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		<title>By: iliyas</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/03/content-marketing-strategy-dao/#comment-539855</link>
		<dc:creator>iliyas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 12:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very nice article to cover DAO, Have you any more content on DAO, Please provide if yes.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Regards,&lt;br&gt;iliyas</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very nice article to cover DAO, Have you any more content on DAO, Please provide if yes.</p>
<p>Regards,<br />iliyas</p>
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		<title>By: tatianatugbaeva</title>
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		<dc:creator>tatianatugbaeva</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you for the great post, Lee! I would like to comment on the paragraph about promoting and syndicating content via distribution channels. Social media has an enormous power to fuel search results. One of the most important things a company can do for SEO is to re-purpose and optimize its content across multiple social media platforms and make it easy for people to share.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for the great post, Lee! I would like to comment on the paragraph about promoting and syndicating content via distribution channels. Social media has an enormous power to fuel search results. One of the most important things a company can do for SEO is to re-purpose and optimize its content across multiple social media platforms and make it easy for people to share.</p>
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		<title>By: newjerseys</title>
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		<dc:creator>newjerseys</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>gffg Writers and broadcasters from around the country have made picks for their teams, and after 24 selections, a QB many experts have going in the top 10 is still hanging around.&lt;br&gt;Terry Bradshaw spoke out about Ben Roethlisberger, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.warmfromyourfeettoyouheart.blogspot.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;nfl jerseys&lt;/a&gt; saying the current Steelers QB needs to figure out how to stay out of trouble. Go Around the Web for more details on Bradshaw&#039;s tongue-lashing</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>gffg Writers and broadcasters from around the country have made picks for their teams, and after 24 selections, a QB many experts have going in the top 10 is still hanging around.<br />Terry Bradshaw spoke out about Ben Roethlisberger, <a href="http://www.warmfromyourfeettoyouheart.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">nfl jerseys</a> saying the current Steelers QB needs to figure out how to stay out of trouble. Go Around the Web for more details on Bradshaw&#39;s tongue-lashing</p>
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		<title>By: Lucy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lucy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>great and so thanks again&lt;br&gt;The ending to this game was odd. The Sabres needed to win in regulation to earn the No 2 seed, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.new-jerseys.com&quot; title=&quot;NFL jerseys&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;NFL jerseys&lt;/a&gt; so they pulled goalie Patrick Lalime with about 10 seconds remaining, the score tied and the Devils on a power play. The plan was to press for a goal, but it got off to a strange start when Lalime collided with referee Steve Kozari &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.new-jerseys.com&quot; title=&quot;soccer jerseys&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;soccer jerseys&lt;/a&gt; while heading to the Buffalo bench and both fell &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.new-jerseys.com&quot; title=&quot;football jerseys&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;football jerseys&lt;/a&gt; to the ice.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In the opening round of the playoffs, New Jersey Devils will meet the seventh-seeded Philadelphia Flyers, which beat the Devils in five of six games this season.&lt;a href=&quot;http://new-jerseys.com/world-cup-jerseys-c-9.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;World Cup Jerseys&lt;/a&gt; But it seems that all the members of the Devils just felt quite easy &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.new-jerseys.com&quot; title=&quot;football shirts&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;football shirts&lt;/a&gt; and relaxed. They have found the way they can play and they will stick to it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>great and so thanks again<br />The ending to this game was odd. The Sabres needed to win in regulation to earn the No 2 seed, <a href="http://www.new-jerseys.com" title="NFL jerseys" rel="nofollow">NFL jerseys</a> so they pulled goalie Patrick Lalime with about 10 seconds remaining, the score tied and the Devils on a power play. The plan was to press for a goal, but it got off to a strange start when Lalime collided with referee Steve Kozari <a href="http://www.new-jerseys.com" title="soccer jerseys" rel="nofollow">soccer jerseys</a> while heading to the Buffalo bench and both fell <a href="http://www.new-jerseys.com" title="football jerseys" rel="nofollow">football jerseys</a> to the ice.</p>
<p>In the opening round of the playoffs, New Jersey Devils will meet the seventh-seeded Philadelphia Flyers, which beat the Devils in five of six games this season.<a href="http://new-jerseys.com/world-cup-jerseys-c-9.html" rel="nofollow">World Cup Jerseys</a> But it seems that all the members of the Devils just felt quite easy <a href="http://www.new-jerseys.com" title="football shirts" rel="nofollow">football shirts</a> and relaxed. They have found the way they can play and they will stick to it.</p>
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		<title>By: Scott Armstrong</title>
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		<dc:creator>Scott Armstrong</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the comment Lee!  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We love your content, even if we are an agency.  And we believe that sometimes really great content deserves a long post but in fairness we always try to add a new angle to the conversation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Cheers</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the comment Lee!  </p>
<p>We love your content, even if we are an agency.  And we believe that sometimes really great content deserves a long post but in fairness we always try to add a new angle to the conversation.</p>
<p>Cheers</p>
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		<title>By: Scott Armstrong</title>
