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	<description>Your Guide in the Social Web</description>
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		<title>Social media &amp; hotels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hospitality.net featured an interesting article on hotels &#38; social media today.  Read below:
If anything strikes fear in the hearts of hoteliers these days, it’s social media. Seemingly overnight, we’re expected to tune in to dozens  of websites each day to make sure no one has badmouthed us or posted an  embarrassing video. If [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://socialmediasolutionsllc.com/archives/754</link>
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		<title>Social media for small business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an interesting articles from Mashable:
The University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business looked at the relationship between social media and small businesses and found that the technology adoption rates in the U.S. have doubled in the past year from 12% to 24%.
The data comes straight from the university’s third installment to its Small Business [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://socialmediasolutionsllc.com/archives/751</link>
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		<title>social media &amp; higher education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My first semester of college, I took an Honors Intro to Mass Communications class that required us to buy clickers.  With these clickers, we could answer polls in the middle of class, &#8220;buzz in&#8221; to ask a question, take attendance, and participate in class in a new way.
All through college I was told what I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://socialmediasolutionsllc.com/archives/749</link>
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		<title>the state of the internet:  another awesome &amp; current video</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love these kinds of videos.
The State of the Internet
JESS3 / The State of The Internet from Jesse Thomas on Vimeo.
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		<link>http://socialmediasolutionsllc.com/archives/743</link>
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		<title>Quality vs Quantity &amp; what to keep in mind when striving for both</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve spent much time in the social media world, you may have noticed 2 different types of accounts - ones with fewer, but high quality fans and followers and ones impressive amounts of less engaged fans and followers.  These definitely aren&#8217;t the only 2 options, and a combination of both is what everyone wants, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://socialmediasolutionsllc.com/archives/740</link>
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		<title>Protect your Social Media accounts from phishing.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article from Mashable discusses the newest phishing attack making the rounds on Twitter.
With metric tools and applications that require logging in to connect with Twitter, it&#8217;s increasingly difficult to judge which links are beneficial and which are hacks.  A couple of things to keep in mind:
1.  If it doesn&#8217;t specifically tell you the purpose [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://socialmediasolutionsllc.com/archives/737</link>
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		<title>Why social media is not The Breakfast Club (and why cold medicine and blogging might not mix)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If I were a color, it would be orange.
I realize that&#8217;s an odd thing to say considering this isn&#8217;t a Facebook quiz.  It all goes back to a leadership survey from college that informed me I had &#8220;orange&#8221; tendencies.  Basically, being orange means I&#8217;m outgoing, a little theatrical, competitive, and a natural leader.  If you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://socialmediasolutionsllc.com/archives/734</link>
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		<title>Social Media in the Classroom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Social Media Club folks are big supporters of social media in education.&#160; On Friday, a Social Media Club member blogged about an event they attended that discussed social media&#8217;s use in the classroom.&#160; Some interesting things were discussed.&#160; Here&#8217;s the post.
On Friday, Feb 19, I attended the Georgetown University-hosted event, “Social Media in the Classroom: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://socialmediasolutionsllc.com/archives/730</link>
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		<title>Social Media &amp; the bigger picture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As much as we love social media at Social Media Solutions, it’s important to understand that social media by itself is not a be-all, end-all solution. It’s a valuable tool to work into a bigger picture marketing plan. That’s why integrating social media into other marketing and public relations activities is so important.
When you come [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://socialmediasolutionsllc.com/archives/726</link>
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		<title>Final Review:  The Southwest/Silent Bob Showdown of 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that the Southwest/Kevin Smith has calmed down a little, I want to take a minute to discuss how Southwest handled it, which was superbly.
Let&#8217;s look at some core principles of social media and how they played into the Southwest/Silent Bob Showdown of 2010.
Transparency
Could this situation be any more transparent?  (If you&#8217;re a Friends fan, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://socialmediasolutionsllc.com/archives/723</link>
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