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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2enclosuresfull.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>Marketing Edge</title><link>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog</link><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/marketingedge" /><description>The Marketing Edge, one of the longest running marketing and public relations podcasts.</description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:49:17 PST</lastBuildDate><generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4</generator><sy:updatePeriod xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/">hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/">1</sy:updateFrequency><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/marketingedge" /><feedburner:info uri="marketingedge" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><media:copyright>(c) 2010 Provident Partners</media:copyright><media:thumbnail url="http://www.providentpartners.net/PPsquarelogo.jpg" /><media:keywords>marketing,public,reations,business,podcasting,media,social,media,video,audio</media:keywords><media:category scheme="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Business/Management &amp; Marketing</media:category><media:category scheme="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Business/Business News</media:category><itunes:owner><itunes:email>amaruggi@providentpartners.net</itunes:email><itunes:name>Albert Maruggi</itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author>Albert Maruggi</itunes:author><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="http://www.providentpartners.net/PPsquarelogo.jpg" /><itunes:keywords>marketing,public,reations,business,podcasting,media,social,media,video,audio</itunes:keywords><itunes:subtitle>Thoughtful commentary, advice and insight on how social media is creating new ways to communicate and changing the nature of public relations, marketing, and advertising from Albert Maruggi, a veteran of radio, television, politics and the corporate commu</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>Thoughtful commentary, advice and insight on how social media is creating new ways to communicate and changing the nature of public relations, marketing, and advertising from Albert Maruggi, a veteran of radio, television, politics and the corporate communications.</itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Business"><itunes:category text="Management &amp; Marketing" /></itunes:category><itunes:category text="Business"><itunes:category text="Business News" /></itunes:category><geo:lat>44.913815</geo:lat><geo:long>-93.174595</geo:long><image><link>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog</link><url>http://www.providentpartners.net/PPsquarelogo.jpg</url><title>Marketing Edge Podcast by Provident Partners</title></image><feedburner:emailServiceId>marketingedge</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname>http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><feedburner:browserFriendly>This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site.</feedburner:browserFriendly><item><title>What A Marketing Crock – Improve Your Shopping Experience, Right.</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/0aK9NQTL0Vw/</link><category>Facebook</category><category>marketing</category><category>mobile</category><category>retail</category><category>technology</category><category>mobile commerce</category><category>personal shopping</category><category>science of shopping</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:49:17 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=2432</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[I love this piece on measuring consumer&#8217;s emotional levels in a retail shopping space or tracking their eye movements on a website.   I don&#8217;t for a moment believe it&#8217;s about...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/0aK9NQTL0Vw" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2012/02/02/what-a-marketing-crock-improve-your-shopping-experience-right/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/5apNGg-nELo/5590821" fileSize="10102" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>I love this piece on measuring consumer&amp;#8217;s emotional levels in a retail shopping space or tracking their eye movements on a website. I don&amp;#8217;t for a moment believe it&amp;#8217;s about &amp;#8220;making their experience better&amp;#8221; do you? No really do</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Albert Maruggi</itunes:author><itunes:summary>I love this piece on measuring consumer&amp;#8217;s emotional levels in a retail shopping space or tracking their eye movements on a website. I don&amp;#8217;t for a moment believe it&amp;#8217;s about &amp;#8220;making their experience better&amp;#8221; do you? No really do you believe retailers will pay millions of dollars on research about consumer behavior [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>marketing,public,reations,business,podcasting,media,social,media,video,audio</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2012/02/02/what-a-marketing-crock-improve-your-shopping-experience-right/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/5apNGg-nELo/5590821" length="10102" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://cdnapi.kaltura.com/index.php/kwidget/wid/1_8e44kcxc/uiconf_id/5590821</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Marketers Need Your Digital Habits, Now!</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/99-t2MUa0fY/</link><category>Facebook</category><category>advertising</category><category>mobile</category><category>technology</category><category>digital marketing</category><category>Facebook privacy</category><category>Google privacy</category><category>marketing</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:28:30 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=2429</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Marketers are a shrewd lot, some have customers in mind, but most have their own hides at the top of the food chain, then their company&#8217;s.  This is not a criticism.  This is the premise upon...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/99-t2MUa0fY" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2012/01/30/marketers-need-love-too/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">1</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2012/01/30/marketers-need-love-too/</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Who Has The Last Laugh on YouTube?</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/ADjFPkluD9w/</link><category>marketing</category><category>video</category><category>Comedians on YouTube</category><category>comedy</category><category>YouTube</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:17:08 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=2409</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[I read Todd Wasserman&#8217;s piece on Mashable about how 4 billion videos a day on consumed on YouTube, but the trend is YouTube viewers don&#8217;t hangout as much as TV viewers.  Those couch...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/ADjFPkluD9w" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2012/01/23/who-has-the-last-laugh-on-youtube/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">3</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2012/01/23/who-has-the-last-laugh-on-youtube/</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Dealing With Non Profit Proliferation in Social Media</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/RIludEQeY-I/</link><category>marketing</category><category>non-profit</category><category>social media</category><category>fundraising</category><category>social change</category><category>Tweetsgiving</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:12:34 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=2396</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Time 18:38