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		<dc:creator>Scott Armstrong</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the comment Lee!  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We love your content, even if we are an agency.  And we believe that sometimes really great content deserves a long post but in fairness we always try to add a new angle to the conversation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Cheers</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the comment Lee!  </p>
<p>We love your content, even if we are an agency.  And we believe that sometimes really great content deserves a long post but in fairness we always try to add a new angle to the conversation.</p>
<p>Cheers</p>
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		<title>By: leeodden</title>
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		<dc:creator>leeodden</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the blog post within a blog post Scott. I&#039;ve never thought to post entire web pages or blog posts as comments to other agency blogs! :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the blog post within a blog post Scott. I&#39;ve never thought to post entire web pages or blog posts as comments to other agency blogs! <img src='http://www.toprankblog.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Scott Armstrong</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/03/content-marketing-strategy-dao/#comment-539195</link>
		<dc:creator>Scott Armstrong</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great post!  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Your smart point about content for each stage of the buying cycle mirrors Marketing Sherpa’s #3 lead generation best practice: “CREATE CONTENT FOR EACH STAGE OF THE SALES CYCLE“.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Here is a quick practical guide on how we map content for each stage.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;First, model your pipeline by understanding the different stages a customer goes through when deciding to do business with you.  They key is to keep it simple (4-5 stages) while identifying meaningful differences in “what you customer wants to know”.  Here is the model we use as a strawman for our clients.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Key Decision Stages by Information Need&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;-Defining requirements: stating the problem&lt;br&gt;-Gathering information: finding solutions&lt;br&gt;-Evaluating alternatives: comparing solutions&lt;br&gt;-Final decision: committing to an alternative&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And at each stage of the decision process you need to target your content to address differences in what your customer wants to know&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1. Defining requirements: stating the problem.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Prospects are casting a wide net and may or may not have an idea what the solution will be&lt;br&gt;The information seeking has a broad focus using more generic and high-level search terms and keywords  They may be seeing assistance with definition, scope, and internal buy-in.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;2. Gathering information: finding solutions&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Prospects are searching for available options that will meet their requirements&lt;br&gt;Keywords and search terms will be more specific and will start to reflect solution alternatives or categories.  Their goal is developing a short-list of viable alternatives&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;3. Evaluating alternatives: comparing solutions&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Porspects are looking for information specific to how a solution alternative will work in their context.  They are seeking comparisons between short-listed alternatives, peer reviews, referrals, and experiences&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;4. Final decision: committing to an alternative&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Prospects have a solid understanding of how each alternative measures up and the decision maker is trying to get comfortable with committing to one of the decision alternatives.  They are managing questions from various stakeholders.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We then map specific differences in what each segment wants to know.  The mapping tool posted here &lt;a href=&quot;http://bit.ly/decision-stages&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://bit.ly/decision-stages&lt;/a&gt; is the tool we use to simply map these target segments, decision stages and content opportunities against available and to be developed content.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great post!  </p>
<p>Your smart point about content for each stage of the buying cycle mirrors Marketing Sherpa’s #3 lead generation best practice: “CREATE CONTENT FOR EACH STAGE OF THE SALES CYCLE“.  </p>
<p>Here is a quick practical guide on how we map content for each stage.  </p>
<p>First, model your pipeline by understanding the different stages a customer goes through when deciding to do business with you.  They key is to keep it simple (4-5 stages) while identifying meaningful differences in “what you customer wants to know”.  Here is the model we use as a strawman for our clients.</p>
<p>Key Decision Stages by Information Need</p>
<p>-Defining requirements: stating the problem<br />-Gathering information: finding solutions<br />-Evaluating alternatives: comparing solutions<br />-Final decision: committing to an alternative</p>
<p>And at each stage of the decision process you need to target your content to address differences in what your customer wants to know</p>
<p>1. Defining requirements: stating the problem.</p>
<p>Prospects are casting a wide net and may or may not have an idea what the solution will be<br />The information seeking has a broad focus using more generic and high-level search terms and keywords  They may be seeing assistance with definition, scope, and internal buy-in.</p>
<p>2. Gathering information: finding solutions</p>
<p>Prospects are searching for available options that will meet their requirements<br />Keywords and search terms will be more specific and will start to reflect solution alternatives or categories.  Their goal is developing a short-list of viable alternatives</p>
<p>3. Evaluating alternatives: comparing solutions</p>
<p>Porspects are looking for information specific to how a solution alternative will work in their context.  They are seeking comparisons between short-listed alternatives, peer reviews, referrals, and experiences</p>
<p>4. Final decision: committing to an alternative</p>
<p>Prospects have a solid understanding of how each alternative measures up and the decision maker is trying to get comfortable with committing to one of the decision alternatives.  They are managing questions from various stakeholders.  </p>
<p>We then map specific differences in what each segment wants to know.  The mapping tool posted here <a href="http://bit.ly/decision-stages" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/decision-stages</a> is the tool we use to simply map these target segments, decision stages and content opportunities against available and to be developed content.</p>
