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		<title>Twitter Marketing - Using Lists to Find Your Targeted Audience</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen J.</dc:creator>
		
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		<description>Obviously there are a number of ways to market and network on Twitter.  To extend your network with targeted connections, you can do an array of things including:

connect with a friend&amp;#8217;s, whose network is focused, friends
utilize Twitter search to find people talking about certain things
search Twitter directories like &amp;#8220;Twellow&amp;#8221;, etc.

But with Twitter Lists, you now [...]


Related posts:&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/the-impact-of-new-twitter-lists-458' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The Impact of New &amp;#8220;Twitter Lists&amp;#8221;'&gt;The Impact of New &amp;#8220;Twitter Lists&amp;#8221;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;So much is happening so fast in the social sphere! It&amp;#8217;s exciting and the opportunities are multiplying FAST. Among the many other social opportunities, we now have Google Social Search, Social Media Game Changers, and now Twitter Lists (it&amp;#8217;s more than what you think). Jump on and brace yourself for...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/are-you-missing-out-on-the-benefits-of-trends-484' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Are You Missing Out On the Benefits of Trends?'&gt;Are You Missing Out On the Benefits of Trends?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;For a long time now we&amp;#8217;ve heard people say &amp;#8220;Twitter&amp;#8217;s a trend&amp;#8221;, &amp;#8220;Social Media Marketing is a trend&amp;#8221;, etc. Let&amp;#8217;s say for a moment that something is a trend - the real question is are you reaping the benefits of these trends while they are around?  Or are you letting...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/how-social-media-continues-to-change-the-seo-game-447' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: How Social Media Continues to Change the SEO Game'&gt;How Social Media Continues to Change the SEO Game&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;There have been so many debates about social media, its place and longevity, its effectiveness, its ROI, etc. etc. etc. But with the experimental release of Google Social Search and real-time search results rolling out everywhere can you really deny that the reach of social media is expanding, creating new...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IMConnections/~4/1wBNXWE0JCM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Are You Missing Out On the Benefits of Trends?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen J.</dc:creator>
		
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		<description>For a long time now we&amp;#8217;ve heard people say &amp;#8220;Twitter&amp;#8217;s a trend&amp;#8221;, &amp;#8220;Social Media Marketing is a trend&amp;#8221;, etc. Let&amp;#8217;s say for a moment that something is a trend - the real question is are you reaping the benefits of these trends while they are around?  Or are you letting everyone else reap the benefits, [...]


Related posts:&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/the-impact-of-new-twitter-lists-458' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The Impact of New &amp;#8220;Twitter Lists&amp;#8221;'&gt;The Impact of New &amp;#8220;Twitter Lists&amp;#8221;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;So much is happening so fast in the social sphere! It&amp;#8217;s exciting and the opportunities are multiplying FAST. Among the many other social opportunities, we now have Google Social Search, Social Media Game Changers, and now Twitter Lists (it&amp;#8217;s more than what you think). Jump on and brace yourself for...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/492-twitter-marketing-twitter-lists-targeted-audience-492' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Twitter Marketing - Using Lists to Find Your Targeted Audience'&gt;Twitter Marketing - Using Lists to Find Your Targeted Audience&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;Obviously there are a number of ways to market and network on Twitter.  To extend your network with targeted connections, you can do an array of things including: connect with a friend&amp;#8217;s, whose network is focused, friends utilize Twitter search to find people talking about certain things search Twitter directories...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/how-social-media-continues-to-change-the-seo-game-447' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: How Social Media Continues to Change the SEO Game'&gt;How Social Media Continues to Change the SEO Game&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;There have been so many debates about social media, its place and longevity, its effectiveness, its ROI, etc. etc. etc. But with the experimental release of Google Social Search and real-time search results rolling out everywhere can you really deny that the reach of social media is expanding, creating new...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IMConnections/~4/VwO35rXgd_I" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>New, Simple, 1-Way Backlinking Method</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen J.</dc:creator>
		
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		<description>There&amp;#8217;s a new 1-way backlinking method in town.  Well they aren&amp;#8217;t entirely new methods but they have their own unique service offering another way for you to get backlinks, good backlinks.
Each backlink created is permanent, and you get a 21 day free trial with 25 free permanent backlinks to start.
Methods include:

 linking your URL to [...]


