<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760421959436155978</id><updated>2011-11-27T16:27:28.055-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Today Is Your Lucky Day</title><subtitle type='html'>Networking - Travel - Business -News- Shopping</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kandy5.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8760421959436155978/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kandy5.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Today Is Your Lucky Day</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16920687517659659269</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h209/kandyvw/108467452421_290.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760421959436155978.post-3282485957808372619</id><published>2011-08-14T22:07:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-27T20:32:15.907-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Avon</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="460" id="avontv" width="380"&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://s3.amazonaws.com/avonebrochure.hyfn/AvonTV.swf"/&gt;&lt;param name="FlashVars" value="market_slug=165&amp;pubkey=6112d5ab671fd5115c80a94d6536ae6e&amp;gig_g=1" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/avonebrochure.hyfn/AvonTV.swf" FlashVars="market_slug=165&amp;pubkey=6112d5ab671fd5115c80a94d6536ae6e&amp;gig_g=1"  width="380" height="460" name="avontv" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Everyday, Avon brings beauty to the lives of women all over the world. 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It’s about championing economic empowerment and improving the lives of women around the world. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_p9u3vi="101"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Avon is a company steeped in tradition, grounded by its core values and principles as well as its vision "to be the company that best understands and satisfies the product, service and self-fulfillment needs of women – globally."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_p9u3vi="102"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_p9u3vi="102"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;The world’s largest direct seller and a leading beauty company, Avon has more than $10 billion in annual revenue. Its product line includes beauty, fashion and home products, with such well-recognized brand names as Avon Color, ANEW, Skin-So-Soft, Advance Techniques, Avon Naturals and mark. 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Click o the link above to view all items&amp;nbsp;!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_p9u3vi="103"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://shots.snap.com/snap_shots.js?ap=1&amp;amp;key=a9f753d5e58362ee9bed7322d1cac80a&amp;amp;sb=1&amp;amp;th=green&amp;amp;cl=0&amp;amp;si=0&amp;amp;po=0&amp;amp;df=0&amp;amp;oi=0&amp;amp;link_icon=on&amp;amp;shots_trigger=both&amp;amp;lang=en-us&amp;amp;domain=kandy5.blogspot.com&amp;amp;platform=blogger"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8760421959436155978-3282485957808372619?l=kandy5.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kandy5.blogspot.com/feeds/3282485957808372619/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8760421959436155978&amp;postID=3282485957808372619&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8760421959436155978/posts/default/3282485957808372619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8760421959436155978/posts/default/3282485957808372619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kandy5.blogspot.com/2011/08/avon_4310.html' title='Avon'/><author><name>Today Is Your Lucky Day</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16920687517659659269</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h209/kandyvw/108467452421_290.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8760421959436155978.post-7745564026643924267</id><published>2011-08-14T17:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-14T22:14:16.661-07:00</updated><title type='text'>ViraDyne</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" closure_uid_qs8db1="141" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.viradyne.com/kandyvw"&gt;&lt;img border="0" naa="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KDBzIMiLLiY/TkhoaG08m3I/AAAAAAAAArc/29A8XQiWmIU/s1600/viradyneSign.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_qs8db1="128"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;I found a website where you can actually earn monthly income by switching your Internet homepage!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_qs8db1="112"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_qs8db1="113"&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_y3pj7p="90"&gt;&lt;span closure_uid_cjeljw="100" closure_uid_y3pj7p="92" style="font-size: large;"&gt;It’s simple, and costs you nothing.ViraDyne donates an additional 10% of all referral rewards to each affiliate’s favorite approved charity. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;There is nothing to purchase and nothing to sell, so what do you have to lose? 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After they realized British Airways' food handlers had gone on strike and their flight would be cancelled, they gave her a call.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"She got us a room in a hotel near the airport before they were all sold out, and made reservations for the last seats on an American Airlines flight (flying) out the next afternoon. The line of people waiting for help at the airline counter was two blocks long," said the Sammanns. "Thank God we had a travel agent."Stories like these are reassuring for the success of today's travel agents. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Internet can be a great travel resource for today's traveler, however, the expertise, value, and personal touch that travel agents provide are beyond measurable.Travel agents provide details unrivaled by Internet resources. By speaking directly with a potential client you can paint them a picture of the destination and give them the perspective needed to make a decision. The wealth of assistance with last minute and emergency support, such as in the Sammann's case, is also invaluable to inexperienced travelers. The three keys to success for keeping customers booking offline with a travel agent rather than online are focusing on community groups, maintaining personal relationships with clients, and selling to niche markets. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The moral of the story is that customers still find value in travel agents today. 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