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		<title>Comment on Five Tips To Improve Employee Performance Reviews by Ronaldo</title>
		<link>http://blog.crowdspring.com/2011/12/five-tips-to-improve-employee-performance-reviews/comment-page-1/#comment-9420</link>
		<dc:creator>Ronaldo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I really like the advice given and I&#039;ve seen it in action where I work. One system that company where I work uses is WorkMeter, which is a software program for this purpose. The company uses it as a constructive tool with us employees. My manager is quite communicative with it as well, not waiting until a review period to let me know how I&#039;m doing overall. I appreciate the clarity in the feedback I&#039;ve gotten from superiors. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really like the advice given and I&#8217;ve seen it in action where I work. One system that company where I work uses is WorkMeter, which is a software program for this purpose. The company uses it as a constructive tool with us employees. My manager is quite communicative with it as well, not waiting until a review period to let me know how I&#8217;m doing overall. I appreciate the clarity in the feedback I&#8217;ve gotten from superiors.</p>
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		<title>Comment on How Small Businesses Are Using Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC] by mariah humphries</title>
		<link>http://blog.crowdspring.com/2011/09/small-business-social-media-infographic/comment-page-1/#comment-9419</link>
		<dc:creator>mariah humphries</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great infographic! Majority of my clientele is from social media and my business would probably be non-existent without it. I am going to use this on my resume site. Easy to read. Easy to understand. Well done!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great infographic! Majority of my clientele is from social media and my business would probably be non-existent without it. I am going to use this on my resume site. Easy to read. Easy to understand. Well done!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Small Biz and Startup Tips: 5 Ideas to Prepare for an Economic Recovery by Vivexin Skin Cream</title>
		<link>http://blog.crowdspring.com/2012/02/small-biz-and-startup-tips-5-ideas-to-prepare-for-the-economic-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-9413</link>
		<dc:creator>Vivexin Skin Cream</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Liberals believe in fantasy utopias so in their minds you can easily have an economic recovery with no new jobs, or at least with plenty of made-up, pretend jobs that only exist in the vice president&#039;s mind.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Liberals believe in fantasy utopias so in their minds you can easily have an economic recovery with no new jobs, or at least with plenty of made-up, pretend jobs that only exist in the vice president&#8217;s mind.<br />
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		<title>Comment on 12 Questions: Meet Edward Laurin (Canada) by Contemporary Dining Chairs</title>
		<link>http://blog.crowdspring.com/2011/03/12-questions-meet-edward-laurin-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-9409</link>
		<dc:creator>Contemporary Dining Chairs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A magnetic young man meets and romances an Irish waitress, ..... Two brash bush pilots join the Royal Canadian Air Force and see action during World War II. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A magnetic young man meets and romances an Irish waitress, &#8230;.. Two brash bush pilots join the Royal Canadian Air Force and see action during World War II.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Small Biz and Startup Tips: 5 Ideas to Prepare for an Economic Recovery by Ageless Male Supplement</title>
		<link>http://blog.crowdspring.com/2012/02/small-biz-and-startup-tips-5-ideas-to-prepare-for-the-economic-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-9408</link>
		<dc:creator>Ageless Male Supplement</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description> I suggest you visit these good sites and i think they can help you with that matter. Good luck!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> I suggest you visit these good sites and i think they can help you with that matter. Good luck!</p>
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		<title>Comment on The February cS Award and The January cS Award Winner by blexer</title>
		<link>http://blog.crowdspring.com/2012/02/the-february-cs-award-and-the-january-cs-award-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-9399</link>
		<dc:creator>blexer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>niteshthapa are really great and talented, they deserve it, congratulation</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>niteshthapa are really great and talented, they deserve it, congratulation</p>
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		<title>Comment on The February cS Award and The January cS Award Winner by Create2design</title>
		<link>http://blog.crowdspring.com/2012/02/the-february-cs-award-and-the-january-cs-award-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-9386</link>
		<dc:creator>Create2design</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>congratulation from Pakistan</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>congratulation from Pakistan</p>
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		<title>Comment on Small Businesses Spending More And More On Social Media by Logoswish</title>
		<link>http://blog.crowdspring.com/2012/01/small-business-social-media-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-9385</link>
		<dc:creator>Logoswish</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you for this post.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for this post.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Studyers by Logoswish</title>
		<link>http://blog.crowdspring.com/2012/01/small-business-spotlight-of-the-week-studyers/comment-page-1/#comment-9384</link>
		<dc:creator>Logoswish</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Agree with Jonathan. Great article</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Agree with Jonathan. Great article</p>
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		<title>Comment on The February cS Award and The January cS Award Winner by Max</title>
		<link>http://blog.crowdspring.com/2012/02/the-february-cs-award-and-the-january-cs-award-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-9383</link>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My congratulations! </description>
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		<title>Comment on The February cS Award and The January cS Award Winner by mandex</title>
		<link>http://blog.crowdspring.com/2012/02/the-february-cs-award-and-the-january-cs-award-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-9377</link>
