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		<title>Online Inspiration: Links to Feed the Savage Mind</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 07:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Tooms</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Web + Online Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We asked a handful of Savages (yes, that's what we call our <a href="http://savagebrands.com/people/" target="_blank">group of talented employees</a>) to share some of their favorite online resources. What you'll see here is an eclectic set of links that reflect our interests – branding, design, web, strategy and a bit of fun thrown in. We hope this sparks some new ideas for you.

Go ahead and explore these links and feed your own Savage mind.]]></description>
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		<title>Annual Reports in 2013 – The Trends say it’s not Print vs. Online, but Both</title>
		<link>http://blog.savagebrands.com/annual-report-trends-in-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 15:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bethany Haley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investor Communications]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In my previous post on the <a href="http://blog.savagebrands.com/current-trends-in-investor-communications-2/">Current Trends in Investor Communications</a>, I highlighted some of the data from the January 2013 data on annual reports from the National Investor Relations Institute (<a href="http://www.niri.org/" target="_blank">NIRI</a>). What we are finding is that many of the trends we saw two years ago, such as the shift away from the traditional report to the summary and 10-K wrap, are still continuing, and the shift towards digital is increasing.]]></description>
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		<title>Current Trends in Investor Communications</title>
		<link>http://blog.savagebrands.com/current-trends-in-investor-communications-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 22:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bethany Haley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investor Communications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[annual reports]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[online annual reports]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.savagebrands.com/?p=2874</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In my dual roles as both president of the Houston chapter of the National Investor Relations Institute (<a href="http://www.niri.org/" target="_blank">NIRI</a>) and president of <a href="http://savagebrands.com" target="_blank">Savage Brands</a>, I'm always interested to hear how companies are preparing and sharing their annual reports. While targeting investors, these reports are often the most succinct corporate communication a company produces <i>and</i> the most visible message coming direct from the CEO.]]></description>
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		<title>Landing Pages: Where Customers Are Made or Lost</title>
		<link>http://blog.savagebrands.com/the-correct-way-to-build-landing-pages/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.savagebrands.com/the-correct-way-to-build-landing-pages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2013 14:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Savage</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Content Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Metrics & ROI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO/SEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Usability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web + Online Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calls to action]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[converting leads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inbound marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landing pages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lead conversion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the ever-changing world of online marketing, some tried and true methods still work: sell a great product or service, be good to your customers and provide great content. This last one is tricky. As Google continues to change the rules not only is great content a factor the mechanics of how that content is displayed is a factor as well. Getting traffic to a landing page is easy, getting them to do what you want when they get there is the tricky part.]]></description>
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		<title>Crowdsourcing Cultural Change: A Recipe for Creativity and Conflict</title>
		<link>http://blog.savagebrands.com/crowdsourcing-cultural-change-a-recipe-for-creativity-and-conflict/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.savagebrands.com/crowdsourcing-cultural-change-a-recipe-for-creativity-and-conflict/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 15:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara McPherson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Purpose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee engagement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[purpose]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.savagebrands.com/?p=2680</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cultural change within a company will always cause friction and growing pains. Some of the pushback can be alleviated by getting feedback at every level of the company throughout the process. Unfortunately, this can cause it’s own problems, as people voice their own ideas of what the company is and should be.]]></description>
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