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		<title>The Downfall of Social Media</title>
		<link>http://hightalk.net/2013/05/22/the-downfall-of-social-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 16:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gfsnell3</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was inevitable. Because social media is not the end all be all. Social media won&#8217;t cure your marketing woes. Social media will not make you more popular. And social media will not cure cancer. Social media is a channel (or more accurately several channels) and it always has been. Just like television, radio, email and websites. Facebook, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hightalk.net&#038;blog=6188279&#038;post=4832&#038;subd=hightalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Big, Fat Content Glut</title>
		<link>http://hightalk.net/2013/05/14/the-big-fat-content-glut/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 21:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hightalk.net/?p=4848</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Content is everywhere &#8211; and that&#8217;s the problem. Content creators &#8211; bloggers, videographers, writers, artists, designers, musicians, journalists, directors, illustrators, actors, etc. &#8211; should be celebrating. The internet has opened up the world to them. Writers can sell novels and non-fiction directly to readers. Musicians can sell their songs right to listeners. YouTube and Vimeo [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hightalk.net&#038;blog=6188279&#038;post=4848&#038;subd=hightalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why “Likes” Matter</title>
		<link>http://hightalk.net/2013/05/08/why-likes-matter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 18:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gfsnell3</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing causes as much consternation as a Facebook &#8220;like.&#8221; Marketers want to give it a value.  Sales guys want to monetize it.  Communicators want to measure it. But the simple fact is that few people understand it. So what is a like?  What does it mean when a Facebook user &#8220;likes&#8221; something? First, you need [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hightalk.net&#038;blog=6188279&#038;post=4840&#038;subd=hightalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>10 Signs That You Need to Unplug</title>
		<link>http://hightalk.net/2013/05/02/10-signs-that-you-need-to-unplug/</link>
		<comments>http://hightalk.net/2013/05/02/10-signs-that-you-need-to-unplug/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 20:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gfsnell3</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. You use the word retweet instead of repeat in casual conversation. 2. You actually say to someone: &#8220;I just read something about that on Facebook.&#8221; 3. The distant sound of a mobile phone ring makes you check your own phone for an incoming call (extra points if you do this after hearing a mobile [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hightalk.net&#038;blog=6188279&#038;post=4834&#038;subd=hightalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>4 Myths of Social Media Authenticity</title>
		<link>http://hightalk.net/2013/04/29/4-myths-of-social-media-authenticity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gfsnell3</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the great big whopping lies about social media is authenticity. Because &#8211; let&#8217;s face it &#8211; there isn&#8217;t much that&#8217;s authentic about social media. There&#8217;s lots of spin, cherry-picking, and bright-side propaganda from both individuals and brands going on. Few people and brands are truly genuine about their attitudes, personalities and opinions on [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hightalk.net&#038;blog=6188279&#038;post=4821&#038;subd=hightalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Technology in the Classroom Should Mean</title>
		<link>http://hightalk.net/2013/04/24/what-technology-in-the-classroom-should-mean/</link>
		<comments>http://hightalk.net/2013/04/24/what-technology-in-the-classroom-should-mean/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gfsnell3</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hightalk.net/?p=4801</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Public schools are adding tablets and laptop computers into their educational programs in record numbers.  One of the main reasons educators cite for this proliferation of technology is a variation of this thinking: &#8220;The jobs of the future will be using technology and computers and students need to learn them to be prepared for the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hightalk.net&#038;blog=6188279&#038;post=4801&#038;subd=hightalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Boston, Social Media &amp; the Press</title>
		<link>http://hightalk.net/2013/04/22/boston-social-media-the-press/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gfsnell3</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the horrific week of the Boston Marathon bombings &#8211; where the news seem to fly faster than even Twitter &#8211; one thing stuck out like a sore thumb: The mainstream media remains the best place to get accurate news. Despite all the cuts, all the closings and the sorry economic state of the mainstream [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hightalk.net&#038;blog=6188279&#038;post=4804&#038;subd=hightalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You’re Not Married to Your Social Networks – You’re Just Dating</title>
		<link>http://hightalk.net/2013/04/12/youre-not-married-to-your-social-networks-youre-just-dating/</link>
		<comments>http://hightalk.net/2013/04/12/youre-not-married-to-your-social-networks-youre-just-dating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gfsnell3</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because if history is any guide &#8211; social networks come and go.  Mostly go. So don&#8217;t go off and get hitched. As my astute colleague Greg Swan recently noted: &#8220;You would think the track record of social network migration (i.e. users emigrating from Compuserve to AOL, AOL to Friendster, Friendster to MySpace, more recently MySpace [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hightalk.net&#038;blog=6188279&#038;post=4794&#038;subd=hightalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Let’s Count the Ways You’re Screwing Up Social Media</title>
		<link>http://hightalk.net/2013/04/09/lets-count-the-ways-youre-screwing-up-social-media/</link>
		<comments>http://hightalk.net/2013/04/09/lets-count-the-ways-youre-screwing-up-social-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because the ways are many and varied. If you needed any evidence that brands are doing social media all wrong then look no further than a recent survey sponsored by Ragan&#8217;s PR Daily and several partners. The statistics are jaw-dropping: Only 27 percent of brands have a dedicated social media team Sixty-five percent of brands [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hightalk.net&#038;blog=6188279&#038;post=4691&#038;subd=hightalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Should We Block Big Brother Tactics by Companies?</title>
		<link>http://hightalk.net/2013/04/04/should-we-block-big-brother-tactics-by-companies/</link>
		<comments>http://hightalk.net/2013/04/04/should-we-block-big-brother-tactics-by-companies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gmail reads my emails. &#8230; so they can serve me targeted ads. Amazon analyzes my book buying habits. &#8230;to serve me up ads via recommendations. Facebook studies my posting habits and likes. &#8230;to sell my profile to advertisers so they can target me with ads. Google collects and analyzes my search habits. &#8230;to serve me [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hightalk.net&#038;blog=6188279&#038;post=4767&#038;subd=hightalk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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