It used to be back in the day, that all you needed do is be on social media and your  non-profit cause was welcome with open arms.   Ask Stacey Monk of Epic Change, the organization that...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/RIludEQeY-I" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2012/01/10/dealing-with-non-profit-proliferation-in-social-media/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">2</slash:comments><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/b99GmaHk78E/20120110_monk.mp3" fileSize="26836449" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Time 18:38 It used to be back in the day, that all you needed do is be on social media and your non-profit cause was welcome with open arms. Ask Stacey Monk of Epic Change, the organization that launched Tweetsgiving and raised money to help build a schoo</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Albert Maruggi</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Time 18:38 It used to be back in the day, that all you needed do is be on social media and your non-profit cause was welcome with open arms. Ask Stacey Monk of Epic Change, the organization that launched Tweetsgiving and raised money to help build a school in Tanzania in 2008. [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>marketing,public,reations,business,podcasting,media,social,media,video,audio</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2012/01/10/dealing-with-non-profit-proliferation-in-social-media/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/b99GmaHk78E/20120110_monk.mp3" length="26836449" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/html/podcast/20120110_monk.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>2012 Social Media’s Adolescence</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/WaAp6SKehe0/</link><category>marketing</category><category>social media</category><category>social media productivity</category><category>social media time management</category><category>social media time suck</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:55:27 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=2380</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Time 16:24

Just like a 1960s father complaining about his teenage daughter being on the telephone  constantly, social media is entering into its adolescent phase with some growing up to do.  The...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/WaAp6SKehe0" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/12/28/2012-social-media%e2%80%99s-adolescence/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">1</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/12/28/2012-social-media%e2%80%99s-adolescence/</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Keys to Integrating Content That Motivates Audiences</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/w3uOWWFM8Cw/</link><category>Content marketing</category><category>corporate marketing</category><category>marketing</category><category>video</category><category>Hubspot</category><category>Integrated Marketing</category><category>lead generation</category><category>Pistachio</category><category>social marketing</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:32:22 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=2369</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Time 21:34

The second part of the three part conversation with Laura Fitton aka @pistachio from Hubspothttp://www.hubspot.com/pistachio/.  Digital content is the ingredient for all types of digital...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/w3uOWWFM8Cw" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/12/20/keys-to-integrating-content-that-motivates-audiences/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/kgzkDZrYDSg/20111220_fitton2.mp3" fileSize="31053240" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Time 21:34 The second part of the three part conversation with Laura Fitton aka @pistachio from Hubspothttp://www.hubspot.com/pistachio/. Digital content is the ingredient for all types of digital marketing, online or off. For example, a video case study </itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Albert Maruggi</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Time 21:34 The second part of the three part conversation with Laura Fitton aka @pistachio from Hubspothttp://www.hubspot.com/pistachio/. Digital content is the ingredient for all types of digital marketing, online or off. For example, a video case study can be edited into separate clips that address a focused issue. This clip can be on [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>marketing,public,reations,business,podcasting,media,social,media,video,audio</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/12/20/keys-to-integrating-content-that-motivates-audiences/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/kgzkDZrYDSg/20111220_fitton2.mp3" length="31053240" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/html/podcast/20111220_fitton2.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>What Will Change Social Media in 2012</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/vG_xWibssms/</link><category>marketing</category><category>small business</category><category>social media</category><category>strategy</category><category>marketing trends 2012</category><category>mobile trends 2012</category><category>social media trends</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 04:48:24 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=2360</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Time 13:22

The year-end blog posts about marketing ideas for 2012 are endless.  The one constant included in the majority of them is the importance of content.   Now now, everyone and their brother...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/vG_xWibssms" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/12/13/what-will-change-social-media-in-2012/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">2</slash:comments><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/Z0-S9yzQkXY/20111213_fitton1.mp3" fileSize="19244848" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Time 13:22 The year-end blog posts about marketing ideas for 2012 are endless. The one constant included in the majority of them is the importance of content. Now now, everyone and their brother has a book out about the latest consultant buzz word “conten</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Albert Maruggi</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Time 13:22 The year-end blog posts about marketing ideas for 2012 are endless. The one constant included in the majority of them is the importance of content. Now now, everyone and their brother has a book out about the latest consultant buzz word “content marketing”. Stop it; this should almost insult your [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>marketing,public,reations,business,podcasting,media,social,media,video,audio</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/12/13/what-will-change-social-media-in-2012/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/Z0-S9yzQkXY/20111213_fitton1.mp3" length="19244848" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/html/podcast/20111213_fitton1.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Biggest Mistake on Twitter</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/zPETRHwg3fo/</link><category>marketing</category><category>Promoted tweets</category><category>Twitter</category><category>Twitter mistakes</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:06:49 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=2356</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[What&#8217;s wrong people?  Don&#8217;t you want to be Re-Tweeted?  Then make your tweets short enough to allow for a quick RT click and send.  
I see this mistake all the time, and on a promoted...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/zPETRHwg3fo" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/11/21/biggest-mistake-on-twitter/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/11/21/biggest-mistake-on-twitter/</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Facebook Changes Don’t Change The Challenge</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/zCajUKSgZZQ/</link><category>Facebook</category><category>marketing</category><category>Facebook Ads</category><category>Facebook Changes</category><category>Facebook marketing</category><category>Facebook timeline</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:24:08 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=2339</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Time 14:10

