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		<title>Trending Topics: How Your Brand Can Leverage Twitter #successfully</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MicroArts Creative Agency</dc:creator>
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<p><strong>Devon Dawson</strong>
<strong>Content Specialist</strong></p>
<p>If you’re a brand looking to stay ahead of the curve, it’s time to start thinking in 140 character intervals. Here are a few tips to create a better tweeting experience for your followers that will also move your brand to the forefront of the newest social media revolution:</p>
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<p><strong>Share Your Expertise</strong>
<strong> </strong>Everyone’s&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>3 Reasons to Make Your Brand a Little More Pinteresting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MicroArts Creative Agency</dc:creator>
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<p><strong>Guillaume Delloue</strong>
<strong> Social Media Specialist</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>If you remotely follow social media (and we all do), you have probably heard of the new sensation that is Pinterest. In the month of January alone, the user-interest-driven website accounted for an astounding 3.6% of total referral traffic––that’s more than YouTube, Google+, Reddit, Linkedin, and Myspace combined, and only a&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>What is a brand?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Getman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>By Peter Getman</strong>
<strong>Principal and CEO</strong></p>
<p>Every brand needs an identity. A talking point. Something that distinguishes it from the rest. Do you know what sets you apart from your competitors? What makes you unique and great? Check out this short video where our CEO and brand strategy guru Peter Getman talks about what makes a brand special, and why&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Birds of a Feather Tweet Together: How to Build Your Tribe</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MicroArts Creative Agency</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Devon Dawson</strong>
<strong>Content Specialist</strong></p>
<p><em><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-948" title="Tribe Building Image" src="http://www.microarts.com/culture/branding-insights/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Tribe-Building-Image3.png" alt="" width="311" height="233" />This post is part of a larger series on the important role Influencer Outreach plays in Modern Branding. For the introduction to the series, please go here.</em></p>
<p>Are you finally getting the hang of this whole Influencer Outreach thing? You’ve identified potential Influencers on the web scene? You’ve checked their Klout Score™? You’re confident they’re spreading&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Validity Over Volume: Find Influencers Saying the Right Things</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MicroArts Creative Agency</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Devon Dawson</strong>
<strong>Content Specialist<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-901" title="MIC_InfluencersBlog2_1116" src="http://www.microarts.com/culture/branding-insights/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/MIC_InfluencersBlog2_1116.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="210" /></strong></p>
<p><em>This post is part of a larger series on the important role Influencer Outreach plays in Modern Branding. For the introduction to the series, please go here.</em></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>The quality of what people are saying (and what their disciples say) matters when it comes to finding&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Not Just Faces in the Crowd: How to Identify Influencers Who Have Real &#8220;Klout&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.microarts.com/culture/branding-insights/not-just-faces-in-the-crowd-how-to-identify-influencers-who-have-real-klout</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MicroArts Creative Agency</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Devon Dawson</strong>
<strong>Content Specialist<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-875" title="KloutBlog1_1102" src="http://www.microarts.com/culture/branding-insights/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/KloutBlog1_1102.jpeg" alt="" width="239" height="179" />
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<p><em>This post is part of a larger series on the important role Influencer Outreach plays in Modern Branding. For the introduction to the series, please go here.</em></p>
<p>The first step to reaching Influencers (who can provide a tangible lift for your brand) is learning how to&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>It Takes a Village: Why Influencer Outreach Is Essential to Modern Branding</title>
		<link>http://www.microarts.com/culture/branding-insights/it-takes-a-village</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MicroArts Creative Agency</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Devon Dawson</strong>
<strong>Content Specialist<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-847" title="MIC_InfluencersGraphic_1028" src="http://www.microarts.com/culture/branding-insights/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/MIC_InfluencersGraphic_1028.png" alt="" width="268" height="216" />
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<p>If you’re one of the seven people who haven’t been on the Internet for a decade (and if you are, Welcome Back!), you’re probably a little overwhelmed by what it has become. Stunned by all the websites and the traffic being driven to things that weren’t&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>24 Reasons Social Trends Are Driving Leading Brands to Modernize</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Getman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-830" title="24-reasons" src="http://www.microarts.com/culture/branding-insights/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/24-reasons-150x150.png" alt="" width="150" height="150" /><strong>By Peter Getman</strong>
<strong>Principal and CEO</strong>
If you think about it, the primary driver of impactful marketing is capitalizing on how we communicate with one another as human beings.  And because that communication system has changed so drastically, it only makes sense that brands must follow suit.</p>
<p>We took a look at the full breath of how social media is&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Business Ready to Modernize Your Brand?</title>
		<link>http://www.microarts.com/culture/branding-insights/is-your-business-ready-to-modernize-your-brand</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Getman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-816" src="http://www.microarts.com/culture/branding-insights/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/SoMeVoice1.png" alt="" width="160" height="101" />By Peter Getman</strong>
<strong>Principal and CEO</strong></p>
<p><em>If you haven’t yet, then “We’re starting TODAY” is the only right answer.</em></p>
<p>When was the last time you were compelled to modernize your brand’s marketing?  When the World Wide Web was born?  Remember your first website?  Was it a KILLER website?  Probably not …  for most brands it took five generations of websites&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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		<title>I can&#8217;t hear you</title>
		<link>http://www.microarts.com/culture/branding-insights/i-cant-hear-you</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Getman</dc:creator>
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CEO</strong></p>
<p>It is time for your brand to get emotional.</p>
<p>Consumers are emotional creatures. Their decision to buy one brand over another is more visceral than cerebral. They want to feel like they are making purchasing decisions that align with and better their lives.</p>
<p>So exactly why is it that so many brands are barraging consumer’s&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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