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	<description>Raising Intellectual Capital</description>
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		<title>What Makes A Great Salesperson In The Automated Age?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In sales, it&#8217;s not &#8220;can you build a relationship,&#8221; it&#38;apos;s how many relationships can you build?  Determination and competitiveness matter first, because that is what drives the &#8220;deliberate practice&#8221; that results in greatness.
via MediaPost Publications What Makes A Great Salesperson In The Automated Age? Some Answers 09/02/2010.
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		<link>http://mercurygrp.net/blog/what-makes-a-great-salesperson-in-the-automated-age/</link>
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		<title>Pharma (Slowly) Goes Digital</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By 2014, online ad spending in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry, which includes DTC and over-the-counter remedies, is expected to reach $1.52 billion.
Despite robust annual growth rates through 2014, pharmas share accounts for only about 4 percent of overall U.S. online ad spending.
via Pharma (Slowly) Goes Digital.

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		<link>http://mercurygrp.net/blog/pharma-slowly-goes-digital/</link>
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		<title>Acceptance of Social Media by Marketers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The primary motivation for using social media as a marketing vehicle, says the report, is to follow customers and prospects to the sites where they are active, generating a growing understanding of the unique two-way nature of this marketing environment. Motivations to begin social media marketing  include:
* 70% say that social media marketing is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mercurygrp.net/blog/acceptance-of-social-media-by-marketers/</link>
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		<title>Chatroulette’s Relaunch Is A Bust</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Right now, it looks like the site may even have overstayed its welcome as a fleeting internet meme.
via Chatroulette’s Relaunch Is A Bust &#124; paidContent.
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		<link>http://mercurygrp.net/blog/chatroulette%e2%80%99s-relaunch-is-a-bust/</link>
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		<title>Acceptance of Social Media by Marketers 08/31/2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The primary motivation for using social media as a marketing vehicle, says the report, is to follow customers and prospects to the sites where they are active, generating a growing understanding of the unique two-way nature of this marketing environment. Motivations to begin social media marketing  include:
* 70% say that social media marketing is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mercurygrp.net/blog/acceptance-of-social-media-by-marketers-08312010/</link>
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		<title>Ten Things Your Employees Wish You Knew About Them &#124; Fast Company</title>
		<description><![CDATA[7. Measure us on results, not face time. Stop penalizing us for our ability to get work done quickly or we will give you what you want. More face time, and that&#8217;s about it.
via Ten Things Your Employees Wish You Knew About Them &#124; Fast Company.
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		<link>http://mercurygrp.net/blog/ten-things-your-employees-wish-you-knew-about-them-fast-company/</link>
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		<title>Why haven&#8217;t more successful tech startups emerged from Los Angeles?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why haven&#8217;t more successful tech startups emerged from Los Angeles? &#8211; Quora.
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		<link>http://mercurygrp.net/blog/why-havent-more-successful-tech-startups-emerged-from-los-angeles/</link>
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		<title>Seth Godin (Author) to Bypass Publisher &#8211; WSJ.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a significant defection for the book industry, best-selling marketing author Seth Godin is ditching his traditional publisher, Portfolio, after a string of books and plans to sell his future works directly to his fans.
via Author to Bypass Publisher &#8211; WSJ.com.
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		<link>http://mercurygrp.net/blog/seth-godin-author-to-bypass-publisher-wsj-com/</link>
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		<title>6 Tips For Managing Generation Y Employees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What positives does Gen-Y (Millennials) bring to your startup (or any business), and what management strategies will work most effectively and productively with them?
via 6 Tips For Managing Generation Y Employees.
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		<link>http://mercurygrp.net/blog/6-tips-for-managing-generation-y-employees/</link>
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		<title>how do you answer &#8220;tell me about yourself&#8221; in a job interview?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Tell me about yourself&#8221; in a job interview really means &#8220;give me an overview of who you are, professionally speaking.&#8221; There&#8217;s a reason this is asked at the very beginning of an interview &#8212; it says &#8220;give me the broad background before we dive in to specifics.&#8221;
via Ask a Manager: how do you answer &#8220;tell [...]]]></description>
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