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		<title>10 Ways IT Companies Screw Up Their Retainer Contracts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom &#34;Bald Dog&#34; Varjan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are not many things in life that are worse than being forced to listen to Rimberger Zuzupimple&#8217;s 1st vuvuzela Concerto in B-flat at full 127 decibels without earplugs, but one thing that is definitely worse is when IT companies make a pigs ear of their retainer engagements and turn those great opportunities into temporary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Three Sides Of High Leverage IT Business Development</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 17:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom &#34;Bald Dog&#34; Varjan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings on Sally Ride Day (26 May), Sally Ride Day honours the first American woman in space, Dr. Sally Ride. She pulled this off as a mission specialist aboard STS-7, the second flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger on June 18, 1983. And now for something completely different&#8230; Do you know that blond people have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>14 Ways Information Technology Companies Waste Their Marketing Budgets</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom &#34;Bald Dog&#34; Varjan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings on the National Prime Rib Day, the 27th April. Just for one day, forget about your diet, cholesterol and mad cow disease, and enjoy a juicy slab of prime rib with some baked potato and some red wine. But before we eat ourselves to death and get drunk as a skunk, let’s see what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Setting Marketing Budget For Optimised Client Acquisition</title>
		<link>http://www.varjan.com/blog/setting-marketing-budget-for-optimised-client-acquisition</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 03:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom &#34;Bald Dog&#34; Varjan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lead Generation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know that more people are allergic to cow&#8217;s milk than any to other food? The reason why I mention this hair-raisingly (your hair not mine) interesting fact is that in many small and medium-sized IT companies&#8217; executives seem to be more allergic to setting their marketing budgets than anything else. Actually there is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Differences In Recruiting Business Development Folks</title>
		<link>http://www.varjan.com/blog/some-differences-in-recruiting-busainess-development-folks</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom &#34;Bald Dog&#34; Varjan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Talent Attraction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day, while waiting for the programme I wanted to watch, I was watching a programme about a guy and his restaurant that he was about to open, and he was at the stage of hiring staff. He had a major argument with his partner about how to hire staff. She says&#8230; &#8220;Let&#8217;s see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quantifying IT Solutions For Optimum Value Pricing Strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom &#34;Bald Dog&#34; Varjan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many years ago Henry David Thoreau said&#8230; &#8220;For every thousand hacking at the leaves of evil, there is only one hacking the roots.” In terms of leaves and roots, this month I&#8217;d like to discuss with you how IT companies diagnose their clients&#8217; problems, and how they those present solutions to those problems. And now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eight Ways Lowest Bidders Can Wreak Havoc In IT Companies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom &#34;Bald Dog&#34; Varjan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know we should avoid lowest bidders like the plague, but when it comes to selecting external professionals, many IT companies still for the temptation of the low price, and end up hiring lowest bidders. It seems the saying is correct&#8230; There is no time and money to do it right but there is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project Management And Long-Term Success</title>
		<link>http://www.varjan.com/blog/project-management-and-long-term-success</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom &#34;Bald Dog&#34; Varjan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a pretty known fact that some 50% of projects come in over time and over budget.  And lots of them get stranded out there and don&#8217;t come in at all. In the IT industry this is around 73%. Yet, somehow project management fails to receive due attention from executives as a key competence to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marketing Guru Wanted</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom &#34;Bald Dog&#34; Varjan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Talent Attraction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I read an interesting entry on Hungarian HR expert, Tamas Kelko’s blog. He outlines a chronic illness that has penetrated small and medium sized organisations over the years. He refer to the situation in Hungary but the problem is more global. He points out that in order to increase revenue, business owners [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You an IT Consultant or A Computer Technician?</title>
		<link>http://www.varjan.com/blog/are-you-an-it-consultant-or-a-computer-technician</link>
		<comments>http://www.varjan.com/blog/are-you-an-it-consultant-or-a-computer-technician#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom &#34;Bald Dog&#34; Varjan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people know the difference between a builder and an architect, a bookkeeper and a chartered accountant and a cook and a chef. But there seems to be some confusion about the difference between computer technicians and IT consultants. For some reason there is a preponderance of computer technicians who love calling themselves IT consultants. [...]]]></description>
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