<?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.post5053160731683347984..comments</id><updated>2011-07-01T07:03:05.780-05:00</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: How Promise Pizza made social media pay off</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/feeds/5053160731683347984/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5053160731683347984/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2010/04/how-promise-pizza-made-social-media-pay.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>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-4239830188317538547</id><published>2010-04-05T11:26:26.251-05:00</published><updated>2010-04-05T11:26:26.251-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Excellent article and points about using social me...</title><content type='html'>Excellent article and points about using social media to engage an audience - not just as a sales pitch. Congrats on your success and thanks for sharing your story!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5053160731683347984/comments/default/4239830188317538547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5053160731683347984/comments/default/4239830188317538547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2010/04/how-promise-pizza-made-social-media-pay.html?showComment=1270484786251#c4239830188317538547' title=''/><author><name>Lara Dickson</name><uri>http://twitterforrestos.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/2010/04/how-promise-pizza-made-social-media-pay.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5053160731683347984' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/5053160731683347984' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-2052881540'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-6438385194369769706</id><published>2010-04-02T18:46:25.406-05:00</published><updated>2010-04-02T18:46:25.406-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Suzanne&amp;#39;s story is really encouraging.  We hav...</title><content type='html'>Suzanne&amp;#39;s story is really encouraging.  We have struggled with the effectiveness of traditional advertising and are just getting started using social media.  The learning curve for this digital immigrant is steep but this post provides a lot of reasons to continue learning and experimenting. Thank you!!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5053160731683347984/comments/default/6438385194369769706'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5053160731683347984/comments/default/6438385194369769706'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2010/04/how-promise-pizza-made-social-media-pay.html?showComment=1270251985406#c6438385194369769706' title=''/><author><name>RobbieJohnson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01436893129211545720</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://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2010/04/how-promise-pizza-made-social-media-pay.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5053160731683347984' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/5053160731683347984' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-962307271'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-1194875481681222511</id><published>2010-04-02T09:36:29.807-05:00</published><updated>2010-04-02T09:36:29.807-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I really enjoyed Suzanne&amp;#39;s story.  We moved fr...</title><content type='html'>I really enjoyed Suzanne&amp;#39;s story.  We moved from Round Rock 3 years ago, so I felt a connection to your story immediately. Becky, thanks for providing another great social media success story. Will start following Promise Pizza to keep up with the successes!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5053160731683347984/comments/default/1194875481681222511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5053160731683347984/comments/default/1194875481681222511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2010/04/how-promise-pizza-made-social-media-pay.html?showComment=1270218989807#c1194875481681222511' title=''/><author><name>Trista Lauritsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14521034683531035556</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='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OyJ9G2KyFxY/SgMYW8jFHtI/AAAAAAAAAUU/9cLHVQQVNDE/S220/trista+portrait.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2010/04/how-promise-pizza-made-social-media-pay.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5053160731683347984' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/5053160731683347984' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1153807843'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-3590228492312525618</id><published>2010-04-01T11:06:29.376-05:00</published><updated>2010-04-01T11:06:29.376-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Congrats on the success, and thanks for keeping so...</title><content type='html'>Congrats on the success, and thanks for keeping social media social!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5053160731683347984/comments/default/3590228492312525618'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5053160731683347984/comments/default/3590228492312525618'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2010/04/how-promise-pizza-made-social-media-pay.html?showComment=1270137989376#c3590228492312525618' title=''/><author><name>chenergyconsulting</name><uri>http://chenergyconsulting.wordpress.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/openid16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2010/04/how-promise-pizza-made-social-media-pay.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5053160731683347984' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/5053160731683347984' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1899001011'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-4297936789981595988</id><published>2010-04-01T10:49:36.305-05:00</published><updated>2010-04-01T10:49:36.305-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you Becky for giving me the opportunity and ...</title><content type='html'>Thank you Becky for giving me the opportunity and Sarah for introducing us!  I&amp;#39;m excited about the future of social media and look forward to continuing on this journey.  There is so much more for me to learn and lucky to have Round Rock Jelly &amp;quot;peeps&amp;quot; as a wonderful resource.  