Regardless of any changes in Facebook to be rolled out this weekend, the challenge stays the same for business Facebook marketing, Attract, Teach, Drive behavior.  
We discuss a real...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/zCajUKSgZZQ" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/09/30/facebook-changes-dont-change-challenge/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/Tmni5Ee585o/20110930_usa2pilipinas.mp3" fileSize="20446689" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Time 14:10 Regardless of any changes in Facebook to be rolled out this weekend, the challenge stays the same for business Facebook marketing, Attract, Teach, Drive behavior. We discuss a real Facebook Marketing challenge with a client in the shipping busi</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Albert Maruggi</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Time 14:10 Regardless of any changes in Facebook to be rolled out this weekend, the challenge stays the same for business Facebook marketing, Attract, Teach, Drive behavior. We discuss a real Facebook Marketing challenge with a client in the shipping business USA2Pilipinas. (now called USA2everywhere) This is a company that reduces international shipping costs by [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>marketing,public,reations,business,podcasting,media,social,media,video,audio</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/09/30/facebook-changes-dont-change-challenge/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/Tmni5Ee585o/20110930_usa2pilipinas.mp3" length="20446689" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/html/podcast/20110930_usa2pilipinas.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Great Ways to Build Email Lists</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/sBA1HVbrSN4/</link><category>marketing</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 03:35:03 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=2334</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Albert’s Answers
I do a lot of presentations, as a result I get many questions.  I have answers to most of them, when I don’t I’ll say so and point folks in the direction to find out more.  I’ll post...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/sBA1HVbrSN4" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/09/19/great-ways-to-build-email-lists/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">2</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/09/19/great-ways-to-build-email-lists/</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Social Marketers: Is It the Seven Year Itch?</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/zWLVOrZWin8/</link><category>corporate marketing</category><category>marketing</category><category>social media</category><category>Facebook decline</category><category>Facebook users defecting</category><category>google+</category><category>social consumer decline</category><category>social fatigue</category><category>social media strategy</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 06:57:46 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=2320</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[There are hundreds of surveys these days about social media usage with varying degrees of accuracy.  Suffice it to say this one from GlobalWebIndex showcases the general mood of fatigue by users of...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/zWLVOrZWin8" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/08/17/social-marketers-is-it-the-seven-year-itch/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">4</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/08/17/social-marketers-is-it-the-seven-year-itch/</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Is This What Social Media is Supposed To Be?</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/ro4in0ll34o/</link><category>blogger relations</category><category>marketing</category><category>social media</category><category>event marketing</category><category>game shows</category><category>live events</category><category>social events</category><category>sports bloggers</category><category>sports trivia</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 05:43:12 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=2309</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[We, and I say we because social isn’t anything without we.  We tried something last night that felt like what social media is supposed to be.  It was a night that recognized one of hundreds of groups...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/ro4in0ll34o" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/08/04/is-this-what-social-media-is-supposed-to-be/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/P-umCaVsiY8/viewer.swf" fileSize="47594" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>We, and I say we because social isn’t anything without we. We tried something last night that felt like what social media is supposed to be. It was a night that recognized one of hundreds of groups that contribute content in social. The group was sports b</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Albert Maruggi</itunes:author><itunes:summary>We, and I say we because social isn’t anything without we. We tried something last night that felt like what social media is supposed to be. It was a night that recognized one of hundreds of groups that contribute content in social. The group was sports bloggers, true bloggers in that they are [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>marketing,public,reations,business,podcasting,media,social,media,video,audio</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/08/04/is-this-what-social-media-is-supposed-to-be/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/P-umCaVsiY8/viewer.swf" length="47594" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.ustream.tv/flash/viewer.swf</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Chris Brogan on Google +, Monetizing Information, and the Value of a $.99 Margarita</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/5MuHpWzllRs/</link><category>marketing</category><category>social media</category><category>Chris Brogan</category><category>Geoff Livingston</category><category>google plus</category><category>google+</category><category>google+ for business</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:08:30 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=2287</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Time 26:39

Chris Brogan is like the James Brown of social media.  Brown was called the hardest working man in show business and the same moniker can be applied to Chris Brogan in social media. ...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/5MuHpWzllRs" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/07/23/brogangoogleplus/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">1</slash:comments><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/OZF-tW1WxjY/20110723_brogan.mp3" fileSize="38374004" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Time 26:39 Chris Brogan is like the James Brown of social media. Brown was called the hardest working man in show business and the same moniker can be applied to Chris Brogan in social media. Brogan and I met over $.99 margaritas in Vegas at an early Blog</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Albert Maruggi</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Time 26:39 Chris Brogan is like the James Brown of social media. Brown was called the hardest working man in show business and the same moniker can be applied to Chris Brogan in social media. Brogan and I met over $.99 margaritas in Vegas at an early Blog World conference. Fast forward several [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>marketing,public,reations,business,podcasting,media,social,media,video,audio</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/07/23/brogangoogleplus/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/OZF-tW1WxjY/20110723_brogan.mp3" length="38374004" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/html/podcast/20110723_brogan.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Google + Dust Ups and Corporate Social Perspectives with Geoff Livingston</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/1_gxlcoCzs4/</link><category>marketing</category><category>social media</category><category>Brands</category><category>Chris Brogan</category><category>Geoff Livingston</category><category>google plus</category><category>google+</category><category>google+ for business</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:44:06 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=2264</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Time 25:00

