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      <image:title>Don&apos;t give bonuses to freelancers. I learned this the hard way</image:title>
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    <loc>https://airi-airia.com/blogs/creative-risks/influencers-wont-bring-you-sales</loc>
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      <image:title>The influencer agency that vanished</image:title>
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    <loc>https://airi-airia.com/blogs/unexpected-stories/the-influencer-who-lied-about-her-audience</loc>
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    <loc>https://airi-airia.com/blogs/creative-risks/5-ways-to-find-the-right-influencers-on-instagram-for-free</loc>
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      <image:title>4 ways to find the right influencers on Instagram for free</image:title>
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    <loc>https://airi-airia.com/blogs/creative-risks/is-it-worth-using-an-influencer-agency</loc>
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      <image:title>Is it worth using an influencer agency?</image:title>
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    <loc>https://airi-airia.com/blogs/creative-risks/how-to-decide-if-an-influencer-is-actually-right-for-your-brand</loc>
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      <image:title>How to decide if an influencer is actually right for your brand</image:title>
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    <loc>https://airi-airia.com/blogs/creative-risks/how-to-measure-influencer-success-and-why-sales-is-the-wrong-place-to-start</loc>
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      <image:title>How to measure influencer success. And why sales is the wrong place to start</image:title>
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    <loc>https://airi-airia.com/blogs/unexpected-stories/the-rudest-agency-call-we-ever-took</loc>
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      <image:title>The rudest agency call we ever took</image:title>
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      <image:title>She had 100k followers and gave our product to her friend</image:title>
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      <image:title>He hated her gift. So she asked us for a refund.</image:title>
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      <image:title>A designer missed work because of ants</image:title>
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      <image:title>She partied before our biggest shoot and asked me to wake her up</image:title>
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      <image:title>She ghosted a meeting and said she needed to recharge</image:title>
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      <image:title>She showed up at my father&apos;s house after I fired her</image:title>
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    <loc>https://airi-airia.com/blogs/boring-but-vital/how-to-start-selling-products-online-the-3-steps-id-repeat</loc>
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      <image:title>How to start selling products online. The 3 steps I&apos;d repeat</image:title>
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    <loc>https://airi-airia.com/blogs/japan-unfiltered/which-bank-is-the-easiest-to-open-a-corporate-account-in-japan</loc>
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      <image:title>Which bank is the easiest to open a corporate account in Japan?</image:title>
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    <loc>https://airi-airia.com/blogs/boring-but-vital/international-shipping-terms-what-they-actually-mean</loc>
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      <image:title>International shipping terms. What they actually mean?</image:title>
      <image:caption>International shipping boxes with customs forms showing DDP DPU and DAP incoterms</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://airi-airia.com/blogs/creative-risks/do-followers-even-matter-for-sales</loc>
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      <image:title>Do followers even matter for sales?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Social media analytics showing follower count versus actual sales conversion rate</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://airi-airia.com/blogs/boring-but-vital/how-i-actually-grew-my-first-followers-without-going-viral</loc>
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      <image:title>How I actually grew my first followers without going viral</image:title>
      <image:caption>Founder posting consistently on phone growing first followers without going viral</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://airi-airia.com/blogs/unexpected-stories/the-shop-that-was-still-a-construction-site-at-christmas</loc>
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      <image:title>The shop that was still a construction site at Christmas</image:title>
      <image:caption>Half-open metal shutter of unfinished retail store during Christmas season stockist disaster</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://airi-airia.com/blogs/unexpected-stories/the-time-an-influencer-told-me-she-had-cancer</loc>
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      <image:title>The time an influencer told me she had cancer</image:title>
      <image:caption>Founder sitting with phone after sending PR product to influencer who claimed to have cancer </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://airi-airia.com/blogs/creative-risks/how-to-pitch-your-product-without-sounding-like-spam</loc>
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      <image:title>How to pitch your product without sounding like a spam email</image:title>
      <image:caption>Founder typing pitch email on laptop learning how to write product outreach that converts.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://airi-airia.com/blogs/creative-risks/7-words-that-make-your-pitch-email-or-ad-land</loc>
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      <image:title>7 words that make your pitch, email or ad actually land</image:title>
      <image:caption>Open book representing psychology of persuasive words used in marketing pitch and outreach.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://airi-airia.com/blogs/creative-risks/rule-of-seven-marketing-repeat-yourself</loc>
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