Related posts:&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/blog-plugin-for-link-building-32' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Blog Plugin for Link Building'&gt;Blog Plugin for Link Building&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;Just read about this on Jack Humphrey&amp;#8217;s blog and I&amp;#8217;m liking the idea! It&amp;#8217;s a Link Building (don&amp;#8217;t we LOVE those words) plugin for your blog.  It&amp;#8217;s totally spam-free and the links are the type that Google goes ga-ga over. You add the plugin to your blog and websites related...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/make-it-simple-for-visitors-to-tweet-your-content-twitter-111' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Make It Simple for Visitors to Tweet Your Content to Twitter'&gt;Make It Simple for Visitors to Tweet Your Content to Twitter&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;. Web cruisers are pretty ADD.  We don&amp;#8217;t like sites that are complicated to navigate and we like things that make our time online simple. Making it simple for your site visitors to Tweet your content will increase the likelihood of them sharing your information via Twitter; and, giving them...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/why-waste-your-time-with-spam-link-building-18' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Why waste your time with spam link building???'&gt;Why waste your time with spam link building???&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;Okay, pet peeve - spam comments on my blog!  Did you think I&amp;#8217;d approve them?  That was just a total waste of your time&amp;#8230;and mine (to delete them all). Why not actually spend your time posting valuable information to relevant blogs when using that as a link building tactic?  I...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IMConnections/~4/CE5NdwHrdbo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>The Impact of New “Twitter Lists”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen J.</dc:creator>
		
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		<description>So much is happening so fast in the social sphere! It&amp;#8217;s exciting and the opportunities are multiplying FAST.
Among the many other social opportunities, we now have Google Social Search, Social Media Game Changers, and now Twitter Lists (it&amp;#8217;s more than what you think).
Jump on and brace yourself for a wild ride.
Twitter is introducing &amp;#8220;Twitter Lists&amp;#8221;.  [...]


Related posts:&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/are-you-missing-out-on-the-benefits-of-trends-484' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Are You Missing Out On the Benefits of Trends?'&gt;Are You Missing Out On the Benefits of Trends?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;For a long time now we&amp;#8217;ve heard people say &amp;#8220;Twitter&amp;#8217;s a trend&amp;#8221;, &amp;#8220;Social Media Marketing is a trend&amp;#8221;, etc. Let&amp;#8217;s say for a moment that something is a trend - the real question is are you reaping the benefits of these trends while they are around?  Or are you letting...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/492-twitter-marketing-twitter-lists-targeted-audience-492' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Twitter Marketing - Using Lists to Find Your Targeted Audience'&gt;Twitter Marketing - Using Lists to Find Your Targeted Audience&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;Obviously there are a number of ways to market and network on Twitter.  To extend your network with targeted connections, you can do an array of things including: connect with a friend&amp;#8217;s, whose network is focused, friends utilize Twitter search to find people talking about certain things search Twitter directories...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/how-social-media-continues-to-change-the-seo-game-447' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: How Social Media Continues to Change the SEO Game'&gt;How Social Media Continues to Change the SEO Game&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;There have been so many debates about social media, its place and longevity, its effectiveness, its ROI, etc. etc. etc. But with the experimental release of Google Social Search and real-time search results rolling out everywhere can you really deny that the reach of social media is expanding, creating new...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IMConnections/~4/VHBq1-82adw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>How Social Media Continues to Change the SEO Game</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen J.</dc:creator>
		
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		<description>There have been so many debates about social media, its place and longevity, its effectiveness, its ROI, etc. etc. etc.
But with the experimental release of Google Social Search and real-time search results rolling out everywhere can you really deny that the reach of social media is expanding, creating new opportunities, and changing the game?
One important [...]