I scheduled this interview with Livingston to talk about his book Welcome the Fifth Estate, but issues surrounding Google+ rose to a higher level so we talk both in this podcast. And yes...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/1_gxlcoCzs4" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/07/21/google-dust-ups-and-corporate-social-perspectives-with-geoff-livingston/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">1</slash:comments><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/zG0HVO4BQeQ/20110721_newlivingston.mp3" fileSize="36020476" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Time 25:00 I scheduled this interview with Livingston to talk about his book Welcome the Fifth Estate, but issues surrounding Google+ rose to a higher level so we talk both in this podcast. And yes we do get into the online differences between Livingston </itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Albert Maruggi</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Time 25:00 I scheduled this interview with Livingston to talk about his book Welcome the Fifth Estate, but issues surrounding Google+ rose to a higher level so we talk both in this podcast. And yes we do get into the online differences between Livingston and Chris Brogan, two friends of mine. First the book and the idea [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>marketing,public,reations,business,podcasting,media,social,media,video,audio</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/07/21/google-dust-ups-and-corporate-social-perspectives-with-geoff-livingston/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/zG0HVO4BQeQ/20110721_newlivingston.mp3" length="36020476" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/html/podcast/20110721_newlivingston.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Facebook Losing US Users &amp; Gaining P &amp; G Commerce Pages – Confusing</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/Fje6MSD_6R4/</link><category>marketing</category><category>social media</category><category>Facebook</category><category>Facebook Commerce</category><category>Facebook Users</category><category>Procter and Gamble</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 12:12:41 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=2244</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Time 28:34

So many mixed messages these days.  First its declining active users vs awareness on Twitter &#8211;   according the the Pew Internet and American Life Project.  Second, Inside Facebook...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/Fje6MSD_6R4" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/06/18/facebookcommerce/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">5</slash:comments><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/EqXiuPlQ0fU/20110618_garrickfacebook.mp3" fileSize="41141938" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Time 28:34 So many mixed messages these days. First its declining active users vs awareness on Twitter &amp;#8211; according the the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Second, Inside Facebook reports Facebook lost 6 million users in the United States bas</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Albert Maruggi</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Time 28:34 So many mixed messages these days. First its declining active users vs awareness on Twitter &amp;#8211; according the the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Second, Inside Facebook reports Facebook lost 6 million users in the United States base of users. But not a day later, consumer products [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>marketing,public,reations,business,podcasting,media,social,media,video,audio</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/06/18/facebookcommerce/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/EqXiuPlQ0fU/20110618_garrickfacebook.mp3" length="41141938" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/html/podcast/20110618_garrickfacebook.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>PR Problems in Big and Small Packages</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/iRd7xoAUzuc/</link><category>marketing</category><category>congressman weiner</category><category>Delta airlines</category><category>military baggage</category><category>PR</category><category>public relations</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:42:14 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=2219</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Time 13:09

Big Packge PR Problem

Delta Airlines got itself into trouble with a baggage policy for active military personnel that for nearly a decade had seemed to be working well.  Active military...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/iRd7xoAUzuc" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/06/09/pr-problems-in-big-and-small-packages/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">3</slash:comments><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/MvvnJIULaQY/20110609_packages.mp3" fileSize="18942036" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Time 13:09 Big Packge PR Problem Delta Airlines got itself into trouble with a baggage policy for active military personnel that for nearly a decade had seemed to be working well. Active military traveling to and from war zones using Delta Airlines is not</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Albert Maruggi</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Time 13:09 Big Packge PR Problem Delta Airlines got itself into trouble with a baggage policy for active military personnel that for nearly a decade had seemed to be working well. Active military traveling to and from war zones using Delta Airlines is not a new thing. A YouTube video of military personnel [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>marketing,public,reations,business,podcasting,media,social,media,video,audio</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/06/09/pr-problems-in-big-and-small-packages/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/MvvnJIULaQY/20110609_packages.mp3" length="18942036" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/html/podcast/20110609_packages.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Sorry Military and Your Families</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/MG9D0-HPpMg/</link><category>citizen journalism</category><category>technology</category><category>future military conflicts</category><category>Military</category><category>power of television</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 11:56:44 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=2213</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Happy Memorial Day to you, the families of the United States Military.   
A quick note to say thank you and I&#8217;m sorry.  Oh sure, we applaud the military service and we wave flags.  We call you...<br/>
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Patrick Strother, A long time, thoughtful practitioner of strategic communications and public relations is the guest on this episode of the Marketing Edge Podcast.  He is the Chief...<br/>
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Nellymoser is an interactive agency focused on the mobile experience and doing creative work with QR Codes and other digital tagging.  The Marketing Edge Podcast spoke with Roger Matus,...<br/>
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The personal or should I say people trading site Empire Avenue illustrates this new world of greater transparency.  You must spend some time on the site to truly appreciate the deeper...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/RR0rgEe6mCc" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/05/11/is-empire-avenue-a-game-or-a-social-network/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/Dbd4AcR2nCk/20110511_empire.mp3" fileSize="27365586" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Time 19:00 The personal or should I say people trading site Empire Avenue illustrates this new world of greater transparency. You must spend some time on the site to truly appreciate the deeper context of this post. In short, individuals on Empire Avenue </itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Albert Maruggi</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Time 19:00 The personal or should I say people trading site Empire Avenue illustrates this new world of greater transparency. You must spend some time on the site to truly appreciate the deeper context of this post. In short, individuals on Empire Avenue are traded like stocks and commodities. Their price is a function [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>marketing,public,reations,business,podcasting,media,social,media,video,audio</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/05/11/is-empire-avenue-a-game-or-a-social-network/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/Dbd4AcR2nCk/20110511_empire.mp3" length="27365586" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/html/podcast/20110511_empire.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Think Multidimensional When Using QR Codes</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/wE1QLIDFAUU/</link><category>marketing</category><category>mobile</category><category>mobile marketing</category><category>QR code</category><category>QR Code Marketing</category><category>QR Marketing</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 10:33:12 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=2142</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Time 17:58

