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	<title>PlugIM - All michellem's Stories</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:00:56 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Best in Social Media - August 3, 2009]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_August_3_2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_August_3_2009/</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:00:56 -0400</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_August_3_2009/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[3 Ways to Find Twitter Users by Profession
August 3, 2009 - Some handy resources for searching Twitter profiles by keyword. Great for finding people who are professionals or just really into your niche.
 All of these items are published as I find them to my Twitter feed.  For real time notification of trends and [...]


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		<title><![CDATA[Best in Social Media - June 6, 2009]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_June_6_2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_June_6_2009/</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:17:44 -0400</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_June_6_2009/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Google Squared Goes Live, Formats Your Searches Into a Spreadsheet [Search Engines]
June 3, 2009 
 All of these items are published as I find them to my Twitter feed.  For real time notification of trends and resources, follow me on Twitter!


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		<title><![CDATA[Best in Social Media - May 25, 2009]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_May_25_2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_May_25_2009/</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 13:12:04 -0400</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_May_25_2009/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[colligan: Friday I&#39;m doing a Q&#38;A Webinar re Premiumcast.com - free to all - https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/895671001
May 18, 2009 
 All of these items are published as I find them to my Twitter feed.  For real time notification of trends and resources, follow me on Twitter!


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		<title><![CDATA[Best in Social Media - May 18, 2009]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_May_18_2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_May_18_2009/</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 12:11:05 -0400</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_May_18_2009/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[DanRaine: Contrary to recent popular video hype&#8230;. Google really does  understand LSI, and I have the proof. Seriously, don&#39;t believe the  hyperbole!
May 14, 2009 - Thank you so much Dan for speaking up - I have a blog post in draft on this very topic!
RSS is Now Simpler Than Ever
May 12, 2009 - [...]


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		<title><![CDATA[It’s Not Me, It’s You: Three Pillars of Social Media Marketing]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Itas_Not_Me_Itas_You_Three_Pillars_of_Social_Media_Marketing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Itas_Not_Me_Itas_You_Three_Pillars_of_Social_Media_Marketing/</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 20:00:50 -0400</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Itas_Not_Me_Itas_You_Three_Pillars_of_Social_Media_Marketing/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;OMG if I use social media I can go to all these awesome sites and tell people about my product/service/website?  And then they&#8217;ll buy my stuff? That&#8217;s so neat!&#8221;
That&#8217;s the initial thought process when someone considers social media marketing.
And it&#8217;s dead wrong.
People aren&#8217;t on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube to BUY YOUR STUFF.  They might,... <a href='http://www.plugim.com/story/Itas_Not_Me_Itas_You_Three_Pillars_of_Social_Media_Marketing/'>More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Best in Social Media - May 11, 2009]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_May_11_2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_May_11_2009/</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 12:02:39 -0400</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_May_11_2009/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Steal This Killer Niche!
May 10, 2009 - Yep - free niche marketing keyword research for the taking, courtesy of me and the amazing Market Samurai software!
MeatCards: Print Your Business Cards On Beef Jerky With A Frickin’ Laser Beam
May 6, 2009
Listen In As Mari And I Have “The Talk.”
May 6, 2009 
 All of these items [...]


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		<title><![CDATA[Steal This Niche - For the Shortys]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Steal_This_Niche_For_the_Shortys/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Steal_This_Niche_For_the_Shortys/</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 21:11:20 -0400</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Steal_This_Niche_For_the_Shortys/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The second installment of the &#8220;Steal This Niche&#8221; series, we take a peek in Clickbank again and find another affiliate product with wide open search engine competition and a healthy number of searches per day that can be dominated.
Watch the video below to find out the magic keyword!
We use:

Market Samurai - to do our keyword [...]


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		<title><![CDATA[Best in Social Media - May 4, 2009]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_May_4_2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_May_4_2009/</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 20:01:15 -0400</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_May_4_2009/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Back from the Samurai Roadtrip
May 3, 2009 
 All of these items are published as I find them to my Twitter feed.  For real time notification of trends and resources, follow me on Twitter!


