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	<title>Matt Siltala - SEO Expert - My Personal Journey and Blog</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>AZ House Helper &#124; Chandler House Cleaning</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you move to a new place finding good people to replace those who did stuff for you is not an easy task.  Finding a good person who cuts your hair, or a new DR. or Chiro are several things on the list.  For that reason it was hard to find someone I trusted to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><a href="http://www.text-link-ads.com/?ref=18943"><img src="http://www.text-link-ads.com/images/text_link_ads_B_468x60.gif" border="0" alt="Text Link Ads"></a><br><br></td></tr></table> <p>When you move to a new place finding good people to replace those who did stuff for you is not an easy task.  Finding a good person who cuts your hair, or a new DR. or Chiro are several things on the list.  For that reason it was hard to find someone I trusted to come into my home and clean it.  But I found someone!<br />
I wanted to write, and recommend a new company I have been using for my home cleaning.   AZ House Helper is by far the best <a title="az maids" href="http://www.azhousehelper.com">AZ Maids</a> service in the valley.  If you live in the Chandler, Mesa, Tempe Area then give theses guys a call and set up a visit.  They speak English and are probably the most professional people I have ever dealt with.  So again if you are looking for an <a title="az house cleaning" href="http://www.azhousehelper.com">az house cleaning</a> service stop your looking because you found it!<font face="Arial" size="2"><br />
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		<title>Dream Systems Media &#124; Internet Marketing Firm</title>
		<link>http://www.matsiltala.com/dream-systems-media-internet-marketing-firm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just wanted to take this opportunity to let everyone know that I &#8220;officially&#8221; launched my new website (and project of last several months - yeah its over), and made my Internet Marketing Firm legit now - Dream Systems Media or http://www.dreamsystemsmedia.com
Please feel free to subscribe to our Internet Marketing Blog, as I got Dave Mink [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just wanted to take this opportunity to let everyone know that I &#8220;officially&#8221; launched my new website (and project of last several months - yeah its over), and made my <a title="dream systems media" href="http://www.dreamsystemsmedia.com">Internet Marketing Firm</a> legit now - <a title="dream systems media" href="http://www.dreamsystemsmedia.com">Dream Systems Media</a> or <a title="dream systems media" href="http://www.dreamsystemsmedia.com">http://www.dreamsystemsmedia.com</a></p>
<p>Please feel free to subscribe to our <a title="Internet Marketing Blog" href="http://www.dreamsystemsmedia.com/blog">Internet Marketing Blog</a>, as I got <a title="dave mink and andy melchior" href="http://www.dreamsystemsmedia.com/about-us.aspx">Dave Mink and Andy Melchior</a> on board this project as my partners, and I feel that they are going to be adding some amazing posts.  Dave is going to focus more on the legal end of Internet business, and Andy is going to keep up up to date with Search Industry news and I will be providing the Internet Marketing tips including SEO, Link Building, Social Media, Branding, Reputation Management and so so so much more I don&#8217;t want to waste your time.  You just have to subscribe to our blog and check it out for yourself.
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		<title>This is a classic custom made halloween costume</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were at a party a couple nights ago, and I saw this costume and had to take a picture of it.  I think its classic!