Related posts:&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/the-impact-of-new-twitter-lists-458' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The Impact of New &amp;#8220;Twitter Lists&amp;#8221;'&gt;The Impact of New &amp;#8220;Twitter Lists&amp;#8221;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;So much is happening so fast in the social sphere! It&amp;#8217;s exciting and the opportunities are multiplying FAST. Among the many other social opportunities, we now have Google Social Search, Social Media Game Changers, and now Twitter Lists (it&amp;#8217;s more than what you think). Jump on and brace yourself for...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/are-you-missing-out-on-the-benefits-of-trends-484' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Are You Missing Out On the Benefits of Trends?'&gt;Are You Missing Out On the Benefits of Trends?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;For a long time now we&amp;#8217;ve heard people say &amp;#8220;Twitter&amp;#8217;s a trend&amp;#8221;, &amp;#8220;Social Media Marketing is a trend&amp;#8221;, etc. Let&amp;#8217;s say for a moment that something is a trend - the real question is are you reaping the benefits of these trends while they are around?  Or are you letting...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/google-social-search-social-media-stocks-rise-435' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Google Social Search - Social Media Stocks Rise'&gt;Google Social Search - Social Media Stocks Rise&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;With the release of Google Social Search (experiment but certainly a next step in social media), the stock in Social Media just increased (metaphorically speaking).  Now when you search for something there will be an additional results section that shows results from your friends&amp;#8230;and their friends?! results snapshot via GoogleBlog...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IMConnections/~4/wggixrHnUGE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Google Social Search - Social Media Stocks Rise</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen J.</dc:creator>
		
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		<description>With the release of Google Social Search (experiment but certainly a next step in social media), the stock in Social Media just increased (metaphorically speaking).  Now when you search for something there will be an additional results section that shows results from your friends&amp;#8230;and their friends?!

results snapshot via GoogleBlog
If you utilize social media marketing, this [...]


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		<title>My Top 3 Social Media Pet Peeves</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen J.</dc:creator>
		
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		<description>I absolutely adore Social Media.  I find it to be a very effective way to network, increase visibility, establish familiarity &amp;#38; expertise, and open up doors of opportunity of various kinds.
With the great opportunities if used properly, some people misuse and abuse their social privileges.  Here are 3 of my Social Media Pet Peeves.
Cold &amp;#8216;Calling&amp;#8217;. [...]


Related posts:&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/social-networking-interaction-rules-350' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Interaction Rules'&gt;Interaction Rules&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;I was reading the Question/Answer area of LinkedIn earlier and I read a discussion about asking people on LinkedIn to connect with you that you don&amp;#8217;t know. Someone on there inferred that they got &amp;#8217;slapped on the wrist&amp;#8217; by LI for getting too many &amp;#8220;I don&amp;#8217;t know this person&amp;#8221; buttons...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/google-social-search-social-media-stocks-rise-435' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Google Social Search - Social Media Stocks Rise'&gt;Google Social Search - Social Media Stocks Rise&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;With the release of Google Social Search (experiment but certainly a next step in social media), the stock in Social Media just increased (metaphorically speaking).  Now when you search for something there will be an additional results section that shows results from your friends&amp;#8230;and their friends?! results snapshot via GoogleBlog...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/how-social-media-continues-to-change-the-seo-game-447' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: How Social Media Continues to Change the SEO Game'&gt;How Social Media Continues to Change the SEO Game&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;There have been so many debates about social media, its place and longevity, its effectiveness, its ROI, etc. etc. etc. But with the experimental release of Google Social Search and real-time search results rolling out everywhere can you really deny that the reach of social media is expanding, creating new...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IMConnections/~4/cV555ozGxHg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Facebook Socializes Groups</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen J.</dc:creator>
		
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		<description>Facebook groups have quietly sat outside of the mainstream of Facebook activity like the lone child watching everyone else play in the sandbox.  Group activity was not published anywhere except for inside the group  but that&amp;#8217;s all changed!
Now groups look a lot more like fan pages - they have their own wall and tabs like [...]