The Marketing Edge podcast continues its series on QR Code marketing.  In this episode I have a conversation with social media marketing veteran Wayne Sutton.  Sutton incorporates many of...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/wE1QLIDFAUU" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/05/08/think-multidimensional-when-using-qr-codes/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/JLqoV_LUZns/20110508_sutton.mp3" fileSize="25867829" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Time 17:58 The Marketing Edge podcast continues its series on QR Code marketing. In this episode I have a conversation with social media marketing veteran Wayne Sutton. Sutton incorporates many of the skills necessary to thrive in the social space. He’s a</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Albert Maruggi</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Time 17:58 The Marketing Edge podcast continues its series on QR Code marketing. In this episode I have a conversation with social media marketing veteran Wayne Sutton. Sutton incorporates many of the skills necessary to thrive in the social space. He’s a former broadcast journalist telling a story with images, sound and words. [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>marketing,public,reations,business,podcasting,media,social,media,video,audio</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/05/08/think-multidimensional-when-using-qr-codes/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/JLqoV_LUZns/20110508_sutton.mp3" length="25867829" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/html/podcast/20110508_sutton.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>A Mother’s Day Marketing Tip</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/eTTQgM7vDys/</link><category>social media</category><category>epic change</category><category>moms</category><category>mother's day</category><category>mother's day gift</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 18:30:19 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=2136</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[I don’t use this space for personal stuff, but I’ll make an exception for several reasons.  
1) My mother died when I was 12 and truth be told I probably never “got over it” 

2) Overall in the...<br/>
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Any new technology has its advocates, people that push the envelope on what can be done.  The magic, however is when the tech advocates’ perspective meets those practical enough to ask...<br/>
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Home Depot’s version of Spring Black Friday on Facebook was a huge hit, promoting sales items on the Home Depot Facebook page,  then directing consumers back to the Home Depot website for...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/E-Md5zb1kAA" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/04/22/facebook-sells-your-stuff-keys-to-creating-great-promotions-by-home-depot/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/t3VPcUz8Wr8/20110422_angie_facebook.mp3" fileSize="38873047" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Time 27:00 Home Depot’s version of Spring Black Friday on Facebook was a huge hit, promoting sales items on the Home Depot Facebook page, then directing consumers back to the Home Depot website for the transactions &amp;#8211; no apps, no plugins required. Re</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Albert Maruggi</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Time 27:00 Home Depot’s version of Spring Black Friday on Facebook was a huge hit, promoting sales items on the Home Depot Facebook page, then directing consumers back to the Home Depot website for the transactions &amp;#8211; no apps, no plugins required. Recently Angie Schottmuller @aschottmuller wrote a post about this campaign Home Depot [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>marketing,public,reations,business,podcasting,media,social,media,video,audio</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/04/22/facebook-sells-your-stuff-keys-to-creating-great-promotions-by-home-depot/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/t3VPcUz8Wr8/20110422_angie_facebook.mp3" length="38873047" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/html/podcast/20110422_angie_facebook.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>And the Social Media Marketing Survey Says…</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/eJfnwXfOUMg/</link><category>marketing</category><category>social media</category><category>social marketing</category><category>social media marketing</category><category>social media survey 2011</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:23:41 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=2060</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Time 22:10

I usually don’t budge on surveys, most of them are a dime a dozen and an often used way to get a little PR.   This Social Media Marketing survey from Social Media Examiner caught my eye...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/eJfnwXfOUMg" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/04/14/and-the-social-media-marketing-survey-says/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">1</slash:comments><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/l4fU4qVU56E/20110414_examiner.mp3" fileSize="31918415" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Time 22:10 I usually don’t budge on surveys, most of them are a dime a dozen and an often used way to get a little PR. This Social Media Marketing survey from Social Media Examiner caught my eye because of the sample size of 3300 marketers across the spec</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Albert Maruggi</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Time 22:10 I usually don’t budge on surveys, most of them are a dime a dozen and an often used way to get a little PR. This Social Media Marketing survey from Social Media Examiner caught my eye because of the sample size of 3300 marketers across the spectrum of business sizes and types. [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>marketing,public,reations,business,podcasting,media,social,media,video,audio</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/04/14/and-the-social-media-marketing-survey-says/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/l4fU4qVU56E/20110414_examiner.mp3" length="31918415" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/html/podcast/20110414_examiner.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Twitter Search Tips</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/sZjN1YrgbqU/</link><category>marketing</category><category>strategy</category><category>social media marketing</category><category>Twitter</category><category>Twitter marketing</category><category>twitter search</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 17:13:22 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=2046</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Sometimes when you are head deep in social media marketing you assume some of the tactics you use all the time are common knowledge.  I mentioned these social media marketing search tactics in a...<br/>
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UPDATE:  Jacob Tucker just won the NCAA slam dunk competition, Congratulations!!! Victory for you and another win for social media in public relations. 

