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<title>Sphinn / Kimota / Voted News</title>
<link>http://sphinn.com</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:37:26 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Uh Oh, Made Google Drop an 'O']]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/70939</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/70939</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:37:26 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/70939</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A simple trick but with a funny consequence. 'Gogling' something just doesn't have the same ring to it...<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[StumbleUpona4s co-founder reveals  SOME SU processing secrets]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/70692</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/70692</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:54:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/70692</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This is easily the most detailed post on exactly how StumbleUpon processes and serves up pages to users - from the horse's mouth, co-founder Garrett Camp.One thing I didn't know was that quick stumbles - when you just hit the Stumble button again without voting - are counted as 'soft not-for-me' or 'down' vote. It's not just the ratio of up to down votes, but how many just clicked on through.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why is transparency no longer risky for social media magicians?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/70282</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/70282</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:49:01 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/70282</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Excellent post on whether social media 'magicians' should give away the secrets to their tricks. Once we give away all our best advice in our blogs and posts, do we remove what makes our skills special?Or, conversely, does good social media practice necessitate the sharing of hard-learned secrets?<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A reputation 2.0 problem - wiki-circularity]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/70203</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/70203</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:23:55 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/70203</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Will Critchlow raises a particularly worrying issue with wiki-circularity. The issue of the democratic web allowing erroneous information to become embedded into 'fact', perpetuating myth and misinformation is one that has fascinated me for a while. But I had never considered the feedback loop caused by news outlets using Wikipedia for fact-checking and story gathering.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Forget linkbait, just copy Wikipedia]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/69118</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/69118</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:23:11 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/69118</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Patrick makes some interesting suggestions on how to out wiki wikipedia by providing better quality articles within your niche to inherit some of the phenomenal link love Wikipedia gets.It sounds like an awful amount of work but I can see how it could become highly effective.<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What reason does this linkbait give for people to link to it]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/67774</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/67774</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:56:25 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/67774</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A short but sweet post from Lyndon that rings sooooooo true. So often I come across people who focus entirely on going 'hot' with a post or getting tons of traffic, without considering whether it will generate links. Link building ain't about traffic, it's about encouraging quality links from reputable sources.Anyway, thought it deserved a 'hell, yeah' from me.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Blog Usability Interview with Jen Cardello User Experience Specialist]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/60966</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/60966</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:34:23 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/60966</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Patrick asks questions of Jen Cardello regarding blog usability and the traps and tips that can keep readers engaged on your site.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Domain name landgrab is inevitable]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/56083</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/56083</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:30:16 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Domaining</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/56083</guid>
<description><![CDATA[With the new ICANN rules coming into effect in 2009 and the opening up of 'anything goes' TLDs, Josh suggests quite convincingly that backs are about to get stabbed and bodies are going to be fed to the pigs as the cybersquatters get the scent.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Web Analytics Shows You How To Stop Wasting Money]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/53886</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/53886</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:26:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/53886</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We've all come across it - online marketing strategies that merely cost the client money or leaves untapped revenue on the table.Here are ten straight tips to stop wasting money and achieve more conversions. Some are obvious to us experienced bods, but I still catch clients doing them every single day.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEO isn't Dead. It's Simply Evolving]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/52339</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/52339</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:16:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/52339</guid>
<description><![CDATA[SEO will never be dead as long as there are businesses willing to outdo each other.&quot;One of the aspects of marketing is and always will be the game of one-upmanship. The 'getting one over' on the competition to increase awareness and ultimately sales. Likewise, SEO has been likened to an arms race, in that it never stands still and is constantly evolving to produce the biggest, baddest bomb, capable of killing the largest number of innocent people possible... erm, I mean new ways to influence a website's rankings in the search engine result pages.&quot;<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Instant (Bad) Karma's Gonna Get Ya: AdWords Account Quality At Startup]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/51883</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/51883</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:09:28 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Google AdWords</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/51883</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Great post on what to do when inheriting a poorly managed Adwords account.&quot;If you've inherited a &quot;dog&quot; account, it could be a long, long time (like maybe forever) before minimum bids on a poor account get down to sustainable levels. It's as if Google starts out assuming you're an idiot, but then you have to go and prove it by ringing up piles of untargeted clicks. Now they know you suck.So if you inherit this puppy, the long struggle to right the ship may wear you down, and the client's budget may be exhausted if you aren't first.&quot;<br/><br/>44 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Wild, Wild West of Search Engine Marketing]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/50310</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/50310</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:26:21 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/50310</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Is the internet currently a lawless frontier and how long will it stay that way?&quot;Online marketing and ecommerce have become the new gold rush, as people find fresh ways to monetise the internet. Free of many of the codes of conduct and regulations that guide offline marketing, there were always going to be arguments about what methods are not only effective, but healthy for the community at large.