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		<title><![CDATA[Steal This Niche - Intro]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Steal_This_Niche_Intro/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Steal_This_Niche_Intro/</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 22:00:46 -0400</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Steal_This_Niche_Intro/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New series!
In the &#8220;Steal This Niche&#8221; series you&#8217;ll learn how to do niche research by watching as I do it - and at the end of the video, you&#8217;re welcome to STEAL THIS NICHE and build your site around it.
We use:

Market Samurai - to do our keyword research super quick
Clickbank - to find affiliate products [...]


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		<title><![CDATA[Max Banner Ads Demo]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Max_Banner_Ads_Demo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Max_Banner_Ads_Demo/</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:00:30 -0400</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Max_Banner_Ads_Demo/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Max Banner Ads is a flexible platform on which you can manage your blog monetization strategy that I recommended to Crowd Mountain members recently and thought I&#8217;d share with you as well.
Some key features that make this Wordpress plugin a must have:

Ability to flexibly insert ads all over your blog without editing your theme&#8217;s code
Split [...]


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		<title><![CDATA[Best in Social Media - April 25, 2009]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_April_25_2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_April_25_2009/</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:04:17 -0400</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_April_25_2009/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Powered By Premiumcast - Want To Be The Voice?
April 18, 2009 
 All of these items are published as I find them to my Twitter feed.  For real time notification of trends and resources, follow me on Twitter!


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		<title><![CDATA[Inside the Crowd Mountain Member’s Area]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Inside_the_Crowd_Mountain_Memberas_Area/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Inside_the_Crowd_Mountain_Memberas_Area/</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:02:24 -0400</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Inside_the_Crowd_Mountain_Memberas_Area/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A sneak peek inside the Crowd Mountain member&#8217;s area.
Join me on Twitter to get the latest news!
Inside the Crowd Mountain Member&#8217;s Area


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		<title><![CDATA[Best in Social Media - April 18, 2009]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_April_18_2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_April_18_2009/</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:01:06 -0400</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_April_18_2009/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once again burying me head in @michellem &#39;s internet marketing boot camp - http://tinyurl.com/az8mlj - HIGHLY recommend it, learning so much (via michellem - Twitter Search)
March 20, 2009 
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		<title><![CDATA[Best in Social Media - April 11, 2009]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_April_11_2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_April_11_2009/</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:02:08 -0400</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_April_11_2009/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[LINK: Study Finds Business Plans a Waste of Time
April 9, 2009 
 All of these items are published as I find them to my Twitter feed.  For real time notification of trends and resources, follow me on Twitter!
Join me on Twitter to get the latest news!
Best in Social Media - April 11, 2009


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		<title><![CDATA[How-To “Trim the FLUFF”]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/HowTo_aTrim_the_FLUFFa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/HowTo_aTrim_the_FLUFFa/</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:12:30 -0400</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/HowTo_aTrim_the_FLUFFa/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So many &#8220;training programs&#8221; leave things out.
They tell you to &#8220;build a website&#8221; but don&#8217;t show you how.
Or they&#8217;ll show you how to put up a great search engine optimized site but will skip the part about monetizing it.
Maybe they cover monetization but monetization is no good without traffic generation.
And then there&#8217;s the programs you [...]


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		<title><![CDATA[Twitter Contest: Acer Aspire One Netbook]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Twitter_Contest_Acer_Aspire_One_Netbook/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Twitter_Contest_Acer_Aspire_One_Netbook/</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:01:27 -0500</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Twitter_Contest_Acer_Aspire_One_Netbook/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Twitter Contest for the Acer Aspire One netbook is nearing a close - but there&#8217;s still time to enter.
The contest officially ends at midnight on March 31 - which means (ironically) that the winners will be announced on April 1 (April Fool&#8217;s Day).
For full details on the Twitter contest, a look at the prizes [...]


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		<title><![CDATA[Best in Social Media - March 28, 2009]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_March_28_2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_March_28_2009/</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:00:58 -0500</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_March_28_2009/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ed_Dale: I know I&#39;m in the minority but Twitters spam issues go away the  moment you only follow people you know&#8230;
March 28, 2009 - So true&#8230; There is no spam when you&#8217;re opting in.  Some folks don&#8217;t opt-in and just willy-nilly follow everyone - then complain about the tweets they receive from those [...]