Below was the original post from...<br/>
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The second part of this Marketing Edge podcast interview with author of the book The New Small, Phil Simon  and Albert Maruggi talks about the type of consumer that the “New Small”...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/UsdA716JacQ" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/03/10/are-you-a-whining-consumer-who-doesn%e2%80%99t-pay-full-price-join-the-crowd/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/EMf_SkT0njk/20110310_philpart2.mp3" fileSize="35980351" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Time 24:59 The second part of this Marketing Edge podcast interview with author of the book The New Small, Phil Simon  and Albert Maruggi talks about the type of consumer that the “New Small” economy may be creating.  Picking up where Chris Anderson, the </itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Albert Maruggi</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Time 24:59 The second part of this Marketing Edge podcast interview with author of the book The New Small, Phil Simon  and Albert Maruggi talks about the type of consumer that the “New Small” economy may be creating.  Picking up where Chris Anderson, the author of the book Free, a tome about the free economy.   In [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>marketing,public,reations,business,podcasting,media,social,media,video,audio</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/03/10/are-you-a-whining-consumer-who-doesn%e2%80%99t-pay-full-price-join-the-crowd/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/EMf_SkT0njk/20110310_philpart2.mp3" length="35980351" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/html/podcast/20110310_philpart2.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>What Did You Do When Twitter Was Down?</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/QnjmCHNCEL0/</link><category>marketing</category><category>Google realtime</category><category>Twitter</category><category>Twitter #fail</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:56:14 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=2012</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[it was early in the AM Central time US and Twitter is usually the first place I check in the morning &#8211; daily routine don&#8217;t cha know.   Alas it was crippled 

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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/QnjmCHNCEL0" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/02/26/what-did-you-do-when-twitter-was-down/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">1</slash:comments><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/kRyUZUQJ6M8/SAzGfDvkUrI" fileSize="2904" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>it was early in the AM Central time US and Twitter is usually the first place I check in the morning &amp;#8211; daily routine don&amp;#8217;t cha know. Alas it was crippled It&amp;#8217;s times like these when you see the value of what you miss. The classic case of </itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Albert Maruggi</itunes:author><itunes:summary>it was early in the AM Central time US and Twitter is usually the first place I check in the morning &amp;#8211; daily routine don&amp;#8217;t cha know. Alas it was crippled It&amp;#8217;s times like these when you see the value of what you miss. The classic case of you don&amp;#8217;t know love [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>marketing,public,reations,business,podcasting,media,social,media,video,audio</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/02/26/what-did-you-do-when-twitter-was-down/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/kRyUZUQJ6M8/SAzGfDvkUrI" length="2904" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.youtube.com/v/SAzGfDvkUrI?version=3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Name Your Favorite “New Small” Technology</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/L20Z0IajcNA/</link><category>small business</category><category>technology</category><category>cloud computing</category><category>enabling technology</category><category>small business technology</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:07:15 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=2000</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Time 20:29

