com/2008/05/14/shouts-dept-web-trepreneurial-nyc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 20:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you believed all the anti-buzz of the last few years about New York&#8217;s Silicon Alley being a flash in the pan, you would have thought differently last evening at Gallery Bar on Orchard St. It&#8217;s not hard for a networking event to be fun, or even to produce contacts for anyone with a good elevator [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=txtincorporated.com&amp;blog=3669699&amp;post=50&amp;subd=txtincorporated&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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