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<title>Sphinn / smithereensblog / What's New</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:59:26 -0700</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[No Vacancy: A Critical Look at the Pitfalls of Open Networking on Social Media]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/61707</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/61707</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:59:26 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Networking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/61707</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An excellent article about the dangers of &quot;open networking&quot; in social media. Ever felt overwhelmed by the constant barrage of friend invites across myriad social networks? You're not alone. A must-read.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Top 10 Features Twitter Should Have, But Doesn't (No, "Uptime" Isn't On The List)]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/61560</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/61560</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:00:53 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/61560</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We Twitter-lovers have stuck with it through all the Fail Whales and follower-frackups. But that doesn't mean we don't have -some- gripes. Now that they seem to have a handle on the &quot;Uptime&quot; concept, here's a comprehensive list of 10 other features they should consider adding. Let's get the Twitter-team's attention and maybe they'll grant our wishes!<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Positively Negative: Is There Ever a Place for Alternate Perspectives in Marketing?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/56780</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/56780</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:04:23 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/56780</guid>
<description><![CDATA[FTA: &quot;Your customers are not stupid, and they don't appreciate when you make them feel that way.  When you completely ignore obvious, relevant likely objections to your marketing message, it comes off as naive at best and patronizing at worst. If you ignore their tough questions, they'll just find the answers somewhere else. So why not at least try to control that conversation?&quot;<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[5 Ways To Use Google Reader As Your Personal Social Search Centre]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/55685</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/55685</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:37:38 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>News Sites</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/55685</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;What if we could combine the relevancy of social recommendation filtering with the efficiency and accuracy of Google search? Wouldn't that be the Holy Grail? Well if so, then your chalice awaits Indy, because this harmonic combination is already possible with Google Reader and I'm going to show you how...&quot;<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Twitter Funnel: Tweeting to Tighten Your Writing]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/53492</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/53492</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:38:03 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/53492</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The ability to communicate with both clarity and concision is an art that is worth mastering. This skill is especially important when crafting slogans and taglines. Can using Twitter help?<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Marketing Monday: The Power of Positive Words in the Art of  Persuasion]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/51953</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/51953</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:44:10 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/51953</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;The fact is, whether we like it or not, our minds always make mental associations between words and certain emotions. It's involuntary, it's somewhat inexplicable, but it's also undeniable...So how can you use Positive Words to further Your persuasive pursuits?&quot;<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Micro-Writing Contest: Can You Put the Wit in Twitter?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/50997</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/50997</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:02:24 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Social Media</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/50997</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Shakespeare once said brevity is the soul of wit. Prove it! Tweet your best example of wordplay in 140 characters or less and post here to enter and maybe win the prize lot.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Make Google Reader Your Web Brain in 3 Simple Steps]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/50741</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/50741</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:30:14 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Bookmarking</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/50741</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Information overload online is a common problem for many of us. This post will show you how to handle that constant barrage of web-prose with poise and grace by using Google Reader as your personal web brain; filtering what you should read and capturing what you want to keep.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Marketing Mondays: Collaborative Incompetence, or How To Kill Your Company Slowly]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/47156</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/47156</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 09:16:34 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Other Online Marketing</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/47156</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;Collaborative Incompetence is a term I have coined to describe when multiple companies in a niche appear to have come to a short-sighted realization that in order to remain viable, they don't need to be the best-of-breed, they only need to... not be worse than everyone else...&quot;<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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