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		<title><![CDATA[Twitter Giveaway - Acer Aspire Netbook (and more)]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Twitter_Giveaway_Acer_Aspire_Netbook_and_more/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Twitter_Giveaway_Acer_Aspire_Netbook_and_more/</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:01:01 -0500</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Twitter_Giveaway_Acer_Aspire_Netbook_and_more/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To celebrate the successful launch of Crowd Mountain, I&#8217;m announcing a new Twitter contest with some great prizes anyone can use and enjoy!  It&#8217;s super easy to enter:
HOW TO ENTER
1. Follow @MichelleM (that&#8217;s me) on Twitter
2. Tweet this to your friends: I just entered to win an Acer netbook - follow @MichelleM &#38; retweet to [...]


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		<title><![CDATA[Best in Social Media - March 14, 2009]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_March_14_2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_March_14_2009/</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:03:38 -0500</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_March_14_2009/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ed_Dale: It is Finished - From 5000 to 158 - now the real experiment begins - follow along at http://tubbynerd.com/facebook
March 10, 2009
AdSense Publisher Sues Google - And Wins
March 6, 2009
colligan: Warren Buffet - &#8220;The best days of America really do lie ahead.&#8221;
March 9, 2009
Having a great time listening to Michelle MacPhearson&#39;s Crowd Mountain Q &#38; [...]


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		<title><![CDATA[Too Big For Audio Only: New Facebook Pages]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Too_Big_For_Audio_Only_New_Facebook_Pages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Too_Big_For_Audio_Only_New_Facebook_Pages/</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:03:17 -0500</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Too_Big_For_Audio_Only_New_Facebook_Pages/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While Internet Marketing This Week is a podcast, this episode was too big to just go audio only.
As Facebook announced the changes to their &#8220;Pages&#8221; feature, Ed Dale, Lynn Terry, Paul Colligan and I decided we&#8217;d have to do a LIVE streaming video episode to discuss what this means for marketers.
Who should, and how should [...]


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		<title><![CDATA[Best in Social Media - March 7, 2009]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_March_7_2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_March_7_2009/</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:01:56 -0500</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_March_7_2009/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ed_Dale: Get the Facebook Pages guide here      http://www.facebook.com/advertising/FacebookPagesProductGuide.pdf
March 5, 2009
Ed_Dale: 7pm Thursday Night (eastern USA Time) special live brodcast at www.thirtydaychallenge.tv on the Facebook Bombshell! { please retweet!}
March 4, 2009
@michellem Boot camp at Crowd Mountain is sweet, nice easy to &#8230; (via Google Alerts - &#34;crowd... <a href='http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_March_7_2009/'>More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Facebook Marketing Actually Gets Interesting]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Facebook_Marketing_Actually_Gets_Interesting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Facebook_Marketing_Actually_Gets_Interesting/</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:00:57 -0500</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Facebook_Marketing_Actually_Gets_Interesting/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve not been a huge fan of Facebook for marketing purposes because having a crapload of friends makes it quite difficult to interact with them and manage your Facebook experience.
Facebook made an announcement yesterday that actually makes Facebook marketing viable for the average person.  Facebook &#8220;fan&#8221; pages just got revamped and behave more like a [...]


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		<title><![CDATA[Giving The People What They Want]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Giving_The_People_What_They_Want/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Giving_The_People_What_They_Want/</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:04:29 -0500</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Giving_The_People_What_They_Want/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After releasing Crowd Mountain, I got no less than a zillion (ok, so maybe that&#8217;s a bit of an exaggeration, but it was a lot) of emails asking me if there was another way to join aside from PayPal.
Since I&#8217;m all about giving the people what they want, I&#8217;ve added regular credit card payments to [...]


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		<title><![CDATA[Live Q&A Gone In 24 Hours + Launch Deconstruction]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Live_QA_Gone_In_24_Hours_Launch_Deconstruction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Live_QA_Gone_In_24_Hours_Launch_Deconstruction/</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:11:05 -0500</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Live_QA_Gone_In_24_Hours_Launch_Deconstruction/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You must sign in to Crowd Mountain within the next 24 hours or you&#8217;ll miss the ability to submit your personal questions to the Live Q&#38;A session on:

Brainstorming niches
Generating keywords people actually use
Exact competition &#38; traffic numbers to target
How to find room in super competitive niches
What&#8217;s too long when working the long tail?
Picking up easy [...]


