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		<title>Why Video and Pictures Matter In Marketing Your Minnesota Business Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this Ski-lift Soliloquy by David Scott, VP of Business Development for PureDriven you will learn three reasons you should use video and pictures as part of your online content marketing mix.]]></description>
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		<title>Book Clarifies How Precisely Social Media Can Help You</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently finished reading &#8220;No Bullshit Social Media,&#8221; by Erik Deckers and Jason Falls. In full disclosure, Jason sent me a free copy of his new book on social media, but I would have bought it anyway. It is that good.
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I read quite a few social media books, and I  have never found one I would consider to have been a waste of my time. All the authors come at it from different directions and bring different examples. This book stood out to me because:
A. I have studied Jason&#8217;s lessons enough in Exploring Social Media, that I know he&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What You Would Have Learned At The Minnesota Blogger Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conference Recaps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you live in Minnesota and want to become a better business blogger, some of the most useful but perhaps least hype-filled places to learn are conferences in your own backyard. 
Earlier this month David Scott, Vice President of Business Development for PureDriven, and myself, Patrick Garmoe, Social Media Strategist for PureDriven, headed to Minneapolis for the second annual Minnesota Blogger Conference.
I’m passing on to you some best morsels that I learned.


Lee Odden of the Twin Cities-based Top Rank Marketing blog &#8211; one of the most popular online marketing blogs in the country – stressed the importance of focusing on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Factors To Consider When Creating An Online Strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.puredriven.com/why-businesses-are-almost-certain-to-fail-online-without-a-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.puredriven.com/why-businesses-are-almost-certain-to-fail-online-without-a-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I travel around Minnesota the state speaking to businesses about their websites and use of social media, I often find that they never considered what precisely they were attempting to accomplish with their website.]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Whine When Google+ Business Pages Debut</title>
		<link>http://www.puredriven.com/dont-whine-when-google-business-pages-debut/</link>
		<comments>http://www.puredriven.com/dont-whine-when-google-business-pages-debut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been spending the last few weeks diving into what is sure to be the newest and best social media platform of 2011 – Google+ (AKA Google Plus)
I will eventually post a review of the tool itself, but will wait until the public at large is invited to join in. For now it&#8217;s a beta test only, and there is not an official option yet for businesses to use the tool. By the way, if you want an invitation to the service, connect with me at gplus.to/garmoe.
The new service takes the best aspects of Facebook and Twitter and builds something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware: Not Reading &#8220;Launch&#8221; Could Mean Millions In Lost Revenue</title>
		<link>http://www.puredriven.com/launch-michaelstelzner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging for Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Book review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Content Creation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The book “Launch” by Michael A. Stelzner should serve as required reading for anyone who wants to use content marketing successfully online.
Stelzner, founder of socialmediaexaminer.com – among the most popular social media blogs on the Internet with 80,000 daily e-mail subscribers – explains how exactly to build and attract an audience, starting with nothing.
I received two complimentary copies of his book – one to read and provide an honest review of here – the other to give away. If you want to win the free copy, attend the next Social Media Breakfast Twin Ports in Duluth, Minnesota on July 8.
First, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warning: Are You In Over Your Head Online?</title>
		<link>http://www.puredriven.com/warning-are-you-in-over-your-head-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ It’s a complex world.
The good news for you is that you need to focus on less and less of it.
Let me explain.
Would you ask your construction company to pick out your computer system, or an auto-dealership to fix your sewer system?
Naturally the answer is no.
Yet so many businesses choose not to hire a subject matter expert (SME) when it comes to websites, even though botching the job can mean thousands or tens of thousands of dollars in unrealized or lost sales.
Often your website serves as your potential client’s first impression of your company, whether it’s the home page of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why you should converse online, even if the benefits seem ellusive</title>
		<link>http://www.puredriven.com/why-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So much news and hype surrounding social media is churned out daily, that at times I have found it feels great to just unplug for a while, step back, and think. By think, I mean reexamine why we do things in social media like publish a blog that seemingly is read by no one and understanding what “listening” online really involves, with an objective to do it well and derive a business benefit.

I figured I would pass you some of the answers to these most basic and critical questions, in case you have pondered some of these same concerns. If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Listen Up Minnesota!</title>
		<link>http://www.puredriven.com/listen-up-minnesota/</link>
		<comments>http://www.puredriven.com/listen-up-minnesota/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Scott, our Vice President of Business Development, is going to be on at 8:10 a.m. Thursday, June 2, on KAXE, discussing the intersection of telecommunications and the Internet. The show is called &#8220;I.T. Connections with Chad and Dan.&#8221; He is particularly knowledgeable on this topic, given his history with Verizon, and now PureDriven.
You can listen live at http://www.kaxe.org or the station is on 91.7 FM in Grand Rapids, 89.9 FM in Brainerd and 105.3 in Bemidji.
Let us know here what you thought of Dave&#8217;s performance!
]]></description>
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		<title>A Warm Welcome to the Duluth Area Chamber Of Commerce Social Media Conference Attendees</title>
		<link>http://www.puredriven.com/a-warm-welcome-to-the-duluth-area-chamber-of-commerce-social-media-conference-attendees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.puredriven.com/a-warm-welcome-to-the-duluth-area-chamber-of-commerce-social-media-conference-attendees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 14:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A huge welcome to the many people who are checking out our blog for the first time, following hearing our CEO Christopher Swanson or Content Strategist Patrick Garmoe speak at the Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce&#8217;s Social Media Conference.

We hope you enjoyed our presentations, and would love to get to know you better.
But most importantly, we have some useful content that hopefully will help you begin applying what you learned Wednesday.
By joining our e-mail list, you will receive several pieces of excellent content we have charged for in the past.
If you would rather just receive our blog posts, go ahead [...]]]></description>
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