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	<title>Comments on: ROI In Social Media &amp; Social Networking &#8211; Lets Call A Spade A Spade!&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: derekshowerman</title>
		<link>http://derekshowerman.com/2009/05/15/roi-in-social-media-social-networking-lets-call-a-spade-a-spade/#comment-1586</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sure, jsut be sure to link me back with the credit.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sure, jsut be sure to link me back with the credit.</p>
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		<title>By: buy ebooks</title>
		<link>http://derekshowerman.com/2009/05/15/roi-in-social-media-social-networking-lets-call-a-spade-a-spade/#comment-1585</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[buy ebooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi buddy would it be ok if i took some info from here to use on one of our websites? cheers mate]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi buddy would it be ok if i took some info from here to use on one of our websites? cheers mate</p>
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		<title>By: derekshowerman</title>
		<link>http://derekshowerman.com/2009/05/15/roi-in-social-media-social-networking-lets-call-a-spade-a-spade/#comment-1442</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[derekshowerman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 10:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of course. Ping me, I will get you some link love back.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course. Ping me, I will get you some link love back.</p>
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		<title>By: Colette Colaiacovo</title>
		<link>http://derekshowerman.com/2009/05/15/roi-in-social-media-social-networking-lets-call-a-spade-a-spade/#comment-1441</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colette Colaiacovo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 10:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi there could I quote some of the content here in this entry if I link back to you?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi there could I quote some of the content here in this entry if I link back to you?</p>
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		<title>By: Holmes</title>
		<link>http://derekshowerman.com/2009/05/15/roi-in-social-media-social-networking-lets-call-a-spade-a-spade/#comment-1439</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Holmes]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 20:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am rather happy to have encountered your main web log, thanks a lot for spreading it. nearly everybody think it&#039;s hard manage a good quality site and also only putting up to it extremely from time to time - nevertheless your own is exceptionally up to date and i must say thanks to you as it enables fine perusing and offers you a little something which often many others don&#039;t. Retain it up-to-date and folks will like you regarding it, and also the search engines - they affection the distinct articles!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am rather happy to have encountered your main web log, thanks a lot for spreading it. nearly everybody think it&#8217;s hard manage a good quality site and also only putting up to it extremely from time to time &#8211; nevertheless your own is exceptionally up to date and i must say thanks to you as it enables fine perusing and offers you a little something which often many others don&#8217;t. Retain it up-to-date and folks will like you regarding it, and also the search engines &#8211; they affection the distinct articles!</p>
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		<title>By: derekshowerman</title>
		<link>http://derekshowerman.com/2009/05/15/roi-in-social-media-social-networking-lets-call-a-spade-a-spade/#comment-1249</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[derekshowerman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[David, I would start a wordpress blog on your site in addition to testimonials. Start writing about what you know - your value proposition. Then create a profile within Onlywire.com and ping.fm  and share each piece of content out and tag each post with the keywords you would want  to rank for in Google. Hope it helps. The cost is nothing more then your time. Also, be sure to join other conversations around your industry and share really valuable ones in ping.fm and onlywire. Let me know if you have questions.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>David, I would start a wordpress blog on your site in addition to testimonials. Start writing about what you know &#8211; your value proposition. Then create a profile within Onlywire.com and ping.fm  and share each piece of content out and tag each post with the keywords you would want  to rank for in Google. Hope it helps. The cost is nothing more then your time. Also, be sure to join other conversations around your industry and share really valuable ones in ping.fm and onlywire. Let me know if you have questions.</p>
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		<title>By: David Spector</title>
		<link>http://derekshowerman.com/2009/05/15/roi-in-social-media-social-networking-lets-call-a-spade-a-spade/#comment-1248</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Spector]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sell only one product, an effective learn-it-yourself deep meditation course. So there is no way to show ratings, 5-star or otherwise. I&#039;ve thought about SM, but cannot imagine how to use it in practice. I have lots of testimonials, but they&#039;re useless if I can&#039;t drive folks to my site. I&#039;m nonprofit/volunteer and cannot afford standard big-bucks marketing. Any ideas?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I sell only one product, an effective learn-it-yourself deep meditation course. So there is no way to show ratings, 5-star or otherwise. I&#8217;ve thought about SM, but cannot imagine how to use it in practice. I have lots of testimonials, but they&#8217;re useless if I can&#8217;t drive folks to my site. I&#8217;m nonprofit/volunteer and cannot afford standard big-bucks marketing. Any ideas?</p>
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		<title>By: Sydney</title>
		<link>http://derekshowerman.com/2009/05/15/roi-in-social-media-social-networking-lets-call-a-spade-a-spade/#comment-733</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sydney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been looking for these figures for a while. Glad I came across this information. Suprising results too.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been looking for these figures for a while. Glad I came across this information. Suprising results too.</p>
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		<title>By: Coach Chris</title>
		<link>http://derekshowerman.com/2009/05/15/roi-in-social-media-social-networking-lets-call-a-spade-a-spade/#comment-403</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Coach Chris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, I will be on vacation for about two weeks.  I&#039;ll start small in July, and report back.

I will do my best to track some good metrics, but ultimately, hopefully report some true dollar figures.  I realize social media as with any internet efforts are not a quick return so I will look at a period through 90-days and then 6-months and see where we are.  

Sound fair?  cd :O)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay, I will be on vacation for about two weeks.  I&#8217;ll start small in July, and report back.</p>
<p>I will do my best to track some good metrics, but ultimately, hopefully report some true dollar figures.  I realize social media as with any internet efforts are not a quick return so I will look at a period through 90-days and then 6-months and see where we are.  </p>
<p>Sound fair?  cd :O)</p>
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		<title>By: derekshowerman</title>
		<link>http://derekshowerman.com/2009/05/15/roi-in-social-media-social-networking-lets-call-a-spade-a-spade/#comment-402</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[derekshowerman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris, then the answer is for you to look as SM as a supplement to what is working. Think big, but start small. As you have success with social media scale upwards and cut in other places when it makes sense. Not knowing a bit about your business, I cant make recommendations. Although I can say that &quot;link juice&quot; is a common goal with social media, and you alluded to &quot;better rankings&quot;.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chris, then the answer is for you to look as SM as a supplement to what is working. Think big, but start small. As you have success with social media scale upwards and cut in other places when it makes sense. Not knowing a bit about your business, I cant make recommendations. Although I can say that &#8220;link juice&#8221; is a common goal with social media, and you alluded to &#8220;better rankings&#8221;.</p>
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