Related posts:&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/linkedin-introduces-sub-groups-173' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: LinkedIn Introduces Sub-Groups'&gt;LinkedIn Introduces Sub-Groups&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;I know, I know.  I haven&amp;#8217;t updated lately! So much going on!  But that&amp;#8217;s a great thing!  Social Media business is going well, I have JV partnerships lined up, a video course coming soon, a new website in development, and I&amp;#8217;m working on a deal with a couple of companies....&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/social-networking-groups-187' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Social Networking Groups'&gt;Social Networking Groups&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;Yesterday I tweeted, &amp;#8220;Social Networking Tip: Don&amp;#8217;t join EVERY group on the planet! Be selective and actually utilize the ones you are part of,&amp;#8221; and a few people took interest so I thought I would talk a bit more about it. I noticed this before, but yesterday I was just...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/using-the-facebook-page-link-to-twitter-function283-283' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Using the Facebook Page &amp;#8220;link to Twitter&amp;#8221; Function'&gt;Using the Facebook Page &amp;#8220;link to Twitter&amp;#8221; Function&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;I LOVE this new option! You probably already know this option allows you to automatically have whatever you publish to your Facebook &amp;#8216;page&amp;#8217; (not profile) to be posted to Twitter for you (*heart, heart, heart*).  But what if you&amp;#8217;re posting your blog posts to your Facebook page and you already...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IMConnections/~4/E6hx4chWKIU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Building a Niche Site Step-by-Step Day 5</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen J.</dc:creator>
		
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		<description>It&amp;#8217;s football game day for my oldest so I&amp;#8217;m on my way to go help feed the team their pre-game meal but I wanted to give you a quick update on my progress of building my new niche site using the Crowd Mountain systematic training.
My accomplishments are getting kind of long so for a recap [...]


Related posts:&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/building-a-niche-site-step-by-step-day-4-376' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Building a Niche Site Step-by-Step Day 4'&gt;Building a Niche Site Step-by-Step Day 4&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;I&amp;#8217;m so into my new niche venture that right after I finished Day 3 last night, I continued on to what had been planned as Day 4, I just couldn&amp;#8217;t wait (technically it was after midnight so I suppose it was Day 4 after all LOL)! Crowd Mountain is just...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/building-a-niche-site-step-by-step-day-3-368' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Building a Niche Site Step-by-Step Day 3'&gt;Building a Niche Site Step-by-Step Day 3&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;Woo hoo! Day 3 of building my new niche site, from idea generation to making the money using only the steps in Crowd Mountain! On Day 1 and Day 2, I did insanely fast idea generation using only the places Michelle told me to use; uncovered my awesome new niche...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/building-a-niche-site-step-by-step-day-2-338' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Building a Niche Site Step-by-Step Day 2'&gt;Building a Niche Site Step-by-Step Day 2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;Okay, Day 2 of building my new niche site, from idea generation to making the money using only the steps in Crowd Mountain! You&amp;#8217;ll recall, yesterday I did massive, quick, idea generation with the avenues Mich told me to use to uncover my new niche; keyword selection using Michelle&amp;#8217;s specific...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IMConnections/~4/tS9gtO5qxJI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Building a Niche Site Step-by-Step Day 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&amp;#8217;m so into my new niche venture that right after I finished Day 3 last night, I continued on to what had been planned as Day 4, I just couldn&amp;#8217;t wait (technically it was after midnight so I suppose it was Day 4 after all LOL)! Crowd Mountain is just so clear and detailed that [...]


Related posts:&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/building-a-niche-site-step-by-step-day-3-368' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Building a Niche Site Step-by-Step Day 3'&gt;Building a Niche Site Step-by-Step Day 3&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;Woo hoo! Day 3 of building my new niche site, from idea generation to making the money using only the steps in Crowd Mountain! On Day 1 and Day 2, I did insanely fast idea generation using only the places Michelle told me to use; uncovered my awesome new niche...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/building-a-niche-site-step-by-step-day-5-384' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Building a Niche Site Step-by-Step Day 5'&gt;Building a Niche Site Step-by-Step Day 5&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;It&amp;#8217;s football game day for my oldest so I&amp;#8217;m on my way to go help feed the team their pre-game meal but I wanted to give you a quick update on my progress of building my new niche site using the Crowd Mountain systematic training. My accomplishments are getting kind...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://imconnections.com/building-a-niche-site-step-by-step-day-1-292' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Building a Niche Site Step by Step - Day 1'&gt;Building a Niche Site Step by Step - Day 1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;small&gt;Okay, so you know what this series is all about - me building a niche site, from scratch, using the No Marketer Left Behind Internet Marketing Membership site that I&amp;#8217;d bet my kids on to be the best around! For this project, I&amp;#8217;m building something OUTSIDE of the Internet Marketing...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IMConnections/~4/yy-3SelV3c4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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