		<dc:creator>mandex</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>congrats to  niteshthapa!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>congrats to  niteshthapa!</p>
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		<title>Comment on 29+ ways to stay creative by Michael</title>
		<link>http://blog.crowdspring.com/2012/01/29-ways-to-stay-creative/comment-page-1/#comment-9376</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>30:  watch videos that show ways to stay creative</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>30:  watch videos that show ways to stay creative</p>
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		<title>Comment on The February cS Award and The January cS Award Winner by DigitalVei</title>
		<link>http://blog.crowdspring.com/2012/02/the-february-cs-award-and-the-january-cs-award-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-9375</link>
		<dc:creator>DigitalVei</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Whoa I just knew there&#039;s award like this -___-</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whoa I just knew there&#8217;s award like this -___-</p>
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		<title>Comment on 29+ ways to stay creative by Expera Solution</title>
		<link>http://blog.crowdspring.com/2012/01/29-ways-to-stay-creative/comment-page-1/#comment-9374</link>
		<dc:creator>Expera Solution</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very Inspiring Video, Like it ;) </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very Inspiring Video, Like it <img src='http://blog.crowdspring.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Comment on 5 things that suck (about hiring new employees) and 10 things companies can do about it by PitchMan</title>
		<link>http://blog.crowdspring.com/2011/02/5-things-that-suck-about-hiring-new-employees-and-10-things-companies-can-do-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-9364</link>
		<dc:creator>PitchMan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is no joke! Hiring was so much of a pain for my business partners and myself that we developed a web-based video hiring solution, PitchPick, to alleviate many of these problems...especially the one about wasting time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is no joke! Hiring was so much of a pain for my business partners and myself that we developed a web-based video hiring solution, PitchPick, to alleviate many of these problems&#8230;especially the one about wasting time.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Small Businesses Spending More And More On Social Media by Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://blog.crowdspring.com/2012/01/small-business-social-media-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-9362</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The spending on social media has gone up for
small businesses. The reason for it is now 70 % of small businesses are using
social media for marketing reasons. Businesses have their own metrics like fans/friends/followers
to measure their success rate. So, the spending has certainly increased on
social media like Facebook, Orkut, Twitter and others as compared to search
engine marketing. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The spending on social media has gone up for<br />
small businesses. The reason for it is now 70 % of small businesses are using<br />
social media for marketing reasons. Businesses have their own metrics like fans/friends/followers<br />
to measure their success rate. So, the spending has certainly increased on<br />
social media like Facebook, Orkut, Twitter and others as compared to search<br />
engine marketing.</p>
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		<title>Comment on I&#8217;m in Logo Love: the new Comedy Central logo by Kelly Mulhall</title>
		<link>http://blog.crowdspring.com/2011/01/im-in-logo-love-the-new-comedy-central-logo/comment-page-1/#comment-9340</link>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Mulhall</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m not a fan at all. I find it extremely bland and boring for a channel like comedy central. It&#039;s more suited for some dull news station. Now, if Comedy Central&#039;s programming consisted ONLY of The Daily Show and the Colbert Report (which I admit is their main draw), I could understand, but they have so much more quirky, fun programming than just these two shows which I don&#039;t feel this logo represents at all. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not a fan at all. I find it extremely bland and boring for a channel like comedy central. It&#8217;s more suited for some dull news station. Now, if Comedy Central&#8217;s programming consisted ONLY of The Daily Show and the Colbert Report (which I admit is their main draw), I could understand, but they have so much more quirky, fun programming than just these two shows which I don&#8217;t feel this logo represents at all. </p>
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		<title>Comment on How Small Businesses Are Using Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC] by Ross Kimbarovsky</title>
		<link>http://blog.crowdspring.com/2011/09/small-business-social-media-infographic/comment-page-1/#comment-9303</link>
		<dc:creator>Ross Kimbarovsky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Look at the links at the bottom of the infographic, in a section called &quot;SOURCES&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Look at the links at the bottom of the infographic, in a section called &#8220;SOURCES&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Studyers by Jonathan Nichol</title>
		<link>http://blog.crowdspring.com/2012/01/small-business-spotlight-of-the-week-studyers/comment-page-1/#comment-9302</link>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Nichol</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Super post! I`ll send it to all my friends!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Super post! I`ll send it to all my friends!</p>
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		<title>Comment on How Small Businesses Are Using Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC] by Shannon Traughber</title>
		<link>http://blog.crowdspring.com/2011/09/small-business-social-media-infographic/comment-page-1/#comment-9301</link>
		<dc:creator>Shannon Traughber</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would also like to know what your sources are, as I am writing a paper about this also. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would also like to know what your sources are, as I am writing a paper about this also.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Small Businesses and Startups: Worst. Advice. Ever. by Rohit Arora</title>
		<link>http://blog.crowdspring.com/2012/01/small-businesses-and-startups-worst-advice-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-9297</link>
		<dc:creator>Rohit Arora</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>

Business advice can be good or bad but it depends on an
entrepreneur’s intellectual ability to decide on which is really a good advice.
