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	<title>Comments on: Do Small Business Social Media Blunders = Small Business Marketing Blunders?</title>
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	<description>Social Media Marketing: Old school sales strategies don't work here.</description>
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		<title>By: Flood Rescue - Cecilia</title>
		<link>http://virtualimpax.com/2009/01/12/small-business-marketing-blunders/comment-page-1/#comment-113108</link>
		<dc:creator>Flood Rescue - Cecilia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I also have a small size business. I don&#039;t think it matters for the distinction that you are referring.
&lt;a href=&quot;www.flood-rescue.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Water Damage Orange County &lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I also have a small size business. I don&#8217;t think it matters for the distinction that you are referring.<br />
<a href="www.flood-rescue.com" rel="nofollow">Water Damage Orange County </a></p>
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		<title>By: Digi auto links</title>
		<link>http://virtualimpax.com/2009/01/12/small-business-marketing-blunders/comment-page-1/#comment-68155</link>
		<dc:creator>Digi auto links</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 03:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Superb website...&lt;/strong&gt;

[...]always a big fan of linking to bloggers that I love but don’t get a lot of link love from[...]…...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Superb website&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>[...]always a big fan of linking to bloggers that I love but don’t get a lot of link love from[...]…&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Your Digital Footprints&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://virtualimpax.com/2009/01/12/small-business-marketing-blunders/comment-page-1/#comment-14511</link>
		<dc:creator>Your Digital Footprints&#8230;</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] create your business&#8217; digital footprint - it&#8217;s possible that  the one doing the most damage to your online reputation (a.k.a. &#8220;digital footprint&#8221;)- could well be [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] create your business&#8217; digital footprint &#8211; it&#8217;s possible that  the one doing the most damage to your online reputation (a.k.a. &#8220;digital footprint&#8221;)- could well be [...]</p>
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		<title>By: How Familiarity Breeds Business a.k.a. the power of word of mouth</title>
		<link>http://virtualimpax.com/2009/01/12/small-business-marketing-blunders/comment-page-1/#comment-14391</link>
		<dc:creator>How Familiarity Breeds Business a.k.a. the power of word of mouth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] If you want to make a real MESS of social media - treat social networking tools like a sales call instead of a cocktail [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] If you want to make a real MESS of social media &#8211; treat social networking tools like a sales call instead of a cocktail [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Mike King</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike King</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I guess I see the connections, sure but not always are people writing blogs and content that do relate to their small business.  It depends where the relation ties in whether the impact will have enough scale to make a difference.  I think the advantages of social media certainly outweigh any risks for promotion, but it MUST be done without any SELF promotion component.  Social media works by giving to others and that is no different than marketting.  If you can offer value, you will increase sales.  If you sell yourself, you will not.

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mike Kings last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://learnthis.ca/2009/01/leadership-understanding-what-it-is/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Leadership: Understanding What It Is&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess I see the connections, sure but not always are people writing blogs and content that do relate to their small business.  It depends where the relation ties in whether the impact will have enough scale to make a difference.  I think the advantages of social media certainly outweigh any risks for promotion, but it MUST be done without any SELF promotion component.  Social media works by giving to others and that is no different than marketting.  If you can offer value, you will increase sales.  If you sell yourself, you will not.</p>
<p><abbr><em><abbr><em>Mike Kings last blog post..<a href="http://learnthis.ca/2009/01/leadership-understanding-what-it-is/" rel="nofollow">Leadership: Understanding What It Is</a></em></abbr></em></abbr></p>
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