Once you see Microsoft commercials talk about the “Cloud” you know it’s ok to talk about the topic in mixed company.  By mixed I mean other than the geek set.  Author Phil Simon  surely...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/L20Z0IajcNA" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/02/16/thenewsmallpart1/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/UKw-YbbPaiQ/20110216_phil_simon.mp3" fileSize="29493416" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Time 20:29 Once you see Microsoft commercials talk about the “Cloud” you know it’s ok to talk about the topic in mixed company. By mixed I mean other than the geek set. Author Phil Simon surely makes enabling technologies easy to understand and more impor</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Albert Maruggi</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Time 20:29 Once you see Microsoft commercials talk about the “Cloud” you know it’s ok to talk about the topic in mixed company. By mixed I mean other than the geek set. Author Phil Simon surely makes enabling technologies easy to understand and more importantly practical for business decision makers. In his [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>marketing,public,reations,business,podcasting,media,social,media,video,audio</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2011/02/16/thenewsmallpart1/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/UKw-YbbPaiQ/20110216_phil_simon.mp3" length="29493416" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/html/podcast/20110216_phil_simon.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>I Believe in Social Media Again, Thanks Egypt</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/icf9C8yxfMc/</link><category>politics</category><category>social media</category><category>Egypt</category><category>Egypt protests</category><category>middle east protest</category><category>Syria</category><category>Tunisia</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 03:36:40 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=1996</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[I feared that I was naive.  I gave up a bit on social media being anything more than a cheap marketing tool. I didn&#8217;t think this way, years ago I wrote a piece about social media being more a...<br/>
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Groupon is getting plenty of press regarding their growth, currently valued at $4.75 billion, or Groupon&#8217;s current round of funding raising,  $950 million, or turning down a $6...<br/>
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St. Paul Pioneer Press technology reporter Julio Ojeda-Zapata triangulates social media, news services, and a robust personal network as he researches story ideas and articles....<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/95G8xBP3KYM" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2010/12/22/three-resources-for-reporters-and-key-social-steps-for-pr-practitioners/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/wBpwVYH6iLA/20101222_ojezap2.mp3" fileSize="35764685" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Time 24:50 St. Paul Pioneer Press technology reporter Julio Ojeda-Zapata triangulates social media, news services, and a robust personal network as he researches story ideas and articles. Ojeda-Zapata, author of the new book iPad Means Business, is a prol</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Albert Maruggi</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Time 24:50 St. Paul Pioneer Press technology reporter Julio Ojeda-Zapata triangulates social media, news services, and a robust personal network as he researches story ideas and articles. Ojeda-Zapata, author of the new book iPad Means Business, is a prolific writer who considers Twitter as an oracle of information. Admittedly, the rule of thumb is a [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>marketing,public,reations,business,podcasting,media,social,media,video,audio</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2010/12/22/three-resources-for-reporters-and-key-social-steps-for-pr-practitioners/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/wBpwVYH6iLA/20101222_ojezap2.mp3" length="35764685" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/html/podcast/20101222_ojezap2.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Digging Into the Groupon Model</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/dIkAkEx5tgA/</link><category>Hospitality</category><category>marketing</category><category>small business</category><category>social media</category><category>Groupon</category><category>social media for restaurants</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 07:14:50 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=1931</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[The merger of multi-level marketing, a buying cooperative and steep discounting is a successful mix for Groupon.  In less than two years Groupon has 40 million global subscribers spread across 300...<br/>
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We interview St. Paul Pioneer Press technology writer  Julio Ojeda Zapata, author of Ipad Means Business, to be released the week of December 13.  This is a two part series, with this...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/wSxqRELQSVY" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2010/12/10/ipad-an-icon-of-mobile-power-computing-and-what-it-means-to-marketers/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/vyzF9aX0240/20101210_ipadpt1.mp3" fileSize="35756534" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Time 24:50 We interview St. Paul Pioneer Press technology writer Julio Ojeda Zapata, author of Ipad Means Business, to be released the week of December 13. This is a two part series, with this episode focused on how mobile computing is impacting industrie</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Albert Maruggi</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Time 24:50 We interview St. Paul Pioneer Press technology writer Julio Ojeda Zapata, author of Ipad Means Business, to be released the week of December 13. This is a two part series, with this episode focused on how mobile computing is impacting industries such as health care, real estate, legal, and other small businesses. [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>marketing,public,reations,business,podcasting,media,social,media,video,audio</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2010/12/10/ipad-an-icon-of-mobile-power-computing-and-what-it-means-to-marketers/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/vyzF9aX0240/20101210_ipadpt1.mp3" length="35756534" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/html/podcast/20101210_ipadpt1.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Tourism and Social Media – A Natural Fit (Crawshaw pt2)</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/vG_8yhAcE0o/</link><category>Tourism</category><category>social media</category><category>Australia tourism</category><category>Australia War Memorial</category><category>social media and hospitality</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 21:33:07 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=1904</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Time 28:27

This is the second part of a two part conversation with Bob Crawshaw on the topic of social media and tourism.   Bob engages social media for the Australian War Memorial  a museum and...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/vG_8yhAcE0o" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2010/12/05/tourism-and-social-media-a-natural-fit-crawshaw-pt2/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/rT5HlmT5azg/20101206_crawshawpt2.mp3" fileSize="40976427" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Time 28:27 This is the second part of a two part conversation with Bob Crawshaw on the topic of social media and tourism. Bob engages social media for the Australian War Memorial a museum and interactive center in Canberra Australia. Given the long travel</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Albert Maruggi</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Time 28:27 This is the second part of a two part conversation with Bob Crawshaw on the topic of social media and tourism. Bob engages social media for the Australian War Memorial a museum and interactive center in Canberra Australia. Given the long travel for most tourists to get Down Under, social [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>marketing,public,reations,business,podcasting,media,social,media,video,audio</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2010/12/05/tourism-and-social-media-a-natural-fit-crawshaw-pt2/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/rT5HlmT5azg/20101206_crawshawpt2.mp3" length="40976427" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/html/podcast/20101206_crawshawpt2.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Social Media Helps Us Honor and Share War Stories</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/SXBL3BousxU/</link><category>Tourism</category><category>marketing</category><category>social media</category><category>Australia</category><category>Flickr</category><category>Images</category><category>Museums</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 18:04:49 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=1891</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Time 18:17

