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		<title>9 Internet Market Predictions for 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s that time of year when predictions, goals and lists dominate the media.  Who am I not to oblige?  Here’s my list of Internet marketing trends that will dominate 2010:
9. Exponential growth of smart phone users.
Forget texting – Grandma’s downloading apps for her new iPhone.  In 2010, smart phone technologies and operating [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metro-studios.com/blog/internet-marketing-predictions/</link>
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		<title>Metro Studios helps families connect with their loved ones in the military</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At Metro Studios, we know how important family is – especially during the holidays.  That’s why Metro Studios teamed up with Avnet Inc. to connect families with their loved ones serving in the U.S. military overseas.
How did we make it possible? In December, we helped families record free five minute video messages. We were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metro-studios.com/blog/helping-military-families/</link>
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		<title>Stepping outside the box at Metro Studios</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Note: For the past several months, Mallory Fondell has worked as an intern with the Metro web team.  To say she&#8217;s done a fantastic job would be putting it lightly. Mallory has been an incredible asset to our team doing everything from graphic design to coding web pages. As her internship draws to an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metro-studios.com/blog/mallory-fondell/</link>
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		<title>Youth Marketing: Don&#8217;t be so 2008.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I had the opportunity to hear Clint Runge give a presentation on youth marketing –specifically to Generation Y (people born after 1981). Clint is the Creative Director at Archrival, a youth marketing agency in Lincoln, Nebraska.  Clint’s presentation was full of thorough research and helpful information – and sparked my own thoughts about how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metro-studios.com/blog/youth-marketing-dont-be-so-2008/</link>
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		<title>15 free guides that really teach you useful stuff.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to the information that&#8217;s available on the web, how do you sort out the helpful from the unhelpful, the good from the bad, and finally figure out how to get the best use out of your new iPhone?
I stumbled across this gem of an article entitled, “15 Free Guides That Really Teach [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metro-studios.com/blog/15-free-guides-that-really-teach-you-useful-stuff/</link>
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		<title>Giving thanks and giving back.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[November is a time to be thankful. And at Metro Studios, we have so much to be thankful for.  The world’s best clients. Amazing co-workers. And another great year of innovative marketing solutions.
As part of our efforts to give back to the communities around us, we donate our time and marketing talents to many worthy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metro-studios.com/blog/giving-thanks-and-giving-back/</link>
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		<title>Whet your appetite with a video for Scottsdale Community College.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The SCC’s Culinary Arts Department needed to create a video “appetizer” for potential students.  Their theme was “Think”, and during this shoot, we “thought” about sushi, strudel, stuffed chicken, plus culinary delights we’ve never heard of—students learn it all right here!
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Our recipe for a successful shoot
Our recipe for a successful shoot was…extremely detailed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metro-studios.com/blog/whet-your-appetite-with-a-video-for-scottsdale-community-college/</link>
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		<title>Inside the Photographer&#8217;s Studio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An interview with Kirk Hayden, photographer and videographer at Metro Studios
How did Metro Studios get started in photography? 
More than 20 years ago, Metro Studios started out as a video production company. In the last five years, with the explosion of digital photography, a client would request that we also could provide a digital still [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metro-studios.com/blog/inside-the-photographers-studio/</link>
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		<title>Learn to play hockey the Metro Studios way.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This summer, Metro Studios was contracted by the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, a USHL hockey team, to meet a wide variety of marketing and production needs for their 2009-2010 season. We&#8217;re thrilled that Metro Studios can be ONE place - so many solutions for the Riders. Here’s our take on Metro Studios’ style of hockey.
Rethink everything [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metro-studios.com/blog/learn-to-play-hockey-the-metro-studios-way/</link>
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		<title>We probably know your password: 5 tips to improve your online security</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, several high profile websites such as Twitter and Facebook were victims of hacking – resulting in hours of downtime for the micro-blogging site, and significant delays on Facebook. These attacks followed a series of security hacks on websites this summer.
What can we learn from this?

Poor web security has consequences.
Online security matters.
As individuals, we need [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metro-studios.com/blog/we-probably-know-your-password-tips-to-improve-online-security/</link>
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		<title>Love tailgating parties? So do we.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At Metro Studios, we love tailgating. So, we were thrilled to work with Grill Topper – a company that sells specialty tailgating items – turning ordinary grilled meats into works of art by searing your favorite team&#8217;s logo on to the surface of the meat to extra-large, college-specific grilling mitts.
Over the course of the summer, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metro-studios.com/blog/grilltoppers-project/</link>
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		<title>5 Social Media Myths Debunked</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems like everyone&#8217;s talking about social media. But when it comes to social media and your business - how do you separate the truth from the tweets? I&#8217;ll debunk five social media myths for you.

Social media is the ultimate internet marketing solution.
While using social media is a great part of an internet marketing strategy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metro-studios.com/blog/5-social-media-myths-debunked/</link>
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		<title>9.5 billion reasons to stream HD videos online.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At Metro Studios, we’re throwing party streamers, splashing in mountain streams, and have tears of joy streaming down our cheeks!
What’s the occasion? We now offer streaming HD video services!
Actually , we decided to celebrate our streaming HD video services through a blog entry– and explain to you what a streaming HD video server is – [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metro-studios.com/blog/95-billion-reasons-to-use-streaming-online-videos/</link>
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		<title>Zimmerman Ford: From whiteboard to widescreen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you walk into a conference room at Metro Studios, you’re bound to find a whiteboard filled to the brim with words, ideas, and images.  After all, they say creative minds are rarely tidy.
This spring, our creativity and our whiteboard was put to work for Mark Zimmerman Ford-Hyundai-Mitsubishi-BMW.  Mark Zimmerman approached us looking for new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metro-studios.com/blog/zimmerman-ford-from-whiteboard-to-widescreen/</link>
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		<title>An insider&#8217;s guide to media buying</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Interested in advertising on TV, but have no idea where to start? Here’s a quick guide to the art of “media buying” -  purchasing ad space on specific stations during a specific time period.
Determine your target demographic.
The first step is to determine who your target demographic is. You will want to choose different stations, programming, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metro-studios.com/blog/an-insiders-guide-to-media-buying/</link>
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