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Running: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 17:51:32: Long slow and I suck at steep hills
Long slow and I suck at steep hills.

Running: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 11:53:58: So slow so sweet so easy so cool so much exploring
So slow so sweet so easy so cool so much exploring.

Running: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:10:59: Amazing. Does not get any better than this.
Amazing. Does not get any better than this.

Running: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 21:04:29: Nice and cool and late, listening to No Agenda #itm
Nice and cool and late, listening to No Agenda #itm

Running: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 18:44:53: Sort of fast and good -- for me.
Sort of fast and good -- for me.

Running: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 10:16:48: Slow. Tough. Uphill. Cold. Good.
Slow. Tough. Uphill. Cold. Good.

Running: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 19:48:12: fast run but there was quite a lot of tech glitches which slowed me up
Fast run but there was quite a lot of tech glitches which slowed me up.

Running: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 19:25:50: Faster than normal. Happy with progress
Faster than normal. Happy with progress.

Running: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 10:37:39: a little slow and challenging
A little slow and challenging after yesterday's long run. But good. Great weather.

Running: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 11:14:41: much longer and further than I thought
Wow, much longer and further than I thought I could go, albeit slowly.

Running: Sat, 14 Mar 2015 16:35:33: messed up with routes
Messed up with routes but I'll sort out RunKeeper routes by the next run

Running: Sat, 14 Mar 2015 12:00:11: it's all uphill
I can't wait until I can't quite feel that it's all uphill in this leg of the commute.

Running: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 19:26:39: my pace, my cadence, and my flow
Discovering my pace, my cadence, and my flow all over again. Rediscovering.

Search Success Hinges on Site Speed
When it comes to getting your site organically to the top of Google Search, you must care as much about how your web server performs in response to requests, demand, load, and even denial-of-service attacks as you do about responsive design, meta tags, keyword density, social signals, inbound marketing, content marketing, or the perfectly-turned page title.

Miriam’s Kitchen Chili Cook Off Winner for Meat Chili
I adapted my recipe from one that Thomas Byers posted online, The Worlds Best No Beans Chili.

New York Times: All’s Fair in Love and Marketing
BuzzFeed released an internal memo from the New York Times titled “Innovation” (you can read it in full and in color on Scribd). I have done a cursory read and have come up with a number of quick takeaways for you that you can start implementing today:

Use the Theory of Everyone to Build Your Twitter Followership
While it may well be important to have the top 100 influencers on any particular topic following you on Twitter or Facebook, it is not essential. You can make up for it by attracting, retaining, and activating everyone else.

American Exemplarism Over American Exceptionalism
What makes American exemplarism different is that it demands that we care for more than just our credibility, pride, and saving face. It demands that we lead by example and not by decree.

Do You Focus on the Most Popular and Ignore the Rest in Social Media?
Engage in the thousands and even the millions, if possible, and allow your quaternary, quinary, senary, septenary, octonary, nonary, and denary markets define themselves.

Burnish your brand’s reputation, don’t ‘manage’ it
Reputation management is not about dressing up mistakes. Target audience: Marketing professionals, SEO specialists, PR pros, brand managers, businesses, nonprofits, educators, Web publishers, journalists.

The Online Community Is Inexorably Global: Are You?
Humans are provincial; Americans doubly so. In fact, we online human-Americans oftentimes can’t think past our sweat pants, ironic T, and bunny slippers when it comes to being online.

In praise of social media mediocrity
Social media rewards consistency, persistence, and attention, even if it isn't super-service or if you take a full 24-hours to respond to a query or concern.

How to Take Control of your Online Reputation
I have spent years blogging forth everything I know about online brand promotion in the form of social media marketing and digital PR.
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