There is a pearl of wisdom in every acquaintances and socialites that an
entrepreneur interacts with. To take the good ideas from them and reject the
bad ones is what matters in order to do successful business.
 

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Business advice can be good or bad but it depends on an<br />
entrepreneur’s intellectual ability to decide on which is really a good advice.<br />
There is a pearl of wisdom in every acquaintances and socialites that an<br />
entrepreneur interacts with. To take the good ideas from them and reject the<br />
bad ones is what matters in order to do successful business.<br />
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		<title>Comment on Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Twittapolls by Editor, SiliconPrairieSocial</title>
		<link>http://blog.crowdspring.com/2012/01/small-business-spotlight-of-the-week-twittapolls/comment-page-1/#comment-9289</link>
		<dc:creator>Editor, SiliconPrairieSocial</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just wanted to say I love your website. We cover tech news and events in the Chicago
suburbs and are always looking for new stories and startups. Thanks for some interesting articles. Keep up
the good work and check us out some time. www.siliconprairiesocial.com


Editor – SiliconPrairieSocial
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just wanted to say I love your website. We cover tech news and events in the Chicago<br />
suburbs and are always looking for new stories and startups. Thanks for some interesting articles. Keep up<br />
the good work and check us out some time. <a href="http://www.siliconprairiesocial.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.siliconprairiesocial.com</a></p>
<p>Editor – SiliconPrairieSocial<br />
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		<title>Comment on Small Businesses and Startups: Worst. Advice. Ever. by Christian Gray</title>
		<link>http://blog.crowdspring.com/2012/01/small-businesses-and-startups-worst-advice-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-9288</link>
		<dc:creator>Christian Gray</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This seems like great advice, but how do I know? But seriously for a moment, good points and when working with start-ups we focus on playing to the founders strengths and filling the talent gaps as required. RE: speed to market, faster isn&#039;t always better, but every time I hear some say we are growing too fast I think they might be managing too slow. In high (hyper) growth markets, speed can determine winners and losers. That doesn&#039;t mean that should be applied to every business all the time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This seems like great advice, but how do I know? But seriously for a moment, good points and when working with start-ups we focus on playing to the founders strengths and filling the talent gaps as required. RE: speed to market, faster isn&#8217;t always better, but every time I hear some say we are growing too fast I think they might be managing too slow. In high (hyper) growth markets, speed can determine winners and losers. That doesn&#8217;t mean that should be applied to every business all the time.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Small Businesses and Startups: Worst. Advice. Ever. by Tee</title>
		<link>http://blog.crowdspring.com/2012/01/small-businesses-and-startups-worst-advice-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-9285</link>
		<dc:creator>Tee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Isn&#039;t that the truth!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Isn&#8217;t that the truth!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Five Tips To Improve Employee Performance Reviews by Bellaforte</title>
		<link>http://blog.crowdspring.com/2011/12/five-tips-to-improve-employee-performance-reviews/comment-page-1/#comment-9283</link>
		<dc:creator>Bellaforte</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>These suggestions are really helpful as I have been reviewing my employees for years and have not required them to reflect on their strengths and weaknesses. This is something I can improve on and make it a better review for my employees!
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These suggestions are really helpful as I have been reviewing my employees for years and have not required them to reflect on their strengths and weaknesses. This is something I can improve on and make it a better review for my employees!</p>
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