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	<title>Chief Ingredient, Inc. &#187; Social Media Marketing</title>
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	<description>Social Media Marketing, Word-of-Mouth Strategies and Market Research</description>
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		<title>Identifying Quality Traffic</title>
		<link>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/the-importance-of-quality-traffic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chief Ingredient</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tutorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workflow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[analytics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality traffic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[site analysis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
It&#8217;s one thing to get traffic to your web site and it&#8217;s a whole new ball game generating quality traffic. You&#8217;ve heard the pitch a thousand times &#8220;We can get you 6000 new visitors to your site a month!&#8221; Hmmmm&#8230; really? Are they the visitors that are specifically searching for your products/service or JUST visitors.
When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blending In-Person Networking with Online Social Media</title>
		<link>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/blending-in-person-networking-with-online-social-media/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/blending-in-person-networking-with-online-social-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chief Ingredient</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workflow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[in-person sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[linkedin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[word-of-mouth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so you have networked with somebody at an event exchanged business cards, now what?
For me, being a people-person, it is easy to connect and get a conversation started at a networking event, but in today&#8217;s internet world my next steps are usually online.
Typically, I follow a specific format to connect with new business that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yahoo&#8217;s Tools for &#8220;Anyone Creating Content&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/yahoos-tools-for-anyone-creating-content/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/yahoos-tools-for-anyone-creating-content/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micah Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Marketing Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adding content]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adding content to website]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creating Website Content]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality traffic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality website traffic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[website content]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Y!Q]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yahoo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yahoo Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yahoo! Actions Buttons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yahoo! offers a whole slew of free tools for &#8220;anyone creating content&#8221; (their words, not mine) on the web. Although some of the tools are only related to their companies (like del.icio.us for bookmarking), overall they provide quick functionality to make your blog or web site a little user-friendlish.
Y!Q (beta) 
Y!Q allows you to place [...]]]></description>
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		<title>25+ Tips to Perfect your Social Media Marketing Campaigns</title>
		<link>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/social-media-marketing-tips/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/social-media-marketing-tips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micah Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing Misc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Marketing Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blogging for business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Arena Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soical media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing takes time and patience, but when done correctly has tremendous rewards. The following are some ideas and exercises to help you get started in the right direction&#8230;


Install Web Analytics
As it has been said many times, &#8220;you can&#8217;t improve what you don&#8217;t measure.&#8221;  It definitely holds true for your web site.
Google provides [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Keyword Research Technique: Keyword Supply and Demand</title>
		<link>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/new-keyword-research-technique-keyword-supply-and-demand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/new-keyword-research-technique-keyword-supply-and-demand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micah Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Keyword Research Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[content competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[keyword research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[linkedin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[search phrases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[valuable keywords]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In economics, supply and demand describe market relations between prospective sellers and buyers of a good. (wikipedia.org)
In search engine optimization, we can use the supply and demand model to describe the relationship between the people searching for specific keywords (the demand) and the people creating content to meet that demand (the supply).

The following is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media in Emergencies</title>
		<link>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/social-media-for-emergencies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/social-media-for-emergencies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micah Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emerging trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Living in the middle of San Diego and trying to find out the latest news on the fires and evacuations has lead to some interesting discoveries into the power of the Social Web.
Blog Streams and RSS for Emergency Situations
Hats off to the San Diego Union Tribune. They have outdone themselves in the way they have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nobody Builds Sites from Scratch Anymore&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/nobody-builds-sites-from-scratch-anymore/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/nobody-builds-sites-from-scratch-anymore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micah Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Misc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[platform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wordpress]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you do, or if you hire someone that does, you may reconsider after reading this post.
Is building it from scratch working smarter?
I&#8217;ve struggled with this for years.  Deep down I tell myself that if I don&#8217;t build a site or web app from the ground up, then I&#8217;m probably going to regret it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ongoing Social Media Marketing Tasks</title>
		<link>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/ongoing-social-arena-marketing-tasks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/ongoing-social-arena-marketing-tasks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micah Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Once you have all the preparation completed for Social Media Marketing, you should know what keywords will generate quality traffic, what types of content may become viral, how to position your company as an industry expert, how to advertise without advertising, and more.
However, Social Media Marketing doesn&#8217;t stop there.  It takes practice, patience, quality [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If You are Looking for Multiple Revenue Streams, Affiliate Programs may be your Solution</title>
		<link>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/affiliate-solutions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/affiliate-solutions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micah Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Affiliate solutions can be a great way to promote your business.  Many shopping cart applications now include an affiliate program framework.
There are also a number of online web solutions that cater specifically to building full-blown affiliate programs and solutions.
With your business you can take advantage of both angles:

 Getting additional sales of your product [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Content Creation Guidelines for the CEO</title>
		<link>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/content-creation-guidelines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/content-creation-guidelines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micah Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;

&#160;
&#160;

Make it comprehensive
Spend time doing the      research
Accumulate resources,      information and statistics on your subject.

