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		<title>Just what we need&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s my first post to Posterous.&#160; Just what we need, another method to spam the hell out of the countless social sites.
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 04:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever asked yourself what would happen if TinyURL (or, any one of the other 3rd party URL shortening services) went dark? Typically a mundane issue and ridiculous question, but if you&#8217;re a huge fan of Twitter you&#8217;ll quickly understand the potential ramifications of such a problem.
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		<title>QUOTE ~ There is Only One Boss</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.&#8221;
- Sam Walton
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		<title>A New Approach to Marketing&#8230;Building a Delight Machine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A colleague recently pointed out an interesting article that appeared in Adweek.  The piece describes a dramatic shift underway in world branding.  More specifically, the article says that big, overpowering brands are losing favor to brands that consistently deliver ongoing &#8220;daily delights.&#8221;  The emerging brands build their presence by creating a &#8220;delight machine&#8221; that offers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mark-beekman.com&blog=6524143&post=42&subd=markbeekman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>QUOTE ~ What is Focus?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully.&#8221;
&#8211; Steve Jobs
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		<title>5 Rules to Conducting an Effective Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hate wasting time in needless meetings.  Doesn&#8217;t everybody?  Well, if that were the case, the rules below wouldn&#8217;t be necessary.
Very simply, here are my simple guidelines to conducting an effective and efficient meeting:

Time&#8217;s Up! - Break out Mom&#8217;s egg timer and limit the duration of the meeting to no more than 20 minutes. Once [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mark-beekman.com&blog=6524143&post=22&subd=markbeekman&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>QUOTE ~ Busy Does Not Always Mean Real Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.&#8221;
&#8211; Thomas Edison
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		<title>The First Post of Mark Beekman&#8217;s Blog</title>
		<link>http://mark-beekman.com/2009/02/10/first-post-mark-beekman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
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