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		<title>The Beginning of the End for Groupon?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just weeks after Google unsuccessfully offered six billion dollars to take over Groupon, which offers daily deals in the location of your choosing, the search engine behemoth announced via Mashable that it will be testing its own online coupon service called Google Offers. Groupon turned down Google&#8217;s offer in lieu of building up for a $15 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ingrid-catlin.com/2011/01/24/the-beginning-of-the-end-for-groupon/</link>
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		<title>Job Openings: Are Employers Placing Too Much Emphasis On Requirements?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Currently neck-deep into the hunt for a new job, I&#8217;m realizing first and foremost that I was laid off at precisely the wrong time, right at the beginning of the summer. Tuesday after Labor Day, I received no few than seven calls/emails regarding my resume, which leads me to believe that many employers posted job [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ingrid-catlin.com/2010/09/17/job-openings-are-employers-placing-too-much-emphasis-on-requirements/</link>
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		<title>Extreme Commuting and the Employee Experience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having been unemployed now for about a month, I&#8217;ve not been doing much of anything lately except submitting resumes and trying to improve my brand image. Thankfully I&#8217;m part of the minority of unemployed who are actually getting phone and face-to-face interviews as a result of my efforts, but as yet I have not found [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ingrid-catlin.com/2010/07/08/extreme-commuting-and-the-employee-experience/</link>
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		<title>Social Media and the Job Search</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently joined the ranks of the unemployed, and have been forging ahead with my search for the next exciting opportunity. Let&#8217;s face it: I hate being unemployed. Unlike a lot of people I know, who have recently recommended that I live off the state for awhile and spend a summer off, I actually enjoy having [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ingrid-catlin.com/2010/06/15/social-media-and-the-job-search/</link>
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		<title>Loss Prevention and the Use of Social Media</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two days ago, I returned from the RILA Loss Prevention, Auditing, and Safety Conference in Dallas. As far as trade shows go, this one was a completely new format for me; at my previous company, which develops a database, we would attend and exhibit at shows such as (the now-defunct) LinuxWorld or JavaOne, wherein the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ingrid-catlin.com/2010/05/07/loss-prevention-and-the-use-of-social-media/</link>
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		<title>Thoughts of an Average American</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I cannot for the life of me remember where I found this, so props to whomever you are!  I thought this would be a lighthearted weekend post for you all to enjoy, hopefully as much as I have. Thoughts of an Average American &#8230; as Imagined by a Marketing Executive &#8220;I prefer the product with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ingrid-catlin.com/2008/12/20/thoughts-of-an-average-american/</link>
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		<title>Top 4 Methods of Using Twitter for Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the early days of the &#8216;Net and its accompanying social media outlets, people have had an avid interest in status messages.  Let&#8217;s face it: people are nosy and want to know what others are doing.  This in turn led to the influx of blogging, which was a means of answering the &#8220;what are you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ingrid-catlin.com/2008/12/16/top-five-methods-of-using-twitter-for-business/</link>
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		<title>Your Boss Fears Social Media – Now What?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;m not alone when I say that many of the executives I&#8217;ve met just don&#8217;t get the whole social media thing.  Their concerns range from fear of the unknown, to discomfort with potential and current customers being a little too candid, to hesitation with creating something whose ROI they can&#8217;t measure in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ingrid-catlin.com/2008/11/25/your-boss-fears-social-media-now-what/</link>
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		<title>On Business Cards: To Be Glamorous or Practical?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am expecting my new business cards to arrive by the end of this week.  I have a new title at work, and since I never got around to updating them with my last title change, I figure now is as good a time as any.  So my new title is there, along with my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ingrid-catlin.com/2008/11/12/on-business-cards-to-be-glamorous-or-practical/</link>
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		<title>Social Networks and Virtual vs. &#8216;Real&#8217; Friends</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was never the queen of the popular crowd.  But I do have a core group of really good friends, and I have a lot of other friends all around the world, all at different places in life, all with different personal goals, dreams, and aspirations. And some of them I&#8217;ve never met in person. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ingrid-catlin.com/2008/11/03/social-networking-and-virtual-vs-real-friends/</link>
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