<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post1606238601669398637..comments</id><updated>2009-02-26T08:30:59.903-06:00</updated><category term='survivors'/><category term='recession'/><category term='podcast'/><category term='tools'/><category term='finance'/><category term='economic development'/><category term='news'/><category term='organization'/><category term='mistakes'/><category term='customer service'/><category term='tax matters'/><category term='broadband'/><category term='success'/><category term='tourism'/><category term='community'/><category term='maesz'/><category term='entrepreneurship'/><category term='Small Biz 100'/><category term='events'/><category term='business intelligence'/><category term='rural'/><category term='ideas'/><category term='IRS'/><category term='trends'/><category term='announcement'/><category term='global'/><category term='600'/><category term='opinion'/><category term='Jon Swanson'/><category term='POV'/><category term='planning'/><category term='resources'/><category term='innovation'/><category term='youth'/><category term='video'/><category term='marketing'/><category term='Best of'/><category term='social media'/><category term='failure'/><category term='review'/><category term='brag basket'/><category term='workforce'/><title type='text'>Comments on Small Biz Survival: Dipping Your Toe Into the Social Media Pond</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/feeds/1606238601669398637/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/1606238601669398637/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2009/02/dipping-your-toe-into-social-media-pond.html'/><author><name>Becky McCray</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/109969779660139278806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-pUcpRUZ5_aA/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADkU/rtIirK8GpI0/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-6753207747062181080</id><published>2009-02-26T08:30:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-26T08:30:00.000-06:00</updated><title type='text'>I agree wholeheartedly. Social media is a very nic...</title><content type='html'>I agree wholeheartedly. Social media is a very nice way to promote ones business. Not to mention the valuable backlinks that it can generate for ones blog or business website. Looking forward to reading your upcoming post Mark. :)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/1606238601669398637/comments/default/6753207747062181080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/1606238601669398637/comments/default/6753207747062181080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2009/02/dipping-your-toe-into-social-media-pond.html?showComment=1235658600000#c6753207747062181080' title=''/><author><name>marketing tips</name><uri>http://www.businessownersonline.com/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2009/02/dipping-your-toe-into-social-media-pond.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-1606238601669398637' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/1606238601669398637' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-627210920'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-3462916320331991193</id><published>2009-02-25T09:58:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-25T09:58:00.000-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Mark - Great question! The quick answer is, yes, I...</title><content type='html'>Mark - Great question! The quick answer is, yes, I do all social media work myself, so there is no cost (other than time). But there are other factors such as print advertising, etc....&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The full response to your inquiry will be in an up coming post on my site regarding, "How to Effectively Measure Social Media ROI."</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/1606238601669398637/comments/default/3462916320331991193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/1606238601669398637/comments/default/3462916320331991193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2009/02/dipping-your-toe-into-social-media-pond.html?showComment=1235577480000#c3462916320331991193' title=''/><author><name>mark_hayward</name><uri>http://mark-hayward.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2009/02/dipping-your-toe-into-social-media-pond.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-1606238601669398637' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/1606238601669398637' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1172021640'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-2961138238824333756</id><published>2009-02-25T09:14:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-25T09:14:00.000-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Great post, Mark. I'm curious -- what are your mea...</title><content type='html'>Great post, Mark. I'm curious -- what are your measurables under "quantifiable cost savings"? Where have you not spent elsewhere because for a lower price (or for free) you were able to get a benefit from social media?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/1606238601669398637/comments/default/2961138238824333756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/1606238601669398637/comments/default/2961138238824333756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2009/02/dipping-your-toe-into-social-media-pond.html?showComment=1235574840000#c2961138238824333756' title=''/><author><name>Mark</name><uri>http://blog.winningworkplaces.org/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2009/02/dipping-your-toe-into-social-media-pond.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-1606238601669398637' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/1606238601669398637' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1576847133'/></entry></feed>
