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		<title>From bar napkin to zillionaire in 10 &#8220;easy&#8221; steps</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2012/01/25/from-bar-napkin-to-zillionaire-in-10-easy-steps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Funny how these things happen sometimes. A friend of a colleague/friend read my "How YouTube and Facebook are Killing Innovation and Success" from a couple weeks back. She/he appreciated the insight and suggested we get together to discuss a collection of ideas she/he and a couple "partners" had been kicking around. ]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media ROI: Alchemy United vs Google URL Builder – Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Part 1 of this series, I introduced the idea of link tagging, why it matters to your website analytics, and how both tools are essential in the context of social media and measuring online marketing effectiveness. In this article we're going to drill a bit deeper, as well as spread our wings a bit. ]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media ROI: Alchemy United vs Google URL Builder – Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2012/01/13/social-media-roi-alchemy-united-vs-google-url-builder-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Sisyphis has a modern day cousin it's the 21st century marketing aficionado. Yet regardless of who, when or where there is one question that seems to remain constant: How do I measure the effectiveness of my social media marketing well as other online marketing efforts? The answer is simple: Tag your links using Google's URL Builder.]]></description>
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		<title>How YouTube and Facebook are Killing Innovation and Success</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2012/01/06/how-youtube-and-facebook-are-killing-innovation-and-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We've all heard the stories. The twenty-first century equivalents of Daniel Boone, Paul Bunyon and Paul Revere. Amazing and larger than life. First, there's YouTube. And then there's Facebook, as "documented" in the film "The Social Network."]]></description>
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		<title>Are you a big duck or a small talker?</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2011/08/30/are-you-a-big-duck-or-a-small-talker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I stopped for a quick lunch. While I wasn't intentionally trying to ease drop on the table next to me I heard one person say to the other, "...but we're not a big company..." They all then proceeded to piss and moan about the symptoms of lack of process, lack of structure, wishy-washy management, etc.]]></description>
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		<title>Fast. Cheap. Right. Pick Two and a Half</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2011/07/26/fast-cheap-right-pick-two-and-a-half/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who has gotten within five feet of a project of any size understands the classic adage: Fast. Cheap. Right. Pick two. Let's pretend for a moment that you go with Fast and Cheap. However, not picking Right does not mean you should abandon all sense of best practices.]]></description>
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		<title>Client-friendly SEO guidelines &#8211; Part 3</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2011/07/21/client-friendly-seo-guidelines-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And without further delay here is the conclusion to this three part beginners' guide to search engine optimization basics.]]></description>
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		<title>Client-friendly SEO guidelines &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2011/07/06/client-friendly-seo-guidelines-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2011/07/06/client-friendly-seo-guidelines-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome back to the middle portion of the Client-friendly SEO Guidelines show. The one caveat I'd like to repeat from Part 1 is that the intention of this series is to build understanding and confidence—not paralyze a novice with perfectionist expert level details.]]></description>
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		<title>Client-friendly SEO guidelines &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2011/06/29/client-friendly-seo-guidelines-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2011/06/29/client-friendly-seo-guidelines-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks back I was commissioned to create a brief but through set of user-friendly SEO guidelines. The objective was not to explore every nook and cranny to the Nth degree. (In other words, there are some known imperfections in this list.)

Instead the goal was  a bit less ambitious. This set of guidelines would keep the ideas bite-sized and layman/laywoman friendly. In doing so the hope was that the majority of desired actions would be more likely to take place. "Build understanding and confidence—not paralyze with perfectionist expert level details," was the directive. ]]></description>
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		<title>Maximizing The ROI From Your FB Fan Page</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2011/03/14/maximizing-the-roi-from-your-facebook-fan-page/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2011/03/14/maximizing-the-roi-from-your-facebook-fan-page/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The good news is, most of these recommendations can be done with minimal additional investments in time. ]]></description>
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