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		<title>By: seomasters1</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/03/content-marketing-strategy-dao/#comment-539196</link>
		<dc:creator>seomasters1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>yeh, thanks a lot for the information.  Really like this article.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>yeh, thanks a lot for the information.  Really like this article.</p>
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		<title>By: Steven</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/03/content-marketing-strategy-dao/#comment-544514</link>
		<dc:creator>Steven</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This information helped me thanks. Ill bookmark this to use it as advise to help me in the long run.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This information helped me thanks. Ill bookmark this to use it as advise to help me in the long run.</p>
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		<title>By: mikesopm</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/03/content-marketing-strategy-dao/#comment-539192</link>
		<dc:creator>mikesopm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great information, these are some great strategies that we can apply and implement immediately.&lt;br&gt;Thanks again</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great information, these are some great strategies that we can apply and implement immediately.<br />Thanks again</p>
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		<title>By: buildanichestore</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/03/content-marketing-strategy-dao/#comment-539176</link>
		<dc:creator>buildanichestore</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i must say its an amazing post&lt;br&gt;having lot of information&lt;br&gt;thanks for sharing it with us:)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i must say its an amazing post<br />having lot of information<br />thanks for sharing it with us:)</p>
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		<title>By: davefinkelstein</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/03/content-marketing-strategy-dao/#comment-539168</link>
		<dc:creator>davefinkelstein</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes excellent post, some new info, not the same regurgitated  info</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes excellent post, some new info, not the same regurgitated  info</p>
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		<title>By: loewenstark</title>
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		<dc:creator>loewenstark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow - exellent and very detailed post. I thought it&#039;s easier ;-) Thanks</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow &#8211; exellent and very detailed post. I thought it&#39;s easier <img src='http://www.toprankblog.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' />  Thanks</p>
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		<title>By: divulgarsite</title>
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		<dc:creator>divulgarsite</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>excellent article very relevant. we put all the learning acquired in this post into practice in the Brazil seo here. thanks</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>excellent article very relevant. we put all the learning acquired in this post into practice in the Brazil seo here. thanks</p>
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		<title>By: leeodden</title>
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		<dc:creator>leeodden</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Peter, social media metrics are the 10th suggestion. We just didn&#039;t mention your company.  Social monitoring and social search services provide similar functions. Some offer dashboards with saved reports and others focus on search results. Both are helpful for understanding the impact of a company&#039;s content marketing efforts on the social web.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Peter, social media metrics are the 10th suggestion. We just didn&#39;t mention your company.  Social monitoring and social search services provide similar functions. Some offer dashboards with saved reports and others focus on search results. Both are helpful for understanding the impact of a company&#39;s content marketing efforts on the social web.</p>
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		<title>By: Peter Sabbagh</title>
		<link>http://www.toprankblog.com/2010/03/content-marketing-strategy-dao/#comment-539138</link>
		<dc:creator>Peter Sabbagh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>All good recommendations - you may want to suggest social media metrics, there are companies such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://memcatch.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;memcatch.com&lt;/a&gt; that have metrics to show you how popular your piece of information is after it has been shared. You can see which sites are producing the most value for your efforts. This is a great way to monitor your productivity in a personal forum, or for professional social media campaign.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All good recommendations &#8211; you may want to suggest social media metrics, there are companies such as <a href="http://memcatch.com" rel="nofollow">memcatch.com</a> that have metrics to show you how popular your piece of information is after it has been shared. You can see which sites are producing the most value for your efforts. This is a great way to monitor your productivity in a personal forum, or for professional social media campaign.</p>
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		<title>By: leeodden</title>
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		<dc:creator>leeodden</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Andres, that&#039;s a good call. It&#039;s really about a broad online marketing strategy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Andres, that&#39;s a good call. It&#39;s really about a broad online marketing strategy.</p>
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		<title>By: puregeniusmarketing</title>
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		<dc:creator>puregeniusmarketing</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is a great post. It brings clarity and provides an excellent outline for a powerful online marketing strategy. Thanks Keep up the good work.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a great post. It brings clarity and provides an excellent outline for a powerful online marketing strategy. Thanks Keep up the good work.</p>
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		<title>By: SocialNetworkingCompany</title>
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		<dc:creator>SocialNetworkingCompany</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I like the techniques you suggested. It is a very insightful post.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like the techniques you suggested. It is a very insightful post.</p>
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