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		<title>Viral &#8220;Launching Soon&#8221; Tool to Build Your Pre-Launch List</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you&#8217;re starting a niche social networking site, getting your first 2,000 members is a crucial step. And the more members you can get before you even launch, the better. Apart from tapping into your existing networks and connections related to your niche, offering early-adopter invitations while still in beta is a great idea. Not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Network is News-Worthy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getting widespread media coverage for your niche social network can have a big impact on your membership numbers. But how do you get the media&#8217;s attention? One great strategy for social networks is to give the media a peek into your community, and make a connection between how people interact within your network and extrapoloate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Value of Invites</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ric Mazereeuw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many new social networks, an invitation-only approach makes a lot of sense. Not only can you focus on developing the community and its interactions, but when properly done you can also create a real demand for invitations. Now, Dribble, a social network where designers, developers and other creatives can share samples of their current [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Mad Libs&#8221; Style Form Increases Conversion 25-40%</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ric Mazereeuw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great post by Luke Wroblewski on how some marketers have been trying out a narrative approach to web forms&#8211;he dubs it &#8220;Mad Libs- style.&#8221; Technically, these forms work like any other form, but they&#8217;re presented as a fill-in-the-blanks narrative. Here&#8217;s one example, from the audio sharing site, Huffduffer: Another site did A/B testing on their [...]]]></description>
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