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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>Random Rants on Technology Used in Multi-Channel Cross-Media Communications</description><title>Random Rants on Tek</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @jastewart)</generator><link>http://jastewart.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>The Numbers Are Clear: Mobile Is Taking Over The World – ReadWrite</title><description>&lt;a href="http://readwrite.com/2013/05/13/mobile-is-taking-over-the-world"&gt;The Numbers Are Clear: Mobile Is Taking Over The World – ReadWrite&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;h1&gt;#in&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jastewart.tumblr.com/post/51159973160</link><guid>http://jastewart.tumblr.com/post/51159973160</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 13:00:24 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Nearly 75% Of All Smartphones Sold In Q1 Were Android, With Samsung At 30%; Mobile Sales Overall Nearly Flat: Gartner</title><description>&lt;a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/14/android-nearly-75-of-all-smartphones-shipped-in-q1-samsung-tops-30-mobile-sales-overall-nearly-flat-says-gartner/"&gt;Nearly 75% Of All Smartphones Sold In Q1 Were Android, With Samsung At 30%; Mobile Sales Overall Nearly Flat: Gartner&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://jastewart.tumblr.com/post/51153432029</link><guid>http://jastewart.tumblr.com/post/51153432029</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:00:29 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>4 Reasons Your Mobile Channel is Falling Behind + How to Get Back on Track</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.cmswire.com/cms/customer-experience/4-reasons-your-mobile-channel-is-falling-behind-how-to-get-back-on-track-020935.php"&gt;4 Reasons Your Mobile Channel is Falling Behind + How to Get Back on Track&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://jastewart.tumblr.com/post/51147770829</link><guid>http://jastewart.tumblr.com/post/51147770829</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 09:00:20 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Seven Steps to Heaven: Marketing Automation with a CRM System [INFOGRAPHIC]</title><description>&lt;a href="http://blog.workbooks.com/blog/bid/286084/seven-steps-to-heaven-marketing-automation-with-a-crm-system-infographic"&gt;Seven Steps to Heaven: Marketing Automation with a CRM System [INFOGRAPHIC]&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.workbooks.com/Portals/155045/docs/seven-steps-to-heaven.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Seven steps to heaven marketing automation with a CRM system" class="alignCenter" id="img-1366792066016" src="http://blog.workbooks.com/Portals/155045/images/Seven%20steps%20to%20heaven%20marketing%20automation%20with%20a%20CRM%20system.gif"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;To do list&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Automate data cleansing and updating&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Keep all your customer data in one place&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Keep detailed information about customer behaviour&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use segmentation for marketing efforts&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Track your customers as they move through the sales pipeline&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Automate emails&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Increase your revenue as a result!&lt;/li&gt;
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