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		<title>By: staceykhart211</title>
		<link>http://www.rachel-levy.com/bzzscapes-an-innovative-new-type-of-online-community/comment-page-1/#comment-5149</link>
		<dc:creator>staceykhart211</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The barge and rail system could also face challenges on profitability. “We’d like to take a free market approach. If rails and barges can be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amtrakpromotioncode.net&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;amtrak promotion code&lt;/a&gt; supported in the free market, then that’s fine,” he said, explaining he wouldn’t want to see another “Amtrak.”</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The barge and rail system could also face challenges on profitability. “We’d like to take a free market approach. If rails and barges can be <a href="http://www.amtrakpromotioncode.net" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.amtrakpromotioncode.net?referer=');">amtrak promotion code</a> supported in the free market, then that’s fine,” he said, explaining he wouldn’t want to see another “Amtrak.”</p>
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		<title>By: staceykhart211</title>
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		<dc:creator>staceykhart211</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The barge and rail system could also face challenges on profitability. “We’d like to take a free market approach. If rails and barges can be &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amtrakpromotioncode.net&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;amtrak promotion code&lt;/a&gt; supported in the free market, then that’s fine,” he said, explaining he wouldn’t want to see another “Amtrak.”</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The barge and rail system could also face challenges on profitability. “We’d like to take a free market approach. If rails and barges can be <a href="http://www.amtrakpromotioncode.net" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.amtrakpromotioncode.net?referer=');">amtrak promotion code</a> supported in the free market, then that’s fine,” he said, explaining he wouldn’t want to see another “Amtrak.”</p>
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		<title>By: richardaroberts776</title>
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		<dc:creator>richardaroberts776</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>why does obama throw more money to solve problems ? a new stimulis will add huge to the deficet,why did he EARMARK $1 BILLION to his home state? why has he and others take money from freddie mac? why does his vp pick biden &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amtrakpromotioncode.net&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;amtrak promotion code&lt;/a&gt; use money from his pac fund to pay his $50,000 amtrak transportation to and from washington?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>why does obama throw more money to solve problems ? a new stimulis will add huge to the deficet,why did he EARMARK $1 BILLION to his home state? why has he and others take money from freddie mac? why does his vp pick biden <a href="http://www.amtrakpromotioncode.net" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.amtrakpromotioncode.net?referer=');">amtrak promotion code</a> use money from his pac fund to pay his $50,000 amtrak transportation to and from washington?</p>
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		<title>By: enemy soldiers &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Minna no Uta</title>
		<link>http://www.rachel-levy.com/bzzscapes-an-innovative-new-type-of-online-community/comment-page-1/#comment-4824</link>
		<dc:creator>enemy soldiers &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Minna no Uta</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] BzzScapes… an innovative new type of online community &#124; Rachel &#8230; [...]</description>
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		<title>By: uVizz&#8230; the next big video sharing platform? &#124; Rachel Levy - Boston marketing pro (social networking, Twitter)</title>
		<link>http://www.rachel-levy.com/bzzscapes-an-innovative-new-type-of-online-community/comment-page-1/#comment-4798</link>
		<dc:creator>uVizz&#8230; the next big video sharing platform? &#124; Rachel Levy - Boston marketing pro (social networking, Twitter)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] already creating their own content or spreading the word about the brands they love (for example, BzzScapes or BzzAgent).  The benefit is obviously that they can get paid for doing what they are already [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Jono</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jono</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 12:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Michael,

I wanted to address you personally on here in the event that you happen to check back. First apologies if no one replied back to you.

And...

Please by all means email directly at itsmejono at bzzagent dot com and I&#039;d be happy to speak with you and/or direct you to the right folks at BzzAgent who handle inbound campaign requests.

Thanks!
Jono</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Michael,</p>
<p>I wanted to address you personally on here in the event that you happen to check back. First apologies if no one replied back to you.</p>
<p>And&#8230;</p>
<p>Please by all means email directly at itsmejono at bzzagent dot com and I&#8217;d be happy to speak with you and/or direct you to the right folks at BzzAgent who handle inbound campaign requests.</p>
<p>Thanks!<br />
Jono</p>
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		<title>By: BzzScapes… an innovative new type of online community &#124; Rachel &#8230; &#124; thecommunitysecrets</title>
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		<dc:creator>BzzScapes… an innovative new type of online community &#124; Rachel &#8230; &#124; thecommunitysecrets</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 11:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Original post: BzzScapes… an innovative new type of online community &#124; Rachel &#8230; [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Twitted by seolun4tic</title>
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		<dc:creator>Twitted by seolun4tic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 08:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Rachel Levy</title>
		<link>http://www.rachel-levy.com/bzzscapes-an-innovative-new-type-of-online-community/comment-page-1/#comment-4774</link>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Levy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 04:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jeff - Thanks for your comment!  Wow, how thorough.  A few comments back...

Transparency - I probably confused this a bit in my description.  The coupons were for BzzAgent&#039;s regular word of mouth campaigns. That&#039;s what I did with Boston Market.  The BzzScape program is not like that.  You receive nothing from BzzAgent for participating.   But, to answer your questions about my participation in the Boston Market campaign... no, it didn&#039;t influence my choices or thoughts. The coupon was for $ off, so I got what I wanted.  I haven&#039;t been back, but it definitely came back into my consideration set of fast restaurants I would consider.  I had forgotten about them.  I will say, that I also did have a couple of conversations about them, telling people I liked them. It wasn&#039;t anything forced, but it came up in conversation and I talked about my good experience.

I do agree that reinforcing the transparency is key.  BzzAgent needs to reassure consumers that the &quot;activated&quot; brands are not allowed to rate the items.

Thanks again for your comments!

It already exists - The difference seems to me to be about the content... people are posting content, not just talking about the brand/company.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jeff &#8211; Thanks for your comment!  Wow, how thorough.  A few comments back&#8230;</p>
<p>Transparency &#8211; I probably confused this a bit in my description.  The coupons were for BzzAgent&#8217;s regular word of mouth campaigns. That&#8217;s what I did with Boston Market.  The BzzScape program is not like that.  You receive nothing from BzzAgent for participating.   But, to answer your questions about my participation in the Boston Market campaign&#8230; no, it didn&#8217;t influence my choices or thoughts. The coupon was for $ off, so I got what I wanted.  I haven&#8217;t been back, but it definitely came back into my consideration set of fast restaurants I would consider.  I had forgotten about them.  I will say, that I also did have a couple of conversations about them, telling people I liked them. It wasn&#8217;t anything forced, but it came up in conversation and I talked about my good experience.</p>
<p>I do agree that reinforcing the transparency is key.  BzzAgent needs to reassure consumers that the &#8220;activated&#8221; brands are not allowed to rate the items.</p>
<p>Thanks again for your comments!</p>
<p>It already exists &#8211; The difference seems to me to be about the content&#8230; people are posting content, not just talking about the brand/company.</p>
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		<title>By: Rachel Levy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rachel Levy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 04:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Michael - Sorry to hear you had a bad experience.  I don&#039;t work there, so I can&#039;t respond for BzzAgent, but my guess is that they&#039;ll be reading this!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michael &#8211; Sorry to hear you had a bad experience.  I don&#8217;t work there, so I can&#8217;t respond for BzzAgent, but my guess is that they&#8217;ll be reading this!</p>
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