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		<title>Thailand Traffic Innovation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the last 3 weeks I&#8217;ve been in Thailand. As I always do I look for innovations or different approaches to innovation.  Thailand is a very decentralized nation.  This seems to contradict the extreme nationalism but things here don&#8217;t get done on a centralized basis. The bulk of activity happens at the personal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markproffitt.com/2008/11/10/thailand-traffic-innovation/</link>
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		<title>Google Predicted the Election</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I pointed out in my book &#8220;Ron Paul Revolution: History in the Making&#8221; Google trends is much more accurate measure of the public opinion than limited polls. Since Google searches are what people are really interested in and can&#8217;t be swayed by the wording of the questions it&#8217;s more truthful. Also Google searches tracks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markproffitt.com/2008/11/06/google-predicted-the-election/</link>
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		<title>Upgrade Destroys My Site</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While trying to upgrade my site to the newest version of Word Press the entire site was wiped out. Fortunately the articles are still in the data base but all my rich content like MP3 and and images and PDFs are now gone. I also lost all the customer themes and plugins. 
What about a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markproffitt.com/2008/09/13/upgrade-destroys-my-site/</link>
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		<title>Why Six Sigma Fails Detroit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Michigan desperately needs innovation to be competitive. When Japan started using Statistical Process Control (SPC) now known as Six Sigma, it was a competitive differentiator. In other words Japanese auto makers used quality and lean process as an innovation. Detroit has been feverishly implementing Six Sigma but they are still losing ground to the Japanese [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markproffitt.com/2008/04/30/why-six-sigma-fails-detroit/</link>
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		<title>How are Predictive Innovation and Evangelism Marketing related?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The world business environment has fundamentally changed Customers can now both find and filter information to get what they want. This means traditional interrupt based advertisement is losing its effectiveness. At the same time customers can search the entire world for exactly what they want. Technology is also making it possible for customers to easily [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markproffitt.com/2008/04/23/how-are-predictive-innovation-and-evangelism-marketing-related/</link>
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		<title>Evangelism Marketing Workshop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Boardwalk Creative Center in Ann Arbor, MI, &#8220;Michigan&#8217;s most creative meeting space&#8221; will host my next hands-on Evangelism Marketing Workshop.  I&#8217;ll show you how to &#8220;Make your customers so happy they freely sell your products for you.&#8221;  This is way beyond Word-Of-Mouth and Viral. The methods I teach will show you how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markproffitt.com/2008/04/17/evangelism-marketing-workshop/</link>
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		<title>Post a link get a FREE Book</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since Ron Paul Revolution: History in the Making is about Evangelism Marketing I&#8217;m asking you to be evangelists.

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		<link>http://www.markproffitt.com/2008/04/16/post-a-link-get-a-free-book/</link>
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		<title>Interactive Technologies Radio Interview - Ron Paul Revolution: History in the Making</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tune into Interactive Technologies live radio interview on WCBN 88.3 FM Ann Arbor to join the two part interview. You can listen online including a stream on Second Life.  I&#8217;ll be talking about Evangelism Marketing my experience using Evangelism Marketing method with the Ron Paul Revolution.
Mark Frazier on IT talking about abundance, Ron Paul, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markproffitt.com/2008/04/08/interactive-technologies-radio-interview/</link>
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		<title>Bill Nye the Science Guy&#8217;s Sleazy Past. (Humor)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7QtRCGQmrc
Any one interesting in science and technology from the USA knows Bill Nye the Science guy. And anyone interested in innovation has a particular irritation with attorneys. Glad to see that even the most reprobate can be rehabilitated through a life of science.
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		<link>http://www.markproffitt.com/2008/03/28/bill-nye-the-science-guys-sleezy-past-humor/</link>
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		<title>Alternative to Closing for Legendary Greek Restaurant</title>
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The 80 year old owner of Detroit&#8217;s oldest Greek restaurant New Hellas Cafe, Gus Anton, is shutting the business down claiming he needs the rest and can&#8217;t keep up with it any more. Surely he deserves to retire after 57 years of running the business his father started in 1901. Unfortunately shutting the business down [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markproffitt.com/2008/03/26/alternative-to-closing-for-legendary-greek-restaurant/</link>
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