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		<title>Call Me Old Fashioned, But I Like My Viral Content to Be Hoax-Free</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so you've probably heard by now about The Chive's stupid viral marketing stunt  involving an attractive actress who pretended to be a fed up assistant who quits her job via a series of photographs explaining how big of a doosh her broker boss is. Some of you are thinking, "Hey, it wasn't stupid because the story got spread around like wildfire, so shut your dumb face you hater." I'll concede that yes, it was "successful" in that it brought The Chive a bunch of traffic and buzz (hell, I even blogged about it over on This or That), but I was a bit disappointed and irritated to find out it was fake. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freshedgemedia.com/viral-marketing/call-me-old-fashioned-but-i-like-my-viral-content-to-be-hoax-free</link>
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		<title>Reddit Helps Fellow User Carl Herold Combat Negative Search Results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While doing my daily (okay, hourly) browse through reddit, I came across a post in the popular AskReddit category that seemed all-too familiar to someone who's been doing Internet marketing for the past 4 1/2 years. The post, titled "Reddit, can you please help me? For five years I have lived with this and I do not know what to do," was authored by a user who hired a shady Internet marketer to help him with his business. The questionable marketer alleged that the poster owed him thousands of dollars in commission for his work, a sum which the business owner refused to pay. The marketer retaliated by threatening to ruin the business owner's reputation, and he made good on his word by posting a false claim on Rip Off Report that stated the man had stolen $29.95 from his checking account. Really? Alleged theft of less than $30 is enough to rank in the top 10 and ruin someone's reputation and business? I knew Rip Off Report was sleazy, but this seems like a new low even for them.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freshedgemedia.com/reputation-management/reddit-helps-fellow-user-carl-herold-combat-negative-search-results</link>
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		<title>How Do I Get Links Without Buying Links?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Intro from Rebecca: This is a guest post by Brandon Hopkins. Yeah, that's right, my blog's been revived for a day and I already have a guest author. Choke on that, suckas.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freshedgemedia.com/seo/how-do-i-get-links-without-buying-links</link>
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		<title>No, I&#8217;m Not Dead in a Ditch Somewhere</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Holy shitballs, it's me. Yeah, me. You probably vaguely remember a half Asian Internet marketer who started this blog with promises of new posts and enlightening information and news that would make you turd in your pants. That was me. I held up my promise for roughly two weeks before letting this thing get more neglected than the brother of a Toddlers and Tiaras pageant girl. Sorry about that. It's my goal now to revive this comatose blog and update it more frequently with posts about business, marketing, and other crap I find remotely interesting. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freshedgemedia.com/fresh-edge-news/no-im-not-dead-in-a-ditch-somewhere</link>
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		<title>Blind Loyalty and the Problem with Yes Men</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every so often you&#8217;ll run into a person with his nose shoved so far up someone&#8217;s ass he can sneeze into the person&#8217;s ear. When you ask this guy, &#8220;What&#8217;s with all the cheerleading?&#8221;, his response is typically something like &#8220;Well, so-and-so gave me my first big break&#8221; or &#8220;He believed in me&#8221; or &#8220;I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freshedgemedia.com/business/blind-loyalty-and-the-problem-with-yes-men</link>
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		<title>Fake Steve Jobs and Rupert Murdoch Are Mooks. MOOKS!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I read an article by Daniel Lyons about how some websites we all enjoy (Twitter, Facebook) ought not be free anymore.  Interesting idea, but his example of a site that was making money because of its subscription service, Paltalk, was one that I had never even heard of.  It&#8217;d be like saying, &#8220;Hey, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freshedgemedia.com/business/fake-steve-jobs-and-rupert-murdoch-are-mooks</link>
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		<title>Focus Your Messaging</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you take the time to study an ad, sometimes the message never becomes clear.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freshedgemedia.com/advertising/focus-your-messaging</link>
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		<title>Quality Control and You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How often do you review your work? How thorough of a review process do you do? Let's take a look at quality control in everything you do.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freshedgemedia.com/advertising/quality-control-and-you</link>
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		<title>10e20: Now with More Me!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry I&#8217;ve been a bit incognito on this lil&#8217; marketing blog lately. As you may have heard, I accepted an offer from 10e20 to be their Director of Social Media. Since then, I&#8217;ve gone through the standard &#8220;new kid on the block&#8221; stuff (minus the comeback tour and Hangin&#8217; Tough encore) getting settled into my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.freshedgemedia.com/fresh-edge-news/1e20-now-with-more-me</link>
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		<title>Advertising Fail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know who to feel more sorry for&#8230; the people who created this ad banner or the people who have clicked it. UPDATE:  Here&#8217;s another advertising FAIL. I&#8217;ve only seen screen captures of this one, so I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s a real ad.]]></description>
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