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		<title><![CDATA[Best posts on Social Marketing from Feb 2009]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_posts_on_Social_Marketing_from_Feb_2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_posts_on_Social_Marketing_from_Feb_2009/</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:00:52 -0500</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_posts_on_Social_Marketing_from_Feb_2009/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[These are the most popular posts (by number of comments) published this month:

How To Make A Great HD Squeeze Video
Posted on Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 in Internet Marketing - Comments: (36)
When I released The Social Media Myth, the last thing I expected was a huge wave of questions about how the video was made - [...]


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		<title><![CDATA[Anatomy of a Product Launch]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Anatomy_of_a_Product_Launch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Anatomy_of_a_Product_Launch/</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:00:40 -0500</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Anatomy_of_a_Product_Launch/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tons of questions about the CrowdMountain launch.  How did using Viral Inviter (that was the &#8220;tell-a-friend&#8221; script on the Social Media Myth download page) work out?  Did the Twitter contest produce more followers/buzz about the launch?
Inside Crowd Mountain, I&#8217;m actually dissecting the entire launch sequence for the members, so they can see not only what [...]


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		<title><![CDATA[Crowd Mountain: What You Need To Know]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Crowd_Mountain_What_You_Need_To_Know/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Crowd_Mountain_What_You_Need_To_Know/</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:01:39 -0500</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Crowd_Mountain_What_You_Need_To_Know/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Take a moment to look through the comments on this blog (or any other internet markeitng focused blog) and you&#8217;ll see a ton of people who need help.
A foundation, a place to start and then build on that foundation with more advanced techniques.
That&#8217;s why I launched CrowdMountain.com today.  Designed to be the complete package, my [...]


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		<title><![CDATA[Win a CrowdMountain.com Lifetime Membership]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Win_a_CrowdMountaincom_Lifetime_Membership/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Win_a_CrowdMountaincom_Lifetime_Membership/</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:01:17 -0500</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Win_a_CrowdMountaincom_Lifetime_Membership/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Google has deftly dealt their Social Media Slap and folks who&#8217;ve relied on social media for their SEO have found their ability to rank quickly in Google declining.
What&#8217;s more, the &#8220;internet marketing&#8221; scene continues to be littered with &#8220;how-to&#8221; guides sold at a discount promising untold riches on individual social media sites, products like &#8220;How... <a href='http://www.plugim.com/story/Win_a_CrowdMountaincom_Lifetime_Membership/'>More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Best in Social Media - February 21, 2009]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_February_21_2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_February_21_2009/</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:03:10 -0500</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_February_21_2009/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[brenthodgson: It&#8217;s weird how often split tests look like they&#8217;re going to turn out one way, but shift massively as they reach &#8220;statistical significance&#8221;..
February 19, 2009
Warning: “Thin Affiliate Sites”
February 19, 2009 
 All of these items are published as I find them to my Twitter feed.  For real time notification of trends and resources, [...]


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		<title><![CDATA[Best in Social Media - February 14, 2009]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_February_14_2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_February_14_2009/</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:04:58 -0500</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_February_14_2009/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pump Up Your Verbs
February 10, 2009
It’s Not You It’s Me - My Goodbye To Facebook Friends
February 10, 2009 
 All of these items are published as I find them to my Twitter feed.  For real time notification of trends and resources, follow me on Twitter!
Join me on Twitter to get the latest news!
Best in [...]


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		<title><![CDATA[The Social Media Slap]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/The_Social_Media_Slap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/The_Social_Media_Slap/</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:04:43 -0500</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/The_Social_Media_Slap/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s been a new slap from Google.
Watch the video here to learn what it is, and what you can do about it.
It&#8217;s about link building and how your sites will rank in the search engines in the future.
Join me on Twitter to get the latest news!
The Social Media Slap


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		<title><![CDATA[Social Media Optimization Interview]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Social_Media_Optimization_Interview/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Social_Media_Optimization_Interview/</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:00:41 -0500</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Social_Media_Optimization_Interview/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday Lori Arriaga interviewed me on social media optimization and she&#8217;s kindly posted a link to to the replay on her blog.  Click here to check it out.
We talkedabout some mistakes people are making in attempting to use social media in their marketing (they&#8217;re following the wrong people), what a new user can do to [...]


