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		<title>Join the MUES Twitter Party, Today @ 8pm EST</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tony Balasandiran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year&#8217;s MillerCoors Urban Entrepreneurs Series (MUES) and Business Plan Competition officially kicks off today, with an hour-long Twitter Party beginning at 8pm EST. Alfred Edmond, Jr. of  Black Enterprise, will be taking questions and providing insights and advice on &#8220;Putting a Brilliant Idea to Paper: Tips on How to Create an Award-Winning Business Plan.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Customer (Dis)satisfaction: 3 PR Takeaways from the Netflix Fallout</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On July 12, Netflix announced that its current bundled package of DVDs and streaming movies for $9.99/month would end. Beginning September 1st, the two services will be priced separately (unlimited streaming: $9.99; DVDs: $7.99) and a bundled package will be $15.99—a 60% increase as a result of shipping DVDs and obtaining content from networks. Still, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memberships to Mentorships: What Hasn’t Changed About Professional Networking</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Myron Jones is a recent graduate from a respected university. He’s migrated to a major market, impeccable resume and diploma in-hand, in search of career opportunities. Interestingly, however, he isn’t out “pounding the pavement.” Like far too many of his contemporaries, Myron is comfortably seated behind his PC most days, “looking for a job in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tweet First, Ask Questions Last</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twitter is a powerful tool. In PR, we use Twitter to communicate key messages to key audiences. Twitter can build brands, enhancing reputation and attracting followers, by engaging an audience. On the flipside, it’s powerful enough to damage brand reputation, alienating followers and consumers. Celebrities use Twitter to connect with fans, and vice versa. Twitter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FCG Named One of America&#8217;s Best Diverse Suppliers</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As April comes to an end, and we approach Small Business Month, we’ve had much to celebrate. Last week, Flowers Communications Group turned 20, which we commemorated by declaring April 21st as Founder’s Day in honor of our founder, D. Michelle Flowers Welch. Additionally, we are honored to announce that we were recently named one [...]]]></description>
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