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		<title>Reflections on the 2010 IMA Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy</dc:creator>
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I budget a lot of money on seminars every year, I feel my education  is important to me and my business. Although IMA is fairly a new trade  association, I continue to be impressed with the conferences that is put  on. This year&#8217;s conference, which I&#8217;m still thinking about, was no exception.
I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Steps To Creating Your Social Media Strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shonali</dc:creator>
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Editor&#8217;s note: This is a guest post from Shashi Bellamkonda of Network Solutions, who will be speaking at the 2010 IMA Conference next month. If you haven&#8217;t already, sign up here.
Whether it is jungle drums or smoke signals, humans have always improvised methods of communications and connections to each other. Village gatherings formed early social [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Conference &#8211; How Do You Continue Your Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[written by Cathy
We all think we are the best person to grow our business. The best person for SEO, the best web designer, the best IT person, the best at everything we do. But the problem is that your competitors think the same. The e-commerce industry moves so fast that it is actually impossible to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumers are Going Social</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Pat
The results are in&#8230;and social media is more than just a passing phase, particularly in e-commerce.
A new study by Oneupweb that was released earlier this month showed that &#8220;social sites are creating much more online traffic to e-commerce sites&#8221; which bolsters the argument that e-commerce sellers need to be involved in social media [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Networks: Is Big Brother Watching You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Feedback]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[written by Cathy
This does not include only online ecommerce sellers, this involves everyone who is involved in social networking. Make time to read this report, that was released last month, On the Leakage of Personally Identifiable Information Via Online Social Networks.

Over half a billion people are on various Online Social Networks (OSNs) and have made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Networking &#8211; How Much Time Do You Spend?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[written by Cathy
Can we agree that there is 24 hours in a day. And lets hope that we get at least 6 hours of sleep and we work a minimum 8 hours a day. That leaves us 10 hours a day to spend with family &#038; friends, get dinner, run errands and the other fun [...]]]></description>
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