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		<title>This awesome website: Giraffe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Giraffe Restaurants Giraffe is a UK chain of 35+ restaurants catering to the family-friendly crowd. The corporate website is appealing to kids and adults alike, with big, juicy graphics, images and calls-to-action. Massive eye candy They&#8217;ve gone the extra mile to entice visitors to dig in and explore the site with games, giraffe trivia, their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pizza joint gives, and inspires giving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A local pizza delivery biz here in Burlington, VT, Leonardo&#8217;s (@LeonardosPizza) routinely offers a &#8220;Retweet this and win a free pizza&#8221; contest. Including the fact that I didn&#8217;t win &#8211; again (!), today&#8217;s contest was no different. Except that one of the RTers, Cortex Marketing (@CortexNetwork) retweeted with a desire to win, but also to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://twitterforrestos.com/tfr/2010/07/pizza-joint-gives-and-inspires-giving/</link>
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		<title>What makes a tweet retweet-able?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Twitter is digital (or online) word-of-mouth. Information can be spread around quickly, and if the content that is being tweeted is irresistible &#8211; like a link to a good story, video, blog post, whatever &#8211; it can go viral in a matter of hours. Surely you have come across articles or blog posts with the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://twitterforrestos.com/tfr/2010/07/what-makes-a-tweet-retweet-able/</link>
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		<title>Tips for engaging your followers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What do people mean when they say &#8220;engage your audience&#8221;? And how can you do it sincerely and effectively? By engaging our online audiences, our goal is to spark an interest and get feedback. On Twitter we&#8217;re starting and participating in conversations, retweets, and general sharing of good information. As businesses, we&#8217;re looking to make [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://twitterforrestos.com/tfr/2010/07/tips-for-engaging-your-followers/</link>
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		<title>Social Media Day Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you participate in Mashable&#8217;s Social Media Day? Here in Burlington, VT, a host of events took place all day long. Including a treasure hunt involving 7 local businesses, 6 Tweet Ups around town, voting for our local socially-savvy favorite individuals and businesses, and meeting a whole slew of new faces. Full recap and data [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://twitterforrestos.com/tfr/2010/07/social-media-day-success/</link>
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		<title>Social Media Day June 30</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you heard? Mashable (the consummate all-things-social-media website) has taken upon itself to announce a worldwide Social Media Day on June 30. If you&#8217;ll recall our musings of putting something together for Burlington, VT, well we did. And boy is it a doozy! Together with a number of key, connected friends and contacts, the #BTV [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://twitterforrestos.com/tfr/2010/06/social-media-day-june-30/</link>
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		<title>Customer Service: Twitter saves day, mayor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a story about customer service. Via Twitter. About Foursquare. It all started a couple of weeks ago. I was creating a business account (my own) on Foursquare.com. Playing with options and specials and updating some personal information. I also decided to change my email address for logging in, and that is where a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://twitterforrestos.com/tfr/2010/06/customer-service-twitter-saves-day-mayor/</link>
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		<title>Mastering Social Media for&#8230;Tourism?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Does your restaurant, bar, wine shop or other food &#038; beverage venue depend on tourism dollars? Chances are it does, even though you don&#8217;t know it. You might want to take a serious look into these online classes put together by Tourism Currents. The curriculum is solid and profound, and the hosts have a slew [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://twitterforrestos.com/tfr/2010/06/mastering-social-media-for-tourism/</link>
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		<title>Social Media Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of our favorite blogs on all things social media, Mashable, has organized a National Social Media Day, coming Wednesday, June 30. I&#8217;m collaborating with a number of social hot shots around Burlington, VT to put together a knock-down drag-out good time for local folks that are active participants on Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare. Like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://twitterforrestos.com/tfr/2010/06/social-media-day/</link>
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		<title>Why Twitter isn&#8217;t working</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent article reflecting on the Nation’s Restaurant News report on restaurants&#8217; social media effectiveness. The big question is does this stuff work?. Consider the following poll results from NRN*: Although 61% of restaurants said they were actively on Facebook, only 8% of consumers said they ever follow restaurants via Facebook 78% of restaurants planned [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://twitterforrestos.com/tfr/2010/06/why-twitter-isnt-working/</link>
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