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		<title>Weekly Top 10 &#8211; Week of August 29, 2010</title>
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Each week we bring you 10 of our most favorite stories from around the industry.
Week of August 29, 2010
1. Collectors sometimes try to stick you with a debt that was never yours
(WBIR.com, 09/02/10)
When the phone rang a few weeks ago at the McColl household the family got an unwelcome surprise: a debt collector on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The collector mentor Challenge &#8211; 08/31/10</title>
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THE LESSON &#8211; SHARE YOUR DREAMS
On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. and shared his dream regarding civil rights equality with an estimated crowd of 250,000 people. This past weekend marked the 47th anniversary of that occasion. 
Over the years, Dr. King’s “I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://collectormentor.com/the-collector-mentor-challenge-083110/</link>
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		<title>Weekly Top 10 &#8211; Week of August 22, 2010</title>
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Each week we bring you 10 of our most favorite stories from around the industry.
Week of August 22, 2010
1. BBB Warns About Bogus Debt Collectors; Local Woman Targeted
(KWTX.com, 08/27/10)
The Better Business Bureau issued a bulletin Friday warning about phony debt collection callers who claim to be from the Kentucky-based payday loan company U.S. Cash Advance.&#8221;
 
2. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The collector mentor Challenge &#8211; 08/25/10</title>
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THE LESSON &#8211; TREAT COMPLAINTS AS A GIFT
In late June, Apple launched the highly anticipated iPhone 4 and sold 1.7 million new phones within the first three days, nearly doubling previous iPhone product launches. In fact, pre-orders for the new iPhone allowed AT&#38;T to have its busiest day ever for online sales (so much so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://collectormentor.com/the-collector-mentor-challenge-082610/</link>
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		<title>Weekly Top 10 &#8211; Week of August 15, 2010</title>
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Each week we bring you 10 of our most favorite stories from around the industry.
Week of August 15, 2010
1. &#8216;The Huckebee Show&#8217; Features &#8216;Debt Collectors Gone Wild&#8217; (VIDEO)
(TVSquad.com, 08/17/10)
The Huckebee Show&#8216; (weekdays, syndicated) on Tuesday featured the cautionary tale of Michelle Minton. The mother of two young children received a call from a bill collector [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://collectormentor.com/weekly-top-10-week-of-august-15-2010/</link>
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		<title>The collector mentor Challenge &#8211; 08/17/10</title>
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THE LESSON &#8211; MAGNIFICENT QUALITY
This past weekend I spent some time cleaning and organizing my office. I wanted to go through a couple boxes of “stuff”, toss what needed tossing, and keep what needed keeping. When I opened the last box I was met with a pleasant surprise—desk memorabilia from a previous job.
As I sorted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://collectormentor.com/the-collector-mentor-challenge-081710/</link>
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		<title>Weekly Top 10 &#8211; Week of August 8, 2010</title>
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Each week we bring you 10 of our most favorite stories from around the industry.
Week of August 8, 2010
1. Woman suing loan company after debt collector goes to her work
(WFAA-TV, 08/13/10)
Being late on a loan has turned into a fiasco that a Fort Worth woman never expected. The debt collector showed up at her job [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://collectormentor.com/weekly-top-10-week-of-august-8-2010/</link>
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		<title>The collector mentor Challenge &#8211; 08/09/10</title>
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THE LESSON &#8211; BE KIND
This week’s challenge is inspired by an article I read over the weekend titled, &#8220;‘Secret Agent’ is on a mission: Spreading kindness.&#8221;
The Secret Agent, Duquesne University administrative assistant Laura Miller, better known as Secret Agent L, has spent the past year performing random acts of kindness in Pennsylvania. Laura’s weekly random [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://collectormentor.com/the-collector-mentor-challenge-080910/</link>
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		<title>Weekly Top 10 &#8211; Week of August 1, 2010</title>
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Each week we bring you 10 of our most favorite stories from around the industry.
Week of August 1, 2010
1. &#8216;Debt tagging&#8217; by collection agencies a growing problem
(The Washington Post, 08/08/10)
Is it true that debt collectors are increasingly trying to collect from the wrong people?
2. Seminar on helping small businesses collect debts to be held in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://collectormentor.com/weekly-top-10-week-of-august-1-2010/</link>
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		<title>The collector mentor Challenge &#8211; 08/04/10</title>
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THE LESSON &#8211; SAY THANKS (in writing)
Over the past few weeks I’ve been conducting interviews in hopes of finding a new assistant. So far, I’ve held face-to-face interviews with seven potential candidates. To date, two candidates have expressed their thanks via email, one candidate sent, what appeared to be, a computer generated thank you letter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://collectormentor.com/the-collector-mentor-challenge-080410/</link>
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