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		<title>Optism Goes to Mobile World Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Ciangiulli, Optism Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year at MWC, we will be showcasing a complete Mobile Commerce offering that includes our permission-based Mobile Marketing solution, Optism, as well as the Alcatel-Lucent Mobile Wallet Service and Digital Media Store. Our Mobile Commerce solution addresses the entire lifecycle of user purchases from preferences, promotion and discovery, to storefronts and settlement. Thomas Labarthe, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Optism Blog Series: A Book Review of Seth Godin&#8217;s Permission Marketing PDF</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Optism Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have taken our Blog Series on Seth Godin’s book Permission Marketing chapter by chapter and created a handy little mobile permission marketing PDF. Now you can read (and share with others) about the importance of permission marketing and  how permission marketing techniques can positively affect any mobile marketing campaign. Enjoy.]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s hot in mobile marketing today? Read the IJMM to find out!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Ciangiulli, Optism Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new issue of the International Journal of Mobile Marketing (IJMM) has been published, featuring the latest thinking on how the mobile channel can be used effectively for marketing. The award-winning IJMM collects insights and research from leading academics, students and industry professionals around the globe. The Mobile Marketing Association’s Academic Outreach Committee oversees the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking Human: Six Steps for Building a Successful Opt-In Mobile Marketing Strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.optism.com/blog/index.php/2012/01/thinking-human-six-steps-for-building-a-successful-opt-in-mobile-marketing-strategy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mihai Vlad, Optism Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learn about 6 permission-based best practices to help you maximize the value of your mobile marketing initiatives by thinking human to gain attention, build trust and  drive engagement from your audience.]]></description>
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		<title>What Marketers Need To Know About Mobile Apps</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Optism Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a blog post originally posted on MobileGroove, Peggy Anne Salz outlines the danger of marketers and brands being overly focused on developing an iPhone app or any other mobile app as a mobile strategy. Martin Wilson has coined a term to describe this condition: iSyndrome. Try not to catch it -- it is not good for you and it is very contagious. ]]></description>
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		<title>20 Months of Permission Marketing Blog Posts</title>
		<link>http://www.optism.com/blog/index.php/2012/01/20-months-of-permission-marketing-blog-posts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Optism Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To kick off the new year, we look back at all the great blog posts about permission marketing over the past 20 months &#8212; including our regular Permission Marketing in the News articles about the mobile industry and all 12 of the chapter reviews of Seth Godin's Permission Marketing. Enjoy! &#160; Permission Marketing in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Permission marketing in the news &#8211; A final look at 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.optism.com/blog/index.php/2011/12/permission-marketing-in-the-news-a-final-look-at-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Optism Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week marks our final Permission marketing in the news roundup for 2011. What a great year it has been! To send us all off to year-end celebrations in the right mood, we have reports on Mobile Marketer’s “Marketer of the Year” as well as some inspiring video of mobile campaigns from Mobile Marketing magazine. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Permission Marketing Chapter 12 &#8211; Final questions and answers</title>
		<link>http://www.optism.com/blog/index.php/2011/12/permission-marketing-chapter-12-last-chance-for-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.optism.com/blog/index.php/2011/12/permission-marketing-chapter-12-last-chance-for-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Optism Team</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.optism.com/blog/?p=1672</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Optism provides permission-based, mobile marketing services. Providing the opportunity for mobile subscribers to opt-in to advertising messages based on their preferences is the core tenant of our service. Our blog series Permission Marketing in the News has been highlighting mobile and other permission marketing news for the past year. The leading proponent of permission marketing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Permission marketing in the news &#8211; More mobile good news and great marketing campaigns</title>
		<link>http://www.optism.com/blog/index.php/2011/12/permission-marketing-in-the-news-more-mobile-good-news-and-great-marketing-campaigns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Optism Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s another week of good news on the mobile marketing front, with lots of proof that the importance of mobile marketing is growing worldwide. We start our roundup with an article by the MMA’s Michael Becker that analyses why permission mobile marketing is so effective. And we finish this week with some excellent examples of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Permission Marketing Chapter 11 &#8211; Evaluating a Permission Marketing Program</title>
		<link>http://www.optism.com/blog/index.php/2011/12/permission-marketing-chapter-11-evaluating-a-permission-marketing-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Optism Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Optism provides permission-based, mobile marketing services. Providing the opportunity for mobile subscribers to opt-in to advertising messages based on their preferences is the core tenant of our service. Our blog series Permission Marketing in the News has been highlighting mobile and other permission marketing news for the past year. The leading proponent of permission marketing [...]]]></description>
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