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	<title>Charles Kirkland &#187; Charles</title>
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		<title>Tame your gmail inbox with 2 simple hacks.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is how to tame your gmail inbox with 2 simple hacks. It can save you about 4 hour each week.]]></description>
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<strong> It can save you about 4 hour each week.</strong></p>
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		<title>Unsubscribe surveys results</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; My survey results of why people are leaving my list. The big take away is that I&#8217;m not going to use blind squeeze pages anymore. The optin rate will be lower, but I think they it will equal more sales.]]></description>
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<p>My survey results of why people are leaving my list. The big take away is that I&#8217;m not going to use blind squeeze pages anymore. The optin rate will be lower, but I think they it will equal more sales.</p>
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		<title>4 things that will stop your success!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 19:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Give me your feedback about this video!]]></description>
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<p><strong>Give me your feedback about this video!</strong></p>
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		<title>How I found a great money making niche while on vacation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By the way I created a niche site about bikes and so far it is doing VERY good! Make sure you leave a comment.]]></description>
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<p><strong>By the way I created a niche site about bikes and so far it is doing VERY good!<br />
Make sure you leave a comment.</strong></p>
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		<title>2011 is the year of the ethical marketer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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Did you hate the video?</p>
<p>Either way leave you comments below.</p>
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		<title>How To Make More Money By Working Less!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Give me your feedback on this video! Thanks Charles Kirkland]]></description>
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<p>Give me your feedback on this video!</p>
<p>Thanks<br />
Charles Kirkland</p>
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		<title>Multiple Streams of Passive Income?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to Turn the Knowledge that’s Inside Your Head into Multiple Streams of Passive Income by Creating Quick and Easy Information Products to Sell Online Working a full time job, day in and day out, with little to show for it can be extremely frustrating. Most people are forced to live on a set salary, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="socialize-in-content" style="float:right;"><div class="socialize-in-button socialize-in-button-vertical"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="http://charleskirklandblog.com/multiple-streams-of-passive-income/" data-text="Multiple Streams of Passive Income?" data-count="vertical" data-via="socializeWP" ><!--Tweetter--></a></div><div class="socialize-in-button socialize-in-button-vertical"><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http://charleskirklandblog.com/multiple-streams-of-passive-income/&amp;layout=box_count&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=50&amp;action=like&amp;font=arial&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=65" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:50px !important; height:65px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe></div><div class="socialize-in-button socialize-in-button-vertical"><g:plusone size="tall" href="http://charleskirklandblog.com/multiple-streams-of-passive-income/"></g:plusone></div></div><p>How to Turn the Knowledge that’s Inside Your Head<br />
into Multiple Streams of Passive Income by<br />
Creating Quick and Easy Information Products to Sell Online</p>
<p>Working a full time job, day in and day out, with<br />
little to show for it can be extremely<br />
frustrating. </p>
<p>Most people are forced to live on a set salary,<br />
with little opportunity to earn more. This is why<br />
an increasing number of consumers are beginning to<br />
think outside of the box and sell their own<br />
products online.</p>
<p>However, many consumers don’t know where to begin.<br />
Most people are unsure of how to create their own </p>
