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		<title>Sandstorm Design thanks Com Ed for an unplanned company event at Riverview Tavern</title>
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This morning we received a pre-recorded phone call from Com Ed letting us know that due to a severe problem and an emergency on their end, that we would be losing power from 12:30 pm &#8211; 2pm. Ug&#8230; In the middle of the work day without power. In a matter of a few hours, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re Hiring &#8211; Web-Savvy Administrative Assistant Job in Chicago</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you as comfortable on the web as you are on the phone? Then we should talk.
Sandstorm Design is looking for a personable and tech-savvy pro to run  our office. “Why do I need to be tech-savvy to run an office,” you ask?  Because a big chunk of the work we do is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sandstormdesign.com/blog/were-hiring-web-savvy-administrative-assistant-job-in-chicago/</link>
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		<title>Health Care Web Application goes live</title>
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After months of collaboration, health care education, Medicare explanation, web application development, voice over talent selection and a bit of instructional design, we are proud to announce the launch of Ask Blue Medicare, an interactive health care web application to help users understand Medicare health care coverage options from Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. After [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago marketing firms quote chosen from 5000 submissions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations Sandstorm! We submitted an inspirational quote for the 2011 Woman&#8217;s Advantage Calendar and from over 5,000 submissions, our marketing firm&#8217;s quote (and internal company philosophy) was chosen.Woo hoo!
Our inspirational quote will appear on our own calendar page (September 22) with our company name and  url. What a great way to increase our visibility and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sandstormdesign.com/blog/chicago-marketing-firms-quote/</link>
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		<title>Growing web design firm adds Technology and Usability Director</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome Michael Hartman, Technology and Usability Director - We are so thrilled to have Michael join us and lead our technology and usability team! In addition to being a Drupal powerhouse, he&#8217;s a stellar project manager and usability expert. And he&#8217;s got your back &#8211; he&#8217;s a black belt in Tae Kwon Do!
Welcome Michael. We [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sandstormdesign.com/blog/growing-web-design-firm-adds-technology-and-usability-director/</link>
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		<title>Sandstorm Design welcomes new Relationship Manager</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome Trish Steber, Relationship Manager for Sandstorm Design! Trish is our most recent rainmaker for our marketing firm drumming up new opportunities and finding great people to work with. If you happen to get a lucky call from Trish, be prepared to smile &#8211; she&#8217;s impossible not to like. She comes to Sandstorm with incredible [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sandstormdesign.com/blog/sandstorm-design-welcomes-new-relationship-manager/</link>
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		<title>A good omen indeed &#8211; we are hiring!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in January we had the good fortune of being featured in the Chicago Tribune about our forecast for growth. The article talked about &#8220;good omens&#8221; and somewhere in the back of my mind I was thinking that if this goes to print (which it did) then we have to have a good year because [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sandstormdesign.com/blog/a-good-omen-indeed-we-are-hiring/</link>
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		<title>Sandstorm Design SEO website grade: 99/100</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love taking tests. Sounds weird, I know, but I love learning, and tests are a quick way for me to discover what I don&#8217;t know and immediately pinpoints an area or two that I can improve on. And I found a website SEO tool that tests your website and gives you a grade. Sandstorm [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sandstormdesign.com/blog/sandstorm-design-seo-website-grade-99100/</link>
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		<title>How marketing takes companies from silver to gold</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Zak recently emailed me an article about why bronze medalists are happier than those who win silver, with a small note that read &#8220;reminded me of you&#8221;. I didn&#8217;t even have to read the article to know what he meant. I hate the B+, the second place, the silver, the most defeating words from a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sandstormdesign.com/blog/how-marketing-takes-companies-from-silver-to-gold/</link>
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		<title>Web Design Firm Adds Senior Interactive Web Developer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome David Powers, Senior Interactive Web Developer - the newest addition to the Sandstorm Design user experience and technology team! We are so excited to have David driving our interactive web development with his unique skill set of flash and flex application development, database development, php, ajax and his X factor &#8211; SEO optimization! And [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sandstormdesign.com/blog/web-design-firm-adds-senior-interactive-web-developer/</link>
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