<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Humes Associates</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.humesassociates.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.humesassociates.com</link>
	<description>Marketing Tips</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:16:03 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>Turning impossible into it&#8217;s possible</title>
		<link>http://www.humesassociates.com/turning-impossible-into-its-possible/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humesassociates.com/turning-impossible-into-its-possible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lhumes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.humesassociates.com/?p=484</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Great advice from the Renaissance writer and philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli: “Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.”

For most great leaders, impossible is not in their vocabulary. They are able to view every obstacle through the lens of “it’s [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.humesassociates.com/turning-impossible-into-its-possible/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Stories that create value</title>
		<link>http://www.humesassociates.com/stories-that-create-value/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humesassociates.com/stories-that-create-value/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lhumes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.humesassociates.com/?p=475</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A company recently was granted permission to pump up to 170 million gallons of fresh water a year out of the aquifer near where I live. People will be glad to pay more than a dollar a bottle to drink the same water I drink for practically nothing. Why is that?

Because the company will likely [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.humesassociates.com/stories-that-create-value/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Plain English anyone?</title>
		<link>http://www.humesassociates.com/plain-english-anyone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humesassociates.com/plain-english-anyone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lhumes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.humesassociates.com/?p=468</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a study conducted by the Global Information Center, the average American in 2008 consumed an average 12 hours per day, or more than 100,000 words, of information. Not surprisingly, about 60 percent of that information was consumed through radio and television. And the hours of information consumed grew at a rate of 2.6 percent [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.humesassociates.com/plain-english-anyone/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Putting more meat in your meetings</title>
		<link>http://www.humesassociates.com/putting-more-meat-in-your-meetings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humesassociates.com/putting-more-meat-in-your-meetings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lhumes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.humesassociates.com/?p=464</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How much of our working lives are spent in meetings? And how much of that time would you classify as unproductive and wasteful?
A friend of mine, David Goad, regularly posts blogs that are both insightful and informative. He posted one recently on how to make those mandatory meetings more engaging and effective: http://davidgoad.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/dead-air-dynamics/. I think the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.humesassociates.com/putting-more-meat-in-your-meetings/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Dreamers or doers?</title>
		<link>http://www.humesassociates.com/dreamers-or-doers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humesassociates.com/dreamers-or-doers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lhumes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.humesassociates.com/?p=458</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have found that we marketeers tend to fall into one of two categories: some of us are visionary, conceptual dreamers while the rest are executioners. The idealistic thinkers spend much of their time with their heads in the clouds, coming up with grandiose plans. The operations types, meanwhile, have their proverbial noses to the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.humesassociates.com/dreamers-or-doers/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Tips to keep you from weaving a tangled Web</title>
		<link>http://www.humesassociates.com/tips-to-keep-you-from-weaving-a-tangled-web/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humesassociates.com/tips-to-keep-you-from-weaving-a-tangled-web/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lhumes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.humesassociates.com/?p=453</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“We’ve heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare,” says author Robert Wilensky. “Now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.”

There are tens of millions of websites out there. And a good many of them, in modern parlance, suck. They possess poor navigation, are [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.humesassociates.com/tips-to-keep-you-from-weaving-a-tangled-web/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Some good advice on handling adversity</title>
		<link>http://www.humesassociates.com/some-good-advice-on-handling-adversity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humesassociates.com/some-good-advice-on-handling-adversity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lhumes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.humesassociates.com/?p=439</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Has life dealt you any setbacks along your journey? Here’s some advice from two guys who have shared your experience:
Lee Iacocca went to work for the Ford Motor Company in 1946 as an engineer, but it was in sales that he distinguished himself. He quickly rose through the ranks and in 1964, at age 40, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.humesassociates.com/some-good-advice-on-handling-adversity/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Is customer service at your college an oxymoron?</title>
		<link>http://www.humesassociates.com/is-customer-service-at-your-college-an-oxymoron/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humesassociates.com/is-customer-service-at-your-college-an-oxymoron/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lhumes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.humesassociates.com/?p=436</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If your institution is still in the mindset of refusing to think of and treat your students as customers, then I’ll wager your retention rate could definitely stand improvement.
In their book Rules to Break and Laws to Follow, authors Don Peppers and Martha Rogers observe that customers have good memories. They add, “Customer trust can [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.humesassociates.com/is-customer-service-at-your-college-an-oxymoron/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>How would you rate the experience?</title>
		<link>http://www.humesassociates.com/how-would-you-rate-the-experience/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humesassociates.com/how-would-you-rate-the-experience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lhumes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.humesassociates.com/?p=425</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When Shakespeare wrote about all the world being a stage and all of us mere players upon it, I think he was on to something. When we talk about customer service and enhancing the teaching and learning experience, I think emphasis needs to be placed on that last word. It all boils down to the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.humesassociates.com/how-would-you-rate-the-experience/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>What&#8217;s on your totem pole?</title>
		<link>http://www.humesassociates.com/whats-on-your-totem-pole/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humesassociates.com/whats-on-your-totem-pole/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lhumes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.humesassociates.com/?p=421</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last fall, as my wife and I cruised the Northwest Passage, we saw a lot of totem poles. Carved by natives centuries ago, each pole, with its distinctive carvings, told the story of the family or village it represented. As a stranger approached, he could tell a lot about the community and its inhabitants by [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.humesassociates.com/whats-on-your-totem-pole/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
