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		<title>Social Media strategy tools &amp; presentation to National Association of Professional Women Providence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Free tools to investigate and implement social media strategy Thanks so much to Jayne Conway and Lisa Tener for inviting me to speak to the Providence chapter of the National Association of Professional Women, an engaging and collaborative group. Designated Editor&#8217;s blog readers may be interested in a post I wrote to recap some of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blog and content strategies with Stephen Turcotte of Backbone Media at the Boston SEO Meetup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<font face="Garamond" size="3">Blog and content strategies </font><font face="Garamond" size="3">with Stephen Turcotte of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.backbonemedia.com/">Backbone Media</a><br /></font><font face="Garamond" size="3">October meeting of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bostonseo.org/">Boston SEO Meetup</a> <br /><br />Food sponsor <a target="_blank" href="http://www.cookieoutlet.com/store/">CookieOutlet.com</a>, coupon offer code: BostonSEO<br /></font><font face="Garamond" size="3"><br />Backbone Media, started 1996, didn’t realize were doing content strategies<br /><br /><strong></strong><h4><strong>Content strategy </strong></h4> &#160;&#160;&#160; <font size="4"><em>Taking something you already have, know about, that your customers are interested in and make it useful to them<br /></em></font><br /><h4>Every strategy starts with a goal</h4></font><ul><li><font face="Garamond" size="3"> &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Who are your customers</font></li><li><font face="Garamond" size="3">&#160;&#160; &#160;What are they looking for?</font></li><li><font face="Garamond" size="3">&#160;&#160; &#160;Solutions?&#160;</font></li></ul><font face="Garamond" size="3"><br />The Balsams.com resort in NH<br /></font><ul><li><font face="Garamond" size="3"> &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;What else could ...
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		<link>http://blog.designatededitor.com/2009/10/blog-and-content-strategies-with-stephen-turcotte-of-backbone-media-at-the-boston-seo-meetup/</link>
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		<title>Transforming Social Media Connections Into Qualified Leads at OMMA Global</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<font face="Garamond" size="3">Transforming Social Media Connections Into Qualified Leads at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mediapost.com/events/?/showID/OMMAGlobalNewYork.09.NewYorkCity/type/Agenda/itemID/932/tag_type/swis/tag_ID/64/OMMAGlobalNewYork-social.html">OMMA Global</a><br /><br /></font><font face="Garamond" size="3">Moderator: David Honig, Advisor and Co-founder, <a target="_blank" href="http://media6degrees.com/">Media6degrees</a>, Inc.<br /></font><br /><font face="Garamond" size="3">Panelists &#160;<br />Brian Halligan, CEO and Co-Founder, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.hubspot.com/">HubSpot<br /></a>Zephrin Lasker, Founder &#38; CEO, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.pontiflex.com/">Pontiflex</a>, Inc.<br />Mark Moran, Founder &#38; CEO, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.findingdulcinea.com/home.html">findingDulcinea</a><br /><br /><br /></font><font face="Garamond" size="3">Brian Halligan:</font><br /><font face="Garamond" size="3">How organic gets the pull<br /></font><ul><li><font face="Garamond" size="3">&#160;&#160; &#160;Really active doesn’t work well</font></li><li><font face="Garamond" size="3">&#160;&#160; &#160;Remarkable blog w great content</font></li><li><font face="Garamond" size="3">&#160;&#160; &#160;Then market the content thru Twitter</font></li></ul><font face="Garamond" size="3"><br />1.&#160;&#160;&#160; Create great content<br />2.&#160;&#160;&#160; Optimize for Google and Twitter<br />3.&#160;&#160;&#160; Market it<br />4.&#160;&#160;&#160; Measure the various pipelines<br /><br />Can be 6 times ...
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		<link>http://blog.designatededitor.com/2009/09/transforming-social-media-connections-into-qualified-leads-at-omma-global/</link>
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		<title>The New York Times Meets the Social Web</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<font face="Garamond" size="3"><a href="http://www.mediapost.com/events/?/showID/OMMAGlobalNewYork.09.NewYorkCity/type/Content/itemID/944/OMMAGlobalNewYork-The%20New%20Socialism.html">OMMA Global</a>, Media Post Live,<br />New York Times and social media<br /><br /><strong>Martin Nisenholtz<br /></strong><em>SVP, Digital Operations</em><br /><br />          <br />          <br />            The New York Times Company<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/">NYT.com</a> nearly 50K citations from bloggers, 2x CNN<br /><br />Facebook (FB) mostly women, skews 35 and under, website is 41 and skews male<br /><br />Twitter: ReTweets, no design, easy and game-like features<br /><br />Challenge: how to find the best lists, have 2 million followers<br /><br />18 months ago to top 10 of Times newsfeed<br /><br />"<a target="_blank" ...
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		<link>http://blog.designatededitor.com/2009/09/httpwwwnytimescom/</link>
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		<title>Creating killer ad copy with David Szetela from Clix Marketing @ SMX WEST</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Creating killer ad copy with David Szetela from Clix Marketing @&#160; SMX WEST Ad Design for Contextual Advertising Biggest problem is the ads appear near unrelated content Ads don’t distract attn away from Contextual is not Search Readers aren’t searching for your product/service It’s more like traditional banner or print advertising Site visitor are in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.designatededitor.com/2009/02/creating-killer-ad-copy-with-david-szetela-from-clix-marketing-smx-west/</link>
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		<title>AMA event notes: Designing and Implementing Marketing Analytics Programs for the Multi-Channel Opportunity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Disclaimer: These are notes, designed to refresh attendees&#8217; memories or to give an idea of what you missed. This is not in any way final copy. Designing and Implementing Marketing Analytics Programs for the Multi-Channel Opportunity Produced by the Boston Chapter of the American Marketing Association, Jan 20, 2009 My first AMA event, this sold-out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.designatededitor.com/2009/01/ama-event-notes-designing-and-implementing-marketing-analytics-programs-for-the-multichannel-opportunity/</link>
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		<title>SEMNE event: Google AdWords Best Practices With Malinda Gagnon of Google</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google Adwords Best Practices When: January 27, 2009; from 6:30 PM &#8211; 9:00 PM Where: Newton Marriott, Newton, MA Speaker: Malinda Gagnon, Google Inc. SEMNE welcomes new members, but beware that if you&#8217;re new to this world, there&#8217;s quite a learning curve. That&#8217;s another reason to go, eh? Excellent networking and snacks with full bar [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.designatededitor.com/2009/01/semne-event-google-adwords-best-practices-with-malinda-gagnon-google-inc/</link>
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		<title>What’s Stopping You? How to Find and Close Business in a Troubled Economy with Carl Harvey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Society of Professional Consultants&#8217; Monthly Dinner Meeting Monday, January 26, 2009, 5:30pm &#8211; 9:00pm • Hilton Garden Inn • Waltham, MA http://www.spconsultants.org/notices/DinnerMeeting/2009/dinner-JAN-2009.html Carl Harvey www.successandself-esteem.com class=&#8221;style1&#8243;&#62;About 20 people made for an excellent networking event, find out a little about each attendee,  conduct personalized exercise, get feedback. Carl spoke about cold calling as the way to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.designatededitor.com/2009/01/whats-stopping-you-how-to-find-and-close-business-in-a-troubled-economy-with-carl-harvey/</link>
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