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		<title>Austin Pets Alive! Photo Contest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another post featuring Baxter!  But, this one is for a good cause&#8230; Austin Woman magazine and Korey Howell are participating in a photo contest to find Austin&#8217;s favorite dog.  And, the proceeds go to Austin Pets Alive!  &#8211; a volunteer organization whose mission is to eliminate the killing of companion animals in Austin.  It&#8217;s easy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mrk-marketing.com/socialize/2010/07/02/austin-pets-alive-photo-contest/</link>
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		<title>SXSW 2010 Recap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another SXSW is behind us.  This was my second year to attend SXSW, and I enjoyed it much more than 2009.  Not sure if the sessions were just better or if I just made better session choices.  Either way, here are my takeaways and favorites for 2010: Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee) gave a great presentation.  No [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mrk-marketing.com/socialize/2010/03/22/sxsw-2010-recap/</link>
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		<title>Advertising Age: The Mutts of Marketing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Advertising Age recently published an article and slideshow on The Mutts of Marketing.  Being a dog owner and lover, I had to jump in with my two cents and a picture of the MRK Marketing mascot, Baxter.  Baxter sits outside the door of my home office as I work, barking every once in a while.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mrk-marketing.com/socialize/2009/09/28/advertising-age-the-mutts-of-marketing/</link>
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		<title>UT Football!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So glad it&#8217;s college football season once again! And, it looks like it will be a great year for  The University of Texas Longhorns.  So far, they are holding steady with their #2 ranking.  I wasn&#8217;t able to attend the first home game, but plan to be at the rest.  Especially, UT vs Texas Tech on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mrk-marketing.com/socialize/2009/09/09/ut-football/</link>
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		<title>Facebook Usernames</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In just a few hours, you will be able to choose a specific username &#8211; which will create a vanity url &#8211; for your Facebook account.  Here is the link: http://www.facebook.com/username/ Also, here is a great blog post explaining how this relates to businesses. http://www.ignitesocialmedia.com/facebook-vanity-urls-and-what-brands-need-to-know/]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mrk-marketing.com/socialize/2009/06/12/facebook-usernames/</link>
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		<title>Reviewing Bing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bing is a new search engine that was introduced by Microsoft earlier this week.  Today, I finally had a chance to try it out.  I&#8217;m not impressed. I&#8217;ve heard a lot about Bing in the past few weeks &#8211; Microsoft is calling it an &#8220;internet decision engine&#8221; vs an &#8220;internet search engine&#8221;.  They cited a study [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mrk-marketing.com/socialize/2009/06/05/reviewing-bing/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m psychic&#8230;or maybe not that observant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just the other day I was reading through my tweets using TwitterBerry, and there were quite a few that linked to interesting articles that I wanted to read at a later date.  (I&#8217;ve also had this problem when scanning Tweets on my laptop using TweetDeck - I would be multitasking, and want to flag tweets/articles to read after the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mrk-marketing.com/socialize/2009/05/03/im-psychicor-maybe-not-that-observant/</link>
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		<title>Brand Personality Shines Through</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I received my quarterly email from Dirty Dog, a self-serve dogwash and groomer here in Austin.  I love Dirty Dog and have been taking my four-year old dog, Baxter, there since he was a puppy.  What stood out to me this month weren&#8217;t the specials they were offering, but the brand personality that came [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mrk-marketing.com/socialize/2009/04/01/brand-personality-shines-through/</link>
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		<title>SXSW &#8211; After the Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that SXSW is over, I thought it best to offer my take on the conference.  As a first time participant, I wasn&#8217;t sure what to expect.  Overall, it was a great experience with tons of panels, discussions and parties.  Here are my takeaways: Although I didn&#8217;t get to see as many panels as I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mrk-marketing.com/socialize/2009/03/23/sxsw-after-the-show/</link>
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		<title>SXSW – Before the Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is my first year to attend SXSW.  I know, I know &#8211; I&#8217;ve lived in Austin close to 20 years, and I&#8217;ve never been to SXSW Music, SXSW Film or SXSW Interactive. So, this year, I&#8217;ll be attending SXSW Interactive.  I&#8217;ve been reading blog posts, tweets and listening to everyone give advice on what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mrk-marketing.com/socialize/2009/03/12/15/</link>
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