<p>product or want kind of product they could even<br />
create. What these people don’t know is that much<br />
of what the need is inside their head.</p>
<p>What Kind of Products Should You Create?</p>
<p>The best products to sell online are information<br />
products. Information products include guides, </p>
<p>ebooks, tutorials, and videos that share knowledge<br />
and information with others. </p>
<p>The best part about these kinds of products is<br />
that most people already have the knowledge they<br />
need to create an informational product. </p>
<p>Almost everyone is knowledgeable in a subject<br />
that would interest others.</p>
<p>Selling information products is also easier than<br />
selling most material objects. </p>
<p>Informational </p>
<p>products can be downloaded straight to a<br />
customer’s computer. This means that each customer<br />
will receive their purchase instantly, instead of<br />
waiting for the product to be shipped to their<br />
home. </p>
<p>This eliminates shipping costs, for both the buyer<br />
and the seller, as well as significantly<br />
simplifies the selling process. </p>
<p>Vendors will never need to worry about a physical<br />
inventory and they will only need to create their<br />
product once. </p>
<p>Another great thing about information products is<br />
that after their creation, they will earn the<br />
seller passive income indefinitely. These products<br />
only need to be created and promoted, in order to </p>
<p>begin earning income. Once the seller has created<br />
their product and begun marketing, they will only<br />
need to put in enough effort to maintain the<br />
popularity of the product. </p>
<p>Because selling information products is fairly easy<br />
for an experienced seller, it is possible to sell<br />
multiple products and earn multiple streams of<br />
passive income.</p>
<p>How to Choose a Profitable Topic:</p>
<p>Once you have decided to begin selling information<br />
products, you will need to decide what information<br />
you will be selling. </p>
<p>You will need to choose a profitable topic, without<br />
choosing one that is extremely competitive. </p>
<p>If your topic is too broad or too popular, you will<br />
find that it will be difficult to compete with the<br />
many established products available to consumers. </p>
<p>Even if what you are offering is better than other<br />
products, a very popular topic will be difficult to<br />
sell.</p>
<p>Sellers will need to choose a specific sub topic<br />
of a broad, profitable topic. Choosing a<br />
profitable topic, or niche, that is not overly competitive<br />
is one of the most important factors that will<br />
determine your success. To be successful, you will<br />
need to be creative. Consumers have a lot of<br />
options, so it is important to stand out.</p>
<p>It is also important to create a product on a<br />
topic that you are very familiar with. </p>
<p>Even if you choose a unique, profitable topic, if your<br />
product is of a low quality, your success and profits will<br />
suffer. </p>
<p>If you create an ebook that offers nothing<br />
of value to the customer, you can be sure that you<br />
will be bombarded with requests from unhappy<br />
customers that want their money back. The last<br />
thing that you want is your customers telling their<br />
friends and family how terrible your product is.</p>
<p>Taking the time to create a great product on a topic that<br />
you know well, will pay off in the long run.</p>
<p>Choosing a topic that you are already familiar<br />
with will also make creating your product easy. </p>
<p>If you are passionate about a topic, it will be easy to<br />
tell others all about it. Consider writing about a<br />
hobby, interest, or experience that will benefit<br />
others. </p>
<p>Also, make sure to choose a topic that you</p>
<p>would want to read about. The more people that are<br />
interested in a specific topic, the bigger your<br />
potential customer base.</p>
<p>Turning Your Ideas Into Marketable Products:</p>
<p>Once you know what you want to create, you will<br />
need to know how to put your plan into action.</p>
<p>Unless a person is a computer whiz, it is likely that<br />
they have no idea how to create an ebook or video<br />
that they can sell. </p>
<p>Fortunately, there are many different programs and<br />
tutorials that you can purchase to help you. </p>
<p>Many of these programs offer templates<br />
and step-by-step directions that will guide you<br />
along the way. </p>
<p>While most people would rather create their<br />
product for free, this probably won’t be possible<br />
for most. </p>
<p>Just as with most ventures, it takes money<br />
to make money. Investing in a good guide will help<br />
