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	<title>racetalkblog.com &#187; Ben Haber</title>
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		<title>Pawngo Train-Wreck Continues with A Product-Pitch Apology</title>
		<link>http://racetalkblog.com/2012/02/08/pawngo-train-wreck-continues-with-a-product-pitch-apology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Haber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PR Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston Welker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pawngo apology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pawngo Butterfinger]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: While writing this post, Pawngo closed the comment section of the blog, erasing 60+ negative comments. Since dumping the pile of Butterfingers, they have also disallowed posting on the company Facebook page and taken down Todd Hills&#8217; phone number from their website. As the anger over Pawngo&#8217;s ill-advised PR stunt in Boston yesterday continued, Pawngo&#8217;s CEO, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pawngo PR Stunt Grabs Attention, Insults Customers</title>
		<link>http://racetalkblog.com/2012/02/07/pawngo-pr-stunt-grabs-attention-insults-customers/</link>
		<comments>http://racetalkblog.com/2012/02/07/pawngo-pr-stunt-grabs-attention-insults-customers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Haber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PR Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Butterfinger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patriots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pawngo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welker]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today online pawn show Pawngo thought it would be funny to pour salt in the wounds of New England Patriots fans, and dropped off a massive pile of Butterfingers in Copley Square. Then an employee stood behind the pile with a sign that read, &#8220;Thank you Wes Welker.&#8221; While the saying, any press is good [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Stephen Colbert&#8217;s #preparethem Hash Tag Takes Over Twitter</title>
		<link>http://racetalkblog.com/2012/02/02/stephen-colberts-preparethem-hash-tag-takes-over-twitter/</link>
		<comments>http://racetalkblog.com/2012/02/02/stephen-colberts-preparethem-hash-tag-takes-over-twitter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Haber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#preparethem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Colbert]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On his show last night, Stephen Colbert introduced a new hash tag, #preparethem. The hash tag was in response to Mitt Romney claiming that the negativity in the Republican primary was good, because it will prepare the winning candidate for the general election. Colbert decided the candidates needed some help in this area, and posted two tweets &#8220;live&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Google &amp; Wikipedia Lead Web Protests</title>
		<link>http://racetalkblog.com/2012/01/18/google-wikipedia-lead-web-protests/</link>
		<comments>http://racetalkblog.com/2012/01/18/google-wikipedia-lead-web-protests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Haber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress protest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wikipedia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://racetalkblog.com/?p=4838</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you go to Google.com or Wikipedia today, you&#8217;re going to find that something&#8217;s missing (or in Wikipedia&#8217;s case &#8211; everything is missing). That&#8217;s because these two Internet giants are protesting the Protect Intellectual Property Act that&#8217;s under consideration in the Senate, and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) that&#8217;s under consideration in the House of Representatives. This pair of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>Attracting and Inspiring your Audience like Today’s Savvy Politicians</title>
		<link>http://racetalkblog.com/2011/12/01/attracting-and-inspiring-your-audience-like-today%e2%80%99s-savvy-politicians/</link>
		<comments>http://racetalkblog.com/2011/12/01/attracting-and-inspiring-your-audience-like-today%e2%80%99s-savvy-politicians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Haber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Other]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://racetalkblog.com/?p=4765</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Love them or hate them – no one can deny the power politicians have to inspire passion and fuel engagement.  Obama’s 2008 election campaign proved that with the right social strategy, that power still has room to grow to unprecedented levels.  Now it seems that every politician has embraced social media as a means to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>What&#8217;s More Important: The Blog or Bloggers?</title>
		<link>http://racetalkblog.com/2011/11/21/whats-more-important-the-blog-or-bloggers/</link>
		<comments>http://racetalkblog.com/2011/11/21/whats-more-important-the-blog-or-bloggers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Haber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Other]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; TechCrunch and Mashable &#8211; two of the most popular and influential blogs over the past several years &#8211; have recently seen major changes in their editorial staffs. At TechCrunch,  founder and lightning rod Michael Arrington left the company in September, highly visible writers Sarah Lacy and MG Siegler, and CEO Heather Harde  followed suit. At the same time, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Some Writers Flee As Mashable Goes Through Changes</title>
		<link>http://racetalkblog.com/2011/11/16/some-writers-flee-as-mashable-goes-through-changes/</link>
		<comments>http://racetalkblog.com/2011/11/16/some-writers-flee-as-mashable-goes-through-changes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Haber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Other]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mashable has seen several writers flee over the past few months, as new leadership at the company works to change the direction and make the popular blog more mainstream in its news coverage. Jolie O&#8217;Dell, Jennifer Van Grove, Radhika Marya, Brenna Ehrlich and Erica Swallow all recently called it quits, following the hire of Lance Ulanoff [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Where Should You Post It?</title>
		<link>http://racetalkblog.com/2011/11/02/where-should-you-post-it/</link>
		<comments>http://racetalkblog.com/2011/11/02/where-should-you-post-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Haber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foursquare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LinkedIn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; With so many social networks, sometimes it can be difficult to figure out where to post content and information. It&#8217;s important to remember that each social network has a different audience, and they want and expect (and react to) different types of content. How do you figure out which social network to post different [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Inside the BostonGlobe.com and Boston.com Separation</title>
		<link>http://racetalkblog.com/2011/10/26/inside-the-bostonglobe-com-and-boston-com-seperation/</link>
		<comments>http://racetalkblog.com/2011/10/26/inside-the-bostonglobe-com-and-boston-com-seperation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Haber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Newspapers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston Globe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BostonGlobe.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newspaper Subscription]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://racetalkblog.com/?p=4666</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week the Boston Globe officially instituted some major changes to their online properties. Following in the footsteps of The Wall Street Journal and their parent company, The New York Times, the Boston Globe launched a subscription-only site, BostonGlobe.com, which will be available in addition to the already existing and free, Boston.com. BostonGlobe.com was officially [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://racetalkblog.com/2011/10/26/inside-the-bostonglobe-com-and-boston-com-seperation/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Boston Globe Shamelessly Names Whitey Bulger Informant</title>
		<link>http://racetalkblog.com/2011/10/12/boston-globe-shamelessly-names-whitey-bulger-informant/</link>
		<comments>http://racetalkblog.com/2011/10/12/boston-globe-shamelessly-names-whitey-bulger-informant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Haber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Other]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday the Boston Globe published an in-depth article about Whitey Bulger, Catherine Greig, and their life on the run. The second paragraph of this story names the person that tipped the FBI on Bulger and Greig&#8217;s whereabouts, which has received - and deserves - criticism. The Boston Globe defended these actions on Tuesday in an editorial, claiming that the name [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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