I absolutely love the &amp;quot;social media pizza making contest&amp;quot; Shane~ will definitely make that happen.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5053160731683347984/comments/default/4297936789981595988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5053160731683347984/comments/default/4297936789981595988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2010/04/how-promise-pizza-made-social-media-pay.html?showComment=1270136976305#c4297936789981595988' title=''/><author><name>Suzanne Cordeiro</name><uri>http://www.linkedin.com/promisepizza</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/2010/04/how-promise-pizza-made-social-media-pay.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5053160731683347984' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/5053160731683347984' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1619466163'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-9065938274548597090</id><published>2010-04-01T10:06:46.916-05:00</published><updated>2010-04-01T10:06:46.916-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This is a perfect story and congratulations on you...</title><content type='html'>This is a perfect story and congratulations on your social media success Suzanne!  I love stories like this because I can use these as examples when I try to explain the true power and relevance of SM.  Next up...you should do a yearly &amp;quot;social media pizza making contest&amp;quot; and have people come make their wildest pizza and then have it all broadcast via twitter :-)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5053160731683347984/comments/default/9065938274548597090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5053160731683347984/comments/default/9065938274548597090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2010/04/how-promise-pizza-made-social-media-pay.html?showComment=1270134406916#c9065938274548597090' title=''/><author><name>Shane</name><uri>http://www.gorilla-force.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/2010/04/how-promise-pizza-made-social-media-pay.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5053160731683347984' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/5053160731683347984' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-700470908'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-2938735430767641836</id><published>2010-04-01T09:52:58.465-05:00</published><updated>2010-04-01T09:52:58.465-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Suzanne&amp;#39;s story is so compellling and such an ...</title><content type='html'>Suzanne&amp;#39;s story is so compellling and such an incredible example of what is possible when social media is used effectively.  I&amp;#39;m proud to have played a small role in getting Suzanne/Promise Pizza some well-deserved attention and kudos for her social media marketing.  And big thanks to Becky for providing the venue to share this story!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5053160731683347984/comments/default/2938735430767641836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5053160731683347984/comments/default/2938735430767641836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2010/04/how-promise-pizza-made-social-media-pay.html?showComment=1270133578465#c2938735430767641836' title=''/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18245505544780605007</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='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BV2rrB9Af5Y/S6QpAD801TI/AAAAAAAAARQ/gfK-6Ng63wY/S220/possible+profile+photo.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2010/04/how-promise-pizza-made-social-media-pay.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5053160731683347984' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/5053160731683347984' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-23025590'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5475577545790207362</id><published>2010-04-01T09:40:18.920-05:00</published><updated>2010-04-01T09:40:18.920-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The thanks go to Suzanne for writing it, and to Sa...</title><content type='html'>The thanks go to Suzanne for writing it, and to Sarah Page (@PageTX) for introducing and encouraging us.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5053160731683347984/comments/default/5475577545790207362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5053160731683347984/comments/default/5475577545790207362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2010/04/how-promise-pizza-made-social-media-pay.html?showComment=1270132818920#c5475577545790207362' title=''/><author><name>Becky McCray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05752231568940350610</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05441618664635372790'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cuqb5e50RbA/SxGGMw0uCBI/AAAAAAAABTY/5pUcKuLUgQU/S220/beckymccray0157-rw-Square-1200.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2010/04/how-promise-pizza-made-social-media-pay.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5053160731683347984' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/5053160731683347984' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-39115361'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-3881756353585396148</id><published>2010-04-01T09:39:25.033-05:00</published><updated>2010-04-01T09:39:25.033-05:00</updated><title type='text'>That is a fantastic case study in how to &amp;quot;do&amp;...</title><content type='html'>That is a fantastic case study in how to &amp;quot;do&amp;quot; social media right for business. Thanks so much for sharing it with us, Becky!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5053160731683347984/comments/default/3881756353585396148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/5053160731683347984/comments/default/3881756353585396148'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.smallbizsurvival.com/2010/04/how-promise-pizza-made-social-media-pay.html?showComment=1270132765033#c3881756353585396148' title=''/><author><name>Chris Cree</name><uri>http://chriscree.tv</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/2010/04/how-promise-pizza-made-social-media-pay.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20995189.post-5053160731683347984' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20995189/posts/default/5053160731683347984' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1795476832'/></entry></feed>