you create a product that you can be proud of, as<br />
well as one the sells well.</p>
<p>How To Begin Selling Your Products and Earning a<br />
Passive Income Stream:</p>
<p>Once you create a product, you will need to learn<br />
how to market your product. </p>
<p>If you simply create your product and just hope<br />
that customers stumble upon it, you will be greatly<br />
disappointed with your results. </p>
<p>Creating a great product is only half the<br />
battle. Effectively marketing the product is just<br />
as important.</p>
<p>Fortunately, most guides that teach you how to<br />
create an information product will also teach you<br />
to promote the product after its creation. If you<br />
choose not to market the product, it is possible<br />
to pay to have the product marketed. </p>
<p>However, most sellers prefer to market their own<br />
products, at least until they know their product<br />
is profitable.</p>
<p>Fortunately, when learning how to create<br />
information products, you can begin expanding your earning<br />
potential and accumulating passive income streams<br />
that are just as, if not more profitable, than your<br />
full time job. </p>
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		<title>2 scam sites exposed on video</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<title>Another lame product launch?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week one of my online buddies hit me up to be a JV for an upcoming product launch. My first thought was, &#8220;GREAT, just what the IM space needs is another lame product launch&#8230;to go along with the other 2 zillion launches in the last 6 months.&#8221; At this point I&#8217;m going through my [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="socialize-in-content" style="float:right;"><div class="socialize-in-button socialize-in-button-vertical"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="http://charleskirklandblog.com/another-lame-product-launch/" data-text="Another lame product launch?" data-count="vertical" data-via="socializeWP" ><!--Tweetter--></a></div><div class="socialize-in-button socialize-in-button-vertical"><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http://charleskirklandblog.com/another-lame-product-launch/&amp;layout=box_count&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=50&amp;action=like&amp;font=arial&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=65" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:50px !important; height:65px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe></div><div class="socialize-in-button socialize-in-button-vertical"><g:plusone size="tall" href="http://charleskirklandblog.com/another-lame-product-launch/"></g:plusone></div></div><p>Last week one of my online buddies hit me up to be a JV for an upcoming product launch.</p>
<p>My first thought was, &#8220;GREAT, just what the IM space needs is another lame product launch&#8230;to go along with the other 2 zillion launches in the last 6 months.&#8221;</p>
<p>At this point I&#8217;m going through my mental checklist of what&#8217;s included in an average product launch.</p>
<p>*1. Lame product that is hiding behind &#8220;Blind Copy&#8221; and unbelievable ClickBank screen shots. (Check)</p>
<p>*2. A product so lame it could only be sold using &#8220;Blind Copy&#8221; because if you knew how bad it really was there would be no way you would EVER buy it. (Check)</p>
<p>*3. Some guru hiding behind some fake pen name so he doesn&#8217;t spoil his lily white reputation.  (Check)</p>
<p>*4. Sales copy that is so hyped that I should expect a 50% plus refund rate. (Check)</p>
<p>*5. The ability to make 96% of my list stop opening my emails because they think I have sold out. (Check)</p>
<p>*6. 341 stupid exit pops because somehow I made a mistake trying to exit the first 340 exit pops. (Check)</p>
<p>*7. The ability to win yet another HD TV.  If the FedEx man wakes me up another Saturday morning dropping off a TV, there is going to be trouble!  (Check)</p>
<p>So after going through my mental checklist I said, </p>
<p>&#8220;Thanks, but no thanks.&#8221;</p>
<p>I already have enough bad karma points to last a few lifetimes.</p>
<p>Then he showed me the product and the sales copy and that changed my mind.</p>
<p>* The sales copy actually spells out what the product is about.</p>
<p>Kind of refreshing.</p>
<p>* They only have 1 exit pop.</p>
<p>* The product is designed for people who aren&#8217;t yet making $3K per month.  It is a solid product that will really help you make more money!  You don&#8217;t see that every day.</p>
<p>The gurus behind it are putting their real names on the product so they have some skin in the game. </p>
<p>So, with that said, I actually want to promote a product for a change.</p>