No, I don’t mean social media war stories.  Sometimes the social media world gets caught up in its own world of GAP logo changes and Old Spice YouTube ads to remember there are wars going...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/SXBL3BousxU" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2010/11/28/social-media-helps-us-honor-and-share-war-stories/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">1</slash:comments><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/NwZeZbcQEGA/20101128_crawshawpt1.mp3" fileSize="26336779" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Time 18:17 No, I don’t mean social media war stories. Sometimes the social media world gets caught up in its own world of GAP logo changes and Old Spice YouTube ads to remember there are wars going on. I mean real war stories and social media plays a role</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Albert Maruggi</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Time 18:17 No, I don’t mean social media war stories. Sometimes the social media world gets caught up in its own world of GAP logo changes and Old Spice YouTube ads to remember there are wars going on. I mean real war stories and social media plays a role in sharing the realities of [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>marketing,public,reations,business,podcasting,media,social,media,video,audio</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2010/11/28/social-media-helps-us-honor-and-share-war-stories/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/NwZeZbcQEGA/20101128_crawshawpt1.mp3" length="26336779" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/html/podcast/20101128_crawshawpt1.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Mobile Black Friday Shopping Part 2</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/NDqU9tm_ez4/</link><category>marketing</category><category>mobile</category><category>Black Friday Deals</category><category>consumer check-ins</category><category>Mobile shopping</category><category>ShopKick</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 11:54:04 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=1883</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Yesterday I posted a piece on how mobile will be tested heavily this heaviest shopping day of the year.   It will be tested by both consumers and retailers.  Little did in know when I woke up this...<br/>
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Twitter is, if not the default database for many marketers PR, and communications professionals, a very important repository of individuals and relationships.  The ability to focus on...<br/>
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I love the Twitter cliche used by most every CEO skeptical of social media, “Who cares what you had for lunch.”  In the case of restaurants, they all care that diners tweet their...<br/>
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You thought the TV remote was the greatest invention for men, check this out.  You can order men&#8217;s underwear online from Manpacks.  You can even get packs of the boxers, briefs, or...<br/>
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I believe social media is not about cookie cutter programs.  If you want that,  stick to direct mail and don&#8217;t worry your head about Twitter that or Foursquare this.

Now, if you...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/jWuU1bxJZ9M" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2010/10/21/geo-services-sparks-creative-carolina-panthers-purrsuit/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">3</slash:comments><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/JXMj-UAFbB4/20101021_hepburn.mp3" fileSize="33521498" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Time 23:17 I believe social media is not about cookie cutter programs. If you want that, stick to direct mail and don&amp;#8217;t worry your head about Twitter that or Foursquare this. Now, if you want to look beyond and get your adrenaline pumping, (and that</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Albert Maruggi</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Time 23:17 I believe social media is not about cookie cutter programs. If you want that, stick to direct mail and don&amp;#8217;t worry your head about Twitter that or Foursquare this. Now, if you want to look beyond and get your adrenaline pumping, (and that of your customers and sponsors) then social is the world [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>marketing,public,reations,business,podcasting,media,social,media,video,audio</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2010/10/21/geo-services-sparks-creative-carolina-panthers-purrsuit/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/JXMj-UAFbB4/20101021_hepburn.mp3" length="33521498" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/html/podcast/20101021_hepburn.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>The Money &amp; Ethics Hits the Fan at Blog World</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/syig9dSodko/</link><category>blogging</category><category>marketing</category><category>social media</category><category>Blog World Expo</category><category>BWE10</category><category>Paid Social Media</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 10:38:40 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=1778</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Time 19:59

It had to come to this, the social web, the attraction of following a passion by blogging, the pursuit by companies of A list bloggers and visa versa for mutual gain, and the lower costs...<br/>
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Yelp, one of the most popular websites and mobile applications for consumer comments.  The powerful tool allows you to discover all types of &#8211; restaurants, hotels, retail stores and...<br/>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingedge/~4/VjnC8FSPa9I" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2010/10/13/5-ways-to-help-your-business-with-yelp/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">1</slash:comments><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/0lPtqnqCtec/20101013_yelp1.mp3" fileSize="50296499" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Time 34:56 Yelp, one of the most popular websites and mobile applications for consumer comments. The powerful tool allows you to discover all types of &amp;#8211; restaurants, hotels, retail stores and many other business and community categories. The last ye</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Albert Maruggi</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Time 34:56 Yelp, one of the most popular websites and mobile applications for consumer comments. The powerful tool allows you to discover all types of &amp;#8211; restaurants, hotels, retail stores and many other business and community categories. The last year has seen tremendous growth for Yelp in part because of the jump in [...]</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>marketing,public,reations,business,podcasting,media,social,media,video,audio</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/index.php/2010/10/13/5-ways-to-help-your-business-with-yelp/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~5/0lPtqnqCtec/20101013_yelp1.mp3" length="50296499" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.providentpartners.net/html/podcast/20101013_yelp1.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Social Media Plateau or Pinnacle?</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketingedge/~3/9HUF9kwy178/</link><category>corporate marketing</category><category>social media</category><category>creativity</category><category>innovation</category><category>marketing</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">amaruggi@providentpartners.net (Albert Maruggi)</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:51:30 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.providentpartners.net/blog/?p=1751</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Is social media at a resting place being evaluated by companies perhaps to be adopted by more or has it seen its best days?  A Marketing Sherpa survey makes be pose this question.  After all that...<br/>
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This podcast is loud, but we were in a successful restaurant.  In this case it was dinner with Christopher and Mary Lower of Sterling Cross Communications.   I usually talk social media...<br/>
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