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	<title>The Usable Clown</title>
	<link>http://www.clownusability.com</link>
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		<title>What do you do?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I performed at an event as a juggler. No clowning, just me my juggling props and a 30 minute show. I was hired by another entertainment company to do the job since they don&#8217;t have any jugglers on staff and they paid my standard rate for a juggling show. Overall I had a really [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.clownusability.com/2009/07/29/what-do-you-do/</link>
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		<title>Travels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Something to consider when starting out as a clown is how far from home you would like to travel to entertain. A lot of clowns choose to limit the area in which their services are availible to the public. What is a better idea then saying that you aren&#8217;t availible in an area is to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.clownusability.com/2009/02/19/travels/</link>
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		<title>It Cetainly Has Been a While</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It Has Been A While
I have missed you guys. A lot. A bundle of fun things have been happening to me lately and I realize that it has been a really long time since I updated. Here is a brief overview of what has been happening in my life.
I have returned to the halls of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.clownusability.com/2009/02/11/it-cetainly-has-been-a-while/</link>
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		<title>13 Tips to a Better Looking Clown</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we are going to look into common mistakes new and old clowns make with their makeup. 

Nose is to Big: We have all seen these clowns, heck for a couple of years I was guilty of this. While a big red nose is the trademark of a clown a smaller nose will make you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.clownusability.com/2008/08/04/13-tips-to-a-better-looking-clown/</link>
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		<title>5 Steps to Better Clowning: Marketing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow that was quite a hiatus from posting, but we are back and ready to rock and roll. But real quick check out The Usable Clown Store. By a t-shirt or mug to show off your clown/Usable Clown pride. Oh and if you get this via feedreader check out the website, we have made some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.clownusability.com/2008/08/01/5-steps-to-better-clowning-marketing/</link>
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		<title>What To Do When You Move</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am sure that in some point in your entertaining career you will move from your starting location and have to basically start your business over from scratch. This can be one of the hardest things for your business as well as one of the best things for your business.
The first thing to do is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.clownusability.com/2008/04/14/what-to-do-when-you-move/</link>
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		<title>Working Well With Others Works Great for Everyone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you are trying to grow your business there is a chance you will come into contact with other entertainers: clowns, magicians, balloonists and many others. Some of these people will be positive towards you and some of them will be negative. The important thing to do is to make sure that you are positive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.clownusability.com/2008/04/11/working-well-with-others-works-great-for-everyone/</link>
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		<title>How it All Works</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have recently been spending a large quantity of my performing time at a restaurant working for tips. More specifically making balloons for tips. If you are interested in growing your clown business then it is quite possible that making balloons for tips is just the thing you need to do.
As I mentioned in my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.clownusability.com/2008/04/07/how-it-all-works/</link>
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		<title>The Call: Restaurants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As most books on clowning will tell you, the first contact with a potential client is the most important call of the whole gig. Most of the time you have about 30 seconds to two minutes maximum to impress the client enough to get them to hire you. This doesn&#8217;t mean that you have to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.clownusability.com/2008/01/18/the-call-restaurants/</link>
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		<title>What to do as the economy Slows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the hardest parts of being a professional entertainer is when the economy starts to decline and people start making the choice to pay bills instead of hiring an entertainer. If this hasn&#8217;t hit you yet I hope that it never does. There are a few ways to adjust your clown business model to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.clownusability.com/2008/01/11/what-to-do-as-the-economy-slows/</link>
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