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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was listening to a podcast and someone used an analogy that resonated with me. They likened a new product to what the car companies did when they really didn&#8217;t have any new innovations to add to a new model so they added fins. The fins didn&#8217;t do anything but they gave the car a [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultkeith.com&#038;blog=3791264&#038;post=7340&#038;subd=keithrittermedia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Learning From Cheetahs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every once in a while I find something in the world of science that teaches me something about business. Such was the case the other day as I read an article about cheetahs in the N.Y. Times. No, this isn&#8217;t going to be some clever pun about cheetahs never winning (sorry) but about how many [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultkeith.com&#038;blog=3791264&#038;post=7329&#038;subd=keithrittermedia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Speak In Music</title>
		<link>http://consultkeith.com/2013/06/17/speak-in-music/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was had a chat over the weekend with a friend who can speak music. I don&#8217;t mean &#8220;sing&#8221; and that&#8217;s not some sort of weird linguistic screw up in my writing. Let me explain what I mean and why it&#8217;s important to you and your business. Think about many of the laughable marketing materials [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultkeith.com&#038;blog=3791264&#038;post=7325&#038;subd=keithrittermedia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cronuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An unlikely source for our Foodie Friday Fun this week &#8211; the folks over at Freakonomics. I&#8217;m a big fan of both the books and the podcast because their whole schtick is looking at things very differently albeit from an economic point of view.  Today it&#8217;s the cronut, an invention by a NYC baker which [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultkeith.com&#038;blog=3791264&#038;post=7320&#038;subd=keithrittermedia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Appearances Matter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I made myself a note to write about a common business situation that can cause a lot of grief if not handled in a smart manner.  Unfortunately, what prompted the note was a situation which was not handled the right way.  I&#8217;m talking about conflict of interest and how appearances really do matter. When I [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultkeith.com&#038;blog=3791264&#038;post=7269&#038;subd=keithrittermedia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hitting The Line</title>
		<link>http://consultkeith.com/2013/06/12/hitting-the-line/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve ever played  or watched tennis, one thing you know is that the players seem to approach each point with a plan. To a certain extent they play the points backward &#8211; what shot do I want to set up, which positioning and speed of the serve will let me do that, and where [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultkeith.com&#038;blog=3791264&#038;post=7306&#038;subd=keithrittermedia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ratings Are Back-Assward</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw something this morning with which I agree totally. It&#8217;s a statement, reported in MediaPost, by Starcom MediaVest Group CEO Laura Desmond about how media is measured and how consumers&#8217; multi-screen consumption makes the traditional methods far less useful. As she said: “We need to invest in new measurement techniques for brands.”  That&#8217;s right, except [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultkeith.com&#038;blog=3791264&#038;post=7304&#038;subd=keithrittermedia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Golf And Worse Food</title>
		<link>http://consultkeith.com/2013/06/07/bad-golf-and-worse-food/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Foodie Friday and I know you&#8217;ve been wondering where I&#8217;ve been. Sorry about the infrequent posts this week.  I&#8217;ve written before about the golf outing I go on every year and I&#8217;m in Myrtle Beach with the crew celebrating our friendship and playing an awful lot of (bad) golf. We come to Myrtle for [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultkeith.com&#038;blog=3791264&#038;post=7288&#038;subd=keithrittermedia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Worst Paying Majors</title>
		<link>http://consultkeith.com/2013/06/05/the-worst-paying-majors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read an article the other day that I found kind of disturbing and I thought I&#8217;d share it with you.  The piece is called the 10 Worst Paying College Majors.  In brief, OMFG. &#160; &#160; I&#8217;ve written this screed a number of times this last hour but I guess this is really the gist of it.  If you&#8217;re [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultkeith.com&#038;blog=3791264&#038;post=7282&#038;subd=keithrittermedia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Social And Small Business</title>
		<link>http://consultkeith.com/2013/06/03/social-and-small-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve mentioned before that I keep a &#8220;blog this&#8221; file which contains articles that piqued a thought.  I went through the file over the weekend and came across a press release from the folks at Constant Contact.  They do a study about the state of small businesses and the ways they connect with and grow [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultkeith.com&#038;blog=3791264&#038;post=6983&#038;subd=keithrittermedia&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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