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		<title>How Mobile Consumer Surveillance could shape future Marketing decisons</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lowell D&#39;Souza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Wall Street Journal, the true future of consumer surveillance is taking shape inside the cellphones at a weather-stained apartment complex in Cambridge, Mass. For almost two years, Alex Pentland at MIT has tracked 60 families living in campus quarters via sensors and software on their smartphones—recording their movements, relationships, moods, health, calling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phatic Communication &#8211; Grant McCracken&#8217;s definition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lowell D&#39;Souza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was mildly interested when an associate at work recommended &#8216;Chief Cultural Officer&#8217; by Grant McCraken. Expecting another endless stream of ruminations like Thomas Friedman&#8217;s mighty tim &#8211; The World is Flat, I was pleasantly surprised to see that Mr. McCraken is a writer who is both astute and concise in his delivery. His insightful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 Compelling Call-to-Action Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lowell D&#39;Souza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The big visitor conversion question? Are your prospects doing what you want &#8216;em to do on your site? Are they ordering your product, opting into your brand via email or RSS or clicking on your links? If not, you’re missing out on something very simple. It&#8217;s called a Call-To-Action. You have to get your visitors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Technology has affected Quality &amp; Fidelity in our lives</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lowell D&#39;Souza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Digital media has penetrated our lives completely through electronic and digital devices. We listen to music digitally on our iPods, iPhones and iPads. We also watch video on these devices and communicate with our friends through email or social networks. Our new wi-fi ready blu-ray players along with broadband connections give us access to movies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internet Usage by Generations &#8211; 6 Observations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 03:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lowell D&#39;Souza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Access to the internet is better than before with newer technologies and lower prices. The results is that new users from all age groups are getting online. Back in early 2009, research was conducted by the Pew Research folks about the internet access habits of the various generations. I&#8217;ve included some salient finds and also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoiding Choice Paralysis Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 17:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lowell D&#39;Souza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to industry analysts, when customers are presented with a huge selection of brands of a certain item, fewer customers buy the item than when fewer brands are displayed. In short, when presented with too many similar choices, choice paralysis occurs. What is choice paralysis? It&#8217;s a confused state of mind that overwhelms most consumers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using the right call to action phrases in your web content &#8211; II</title>
		<link>http://marketingbones.com/using-the-right-call-to-action-phrases-in-your-web-content-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2010 16:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lowell D&#39;Souza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An effective call to action can help sell more products and services. Ultimately, the creation of content on a website along with the right call to action terms is aimed at helping a website increase its revenue or leads or build up a database. The most effective call to action phrase compels the reader to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using the right call to action phrases in your web content &#8211; I</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 21:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lowell D&#39;Souza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A call to action is a driver or motivation for a prospect or customer to perform a certain action on a website. That action is determined by the owner of the website. A good example of having strong call to action elements on your website is by making sure that those elements are inserted strategically [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Effective Online Call to Action Features</title>
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		<comments>http://marketingbones.com/effective-online-call-to-action-features/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lowell D&#39;Souza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Call-to-action is a term used in marketing and advertising campaigns for both offline and online channels. This concept aims at encouraging prospects or customers or consumers to perform a desired action. Online, the action could involve signing up for a email newsletter list, adding blog content to their news feeds, filling out a registration or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motivated Reasoning &#8211; Or Reasoning without Thinking</title>
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		<comments>http://marketingbones.com/motivated-reasoning-or-reasoning-without-thinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 21:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lowell D&#39;Souza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do we call it when people form beliefs based on popular misconception and then convince themselves subconsciously that those beliefs are true? Psychologists would call that delusional behavior. Realists probably call it &#8220;human behavior in some form&#8221;. I&#8217;m not surprised. As humans, we&#8217;ve been thinking without reason for centuries now. Think about the Salem [...]]]></description>
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