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		<title>What Matters Now ebook &#8211; C O N N E C T E D</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are tens of thousands of businesses making many millions a year in profits that still haven’t ever heard of twitter, blogs or facebook. Are they all wrong? Have they missed out or is the joke really on us? They do business through personal relationships, by delivering great customer service and it’s working for them. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.leightonventures.com/2010/02/17/what-matters-now-ebook-c-o-n-n-e-c-t-e-d/</link>
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		<title>Go Fish Friday: Where do those illustrations come from?</title>
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Laughing Stock &#8211; Stock Illustrations and Assignments.
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		<link>http://www.leightonventures.com/2010/02/05/go-fish-friday-where-do-those-illustrations-come-from/</link>
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		<title>My iGoogle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[People often ask me what I read online and what resources do I seek out of all the information on the web. Well, here are the links on my iGoogle for your reference.

The Blog of Timothy Ferrriss
Zen Habits
Freelance Switch
Killer Startups
Go2Web20
Master of 500 Hats (one of the more interesting reads)
Quick Sprout
ChangeThis
Shoemoney (starting to get diluted)
Duct  Tape [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.leightonventures.com/2010/02/03/my-igoogle/</link>
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		<title>Go Fish Friday: Tracking Banner Ads with Google Analytics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you publish advertising banners on your site, there is an easy way for you to track which banners visitors click on to leave your site and which advertisers they visit.
Check out this site to help guide you through the process to track outbound clicks.
Google also has a url builder tool to track campaigns.
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		<link>http://www.leightonventures.com/2010/01/29/go-fish-friday-tracking-banner-ads-with-google-analytics/</link>
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		<title>Go Fish Friday: 2010 Digital and Interactive Marketing Conferences</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Your full line-up of digital and interactive marketing conferences in 2010.
Check out Jimmy Hendricks&#8217; stab at the list.
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		<link>http://www.leightonventures.com/2010/01/22/go-fish-friday-2010-digital-and-interactive-marketing-conferences/</link>
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		<title>Brainwashed: Seven Ways to Reinvent Yourself</title>
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Written by Seth Godin
Click here to download the PDF.
“Years ago, when you were about four years old, the system set out to persuade you of something that isn’t true.
Not just persuade, but drill, practice, reinforce, and yes, brainwash.
The mission: to teach you that you’re average. That compliant work is the best way to a reliable [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.leightonventures.com/2010/01/16/brainwashed-seven-ways-to-reinvent-yourself/</link>
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		<title>LinkedIn &#8211; A Wasteland of Aimless Connections</title>
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My definition of LinkedIn.com &#8211; A wasteland of aimless connections.
Let&#8217;s face it, LinkedIn is just not that exciting; nor is it meaningful. I have always said that it&#8217;s more effective to just pick up the phone. Also, think about when you are really in a pinch for help&#8230; are you going to send a impersonal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.leightonventures.com/2010/01/10/linkedin-a-wasteland-of-aimless-connections-2/</link>
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		<title>2010 Predictions &#8211; MPL&#8217;s Big List</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below is MPL&#8217;s Big List of 2010 Predictions:

Social Media will become diluted. Many social media users (twitter, facebook, etc.) are already getting fatigued and I think we&#8217;ll see much less buzz in 2010 as revenue numbers are confusing and elusive.
Tiger Woods will win 2 major golf tournaments in 2010. I predict the British Open and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.leightonventures.com/2010/01/03/2010-predictions-mpls-big-list/</link>
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		<title>Small Business Reality Check</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Like gambling and the stock market, the majority of the time people you just meet or even your friends/family will tell you how they hit it big and how much they won. Rarely do you ever hear about the losses or the failures. The same holds true with small businesses. Well, 2009 was a reality [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.leightonventures.com/2010/01/03/small-business-reality-check/</link>
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		<title>A Cut Above &#8211; Photography Worth Seeing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have loved Jack Brauer&#8217;s work for a few years. He&#8217;s a friend of a friend whom I&#8217;ve never met. Following his trips around the world through the eye of this lens.
Mountain Photographer, Jack Brauer

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		<link>http://www.leightonventures.com/2009/10/15/a-cut-above-photography-worth-seeing/</link>
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