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		<title>Join the Conversation About Your Brand</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent article in CNN Money&#8217;s Small Business section acknowledged the power of consumer-generated content. I always read blog posts and customer reviews before trying a new product or service.
Are people talking about your small business? Do you have any control over what&#8217;s being said?
Check out John Curran&#8217;s article: Track what your customers say about [...]

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_257" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://mindspringdesign.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/bubbles1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-259" title="bubbles1" src="http://mindspringdesign.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/bubbles1.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="212" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Monitor conversations about your brand, and join them to your advantage.</p></div>
<p>A recent article in <em>CNN Money&#8217;s</em> Small Business section acknowledged the power of consumer-generated content. I always read blog posts and customer reviews before trying a new product or service.</p>
<p><em>Are people talking about your small business? Do you have any control over what&#8217;s being said?</em></p>
<p>Check out John Curran&#8217;s article: <strong><em><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/15/smallbusiness/what_are_they_saying.fsb/index.htm?postversion=2008081109">Track what your customers say about you.</a></em></strong></p>
<p>And after that, <a href="http://www.google.com/alerts/">set up a Google Alert</a> for your brand to monitor the conversations&#8230;</p>

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