This creates value and       makes you look like an expert


When it&#8217;s useful or      &#8220;viral&#8221;, there&#8217;s a good chance people will  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Networking Guidelines for the CEO</title>
		<link>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/social-networking-guidelines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/social-networking-guidelines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micah Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Each &#8220;connection&#8221; or &#8220;friend&#8221; is a gateway to more traffic.
&#160;

The key is networking

Join groups
Make friends
Post Comments
Participate in polls, forums, and the      overall community

Use the bulletin-type features the same way you would post to a social bookmarking site.
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		<title>Blogging Guidelines for the CEO</title>
		<link>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/blog-guidelines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/blog-guidelines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micah Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Blogging is a fantastic way to:

 Get ideas out of your head
 Share solutions to problems that you have encountered in your business
 Build search engine friendly, keyword-rich content that will have great chances of getting included in search engine rankings


 Build a list of prospects for future information products and your services
 Enhance your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Build Expert Status through Question and Answer Web Sites</title>
		<link>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/question-answer-qa-site-guidelines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/question-answer-qa-site-guidelines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micah Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q&#38;A-type sites have been around in some form or another for many years.  However, until recently they haven’t made a large impact in the scene.
In today’s World Wide Web, even the big players are getting in on the Q&#38;A action.  Yahoo has their own “answers” community.  LinkedIn.com has recently made a Q&#38;A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn to Gain Users and Traffic Through Social Bookmarking</title>
		<link>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/social-bookmarking-guidelines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/social-bookmarking-guidelines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micah Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Social bookmarking is an integral part to any Social Arena Marketing campaign.  It enables your content to be easily found, saved and shared.
With the right keywords included in the content, you may find your bookmarked content appearing on search engines like Google in as little as 24 hours. 

Top 7 Guidelines for Social Bookmarking

Don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Using Current Trends for Search Engine Optimization and Viral Traction in Your Web Site?</title>
		<link>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/using-current-trends-for-viral-marketing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/using-current-trends-for-viral-marketing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micah Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Looking at what trends are popular will allow you to turn ordinary content into potentially viral contributions.

Example Trend:
Green / Eco-Friendly Related Content
This trend is growing by the day.  In addition, it is becoming one of the most important movements in our time.  Not only will this trend help you enhance your content, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jump Starting a Viral Movement in your Business</title>
		<link>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/jump-starting-a-viral-movement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/jump-starting-a-viral-movement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micah Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many businesses will have a valuable asset which most of the other community contributors will not have:  Employees.
To help jump start a viral movement with your business’s content or contributions, you will have the option of using your employee base as the beginning of your online network, social supporters, followers, friends, and other elements [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Viral Marketing Campaigns and their Best Content Types</title>
		<link>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/viral-marketing-campaigns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/viral-marketing-campaigns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micah Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blogging for business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[improve webstie traffic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quality website traffic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Arena Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Marketing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Viral Marketing Campaigns]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although substantial quality traffic can be achieved without “going viral” from your viral campaign, reaching a viral status may be the goal for contributors using Social Arena Marketing and viral marketing campaigns.
Based on what can be seen with currently popular viral marketing campaigns and content, most fit into one of the following categories:

Humor
Amazing/Spectacular
Controversial
Very Helpful and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four Ideas for Effective Social Media Marketing</title>
		<link>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/guidelines-for-social-arena-marketing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/guidelines-for-social-arena-marketing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micah Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The following information contained within this category pertains to Social Media Marketing as a whole.  It includes the basic guidelines and provides the framework for all concepts and advanced strategies included in the remainder of this blog and others associated with it.
&#160;

When available, create usernames and account names using your most valuable keywords

 For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Think of a Search Engine Like a 2-Year Old</title>
		<link>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/think-of-a-search-engine-like-a-2-year-old/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micah Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing Misc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tutorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[keyword focus]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[valuable keywords]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When you think of search engines like toddlers, the concepts for search engine optimization (SEO) get much more simple. 
With young children, you need to make things extra easy in order for them to understand.  Take children&#8217;s books for example.  They usually consist of a few words per page and cut right to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Customer Clustering</title>
		<link>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/customer-clustering/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/customer-clustering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micah Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Misc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer clustering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[examples]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing research]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new trend is developing in the world of Social Media: Customer Clustering &#8212; A method of grouping your customers who have similar interests and adding the basics of social networking.

A couple examples&#8230;

eBay Neighborhoods
eBay is all over the latest social media technologies and strategies.  Recently, we mentioned their new desktop app in an article [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turn Your Web Site Inside-Out</title>
		<link>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/turn-your-web-site-inside-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/turn-your-web-site-inside-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micah Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing Misc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[web design]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seth Godin wrote a great post today on his blog regarding how the search engines have &#8220;broken the world into little tiny bits.&#8221;
I think it&#8217;s a great observation, and it&#8217;s not just search engines.  It&#8217;s social media as a whole!  Whether your site got stumbled, you have traffic coming in from your RSS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Things Every Online Retailer Must Learn to Succeed with Social Media</title>
		<link>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/five-things-every-online-retailer-must-learn-to-succeed-with-social-media/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/five-things-every-online-retailer-must-learn-to-succeed-with-social-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micah Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Keyword Research Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Misc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engine Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[keyword research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[search phrases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Social Arena includes hundreds of sites and millions of users. An understanding of these networks will turn your business into an automated vehicle for profit creation.
With the information below, you will have the tools necessary to drive extraordinary qualified traffic to your web site and build your brand as a knowledgeable expert in your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Massive Social Bookmarking Site List (over 300 sites)</title>
		<link>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/a-massive-social-bookmarking-site-list-over-300-sites/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chiefingredient.com/2009/01/a-massive-social-bookmarking-site-list-over-300-sites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Micah Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing Misc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Marketing Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A huge thanks to AJAXflakes.com for compiling (and testing) a list of over 300 social bookmarking sites on the web.  These sites are grouped into categories that makes it easy to find the type of site that you are looking for.
As an added bonus, the Page Rank and description for each site is also [...]]]></description>
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