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		<title><![CDATA[Best in Social Media - February 7, 2009]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_February_7_2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_February_7_2009/</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_February_7_2009/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Summary of amazing TED quotes (Day 2)
February 6, 2009
Google Website Optimizer Launches New YouTube Channel
February 6, 2009 - I use Google Website Optimizer for all my split testing - you MUST be split testing!
What My Twitter Followers Talk About
February 5, 2009
How to Defeat Perfectionist In You To Get The Job Done?
February 4, 2009
TED And The [...]


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		<title><![CDATA[Internet Marketing Catfight!]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Internet_Marketing_Catfight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Internet_Marketing_Catfight/</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:01:46 -0500</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Internet_Marketing_Catfight/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Right now, get on over to Internet Marketing This Week because the newest episode is up and this one&#8217;s a doozy! (This is, of course, if you&#8217;re not already subscribed in iTunes, because if you were it would be delivered automatically to you).
Paul Colligan, Lynn Terry, Ed Dale and I started off nicely enough with [...]


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		<title><![CDATA[John Says “Social Media is Garbage!”]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/John_Says_aSocial_Media_is_Garbagea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/John_Says_aSocial_Media_is_Garbagea/</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:02:22 -0500</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/John_Says_aSocial_Media_is_Garbagea/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[John Jonas put up a blog post yesterday about The Social Media Myth that I thought would really irritate me.
It&#8217;s called, &#8220;Social Media is Garbage!&#8221;
I saw that headline and thought, &#8220;Here we go again, another marketer trying to be popular by bashing something that people are into these days&#8230;&#8221;
But I know John personally, and I [...]


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		<title><![CDATA[How To Make A Great HD Squeeze Video]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/How_To_Make_A_Great_HD_Squeeze_Video/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/How_To_Make_A_Great_HD_Squeeze_Video/</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:01:15 -0500</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/How_To_Make_A_Great_HD_Squeeze_Video/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I released The Social Media Myth, the last thing I expected was a huge wave of questions about how the video was made - but folks have been very curious about how I made and edited it, so here&#8217;s a short explanation.
I should also mention that page is converting at 67%, that means 67% [...]


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		<title><![CDATA[25 Things About Michelle MacPhearson]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/25_Things_About_Michelle_MacPhearson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/25_Things_About_Michelle_MacPhearson/</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:02:43 -0500</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/25_Things_About_Michelle_MacPhearson/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m powerless to ignore a tag from John Taylor, as it was in a private forum that I met and learned much of what I know now about internet marketing from him and the others who were there.  While I&#8217;m not a meme junkie, I&#8217;ve enjoyed reading incarnations of the &#8220;25 Things About Me&#8221; post [...]


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		<title><![CDATA[Best in Social Media - January 31, 2009]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_January_31_2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_January_31_2009/</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:35 -0500</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_January_31_2009/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Small changes can bring big profits
January 30, 2009 
 All of these items are published as I find them to my Twitter feed.  For real time notification of trends and resources, follow me on Twitter!
Join me on Twitter to get the latest news!
Best in Social Media - January 31, 2009


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		<title><![CDATA[Best in Social Media - January 30, 2009]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_January_30_2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_January_30_2009/</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:00:31 -0500</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/Best_in_Social_Media_January_30_2009/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Small changes can bring big profits
January 30, 2009 
 All of these items are published as I find them to my Twitter feed.  For real time notification of trends and resources, follow me on Twitter!
Join me on Twitter to get the latest news!
Best in Social Media - January 30, 2009


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		<title><![CDATA[New Video / Report For Download]]></title>
		<link>http://www.plugim.com/story/New_Video_Report_For_Download/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plugim.com/story/New_Video_Report_For_Download/</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:00:42 -0500</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michellem</dc:creator>
		<category>marketing</category>
		<guid>http://www.plugim.com/story/New_Video_Report_For_Download/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a massive misunderstanding in the marketplace about how social media should be used in your marketing.
Folks aren&#8217;t getting the kind of results they expected, the kind of traffic they NEED, and it&#8217;s taking them too LONG to get the results they do get.
I&#8217;ve created a *new* report for you that&#8217;ll clear up this [...]


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