&quot;<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Media Watch: Linkbait-gate Covered on TV, including Sphinn reactions]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/48881</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/48881</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 16:58:13 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/48881</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Well, well, well. The Australian media have really taken up the story with the long running show 'Media Watch' making the Lyndoman linkbait story and how it duped the Daily Telegraph their lead feature!There is a full online transcript plus there is a podcast of the episode available at http://abc.net.au/mediawatch/vodcast/mediawatch_mp4.xmlEven Sphinn makes an appearance. We're telly celebrities, people!<br/><br/>41 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fake News Punishable By Google-Death?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/48195</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/48195</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 22:33:36 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/48195</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mashable weighs into the debate in the wake of Matt Cutts' comments yesterday.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Should you trust SEO to your web-designer? :: Not all nerds were made equal]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/48160</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/48160</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 17:40:24 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/48160</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A look at how web designers are encroaching on our turf and the poor business owners are getting substandard results.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The reason blogs all rank so highly]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/48156</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/48156</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 16:57:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/48156</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Not earth-shatteringly new info for most of us, but just a very short observation on why blogging works better than most standard ecommerce sites in Google.I'm personally going to use this link when trying to convince clients on blogging.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The value of linkbait]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/47922</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/47922</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 04:49:39 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/47922</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Patrick talks about the high end of link building and why premium link building services are under threat from SEO companies that merely purchase links<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Blog for a Cause or Fabricate a Story]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/46486</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/46486</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 17:51:32 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Link Building</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/46486</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Seems the success of Lyndon's linkbait has polarised the industry. Personally, I think it is a worrying development that has serious repercussions for the integrity of online discussion.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Don't Blame the Server]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/46030</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/46030</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 17:23:17 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Other</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/46030</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I never knew this! Black holes of data on the internet preventing you accessing the website you want...<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Customer Comes First]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/42330</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/42330</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:06:42 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/42330</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A look at how easy it is to treat online customers differently to the real world, and the negative effects this can have.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Writing the Value Proposition: Part One - Customer Perception]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/39784</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/39784</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:40:52 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/39784</guid>
<description><![CDATA[First part of a five article series detailing the steps we took to devise a new value proposition for our online marketing company.Eight weeks of hell, I tell you.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Is EntreCard doing Any Good for You?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/37050</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/37050</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:42:57 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/37050</guid>
<description><![CDATA[After all the furore and excitement over entrecard, do the stats bear it out?Piggybankpie doesn't think so with some particularly alarming stats.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Turn Website Visitors into Customers]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/36992</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/36992</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:58:52 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/36992</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So much of online marketing revolves around building traffic, but I see websites every day that do an abysmal job of turning that traffic into customers.This article looks at the classic mistakes.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Online Business Challenges Old Ideas]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/35632</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/35632</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:01:54 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/35632</guid>
<description><![CDATA[After well over a decade of ecommerce, some industries are still not adjusting to how consumer behaviour differs when shopping online.Those businesses that take the time to adjust their business model rather than simply slap postage onto an existing sales structure stand to lead the pack in the next few years.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Be a Blogger When Your Muse Goes on Holiday]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/33902</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/33902</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:15:54 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/33902</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Okay, so this one deals with professional writing rather than specifically blogging, but the principles are definitely the same. Keeping a blog alive means sometimes having to write a post when we're not in the mood. So how do we get around this? Tips from a professional copywriter (me...)<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Five Tips For Better Business Blogging (and Why You Should Carea4)]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/32865</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/32865</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:03:01 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/32865</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Why corporate blogging works and five tips to make it successful.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Acquiring Links Part 2: Creating Your Own Backlinks with Social Media]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/32863</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/32863</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:52:42 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/32863</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Second part in a 2 part series looking at link acquisition strategies for small business by harnessing social media.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sex, Blogs and Screenwriting]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/32634</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/32634</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:12:31 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/32634</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Jeff Quip recently submitted the hot post 'Using Humour to Extend Your Reach' (http://sphinn.com/story/31688) that contained the following misquote.&quot;Show me a successful blogger and I'll show you an unsuccessful writer.&quot; This comment was recently made as a joke in an article on blog humour, but it got me to thinking about how useful they really are for a budding writer.With Diablo Cody becoming well established as a blogging success story, I look at the possible strategies for writers to increase their reach through careful blogging without having to strip!<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Home is Where the Heart Is - Art of the Home Page]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/31748</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/31748</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:21:21 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/31748</guid>
