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		<title>Facebook Posting Effectiveness, Times, Days, Story Types</title>
		<link>http://www.buzzmaven.com/2011/07/facebook-posting-effectiveness-times-days-story-types.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today on the Facebook and Journalism page, a really great note was released aimed at helping news organizations optimize the effectiveness of their Facebook Pages.   I found that the information was probably applicable to any sort of published content, whether or not you are a news organization.  I quote heavily: &#8220;Top Stories: Readers are reacting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking Your Business Seriously?  Then Make Important Calls When Not Driving</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I receive a dozen or so inquiries for services a week.  Around 10-15% of those calls are made while the person is driving.  Of those, only a small percent end up being effective conversations. In the study referenced in the link, drivers but not passengers in a “moving” simulator retold a smaller number of central [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick Tip: Using HootSuite and Google Spreadsheets to Boost Social Rank</title>
		<link>http://www.buzzmaven.com/2011/02/quick-tip-using-hootsuite-and-google-spreadsheets-to-boost-social-rank.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 23:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you know, search engines (especially Google and Bing) are taking Social Rank into account more than ever.  Those who take the time to share awesome content and build up a reputation will have an ever-increasing influence over the SERPs in the coming years.  So it pays dividends to tilt the social sharing benefit in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gap Borks Logo Launch &#8211; Designers Facepalm &#8211; Gap Could Turn this Around.</title>
		<link>http://www.buzzmaven.com/2010/10/gap-logo-fiasco.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, Gap borked the new logo launch and now asking for spec submissions.  Designers world wide are raising eyebrows or facepalming. Now&#8217;s the time for them to turn this publicity to their advantage and make friends with the design community.  Doing a &#8220;spec work&#8221; design contest will backfire I think. How about taking design submissions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Google: Places Verification Postcards &#8211; A Tiny Fix that Would Really Help.</title>
		<link>http://www.buzzmaven.com/2010/09/dear-google-places-verification-postcards-a-tiny-fix-that-would-really-help.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[local seo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When verifying a Google Place page, Google assumes that you&#8217;re a little Mom and Pop location where your friendly postman stops by to hand you your mail and sip coffee for a few minutes.   Or they assume that you can teach a low-paid receptionist to listen for a special Google Places validation robot to call [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The FAQ Approach &#8211; A Potent Way to Get Out of a Blogging Rut</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While presenting on Social Media this week, the question about Blogger writers&#8217; block came up again, and I realized I didn&#8217;t have a post to refer them to &#8211; so here are some quick tips if you should find yourself in that uncomfortable situation. Start out creating a Frequently Asked Questions list (FAQ.) Base the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project Management &amp; Collaboration in a Messy World</title>
		<link>http://www.buzzmaven.com/2010/07/basecamp-challenges-ideas.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improving Work]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SEM]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The whole reason I took the time to write this post is to share some thoughts -  perhaps with the 37 signals team and others out there working on products like this.   It also could be that I have simply not yet found the right tool, so this might prompt someone to offer an alternative!  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Alternative to the Nerdy White Paper &#8211; The Cheat Sheet Hero Library</title>
		<link>http://www.buzzmaven.com/2010/06/white-paper-alternatives.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Marketing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[content]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I agree with David Meerman Scott most white papers are pretty lame.  I think if most companies looked at analytics for these they&#8217;d see few actually reading what they poured hours of work into.   In response to his post &#8211; I&#8217;d like to talk about an idea for many out there that can help you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pecha Kucha Tips  &#8211; Simplicity, Flow and Passion</title>
		<link>http://www.buzzmaven.com/2010/03/pucha-kucha.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lexington KY News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, this morning I&#8217;m licking my wounds after initiating in Pecha Kucha &#8211; the rapid-fire presentation style where 20 slides are presented in 20 seconds.   I was honored to have been invited by Adam  Martin and Kent Lewis to speak and it was truly a learning/growing experience.  Social Media Club Lexington and Pecha-Kucha Lexington took [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Could an Open-Source Portfolio Search Engine Help Designers Against Spec-Work?</title>
		<link>http://www.buzzmaven.com/2009/12/spec-work-debate.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.buzzmaven.com/2009/12/spec-work-debate.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Clark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improving Work]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[web]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eric Karjaluoto, and dozens of commenters, have once again raised the very real issue of designer spec work on his blog.   I thought about the issue again when I read that Tim Ferriss had chosen to go this way for his book cover. Eric&#8217;s post is a well articulated but well-worn argument about the [...]]]></description>
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