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		<title>T-Minus Two Weeks</title>
		<link>http://www.ryanjensen.com/2008/04/12/t-minus-two-weeks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight is the bachelor/ette party K&#8217;s friends are throwing for us, starting with dinner at the OB then drinks (likely hitting the bars downtown). Tomorrow marks the two-week countdown for our wedding in Vegas, baby!
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		<title>Results from First Mobile Coupon Campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.ryanjensen.com/2008/04/10/results-from-first-mobile-coupon-campaign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[My Restaurants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I sent out my first message to the Pita Pit Mobile Coupon Club.  104 members received the message, &#8220;Show this msg for BOGO free pitas at Pita Pit! Today 4/9, 4-10 pm only. Fargo only.&#8221;  At least 8 of those members are my employees or friends, so we&#8217;ll say 96 customers received the message.
Out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And So It Begins &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.ryanjensen.com/2008/04/09/and-so-it-begins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[My Restaurants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today I will send out the first ever Pita Pit Mobile Coupon Club message to 104 members&#8217; cell phones. I&#8217;ve been trying to decide between a &#8220;Buy One Get One Free&#8221; and a &#8220;Free Combo Upgrade&#8221; offer to start things off &#8212; both are very popular offers as print coupons. If you are a member [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Text Marketing Comes to Fargo</title>
		<link>http://www.ryanjensen.com/2008/04/02/text-marketing-comes-to-fargo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[My Restaurants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My restaurants have begun a &#8220;Mobile Coupon Club&#8221; in which we (The Pita Pit) send out text message coupons to directly subscribers&#8217; cell phones through text messages. To kick-start the campaigns, we are giving away two mountain bikes on April 30 to two lucky members.
There is absolutely no cost to join the club, and members [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Help is So Hard to Find</title>
		<link>http://www.ryanjensen.com/2008/03/24/good-help-is-so-hard-to-find/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ryanjensen.com/2008/03/24/good-help-is-so-hard-to-find/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[My Restaurants]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[employees]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For the umpteenth time this year, an employee has no-showed for his shift and I am left as the only one able to fill in the absence. What is it about kids these days that makes them think this is acceptable?
I have started firing employees on their first no-show, but doing that doesn&#8217;t keep me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Marketing News Coming Soon</title>
		<link>http://www.ryanjensen.com/2008/03/19/big-marketing-news-coming-soon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ryanjensen.com/2008/03/19/big-marketing-news-coming-soon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[My Restaurants]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pita pit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Stay tuned! Starting soon (like next Monday), the marketing scene in Fargo is going to leap into the future, courtesy of me.
My restaurants will begin the revolution, and I will carry it out to other businesses in the region. I&#8217;m very, very excited about the opportunity!
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		<title>My First (Actual) Press Release</title>
		<link>http://www.ryanjensen.com/2008/03/18/my-first-actual-press-release/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ryanjensen.com/2008/03/18/my-first-actual-press-release/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[pr]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Years ago, way back in college, I think I was taught the basics of writing and formulating a press release in my Business Writing class. Unfortunately none of that stuck so I had to start from scratch on this one.
My restaurants recently participated in the ubiquitous MDA shamrocks fundraiser and together raised over $800 for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating OurFargo.com Community</title>
		<link>http://www.ryanjensen.com/2008/03/17/creating-ourfargocom-community/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ryanjensen.com/2008/03/17/creating-ourfargocom-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[My Other Sites]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[fargo]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ourfargo.com]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago I registered and set up hosting for OurFargo.com. I vaguely remember that the domain &#8220;ourfargo.com&#8221; was used by a local politician back in 2006, possibly running for mayor, who must have let it expire. My intention is to set up a community-developed site for residents and fans of Fargo, ND and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FINALLY on Twitter</title>
		<link>http://www.ryanjensen.com/2008/03/17/finally-on-twitter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ryanjensen.com/2008/03/17/finally-on-twitter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[web 2.0]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Call me old-fashioned, but it took me a long time to figure out any purpose for Twitter. I&#8217;m still not entirely sure what I&#8217;ll use it for, but today I signed up for an account. If you&#8217;re on Twitter, feel free to follow me. Drop me a line in the comments and if you&#8217;re interesting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to the New RyanJensen.com!</title>
		<link>http://www.ryanjensen.com/2008/03/17/welcome-to-the-new-ryanjensencom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ryanjensen.com/2008/03/17/welcome-to-the-new-ryanjensencom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[This Site]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Years ago I took my first stab at blogging with WILTblog while I was awaiting responses to my law school applications. I detailed my results on the LSAT, the application process and costs ($$$!), and other things I found while browsing the web. I was able to maintain a daily blogging schedule by the skin [...]]]></description>
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