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		<title>You Have the Right to Defend Your Stream</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: Gord Bell If you are like me, you have many different social streams of information that you pay attention to. These streams usually contain information from people that you have subscribed to in some way, whether you call it friending, following or something else. When we interact via platforms that have some sort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Secrets&#8221; of Community Building for Businesses</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you want the secrets to building community online? I&#8217;ve got them. Meet me in this back alley over here and I&#8217;ll give them to you for a price. But, let&#8217;s keep them just between us. We wouldn&#8217;t want the common people to know. If anyone ever tells you this, run away from them. There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Community on Turntable.fm as a DJ</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Cultivation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in June, I wrote about Turntable.fm, the social DJ service and music community. Since then, I have spent countless hours playing music on Turntable.fm and have accumulated a good number of points and fans. 1,550 and 137, respectively. According to ttDashboard, a site that tracks some interactions with the site, that places me 1,756th [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m New to a Forum, What Should I Do? A Guide for New Members</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: aresauburn™ Bruce Stephenson (@FamilyPhoto on Twitter) asked: &#8220;[What is the] best way to start to participate when new to a forum?&#8221; Thank you for the question, Mr. Stephenson. I am going to tackle this from the perspective of an individual wanting to participate in a forum for personal reasons, such as a passion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patrick&#8217;s Pyramid of Permission™ (PPP) (Something to Check Before Your Company Engages in an Online Community)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Online communities can be very powerful. When a group of people gather regularly around a topic or interest, especially when that topic or interest is directly related to your company or a product that you sell, an established online community can represent a great opportunity to engage with your core audience. That is why a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Real Power of Community (or &#8220;Celebrities &#8216;Deserve&#8217; Their Followers&#8221;)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Cultivation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: the euskadi 11 Sometimes, people get caught up in thoughts that are very limiting, due to their own jealousy, insecurities, a lack of understanding or something else. One great example of this is a comment I once heard someone make. It was about a celebrity, I forget who. The person said that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Community Around Empire Avenue</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2011/06/30/building-community-around-empire-avenue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Developing Your Community]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Empire Avenue is a stock market where you can purchase shares in your favorite individual or corporate social media presences. I&#8217;m on the service with the ticker symbol IFROGGY. My friend Damond Nollan has been riding the Empire Avenue wave. He&#8217;s a popular user and has dug in pretty deep. I asked him to write [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Capcom Taps Online Community to Help Develop &#8220;Mega Man Legends 3&#8243; Video Game</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2011/06/12/capcom-taps-online-community-to-help-develop-mega-man-legends-3-video-game/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 02:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How Should I Participate?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interacting with Members]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Managing the Community]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking of listening to feedback from your customers online, storied video game developer and publisher Capcom has done more than just listen &#8211; they created an online community, the Devroom, where fans and aspiring game developers can help them develop &#8220;Mega Man Legends 3,&#8221; the upcoming Nintendo 3DS game, the latest entry in one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Only a Small Percentage of Your Customers Care Enough to Offer Feedback and You Should Listen</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2011/06/09/only-a-small-percentage-of-your-customers-care-enough-to-offer-feedback-and-you-should-listen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2011/06/09/only-a-small-percentage-of-your-customers-care-enough-to-offer-feedback-and-you-should-listen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: lisahumes There are some who believe that the feedback that is offered on online communities, about their product, isn&#8217;t worth their attention because it&#8217;s only a small percentage of their customer base that may or may not be reflective of a larger majority. The continuation of this belief is that business decisions shouldn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abusing Your Community: &#8220;Friends&#8221; and How You Use Them</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2011/05/23/abusing-your-community-friends-and-how-you-use-them/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 20:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Cultivation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: Justin Sternberg I have grown to become very careful about my usage of the word &#8220;friend,&#8221; when I am talking about other people. A lot of people have really diluted this term to the point where, for some, it means &#8220;person that I once had a pleasant conversation with&#8221; or &#8220;someone I paid [...]]]></description>
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