<p><a href="http://onlineaffiliatecoaching.net/go/ThisWorks">http://onlineaffiliatecoaching.net/go/ThisWorks</a></p>
<p>***In fact this product won&#8217;t make you rich in 30 days. </p>
<p>***You can&#8217;t push any magic buttons, and it won&#8217;t spit out money.</p>
<p>***This product requires you to actually put forth some effort.</p>
<p>So if you are OK with these things, then click the link:</p>
<p><a href="http://onlineaffiliatecoaching.net/go/ThisWorks">http://onlineaffiliatecoaching.net/go/ThisWorks</a></p>
<p>Talk soon,<br />
Charles Kirkland</p>
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		<title>Do Not Read This&#8230; Its Gonna Tick You Off!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi There, It&#8217;s me again, and I am going to address the most common question I get and frankly, you are probably not going to like the answer. Here is a warning ahead of time&#8230; It is blunt and to the point. Here is my one guarantee though, it will help you with your marketing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="socialize-in-content" style="float:right;"><div class="socialize-in-button socialize-in-button-vertical"><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="http://charleskirklandblog.com/do-not-read-this-its-gonna-tick-you-off-2/" data-text="Do Not Read This&#8230; Its Gonna Tick You Off!" data-count="vertical" data-via="socializeWP" ><!--Tweetter--></a></div><div class="socialize-in-button socialize-in-button-vertical"><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http://charleskirklandblog.com/do-not-read-this-its-gonna-tick-you-off-2/&amp;layout=box_count&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=50&amp;action=like&amp;font=arial&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=65" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:50px !important; height:65px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe></div><div class="socialize-in-button socialize-in-button-vertical"><g:plusone size="tall" href="http://charleskirklandblog.com/do-not-read-this-its-gonna-tick-you-off-2/"></g:plusone></div></div><p>Hi There,</p>
<p>It&#8217;s me again, and I am going to address the most<br />
common question I get and frankly, you are probably<br />
not going to like the answer.  Here is a warning ahead<br />
of time&#8230; It is blunt and to the point.</p>
<p>Here is my one guarantee though, it will help you with<br />
your marketing efforts and I am not trying to sell you<br />
anything.</p>
<p>It will make some folks really ticked off and others it<br />
will be an &#8220;Ah-ha Moment&#8221;.</p>
<p>Here it is:   How come I am not getting any response<br />
on my emails?</p>
<p>Answer:  Short Form &#8212; They suck!  They don&#8217;t have any<br />
appeal or emotions to draw on.</p>
<p>Answer:  Long Version &#8212;  You have to ask yourself one<br />
question.  Why should someone read your stuff?</p>
<p>Just because you bought some garbage on the net to<br />
finally get some cash rolling in, you probably think, OK<br />
now I know and I am going to make millions!</p>
<p>Dude &#8212; Listen up&#8230; unless you appeal to someone, they<br />
don&#8217;t care about your program no matter how good you<br />
think it is.</p>
<p>My apologies ahead of time for talking about Frank Kern and<br />
the anonymous &#8220;Shadow&#8221;.</p>
<p>Lets examine one of the greatest marketers on the net<br />
today &#8212; Frank Kern.  Do you know why he is so successful?</p>
<p>It is a matter of giving more than he receives.  Have you seen<br />
the videos that he gives freely to folks?  It covers some of<br />
the basic principles that are needed to know to market to folks<br />
and appeal to their basic emotions.</p>
<p>Secondly, no matter how wealthy he is, or the toys he drives<br />
around in like BMW&#8217;s and Porsche&#8217;s, he comes across as a<br />
really nice guy that wants to help you succeed.  If you are like<br />
me, you can not wait until he puts out the next video.</p>
<p>By the time you have seen his free information, you feel a sense<br />
that he really wants to help you.  He also has been there and<br />
done that and knows what he is talking about.  </p>
<p>He doesn&#8217;t hit you with a hard sell at any point in all of his videos.</p>
<p>He has made millions just helping others with free information.</p>
<p>Now let&#8217;s look at another launch that is happening right now.<br />
Unless you have lived under a rock, you have seen all the hype<br />
about someone who is anonymous and goes by the name of<br />
the &#8220;Shadow&#8221;.</p>
<p>There is a frenzy now about this product and makes claims that<br />
I am certain are true about how he is pulling hundreds of thousands<br />
monthly.  What else is the factor that he is using to make sales.</p>
