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	<title>Len Blackstone</title>
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	<link>http://lenblackstone.com</link>
	<description>Keynote Speaker, Marketing Guru</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>REFLECTION: Walking in My Dad&#8217;s Shoes</title>
		<link>http://lenblackstone.com/reflection-walking-in-my-dads-shoes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Heroes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[REFLECTIONS on Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I went for a walk in my dad’s shoes. He won’t need them anymore. He recently passed away. When my family and I went through his closet after the funeral – well, his shoes were in great condition. He and I wear the same size, and I kind of liked them. So, my family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>INSIGHT: Differentiate or Die</title>
		<link>http://lenblackstone.com/insight-differentiate-or-die/</link>
		<comments>http://lenblackstone.com/insight-differentiate-or-die/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[INSIGHTS on Business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You get to choose whether your business lives or dies. Either you differentiate yourself from the competition in a meaningful way to your customers or you will eventually see your business slowly die and descend into insignificance and oblivion.

 
It doesn’t matter whether you’re selling products, services or even ideas. It’s a very competitive world. Only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>REFLECTION: The Need for Reflection</title>
		<link>http://lenblackstone.com/reflection-on-reflection/</link>
		<comments>http://lenblackstone.com/reflection-on-reflection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[REFLECTIONS on Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Life is crazy, busy, and fast. A few days ago, I began to follow the twitters of Guy Kawasaki, the marketing legend. Does the guy ever sleep? Twitters every 10 minutes. You’ve got to be kidding me. Come on, Guy. Take a deep breath. Relax a little. Within 24 hours I chose to “unfollow”.
 
Either life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Use Twitter in Marketing</title>
		<link>http://lenblackstone.com/how-to-use-twitter-in-marketing/</link>
		<comments>http://lenblackstone.com/how-to-use-twitter-in-marketing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 21:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Growing Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Market Trends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For those wondering, &#8220;How can I use twitter in my marketing?&#8221;, here are six strategies to consider.

Announce New Products or Services. A small 14-seat ice cream shop in San Francisco has 300,000 followers - more than Ben &#38; Jerry&#8217;s or Dairy Queen. They announce an exciting new flavor. Customers show up!
Answer Customer Questions. With Twitter, followers can send direct questions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Billion Dollars for Biotech</title>
		<link>http://lenblackstone.com/a-billion-dollars-for-biotech/</link>
		<comments>http://lenblackstone.com/a-billion-dollars-for-biotech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 18:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Biotech]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you're a company with less than 250 employees that demonstrates "significant potential" to produce new therapies, address untreated medical conditions, cut health care costs and create high-paying jobs, then you might be eligible for $5 million in grants or tax credits from the $1 billion in incentives from the federal healthcare reform bill. <!--more-->]]></description>
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		<title>iPad: Replacing GPS, Cookbooks and Wall Pictures?</title>
		<link>http://lenblackstone.com/ipad-replacing-gps-wall-pictures-and-cookbooks/</link>
		<comments>http://lenblackstone.com/ipad-replacing-gps-wall-pictures-and-cookbooks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 02:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Market Trends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to smile, watch Jesse Rosten&#8217;s video below about two great inventions: Velcro and the iPad.
Personally, I&#8217;m counting down the days (and hours) until when my new iPad arrives. Of course, my motorcycle insurance company may not be too excited. (You&#8217;ll get the joke after your watch the video.)

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		<title>How to Motivate Your People</title>
		<link>http://lenblackstone.com/how-to-motivate-your-people/</link>
		<comments>http://lenblackstone.com/how-to-motivate-your-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 02:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re in a leadership role in your company and wonder, &#8220;How can I do a better job of motivating people with whom I work?&#8221;, I encourage you to watch this enjoyable, animated video adapted from Daniel Pink&#8217;s talk at the RSA.
If you have other leaders who report to you, I suggest you gather them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Distributors: Your Future is Very Scary</title>
		<link>http://lenblackstone.com/the-demise-of-the-associated-press/</link>
		<comments>http://lenblackstone.com/the-demise-of-the-associated-press/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 01:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Market Trends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Distributors of products and services are constantly threatened by the Internet world where creators and buyers are easily connected.
Travel agencies used to be the main distributor for airline tickets. Bye-bye. Music stores used to be the distributor for CDs. Bye-bye (thank you iTunes).
The subscription rates for print newspapers are in a death spiral. And, we may soon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trends in Digital Advertising</title>
		<link>http://lenblackstone.com/trends-in-digital-advertising/</link>
		<comments>http://lenblackstone.com/trends-in-digital-advertising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 19:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Growing Markets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Market Trends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to see the impact of digital in advertsing spending, I encourage you to checkout the Razorfish Outlook Report.

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		<title>INSIGHT: You&#8217;re Partially Blind</title>
		<link>http://lenblackstone.com/insights-youre-partially-blind/</link>
		<comments>http://lenblackstone.com/insights-youre-partially-blind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 23:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[INSIGHTS on Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[And, your vision will improve only when you embrace this truth. We don’t see our blind spots – it’s why they’re called blind spots! 
Too often, we fail to see our products and services from the perspective of our customers. We blindly embrace our stories, explanations, rationalizations and justifications to our own detriment. The end [...]]]></description>
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