<description><![CDATA[More and more, I come across websites in my professional capacity that have no concept of their own home page. Whoa re you? what is your website about? How does it work? these are questions every website visitor needs answered before they even consider experiencing your gems of wisdom and bargain offers.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Information Overload: The Bloggera4s Worst Enemy and 8 Ways to Avoid It]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/29646</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/29646</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:33:14 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/29646</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Blogging is about providing concise information that is easily digestible. No one is going to subscribe to a blog that requires hours and hours of time each week to process. The modern internet landscape is about short bursts of focussed information.Copyblogger looks at the most essential tips to keep your blog easily digestible in the modern world of information overload.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Super Bowl Advertisers Fumble in Search and Social Media but Make Other Gains]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/27227</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/27227</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:26:37 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Search Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/27227</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Swags posted the article on &quot;Will Superbowl Advertisers Get It Right in 2008&quot; last week in the hope that this year campaigns would more carefully consider the online social media market. Now the results and analysis are in and the score card is very mixed with some disappointing results.Seems there's still a long way to go in dragging advertising into the 21st Century and far too many opportunities being missed.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to go from $0 to $7000 per month and back to $0 again]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25193</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25193</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:23:11 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Affiliate Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25193</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Patrick at Blogstorm shows us his stats (ooh..err) to illustrate why only having one affiliate marketing stream can backfire and come crashing down.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New Opportunity For Tech-Savvy Bloggers: Remote Digital Coaching]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25192</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25192</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:20:07 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25192</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Performancing.com explores the opportunities for those bloggers who are thoroughly immersed in tech to create new revenue streams from their desk.Instead of just talking about it, why not pimp those services?<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dropping The F-Bomb: Blogging with Naughty Words]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/25189</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/25189</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:06:09 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/25189</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(childish giggle) &quot;Mummy, Problogger said a naughty word...&quot;&quot;Now, now, Kimota. Problogger is a lot older than you. He's only explaining to all the nice people whether they should use swear words or not within their posts.&quot;&quot;Do you mean I should be allowed to say...&quot;&quot;KIMOTA!&quot;&quot;...ummm...naughty words in my posts cause Problogger says I can?&quot;&quot;There's a time and a place for everything, Kimota. He's merely saying when it can be good and when its a very very bad idea that will get your blog sent to bed with a smacked bottom!&quot;&quot;Alright then Mummy. Ice cream?&quot;<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Are Bloggers and Blogs Ruining the English Language?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/24791</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/24791</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:39:04 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/24791</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An issue close to my heart, this one. I am a complete pedant for correct usage and lament the terrible writing I see online every day - even by supposed professionals.My opinion has always been that if you expect other people to read your work, you need to use the tools correctly. I wouldn't get in a car serviced by a mechanic that didn't understand how the engine worked, so why should I read an article by someone who fails to understand clear language?<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Confucius said - Build a Better Blog]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/24737</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/24737</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:27:52 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/24737</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Now I love Confucious. I'm actually a Taoist from way back, and although Taoism differs significantly from Confusionism, there is a mutuality between the two that immediately made me click on this post.It's amazing how principles summarised in tight little bon mots from Centuries ago have such startling relevance for the things we do today - including blogging.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What Makes a Decent  Blog in 2008, NOT 2004!]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/24736</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:24:47 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/24736</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Brian Clark at CopyBlogger takes issue with some of the marketing professionals still sticking to outdated ideas of how a blog works and what constitutes an effective blog.Definitely discussion worthy.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Reality Check about Blogging for Money]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/24493</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/24493</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:51:26 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/24493</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Problogger responds to recent mainstream publicity about his success by pointing out some hard facts about blogging for money.This is an essential  post for anyone ready to start monetising their site and expecting a steady flow of cash.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 5 Tips For Success in a Crowded Niche]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/24359</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:49:05 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Blogging</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/24359</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Skellie understands what it is like to blog in a competitive niche. So how do you make your blog stand out with so many other blogs screaming for attention?So how do you leverage the fact you are in an overcrowded niche into success?<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEO, Social Media & the Super Bowl]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/24355</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:30:03 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/24355</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;While there are many reasons why you don't see similar numbers and scope of advertisers for other sports finals, one thing is very apparent; whether you're a small business with a tiny budget or not, you can learn from the NFL's internet marketing strategies! They've recently employed the same marketing basics and strategic rules we speak to everyday. &quot;<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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