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		<title>Social Media Buttons</title>
		<link>http://www.parsmediagroup.com/blog/2011/11/17/social-media-buttons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As mentioned in our previous post the “SEO Checklist” adding social media buttons to a website isn’t just important for social media sharing, but extremely important for SEO as well. You can go to each of the major social media websites to grab social media buttons from there, or you can add your own. There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Fans vs. Friends</title>
		<link>http://www.parsmediagroup.com/blog/2011/07/06/facebook-fans-vs-friends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Facebook Profile Page is geared for individuals who want to start a personal page about themselves on Facebook.  This means that they can ONLY promote themselves and not a company or business.  Their profile picture can’t be a company image or logo, the name of the Profile Page can’t be a company name, the profile [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ning returns with free mobile app</title>
		<link>http://www.parsmediagroup.com/blog/2011/03/01/ning-returns-with-free-mobile-app/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO — Ning, the star-studded yet struggling social-networking company co-founded and bankrolled by Netscape Communications co-founder Marc Andreessen, is back with a vengeance. Today, it launched a new mobile application that it paired with an encouraging progress report on the radical business plan it instituted several months ago to reverse its flagging fortunes. Mogwee, a free [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Search + Social Media Increases CTR By 94 Percent: Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report from agency GroupM and comScore details the degree to which search and social media have become intertwined in the purchase path that consumers take across the Internet. The report is a follow-up to a similar study done in 2009. GroupM and comScore looked at consumer behavior associated with purchase decisions in the electronics/telecommunications [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Most Useful Sites and Apps of 2010 for Internet Marketers</title>
		<link>http://www.parsmediagroup.com/blog/2011/02/14/most-useful-sites-and-apps-of-2010-for-internet-marketers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.parsmediagroup.com/blog/?p=161</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(Originally posted by Larry Chase) To help you keep your Internet Marketing skills sharp, we&#8217;ve selected the top tools, resources, and apps for 2010 to add to your marketing toolbox moving forward. Below are 8 tools that will add value to you as an Internet Marketing professional. Enjoy. As you know, Internet Marketing isn&#8217;t a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Value of Sharing: Social Engagement</title>
		<link>http://www.parsmediagroup.com/blog/2009/12/17/the-value-of-sharing-social-engagement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.parsmediagroup.com/blog/2009/12/17/the-value-of-sharing-social-engagement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.parsmediagroup.com/blog/?p=117</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sharing is Growing First, and foremost &#8211; and most exciting for us &#8211; we found that sharing is growing. On a “per page view” level, we’ve seen a 200 percent increase in the shares per page view across our 125,000+ sites in 2009. This means for every page view consumed, the rate of sharing has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FTC Regulates Blogger, Viral Marketing Relationships: Analysis and compliance tips</title>
		<link>http://www.parsmediagroup.com/blog/2009/11/05/ftc-regulates-blogger-viral-marketing-relationships-analysis-and-compliance-tips/</link>
		<comments>http://www.parsmediagroup.com/blog/2009/11/05/ftc-regulates-blogger-viral-marketing-relationships-analysis-and-compliance-tips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is regulating the use of blogs and other consumer-generated new media content in marketing. Revised advertising rules issued by the agency broadly extend the concept of endorsements and testimonials to include as sponsored advertising all sorts of loose new media relationships that are increasingly used in place of traditional radio [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Microblogging Replaces Email, IM and Forums</title>
		<link>http://www.parsmediagroup.com/blog/2009/10/23/how-microblogging-replaces-email-im-and-forums/</link>
		<comments>http://www.parsmediagroup.com/blog/2009/10/23/how-microblogging-replaces-email-im-and-forums/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enterprises that have deployed microblogging are filling a gap in their communication and collaboration needs that before was only partially filled by email, instant messaging, forums/discussion boards. Most notably, some organizations have seen email volume decline by over 30%, as microblogging is used for the above three core patterns. The table above illustrates some of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microblogging 101</title>
		<link>http://www.parsmediagroup.com/blog/2009/10/23/microblogging-101/</link>
		<comments>http://www.parsmediagroup.com/blog/2009/10/23/microblogging-101/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people didn&#8217;t see the rise of Twitter coming. It was too simple. Too constrained. Too public. Twitter is consistently growing in double digits per month and has exceeded 40 million unique visitors in June 2009 according to Comscore, a number that while consistent may be understated given that half of Twitter usage is off-site [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter vs. Facebook vs. MySpace</title>
		<link>http://www.parsmediagroup.com/blog/2009/10/07/twitter-vs-facebook-vs-myspace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.parsmediagroup.com/blog/2009/10/07/twitter-vs-facebook-vs-myspace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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