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	<description>A hip and hilarious look at all the myths and realities of internet marketing from the group at Jennifer Barbee, Inc., a boutique interactive agency specializing in new age web marketing and web 2.0 technology marketing.</description>
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		<title>Pinterest: The Evolution of Social Networking</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Whitney Hultstrand</dc:creator>
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It seems like just about every time you turn on your computer, the world of social media is changing.  I like to refer to it as the perpetual evolution of social networking.  Think about how many times you have logged into your Facebook or Twitter account and realized that things have changed.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Timeline for Businesses &#8211; How Important is Your Cover Photo?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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Facebook is about to rock the world of social media one more time.  By March 30 (this Thursday), your company’s page will be rolled over into the new ‘Timeline’ format.  If I were to offer some advice in this respect, it would be to NOT PANIC.  Your page will not disappear, and you will still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selling Your Brand by Giving it Away</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen Cruz</dc:creator>
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Giveaway, sweepstakes, raffle, drawing&#8230;there are many words to describe the act of enticement to ones product or brand. Many companies offer a giveaway as a strategy to get more attention to their message. Freebies are always nice and consumers love the chance to win something but if you want to keep them looking after you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Jennifer Barbee, Inc.’s Best Ideas: 5for5</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Whitney Hultstrand</dc:creator>
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Jennifer Barbee, Inc. has long been described as an interactive powerhouse. We’re taking the power behind our successful interactive programs and putting it to even better use allowing almost any size business to take advantage of our team’s deep knowledge and understanding of web marketing and what it takes to make a strategy truly “successful”.
We’re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time for the Seasonal Shift</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen Cruz</dc:creator>
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As we come back to our offices after the Labor Day weekend, there is a different mind-set than the one we left with. Summer is over and Fall is fast approaching. It&#8217;s a good thing this TX weather has decided to follow suit or this transition would be more difficult than it should be.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Technology, Education &amp; Destination Marketing Meet</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 04:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen Cruz</dc:creator>
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As we prepare for another school year, we can rest assured that our schools and  teachers will be finding even more ways this year to bring technology into the  classrooms. It&#8217;s an even more exciting process when students and involved  parents alike can take even more away from an assignment using technology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did your brand already see it&#8217;s 15 minutes of fame?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 13:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Drew Barbee</dc:creator>
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Millward Brown’s Brandz 2011, Top 100 Most Valuable Brands was released and the results are quite interesting. Most notably Apple swings to the top with an 84% increase from 2010, edging out Google. The biggest mover for the year: Facebook, rising to number 35 with a 246% increase from 2010.
Top Ten are as follows:

 Apple
Google
IBM
McDonald’s
Microsoft
Coca-Cola
AT&#38;T
Marlboro
China Mobile
GE

Download [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Love, Hate and Jealousy: Marketers Playground</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Barbee</dc:creator>
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We talk so much about how marketing and advertising has become authentic and real.  In reality (excuse the play on words), marketers have just gotten more in tune with the hot buttons that fuel our human desires.  With the uprising of social media, it’s not an us and them – it’s a “we”.  As marketers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Monitor Your Brand&#8217;s Online Reputation &#8211; for Free</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hannah Sentenac</dc:creator>
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When it comes to your brand, nothing is more crucial than knowing what people are saying online. Online avenues are the word of mouth of the 21st century, and you need to be aware of the chatter in cyberspace so you can respond accordingly.
With that in mind, there are plenty of free online tools you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Crisis Plans are Needed&#8230;No Matter What</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen Cruz</dc:creator>
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For the fifth straight day, European travelers are suffering in airports all over the world. Not because of what anyone would have deemed a crisis situation in a well thought out plan, but because of a sudden volcanic eruption in Iceland that no one could have predicted.
Crisis plans are put together for times when the [...]]]></description>
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