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		<title>Why I Don’t Follow/Tweet/Like You Anymore</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[    People often ask me why I do not post a blog every day &#8211; or at least every other day. I mean, if you read all of the advice from the so-called &#8221;Social Media Experts&#8221; you MUST consistently blog a minimum of three or four times a week to &#8220;engage and keep&#8221; your audience. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Most Important Thing I Have Ever Learned&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Spence gives an Awesomely Simple TED talk on the most important thing he has ever learned!]]></description>
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		<title>The Slight Edge</title>
		<link>http://blog.johnspence.com/2012/03/motivation-mind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<title>Press Release: John Spence Top 100 Thought Leader for Second Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Immediate Release   John Spence is named one of Top 100 Thought Leaders by Trust Across America   Gainesville, Florida – January 26, 2012 For the second year in a row, John Spence has been selected as one of Trust Across America’s “Top 100 Thought Leaders”. Trust Across America is dedicated to unraveling the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Secret to Owning Your Market</title>
		<link>http://blog.johnspence.com/2012/01/secret-owning-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have some very strong beliefs about what it takes to run a highly successful business and right at the top of my list is: Whoever “owns” the voice of the customer and uses that information to build an organizational culture of Extreme Customer Focus will own the marketplace.]]></description>
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		<title>The 12 in 2012 Challenge!!!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; . &#160; Here are just a few VERY good books that I recommend &#8212; PLEASE feel free to add you suggestions!!! &#160; . .]]></description>
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		<title>Three Amazing Resources</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.johnspence.com/?p=1961</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160;     &#160; &#160;   &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>I am VERY thankful for&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.johnspence.com/2011/11/thankful-for/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am extremely thankful this week because a group of college students have restored my faith in the leadership potential of the next generation. This semester, in partnership with a great company in my hometown called TutoringZone, we offered a special leadership training program called &#8220;Let The GATOR Lead” in conjunction with the Warrington College of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Personal Kaizen</title>
		<link>http://blog.johnspence.com/2011/11/personal-kiazen-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.johnspence.com/?p=1892</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I hope you enjoy this video, I think it has some extremely important ideas about what every person needs to do to create job security/career security in the face of even the most challenging economic times. If you find value in the ideas I share, please send a link on to your friends and colleagues [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Two New Videos: Branding &amp; Impatient Customers</title>
		<link>http://blog.johnspence.com/2011/11/great-videos-branding-impatient-customers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.johnspence.com/2011/11/great-videos-branding-impatient-customers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This first video is in response to a request from my good friend Hiro who asked me to recommend a few of my favorite books on branding. Hiro and his business partner Song run two amazing sushi restaurants in Florida, Dragonfly Sushi and Sake Company, and he is getting ready to update the brand on those [...]]]></description>
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