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					<description><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;re like me, you get 100&#8217;s of emails a day and many end up in your  &#8220;Junk E-mail&#8221; or for those really worthless e-mail senders, the &#8220;Deleted Items&#8221; folder.   I noticed recently, after speaking to a client about using email campaigns for his marketing communications, that some email I receive is technically &#8220;junk email&#8221; [&#8230;]</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Social media has certainly gained the attention of marketers and businesses.  Almost every company is active on Google+, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn and many are expanding to Pinterest, Instagram and even Snapchat. The social media companies have done an excellent job convincing business owners that social media increases exposure and that accumulating &#8220;Likes&#8221;, &#8220;Followers&#8221; and [&#8230;]</p>
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