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	<title>Comments on: Bla.st Advertising: A Month in Review</title>
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		<title>By: Austin Luna</title>
		<link>http://www.meridiancrest.com/blast-advertising-a-month-in-review/comment-page-1/#comment-142</link>
		<dc:creator>Austin Luna</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bla.st is a great site that&#039;s already starting to get truckloads of traffic.  My reasons for joining Bla.st are because I think the site is fun.  Besides, I absolutely enjoy sites with dark backgrounds.

I also wrote a review in my blog also.  It&#039;s titled &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.acreativedesktop.com/2007/03/17/oneoftheworldsmostcreativewebsitesisblast.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;One of the worlds most creative website&#039;s is bla.st&lt;/a&gt;

2 of my cards are on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://bla.st/humor/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bla.st humor page&lt;/a&gt; if you want to check them out.

See you around.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bla.st is a great site that&#8217;s already starting to get truckloads of traffic.  My reasons for joining Bla.st are because I think the site is fun.  Besides, I absolutely enjoy sites with dark backgrounds.</p>
<p>I also wrote a review in my blog also.  It&#8217;s titled <a href="http://blog.acreativedesktop.com/2007/03/17/oneoftheworldsmostcreativewebsitesisblast.aspx" >One of the worlds most creative website&#8217;s is bla.st</a></p>
<p>2 of my cards are on the <a href="http://bla.st/humor/" >Bla.st humor page</a> if you want to check them out.</p>
<p>See you around.</p>
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		<title>By: Scot</title>
		<link>http://www.meridiancrest.com/blast-advertising-a-month-in-review/comment-page-1/#comment-148</link>
		<dc:creator>Scot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tim,
Thanks for stopping by. I see bla.st going places!

Shane,
It is a great idea, and the interface is easy to use.  I agree-- nothing wrong with free traffic!

-- Scot</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tim,<br />
Thanks for stopping by. I see bla.st going places!</p>
<p>Shane,<br />
It is a great idea, and the interface is easy to use.  I agree&#8211; nothing wrong with free traffic!</p>
<p>&#8211; Scot</p>
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		<title>By: Scot Smith of Meridiancrest.com &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Customer Service 101: Bla.st Responds to My Review</title>
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		<dc:creator>Scot Smith of Meridiancrest.com &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Customer Service 101: Bla.st Responds to My Review</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2007 06:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] expire already! How do I still have advertisements running across their network?! Apparently since my bla.st review, Tim has taken it upon himself to hook me up with an extra month of bla.st advertising for free. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] expire already! How do I still have advertisements running across their network?! Apparently since my bla.st review, Tim has taken it upon himself to hook me up with an extra month of bla.st advertising for free. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Shane</title>
		<link>http://www.meridiancrest.com/blast-advertising-a-month-in-review/comment-page-1/#comment-146</link>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2007 04:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I like Bla.st a lot. It&#039;s a great idea and a clean easy interface to use. I put a free card up there just to check it out. I&#039;ve probably gotten a couple dozen clicks from it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like Bla.st a lot. It&#8217;s a great idea and a clean easy interface to use. I put a free card up there just to check it out. I&#8217;ve probably gotten a couple dozen clicks from it.</p>
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		<title>By: Tim</title>
		<link>http://www.meridiancrest.com/blast-advertising-a-month-in-review/comment-page-1/#comment-139</link>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 03:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey guys, thanks for your kind comments and the review. I have to agree bla.st isn&#039;t quite there yet, although we have lots of ideas up our sleeves.  Keep an eye out!
Regards,
Tim</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey guys, thanks for your kind comments and the review. I have to agree bla.st isn&#8217;t quite there yet, although we have lots of ideas up our sleeves.  Keep an eye out!<br />
Regards,<br />
Tim</p>
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		<title>By: Scot</title>
		<link>http://www.meridiancrest.com/blast-advertising-a-month-in-review/comment-page-1/#comment-141</link>
		<dc:creator>Scot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>John,

You are absolutely right.  The service is top notch and Tim has even agreed to do an interview with me.  Tim seems to be a good guy overall, and I respect what he&#039;s doing for the community which is why I support bla.st :).

And, thanks for being a frequent reader.  I will check out Citrik Acid as well!  I&#039;ve seen the card for your &quot;Creative Binge&quot; site and you are right -- $15 is easily worth a few new dedicated readers a month.

Thank you for your input John!

-- Scot</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John,</p>
<p>You are absolutely right.  The service is top notch and Tim has even agreed to do an interview with me.  Tim seems to be a good guy overall, and I respect what he&#8217;s doing for the community which is why I support bla.st <img src='http://www.meridiancrest.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> .</p>
<p>And, thanks for being a frequent reader.  I will check out Citrik Acid as well!  I&#8217;ve seen the card for your &#8220;Creative Binge&#8221; site and you are right &#8212; $15 is easily worth a few new dedicated readers a month.</p>
<p>Thank you for your input John!</p>
<p>&#8211; Scot</p>
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		<title>By: John</title>
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		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Scot,

I have been using Bla.st for my site(s) as well. For my paid advertising, I have had about 10,500 impressions and 80 click throughs in 44 days. Not too bad! I am really impressed with the service so far though. It&#039;s going to take a while to fully take off, but it will definitely be worth it once it does.

On a plus side, I found your blog through Bla.st, and I have been reading it ever since. Gaining a few frequent readers is definitely worth $15 :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Scot,</p>
<p>I have been using Bla.st for my site(s) as well. For my paid advertising, I have had about 10,500 impressions and 80 click throughs in 44 days. Not too bad! I am really impressed with the service so far though. It&#8217;s going to take a while to fully take off, but it will definitely be worth it once it does.</p>
<p>On a plus side, I found your blog through Bla.st, and I have been reading it ever since. Gaining a few frequent readers is definitely worth $15 <img src='http://www.meridiancrest.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Scot</title>
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		<dc:creator>Scot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>David,
Welcome to the party!  Haha.  What is your click-through like?  Mine doesn&#039;t matter so much to me because I didn&#039;t sponsor it just for the visitors-- I think supporting good ideas in your community is always a good idea.

-- Scot</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>David,<br />
Welcome to the party!  Haha.  What is your click-through like?  Mine doesn&#8217;t matter so much to me because I didn&#8217;t sponsor it just for the visitors&#8211; I think supporting good ideas in your community is always a good idea.</p>
<p>&#8211; Scot</p>
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		<title>By: Everyday Weekender</title>
		<link>http://www.meridiancrest.com/blast-advertising-a-month-in-review/comment-page-1/#comment-144</link>
		<dc:creator>Everyday Weekender</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>thanks for the info.. I always like to now peoples progress..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>thanks for the info.. I always like to now peoples progress..</p>
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		<title>By: David Airey :: Creative Design ::</title>
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		<dc:creator>David Airey :: Creative Design ::</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Scot,

Thanks for your comment on my blog. It&#039;s much appreciated.

I signed up to bla.st about three months ago. If you blog about the website, Tim will add a few cents onto your card so it&#039;s not WAY down the list with the others. You probably already know that though.

Interesting to read about your click-through rate. Thanks for posting that.

David</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Scot,</p>
<p>Thanks for your comment on my blog. It&#8217;s much appreciated.</p>
<p>I signed up to bla.st about three months ago. If you blog about the website, Tim will add a few cents onto your card so it&#8217;s not WAY down the list with the others. You probably already know that though.</p>
<p>Interesting to read about your click-through rate. Thanks for posting that.</p>
<p>David</p>
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