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	<itunes:subtitle>Feed Your Brand - Not Your Ego :: A pit stop on the road of commerce for the next generation of great marketers.</itunes:subtitle>
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		<title>What are your geekiest time savers at work?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think I out-did myself this weekend...check out my geeky solve for too much work and too little time and weigh in with your own geeky time-saving solutions.]]></description>
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<p><img class="aligncenter" title="geeky time savers" src="http://marketingdiner.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/gts.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="214" />I think I out-did myself this weekend.  I was supposed to read 17 pages of analysis for compilation into an executive summary but I also wanted to desperately take a run.</p>
<p>My solution? Use <a href="http://www.zapptek.com/ispeak-it/" target="_blank">iSpeak It</a> to convert the analysis text into an MP3 and listen to it during my run&#8230;the geekiest way to save time I think I have ever come up with.</p>
<p>I believe this makes for a perfect BRANDstorming question for the Week of December 7, 2009:</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><em>What are your geekiest time savers at work?</em></h3>
<p>Weigh in on the comments or via our Google Voice comment line at (202) 596-7220. Answers will be featured on the <strong>marketing</strong>diner this coming Saturday!</p>
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		<title>When does our drive for client satisfaction turn into being taken advantage of?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Degnan</dc:creator>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-868" title="dinertakenadv" src="http://marketingdiner.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dinertakenadv.jpg" alt="dinertakenadv" />Here&#8217;s your BRANDstorming question for the Week of November 23, 2009:</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><em>When does our drive for client satisfaction<br />
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<p>Tell us what you think by weighing in on the comments or via our Google Voice comment line at (202) 596-7220. Answers will be featured on the <strong>marketing</strong>diner this coming Saturday!</p>
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		<title>How early is TOO early for holiday marketing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Degnan</dc:creator>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://marketingdiner.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/tooearly.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="214" />Here&#8217;s your BRANDstorming question for the Week of November 16, 2009:</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><em>How early is TOO early for holiday marketing?</em></h3>
<p>Tell us what you think by weighing in on the comments or via our Google Voice comment line at (202) 596-7220. Answers will be featured on the <strong>marketing</strong>diner this coming Saturday!</p>
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		<title>What would you change about your job?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Degnan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting today, I want to pose a series of questions to marketers of all flavors. 

This week's question is all about what about the marketing profession, or at your job in particular, that you think we need to change: <strong><i>If you could wave a magic wand and change one thing about your job, what would it be? </strong></i>
<center>Call (202) 596-7220 to respond to this week's question!</center>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-746" title="dinerdiscussion1" src="http://marketingdiner.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dinerdiscussion1.jpg" alt="dinerdiscussion1" /><em><strong>If you could wave a magic wand and change one thing about your job, what would it be?</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I&#8217;m trying something new this week.  Starting today, I want to pose a series of questions to marketers of all flavors.  In fact you&#8217;re invited to call (202) 596-7220 and answer our diner discussion question of the week.</p>
<p>Answers will be featured alongside viewpoints of other marketers on the <a href="http://marketingdiner.com/blog/category/podcast/" target="_blank">marketingdiner podcast</a>, the following week.</p>
<p>This week&#8217;s question is all about what about the marketing profession, or at your job in particular, that you think we need to change. Call (202) 596-7220, or click below to respond to this week&#8217;s question in via Google Voice.</p>
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<p>Best,<br />
Jared</p>
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