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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:41:26 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Creating Linkbait Graphics: Dissecting the Creative Process]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/20804</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/20804</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:41:26 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/20804</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Patrick walks us through his 4 step process in creating the perfect graphics to help ensure linkbait success.<br/><br/>39 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[21 Questions to Ask When Buying a Web Business]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/18797</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/18797</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:48:44 -0800</pubDate>
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<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/18797</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Important point from Shimon at the end too: &quot;As a rule-of-thumb, I wouldn't speak about your intended enhancements or marketing of the website with the present ownership. Because, they might not like what you have planned, and squash the entire deal. Or, it could give them the idea, and they pull-back from the sale, and implement your idea.&quot;<br/><br/>38 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Monthly PPC Performance Report Template [download & explanations]]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/15706</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/15706</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:23:24 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Paid Search</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/15706</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Shimon Sandler gives out a download of his &quot;basic&quot; PPC Performance Report in Excel format which has many self-calculating formulas within the cells.<br/><br/>49 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Identify & Target the Right Niche Social Media Sites]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/7902</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/7902</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:28:58 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/7902</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It's important to zero in on the niche social news sites that are right for your business. The ones that your potential customers or partners are reading right now. Here's how to identify these sites and make sure that you won't just be wasting your time....<br/><br/>45 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SMX Social Media + Charity Party = Networking to the Next Level]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/7343</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/7343</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:20:17 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/7343</guid>
<description><![CDATA[One of the most important parts of being successful at social media marketing is your contacts. SMX Social Media plus IM-NY's charity party will give you an amazing opportunity to build up your networks. Let's help spread the word...<br/><br/>37 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The New Digg & What It Means For SEO]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/6867</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/6867</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:24:42 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/6867</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Neil gives an overview of what the new Digg changes mean for SEOs.&amp;nbsp; As he states 'We all want to get on the homepage of Digg because it can bring in thousands of links, but the recent changes made it both easier and harder to get stories promoted.'&amp;nbsp; Here's why....<br/><br/>38 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[An Open Letter to Kevin Rose by Tamar Weinberg]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/4921</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/4921</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:23:17 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/4921</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tamar lays it all on the line in an amazing letter to Digg founder Kevin Rose.  The auto-bury problem has to be addressed... NOW.<br/><br/>48 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Many parents now get domain names for kids too young to type]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/3968</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/3968</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:09:25 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Domaining</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/3968</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Besides leaving the hospital with a birth certificate and a clean bill of health, baby Mila Belle Howells got something she won't likely use herself for several years: her very own Internet domain name....<br/><br/>21 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How To Win Friends & Influence People In Social News Networks]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/2865</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/2865</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:38:46 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/2865</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Still wondering why you submit an article on Digg or Reddit and it goes nowhere? The key, as with most things in life, is who you know. But as with links, clients or affiliates: you want quality over quantity. You want people who are active and have strong profiles. So how do you go about building your network? Here are 11 ways to get started.<br/><br/>29 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Slashdot Does a Digg: Launches a4Slashdot Firehosea4]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/2042</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/2042</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:50:43 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/2042</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So does this now make Slashdot just another one of the countless &quot;Digg clones&quot;?<br/><br/>21 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Digg & Reddit: It's Not Wrong to Create and Submit Your Own Content...]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/2014</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/2014</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:37:22 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/2014</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In Fact, it's Necessary....<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Digga4s New Ad Provider? Microsoft]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1428</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1428</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:55:26 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1428</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Out with the Google in with the M$.  Kevin Rose just made a pre-announcement that they signed a deal with Microsoft and they will be serving ads on Digg from now on (in a similar deal to Microsoft/Facebook)...<br/><br/>21 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Buy Viagra from Reddit]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1017</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1017</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:40:57 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>SEO</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1017</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Things that make you go hmmmm: #2 result on Google for 'buy Viagra' is a profile page for a Reddit user....<br/><br/>21 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Video Ranking Factors Broken Down by Relevancy]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/891</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/891</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:51:49 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Video Search</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/891</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Good list of basic and advanced techniques for ranking your video content higher..<br/><br/>26 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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