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		<title>Fool’s Gold: Searching for the Most Important Step Will Ruin Your Sales Process</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What’s the most important system in your car?
a. Engine
b. Steering
c. Braking
d. Drive train
e. Lubrication
Assuming you want to drive, “all of these” is the right answer. Subtract any choice, and your car won’t go around the block, let alone get out of the driveway.
Segue to sales processes. For reasons I don’t fully understand, people worship the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socialmedia-academy.com/blog/index.php/2010/09/07/fool%e2%80%99s-gold-searching-for-the-most-important-step-will-ruin-your-sales-process/</link>
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		<title>Netflix Ends Its Social-Networking Experiment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two days after Apple (AAPL) added social-networking features to its iTunes online music store with great fanfare, subscription movie service]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socialmedia-academy.com/blog/index.php/2010/09/04/netflix-ends-its-social-networking-experiment/</link>
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		<title>Location-Based Marketing To Reach $1.8B In 2015</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Location-based advertising is still in its infancy, but according to a new study from ABI Research, businesses are primed to]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socialmedia-academy.com/blog/index.php/2010/09/03/location-based-marketing-to-reach-1-8b-in-2015/</link>
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		<title>Facebook: Strong Growth In India, Brazil &amp; Mexico</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The United States has fully bounced back from a period of slow growth in June. Following fairly strong July numbers,]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socialmedia-academy.com/blog/index.php/2010/09/03/facebook-strong-growth-in-india-brazil-mexico/</link>
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		<title>Marrying Social Marketing &amp; Media Buying</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With every passing day, it seems social media becomes more engrained in the media strategist&#8217;s daily work life. Whereas not]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socialmedia-academy.com/blog/index.php/2010/09/03/marrying-social-marketing-media-buying/</link>
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		<title>Social Traffic Soars But Digg Continues To Die</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Digg is dying just when traffic from social media to web sites increases. Social traffic is becoming as important, or]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socialmedia-academy.com/blog/index.php/2010/09/03/social-traffic-soars-but-digg-continues-to-die/</link>
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		<title>Call for speakers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are looking for social media practitioner from SMB companies in the B2B space to share their social media experience at SMTW 2010.

We expect approximately 5,000 attendees from around the world. While we will have well known speaker from large organizations we also like to present SMB cases studies. If you are interested please provide:]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socialmedia-academy.com/blog/index.php/2010/09/02/call-for-speakers/</link>
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		<title>Apple Launches Music Social Network</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CANOEApple Goes Into Social Networking, Launches New iPodsTAXI Design NetworkLooks like Apple is in for a slice of the social network pie. At a conference held 1 September, CEO Steve Jobs unveiled its first foray into social media, ...Apple&#039;s new i...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socialmedia-academy.com/blog/index.php/2010/09/01/apple-launches-music-social-network/</link>
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