<p>Number one it is scarcity.  The claims that are being made are<br />
not for everyone and that is said in the sales letter.  It is not for<br />
everyone. It is a limited release and will only be sold for a short<br />
time.</p>
<p>Secondly, it is secrecy or should I say more aptly, privacy.  One<br />
of the main reasons that this program has had such a successful<br />
launch is no one knew who this fellow was and he was able to<br />
promote that one feature.  It caused an irresistible urge to purchase<br />
what he is selling.</p>
<p>How cool is that&#8230; a nobody going to instant stardom in a really<br />
crowded market.  Hat&#8217;s off to him.</p>
<p>Lastly, is the rule of give some, take some.  In the inner circle of<br />
gurus it was determined that if this product was offered to their list,<br />
the main promoter would in turn promote a product for them to his<br />
list one day.  The old rule of &#8220;I scratch your back, you scratch mine.</p>
<p>What do you see in common about the two examples that I have<br />
given to you?  Well it should be that really successful marketers<br />
have a knack of pulling at your emotional strings.</p>
<p>Just because you have purchased thousands and thousands of<br />
marketing books, it will not guarantee that you will make money.</p>
<p>Oh sure, you might make a thousand dollars here and there but<br />
when I talk about serious money, I am talking about fifteen or<br />
twenty thousand a month.</p>
<p>I know, I have been there, I had to put it together all on my own and<br />
now I am successful.  I don&#8217;t mind telling you this.  The difference<br />
that I am trying to share with you now, it is because I have figured<br />
out how to relate to my audience.</p>
<p>So what do you need to do now to start on the road to success?<br />
Well if I were you, I would find out something that really interests<br />
me. </p>
<p>I don&#8217;t care what it is&#8230; Beekeeping, Car repair, Quilting, Playing<br />
Golf, Tennis, Boating, what ever it is just make sure you look to see<br />
that others like it as well.</p>
<p>I mean if you choose digging ditches as a hobby, I don&#8217;t really know<br />
if there would be a market for this.  So please do not make the mistake<br />
of picking a subject that you are interested in, however no one else<br />
is.  That is a sure fire way to fail.</p>
<p>The next thing you need to do is offer some really good advice to<br />
your readers.  If you are into boating&#8230; how about telling them a few<br />
time saving tips about how to winterize their motors, or cleaning<br />
barnacles off with vinegar&#8230; I don&#8217;t know if you clean barnacles off with<br />
vinegar by the way.</p>
<p>Next, write an article about GPS systems or fish finders or some other<br />
gadget that boat enthusiasts would want to know about.  Something<br />
that you personally know about that would save them either money,<br />
time or headaches down the road.</p>
<p>You see here is a basic rule with marketing.  If you break this rule,<br />
you will find that your conversion ratio or sales will really suffer no<br />
matter if it is the greatest product made&#8230; Are you ready?&#8230; here it<br />
is:</p>
<p>People buy from folks that they know, like and trust.  </p>
<p>If you have been able to connect with your list and treat them like they<br />
are a buddy you have known for some time, it is much easier to get them<br />
to trust you and then eventually buy from you because you are not always<br />
trying to &#8220;con&#8221; them into buying something.</p>
<p>One of the biggest marketers on the net routinely sends me emails.<br />
I will not mention his name, however, most of the time I do not bother<br />
to even read what he is sending out.  Do you want to know why?</p>
<p>Every single one of his emails is trying to get me to buy something.<br />
Granted they might be good products, however how am I to make a<br />
judgment if they are good or not.  It seems as if this marketer only<br />
looks at me as a buyer and is taking advantage of me.</p>
<p>On the other hand, there is another marketer that sends me good timely<br />
tips on how to better my business on a regular basis with no links to<br />
buy anything at all.  It is just good information that I can use with no<br />
strings attached.</p>
<p>When this marketer sends me something and really puts his seal of<br />
approval on it, I do not hesitate, if it is affordable, 9 times out of 10 I<br />
buy it.</p>
<p>I hope you have gotten some good information from this, I have a few<br />
more items that I want to cover and will do it in the next email to<br />
you.</p>
<p>Thanks,<br />
Charles Kirkland</p>
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