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		<title>North East Tyne Twestival returns</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TyneTwestival will be hosted on the 25th March 2010
On Thursday 25 March 2010, people in     hundreds of cities around the world, including Newcastle will come together offline to     rally around the important cause of Education by hosting local     events to have fun and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CIM Your Marketing Show for SME&#8217;s in the North East</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a tribute to the late Ken Atkins, a committee member, former Chair of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and tireless marketing advocate, the CIM Your Marketing Show North East event is aimed at helping SMEs in the North East improve their businesses.
With a combination of both inspirational and practical speakers including our very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media: Beyond the Hype</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Date: Thursday 29 October
Time: 5.30 – 8pm followed by food, drinks and networking
Venue: Great North Museum: Hancock, NE2 4PT
 Cost: FREE to Codeworks Connect members; £20 to non-members
Everyone and anyone is talking up social media right now. Asking you to &#8220;join the conversation&#8221;, &#8220;engage&#8221; with your customers rather than shouting at them. And telling you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living through a revolution</title>
		<link>http://www.betterbrandagency.com/2009/07/living-through-a-revolution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Declan Metcalfe, Marketing Director, Better Brand Agency</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read a piece recently by Clay Shirky, who in a blog post entitled ‘Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable,’ reflected on the nature of revolutions. Periods of time when old ‘stuff’ was no longer relevant to us and new ‘stuff’ couldn’t come along fast enough to replace it. That feels like now doesn’t it?
The edges [...]]]></description>
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		<title>100% pure filtered brand messages!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Declan Metcalfe, Marketing Director, Better Brand Agency</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the greatest challenges we face as marketers is to build and maintain strong brands.
Thankfully our tool chests are brimming with tools to help us carve out rich seams of knowledge and understanding relating to our audience that feeds our strategic thinking. That&#8217;s not all, add to this the torrent of real time feedback [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CIM Event: Facing the future &#8211; Is there space for social networks in your business?</title>
		<link>http://www.betterbrandagency.com/2009/06/cim-event-facing-the-future-is-there-space-for-social-networks-in-your-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is social media a flash in the pan?
Is it relevant to your business and should it be at the heart of your marketing strategy?
Or should we get a (second) life and stop the twitter?
As a marketing practitioner, you may feel that you need to be using social media, or simply want to keep abreast of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is this the end of focus groups?</title>
		<link>http://www.betterbrandagency.com/2009/04/is-this-the-end-of-focus-groups/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Declan Metcalfe, Marketing Director, Better Brand Agency</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was talking yesterday with an account manager who during a discussion about market research said that social media metrics would never replace the value gained from facial expressions, body language and the tone of voice of people attending a live focus group.
I&#8217;ve planned a few focus group sessions in the past when I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media: How to make the most of social media</title>
		<link>http://www.betterbrandagency.com/2009/02/social-media-how-to-make-the-most-of-social-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Declan Metcalfe, Marketing Director, Better Brand Agency</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TECH NOTES by Declan Metcalfe. Featured in the The Newcastle Journal and nebusiness.co.uk (view article online)
WHAT&#8217;S all the buzz around social media?
The explosion that is social media came about due to the convergence of three forces: people, technology and economics. People wanted to talk, and technology caught up to the extent that it became possible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North East Digital Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.betterbrandagency.com/2009/02/north-east-digital-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Declan Metcalfe, Marketing Director, Better Brand Agency</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The North East Digtial Awards celebrate the excellence of the growing digital industry in the North East of England showcasing the best of the region&#8217;s digital talent.
We&#8217;ve entered the digital supplier &#8211; Best Social Media Optomisation Campaign category, so fingers crossed we get something. Anyone can vote in the awards so use you click and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goals for social media strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.betterbrandagency.com/2009/01/goals-for-social-media-strategy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Declan Metcalfe, Marketing Director, Better Brand Agency</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, we&#8217;re all fired up about social media.
We&#8217;ve gotten involved personally, learned a little, played a little and seen the benefits now we want to sell it to our company. It&#8217;s important to drop the buzz words, think strategically and get ready to answer questions from doubters and decision makers.

Why do we need a social [...]]]></description>
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