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		<title>Live from the Small Business Tech Summit New York #smallbizsummit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shashi Bellamkonda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the presentation Shashi Bellamkonda gave at the Small Business Tech Summit New York March 16th 2010. The summit has over 500 folks registered and you can see the details of the conference at http://www.smallbiztechsummit.com. Also follow te conversation live at on Twitter by following the conference hashtag #smallbizsummit 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Here is the presentation Shashi Bellamkonda gave at the Small Business Tech Summit New York March 16th 2010. The summit has over 500 folks registered and you can see the details of the conference at <a href="http://www.smallbiztechsummit.com">http://www.smallbiztechsummit.com</a>. Also follow te conversation live at on Twitter by following the <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=smallbizsummit">conference hashtag #smallbizsummit </a></p>
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<div style="padding: 5px 0 12px;">I met some great folks at the event  and here is a list of some of them:</p>
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<li> Stephanie Singer of<a href=" http://www.bajdesign.com  "> http://www.bajdesign.com</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/bajdesign" target="_blank">@bajdesign</a></li>
<li>Darcey howard <a href="http://www.getlifestyled.com ">http://www.getlifestyled.com </a></li>
<li>Mark Grahan <a href="http://www.Rightsleeve.com">Rightsleeve.com</a></li>
<li>Melton Littlepage <a href="http://www.concurbreeze.com">concurbreeze.com</a></li>
<li>Norman Schreiber <a href="http://www.normanschreiber.com">normanschreiber.com</a></li>
<li>Laurie McCabe <a href="http://www.smb-group.com">smb-group.com</a> @<a href="http://twitter.com/lauriemccabe" target="_blank">lauriemccabe</a></li>
<li>Anne Lupton <a href="http://www.SandHillWebsiteDesign.com">SandHillWebsiteDesign.com</a></li>
<li>Tom O&#8217; Shea <a href="http://www.Waspbarcode.com">Waspbarcode.com</a></li>
<li>Brian Moran <a href="http://www.smallbusinessedge.com">smallbusinessedge.com</a></li>
<li>Mel Parker <a href="http://www.dell.com ">dell.com </a></li>
<li>Alec Stern <a href="http://www.ConstantContact.com">ConstantContact.com</a></li>
<li>Prasad Thammineni <a href="http://www.OfficeDrop.com">OfficeDrop.com</a></li>
<li>Land Grant <a href="http://www.growsthroots.com">growsthroots.com</a></li>
<li>Jimmy Izquierdo RNS Marketing Inc ( advise &#8211; put your website on your card <img src='http://blog.networksolutions.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </li>
<li>Dion P Kenney <a href="http://www.y2strategic.com">y2strategic.com</a></li>
<li>Bill Manos <a href="http://www.favrav.com">favrav.com</a></li>
<li>Kelley A Cox <a href="http://www.uschamber.com">uschamber.com</a></li>
<li>Lady from Jojo&#8217;s Jewels ( wish the website was listed on the card)</li>
<li>Sri Narayana Bupan  <a href="http://www.drugwrite.com">drugwrite.com</a></li>
<li>Jagannath Raghavan <a href="http://www.8kmiles.com">8kmiles.com</a></li>
<li>Sara Ruh<a href="http://www. TecAccess.com"> TecAccess.com</a></li>
<li>Sylvester J Di Diego <a href="http://www.StrategyDynamix.com">StrategyDynamix.com</a></li>
<li>Joshua Newman <a href="http://www.Integrateny.com">Integrateny.com</a></li>
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<p>If you came to this post from a Google Alert please mention it in the comments. Also see <a href="http://blog.networksolutions.com/2010/2010-edition-of-10-rules-for-killer-business-cards-at-smallbizsummit/">Steve Fisher&#8217;s  post on Business Cards</a>. Follow <a href="http://twitter.com/nsoffers">@nsoffers on Twitter</a> to get our amazing Social Media discounts. Current discounts:</p>
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		<title>Getting started in Social Media : Calvert Chamber W2W Networking Group</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shashi Bellamkonda</dc:creator>
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Yesterday I was lucky to meet 40 enthusiastic small business owners members of the Calvert County Chamber Women to Women Networking Group. When the attendees introduced themselves it was amazing to see the range of businesses represented ( [...]]]></description>
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<p>Yesterday I was lucky to meet 40 enthusiastic small business owners members of the Calvert County Chamber Women to Women Networking Group. When the attendees introduced themselves it was amazing to see the range of businesses represented ( restaurants, dentists, business developers, web developers, designers, caterers, jewelers, artists, goat farmers…). The discussion was very interesting and the top topics were.</p>
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<li>Privacy concerns between Facebook profile and Facebook Pages</li>
<li>Time to start their social media program</li>
<li>Integrating social media into their email marketing</li>
<li>How do you use Yelp?</li>
<li>How to have conversations on Twitter</li>
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<p>I am pretty sure I will get enough follow-up questions to judge if I have been successful <img src='http://blog.networksolutions.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Here are some pictures taken at the event ( Thanks Susan MCquikin of <a href="http://tccsmd.org/">Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland</a> )<br />
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<p>The Calvert County Chamber <strong>Women to Women Networking Group</strong> provides a more intimate forum for small- to medium-sized women owned companies looking to expand their network of business contacts, generate new business leads, and learn the most effective strategies for networking. Members take part in facilitated networking sessions and have the opportunity to develop new relationships!</p>
<p>Thank you Calvert Chamber and Carole Thieme of <a href="http://www.thiemecreativemedia.com/">Thieme Creative Media</a></p>
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