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We were at a party a couple nights ago, and I saw this costume and had to take a picture of it.  I think its classic!</p>
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		<title>Get Your House In Order</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Family Budgeting, and why I am stressed as hell lately.
As a general rule, I try not to promote companies that I do work for. However, rules are meant to be broken and lately we has been doing some work for a company called Finicity, which provides money management tools like household budgeting software. You may [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Family Budgeting, and why I am stressed as hell lately.</p>
<p>As a general rule, I try not to promote companies that I do work for. However, rules are meant to be broken and lately we has been doing some work for a company called Finicity, which provides money management tools like <a title="household budgeting software" href="http://www.finicity.com/home-budget-software.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline">household budgeting software</span></a>. You may have heard of them as Mvelopes.com (their former name). Their flagship product is called envelope budgeting and is based on a pretty old budgeting method which actually used envelopes. A family would attach several envelopes to the wall and label each envelope for an expenditure. i.e. An envelope for mortgage, envelope for groceries, envelope for gas, etc. Inside each envelope the family would place the amount of cash dedicated to that area of the monthly budget. i.e. Mortgage envelope might contain $1000.00, gas envelope contain $200.00, etc. The family would be committed to only spending the amount of money placed in the envelope at the beginning of the month. In this fashion, they were able to stay on budget.</p>
<p>Finicity (as well as several other companies like Dave Ramsey, etc.) has taken this concept into the 21st century with electronic <a title="envelope budgeting" href="http://www.finicity.com/envelope-budget-products.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline">envelope budgeting</span></a>. Today you will not find actual envelopes taped to my wall and stuffed with cash, but if you were to peek inside the ol&#8217; family computer you would see a number of virtual envelopes stuffed with emoney. The cool thing about the Finicity software is that it is synced with your online banking so that each expenditure can be automatically deducted from the envelope. In other words, when the waitress runs your credit card after your family trip to Olive Gardenfor $45.47, you will find that $45.47 is automatically deducted from the Meals Out envelope.</p>
<p>Anyway, I am sure that many of you have been receiving emails from well intentioned friends (like my wife) which suggest the world is about to end, and that you better have your food storage, gun cabinets, and family budgets in place. For those of you who do not know where to start on the budgeting side of things, I thought this budgeting system was worth mentioning.
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		<title>9 Emergency Family Finance Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I usually don&#8217;t spend a whole lot of time blogging about issues on this blog.  I like to keep it simple and share pictures, and have a place where people can find and connect with me.  With that said, I just can&#8217;t stop thinking about the current state of our economy so I am putting [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I usually don&#8217;t spend a whole lot of time blogging about issues on this blog.  I like to keep it simple and share pictures, and have a place where people can find and connect with me.  With that said, I just can&#8217;t stop thinking about the current state of our economy so I am putting my thoughts down here.</p>
<div>People don&#8217;t tend to spend a lot of time and money preparing for disasters.  It seems as though people are more concerned with preparing for a natural disaster than they are about preparing for a financial disaster.  Most Americans probably never thought that they would see or experience such a financial disaster in their lifetime.</div>
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<div>If you told most people that our economy would be in such serious trouble a few months ago, how many would have begun preparing?  Would anyone even have believed your <a title="financial advice" href="http://www.finicity.com/financial-advice.php">financial advice</a>, or started to prepare?  Many people don&#8217;t think about preparing for a financial disaster because they think it will take too long.  Financial experts say that there are many things you can do to prepare yourself and your family, financially, in no time.</div>
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<div>You could start out with a written plan.  Most goals are better achieved if they are written down.  Set measurable goals that are easily attainable.  Dr. Jerry Basford, a personal finance professor at the University of Utah, says that a written plan is a great way to eliminate debt and save money.</div>
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<div>Another helpful hint is to contact your creditors and lenders right away if you run into any kind of financial problems.  If you are upfront and honest with your creditors from the beginning, they will be much more willing to work with you.  Contacting them early is a very smart and responsible move.  Don&#8217;t leave them in the dark for months, especially without any sort of payment.</div>
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<div>Here are some great ways that you can help you start preparing for a financial disaster.</div>
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<div>1.  Maintain <a title="credit" href="http://www.plasticrewards.com">credit</a> while eliminating debt.</div>
<div>2.  Keep at least a week&#8217;s worth of cash on hand for emergencies.</div>
<div>3.  Plan and write down ways you could eliminate expenses immediately in a crisis.</div>
<div>4.  Have a year&#8217;s worth of income in savings.  Gradually build this up.  Start with one month, then three months, then six months, etc.</div>
<div>5.  Plan and write down ways you could bring in income (extra jobs, selling items, renting a room, etc).</div>
<div>6.  Prioritize debts that must be paid: mortgages, auto loans, etc.</div>
<div>7.  Consider family.  Family could be a source of savings for housing, income or other needs.</div>
<div>8.  Carefully look at all of your assets (IRAs, etc).  Only use these assets as a last resort.</div>
<div>9.  Contact your lender early if you run into a problem.</div>
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<p>Hopefully, you won&#8217;t run into a huge financial crisis.  However, it is always better to be prepared.  Start doing these things now so you can be as prepared as you possibly can in the event that a financial disaster appears in your life.
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		<title>Crazy Hair Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>My Son Bam Bam</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is pretty fitting IMO -


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is pretty fitting IMO -</p>
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		<title>Is It Good Or Is It Bad</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is one of my favorite pictures that I have ever taken, and even better its of my son.  I really enjoy getting creative with my photos, but it makes it nicer when photographing kids, because they do all the work for you - he came up with all this on his own!


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is one of my favorite pictures that I have ever taken, and even better its of my son.  I really enjoy getting creative with my photos, but it makes it nicer when photographing kids, because they do all the work for you - he came up with all this on his own!</p>
<p><img alt="good or bad?" title="good or bad?" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/2834261235_e0e963206e.jpg?v=0" />
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		<title>I love my new iMac</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently purchased a new iMac with 350 GB hard-drive and 4GB Ram and a whole bunch of other cool specs, but I did so I could run Windows on the machine too.  I love it.  I actually don&#8217;t mind using Windows anymore either, but I prefer the Mac of course.  I am amazed at [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I recently purchased a new iMac with 350 GB hard-drive and 4GB Ram and a whole bunch of other cool specs, but I did so I could run Windows on the machine too.  I love it.  I actually don&#8217;t mind using Windows anymore either, but I prefer the Mac of course.  I am amazed at how fast Windows does run on the machine though, its like its on some kind of high performance <a title="fuel additive" href="http://www.feroxinternational.com">fuel additive</a> or something!</p>
<p>Its crazy too how everything just communicates now.  I have all Mac in my house and everything talks together so amazingly.  Why did I wait so long??</p>
<p><img alt="iMac" title="iMac" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3003/2800685545_f864303c41.jpg?v=0" />
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		<title>Pure Excitement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just wanted to share this picture I took of my Daughter outside of Page Arizona.  I just love it!


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just wanted to share this picture I took of my Daughter outside of Page Arizona.  I just love it!</p>
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