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		<title>Credit card payment calculator &#8211; Find answers to financial questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Montoya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being in debt can be quite a difficult and challenging situation. ]]></description>
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		<title>Ad-ology Study Reveals SMB’s Social Media Usage</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Montoya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a post showing how the most common social media strategies are not always the most effective, David Wilson provided another interesting report on SMB owners and social media usage. More specifically, David pointed out an Ad-ology study called the Small Business Marketing Forecast 2010  that was published last month. The report interviewed 1,000 small business owners with fewer than 100 employees and asked them about their attitudes and marketing plans for the coming year.]]></description>
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		<title>The Social Media Landscape in the Grocery Industry [InfoGraphic]</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Montoya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Social Media Landscape in the Grocery Industry]]></description>
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		<title>Scoring Big with Small Domains: You can go small and get big.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Montoya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Personal Branding means narrowing your audience from “just everyone” to the people most likely to respond to your message. It means remaining focused while your competition markets to everyone with a pulse.]]></description>
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		<title>Mysterious Underground Marketing:  What is viral marketing – and how does it affect your business and career?   </title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Montoya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Viral marketing (also called buzz marketing) encourages word of mouth, or "buzz," by giving your prospect something exciting or valuable to share with others. That "something" can be vital information, a special offer, or a preview of your useful products or services.  ]]></description>
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		<title>The most awesome reaction to LeBron&#8217;s announcement.</title>
		<link>http://www.markmontoya.com/OnlinePersonalBrandingSpecialist/2010/07/1143/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Montoya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most awesome reaction to LeBron's announcement.]]></description>
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		<title>The Maturation of Social Media ROI</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Montoya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The debate over measuring social media investment inspired many brands to cannonball into popular social networks and join the proverbial conversation without a plan or strategic objectives defined. At the same time, the lack of ROI standards unnerved many executives, preventing any form of experimentation until their questions and concerns were addressed.]]></description>
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		<title>Building a Practice on Personality and Performance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Montoya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The common model for building a practice is hardly individualized. Typical is the consultant using template brochures and business cards provided by his an online service or company. Marketing efforts are often minimal, since there’s little incentive to build relationships with clients who see the advisor as identical to the rest of the pack. This route provides an income but little more.]]></description>
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		<title>Does Your SMB Do These 8 Things?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Montoya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spend a lot of time talking to small business owners and startups. I speak with them through my SEO consulting company, during phone calls about social media projects and even just while I’m on my way to and from conferences and taking the train.  It’s something I enjoy doing because I like hearing their stories, their successes and the struggles that they’re facing. Often it’s nice to know you’re not the only one going through something and to have a chance to commiserate.  I work out of my apartment. I’m not exactly overflowing with social interaction these days.]]></description>
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		<title>Co-Branding: It’s Not Always a Bad Idea</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Montoya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Co-Branding: It’s Not Always a Bad Idea]]></description>
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