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<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 07:35:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Getting Your Kids To Speak Your a4Sociala4 Language]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/46442</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/46442</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 07:35:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/46442</guid>
<description><![CDATA[David Wallace guest posts on Social Media Mom about getting kids to speak your social language and ways to encourage them to blog and get active making money on the internet.<br/><br/>41 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[If Content is King, You Must be the Court Jester]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/45985</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/45985</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 02:29:10 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/45985</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Remember boys and girls..&quot;content is king.&quot; Just because the page was promoted through social media doesn't mean it it doesn't convert. Conversions happen. Conversations at the least will happen, and you'll hear what people really think of you.<br/><br/>37 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[10 Commandments of Business Blogging]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/40857</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/40857</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:08:28 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/40857</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Business blogging is any blogging attempt that is motivated by the advance of any business or marketing endeavor. So to establish a few guidelines for proper business blog behavior there arises a need for a set of &quot;social values&quot;.<br/><br/>50 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What do Avatars Mean to Us]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/40242</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/40242</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:36:12 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/40242</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Great discussion at Chris Brogan's blog about the use of avatars, what they mean to each person and preferences regarding faces, images, logos etc.<br/><br/>46 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Catch the brainwaves of Melanie Nathan aka  Crash and status-girl]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/40080</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/40080</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:12:58 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/40080</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Great interview with ten questions asked to social media/SEO aficionado Melanie Nathan regarding networking, Twitter and blogging.<br/><br/>47 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Starting a Conversation: The Art of Comment Fetching]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/39592</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/39592</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:03:18 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/39592</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Everyone measures the success of their blog in different ways - but when it comes to measuring engagement, comments and trackbacks are what really count.<br/><br/>45 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Social Media Without a4The Mana4]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/38996</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/38996</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:19:38 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/38996</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Is it possible today to market your site without the aid of  large groups like Facebook, Stumble Upon etc. Tim Nash explains his idea of helping the little guys without satisfying &quot;The Man&quot;.<br/><br/>36 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Whoa4s really reading social media?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/39058</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/39058</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:13:18 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/39058</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Are people just voting for content and not really reading? Is blind support acceptable social media behaviour? What say you?<br/><br/>35 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why You Shouldn't Stumble Yourself]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/38187</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/38187</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:27:57 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/38187</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It has been noticed that when the same user repeatedly submits articles from the same blog, the posts will not get promoted. If you often promote your own work, the articles will be recycled among you and your friends - your strong ties; your content will never go beyond your network, due to the principle of clustering.<br/><br/>58 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Seven Deadly Sins of SEO]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/37533</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/37533</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:14:42 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/37533</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Recently, the Catholic church decided to update the 7 deadly sins with a new set to reflect it's new socially conscious agenda.  Sweeping away the obvious historical issues we could raise here, I thought it would be fun to look at what these might be in SEO/M.<br/><br/>53 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WHAT is Social Media Marketing Good For Anyway?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/35642</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/35642</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:12:58 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/35642</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Social media is first and foremost about people. The &quot;killer app&quot; of the web is other people. You need people to connect. Ignore the blogosphere at your peril.<br/><br/>49 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Grow Your Blog with Viral Copy]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/34864</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/34864</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:00:31 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/34864</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The best way to write content that will go viral is to spend time Analyzing the Success of Others. Take some time out to analyze the types of posts that are going viral in your niche.<br/><br/>54 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Increase Your Popularity: How to Choose the Perfect Avatar]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/34184</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/34184</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:45:19 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/34184</guid>
<description><![CDATA[But there are some more indirect, more subtle ways to increase your blog's popularity. One of them is the way you manage to combine your blog with your persona, your avatar.<br/><br/>45 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[You'd Be Wise To "No Follow" This Dubious SEO Advice]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/33028</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/33028</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:19:26 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/33028</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The nofollow attribute was not created to be a substitute information architecture-one for end users and a different one for the commercial web search engines. Instead of solving the problem SEOs are creating a new one.<br/><br/>58 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Uncanny Evolving Social Media Blog List!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/30842</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/30842</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:50:40 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/30842</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A list of social media blogs devoted to discussions about social media, feature social media prominently within some of their posts and active in 2008.<br/><br/>43 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Biggest Reason Small Business Owners Should Be Blogging]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/27164</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/27164</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:12:01 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/27164</guid>
<description><![CDATA[You've heard all the reasons businesses should be blogging but this is the biggest and best reason of all.<br/><br/>41 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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