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		<title>Gary Vaynerchuk &#8220;Superstar:&#8221; Retailer &amp; Entrepreneur Walks the Social Media Walk</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you don&#8217;t know who Gary Vaynerchuk is as yet, you will soon. On April 10th, HarperStudio announced that they have signed a “seven figure, ten book” deal with Gary Vaynerchuk. That deal culminates this week with the release of the first book: Crush-It &#8211; Why Now Is the Time to Cash In On Your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zincresearch.wordpress.com&blog=701013&post=263&subd=zincresearch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Starbucks &amp; Instant Coffee: Good Business Strategy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over October 2 to 5, Starbucks was offering free samples of its new VIA Instant Coffee product in Canada &#8211; a product they refer to as &#8220;Ready Brew.&#8221;  This Wednesday, the VIA product will begin to be rolled out across the United States.
Starbucks foray into the instant coffee market is intriguing. Why would a company [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zincresearch.wordpress.com&blog=701013&post=244&subd=zincresearch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Canadians &amp; Social Media: Almost 80% of Canadians use social networking sites (October 2, 2009)</title>
		<link>http://zincresearch.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/canadians-social-media-almost-80-of-canadians-use-social-networking-sites-october-2-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Survey shows almost 7 in 10 of online Canadians are members of Facebook, while Twitter gains momentum 
Calgary, AB – Over the past year, there has been a surge in Canadians joining Facebook. And most of the growth has come from adults 35 years or older. In fact, almost 7 in 10 (68%) online Canadians [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zincresearch.wordpress.com&blog=701013&post=238&subd=zincresearch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Science of Social Media</title>
		<link>http://zincresearch.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/the-science-of-social-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month, my article &#8220;The Science of Social Media&#8221; was published in Marketing Magazine (August 31, 2009 issue).
To download a copy (scanned) click on this link:
The Science of Social Media (Aug 31 2009).pdf
The article explores some of the scientific processes (within the bounds of one page!) that have helped drive the growth of social media [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zincresearch.wordpress.com&blog=701013&post=229&subd=zincresearch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Privacy Ruling: Why Social Media needs Marketing Research</title>
		<link>http://zincresearch.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/facebook-privacy-ruling-why-social-media-needs-marketing-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, Facebook reached an agreement with the Privacy Commissioner and comply with Canada&#8217;s privacy laws.
Purveyors of social media services, community panels and monitoring tools take note and prepare yourself. This is going to become more common.
One of the promises of social media is more accountability and better targeting through listening to people and monitoring conversations [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zincresearch.wordpress.com&blog=701013&post=223&subd=zincresearch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media Strategy: &#8220;Dirt Cheap Labour&#8221; meet Game Theory</title>
		<link>http://zincresearch.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/social-media-strategy-dirt-cheap-labour-meet-game-theory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the social media stampede, how long would free be truly “free?&#8221;
I just read the article “Dirt cheap labour &#8211; How businesses are getting the public to work for them for free” by Stephanie Findlay in the Business section of Macleans&#8217; online magazine, published last week. Check it out.
OK. Let&#8217;s repeat the question: How long [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zincresearch.wordpress.com&blog=701013&post=201&subd=zincresearch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media Strategy: Digital Trust &#8211; The Case of Facebook</title>
		<link>http://zincresearch.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/social-media-strategy-digital-trust-the-case-of-facebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What can social media strategists learn from Facebook? Lots. Especially when corporations are keen to approach the altar of authenticity. Like any sustainable relationship, corporations need to invest the time in getting into the minds of their target markets, and the dynamics of brand trust (and the evolution of &#8220;digital trust&#8221;). And as they have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zincresearch.wordpress.com&blog=701013&post=195&subd=zincresearch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tim Hortons &amp; Social Media: Learning about the power of the crowd</title>
		<link>http://zincresearch.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/tim-hortons-social-media-learning-about-the-power-of-the-crowd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Tim Hortons learned about the power of social media.
In a release from Change.org, “Urge Tim Hortons to Stop Supporting Anti-LGBT Group” they indicate:
Oh, don&#8217;t you hate it when doughnuts decide to go homophobic?  The Canadian mega-giant Tim Hortons (which in Canada is the largest coffee chain in the country), has decided to co-sponsor [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zincresearch.wordpress.com&blog=701013&post=186&subd=zincresearch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media Strategy: Does Social Media Offer Legitimate &#8220;Research?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some may say that social media is a “game changer” when it comes to marketing research. I offer a qualified &#8220;yes.&#8221; Yes, it is a new way of conducting research and intelligence gathering. However, it is my sense that, beyond building communities, there are those who maybe putting their faith in monitoring more so than [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zincresearch.wordpress.com&blog=701013&post=178&subd=zincresearch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I awoke this morning to this story being plastered on the news feeds:
STUDY FINDS LINK BETWEEN FACEBOOK USE, LOWER GRADES IN  COLLEGE
This is the original news release from Ohio State University.
I have found the tone of the various pick-ups by news organizations entertaining. From &#8220;Facebook use linked to less textbook time&#8221; on USA [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zincresearch.wordpress.com&blog=701013&post=172&subd=zincresearch&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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