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		<title>South Carolina Considering Tax Credits for Angel Investors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to media reports and political literature circling South Carolina, there is a plan to introduce a bill that would provide angel investors a tax credit for funding provided to start-ups within South Carolina. The bill, introduced as H.3270 and H.3044 in the South Carolina State House, calls for a tax credit in the amount [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.media-leaf.com/2011/01/26/south-carolina-considering-tax-credits-for-angel-investors/</link>
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		<title>Your Staff Matters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have heard Gary Vaynerchuk talk about the value of thank you and caring about your customers. Many startups and small businesses have heeded his advice and reaped the benefits. The fact of the matter is that it applies to big businesses too! I just finished the acquisition of a new vehicle from a local dealership [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.media-leaf.com/2011/01/26/your-staff-matters/</link>
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		<title>Excellent Customer Service 101 &#8211; The Basics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Catering to the customer and making them feel valuable is something that can set one company apart from the competition. Effective, approachable customer service is crucial to running any highly successful business, especially web companies.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.media-leaf.com/2011/01/03/excellent-customer-service-101-the-basics/</link>
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		<title>My Twitter Toolset</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I (@jimlast) spend a lot of time on Twitter, managing both my personal and business accounts. Running effective social media campaigns requires you to not be too far from contact at any time. The problem compounds as you manage more and more campaigns and companies. These are the tools that I use to keep everything [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.media-leaf.com/2010/12/06/my-twitter-toolset/</link>
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		<title>Lean Startup Primer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An entrepreneurial trend that has been gaining popularity and notoriety lately is lean startup. Lean startup (#leanstartup on Twitter) is the method of building a new business by focusing on customer development, reducing waste, and pivoting often. You can think about lean startup as the new business cousin of lean manufacturing. I&#8217;m kind of late to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.media-leaf.com/2010/12/01/lean-startup-primer/</link>
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		<title>Favorite Articles of the Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Each week we read a LOT of articles on entrepreneurship and social media marketing. Here are a few of my favorites from this week. 3 Tips For Increasing Your Productivity &#8211; Harvard Business Review Productivity Systems: Do they Really Help You Blog Better? &#8211; ProBlogger 57 Things I&#8217;ve Learned Founding 3 Tech Companies &#8211; BetaShop [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.media-leaf.com/2010/11/06/top-smm-articles-this-week/</link>
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		<title>This Week at MediaLeaf &#8211; November 5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are some of the best posts from the blogs across the MediaLeaf websites this week. NewsgroupDirect is a having a new affiliate contest From Shrinking: How to fit snacks into your diet]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.media-leaf.com/2010/11/05/this-week-at-medialeaf-november-5/</link>
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		<title>The 3 Life Stages of a Social Media Campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My recent experience in working on the social media campaign for NewsgroupDirect has led me to think of the entire process as a series of stages, not unlike the human life-cycle. First comes infancy, where you're just figuring out what you need to be doing and how to do it. Then comes adolescence, when you just start to come into your own. Finally, the adult stage is a mature social media campaign that is successful and strong enough to pull it's own weight. The whole cycle is simply a learning process. You see what works and what doesn't, and iterate from there.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.media-leaf.com/2010/11/04/the-3-life-stages-of-a-social-media-campaign/</link>
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		<title>Growing Pains</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you remember when you were growing up and you would have that achy knee, leg, or something? You would tell your mom that it was hurting and, for me, the most common response would be &#8220;Gary, that&#8217;s growing pains.&#8221; Low and behold, that was the case and you would go on with life. Lately, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.media-leaf.com/2010/10/07/growing-pains/</link>
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		<title>Business Plans Are Pointless</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know this has been covered many, many times before, but I believe that business plans in the web industry are highly unnecessary and a waste of effort. Business plans can be effective tools for brick-and-mortar businesses, where year over year planning can be more predictable and may be necessary to secure financing, etc. The web industry is a completely different animal though.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.media-leaf.com/2010/06/25/business-plans-are-pointless/</link>
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