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		<title>Client Briefing: AI Poisoning Risk in 2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AI poisoning is a category of attack where someone manipulates the data, context, memory, or source material an AI system relies on. The result: outputs that look normal but are biased, misleading, or unsafe. Microsoft’s recent research highlights a practical variant called AI Recommendation Poisoning. Hidden instructions get embedded in AI-facing content, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>LinkedIn Sales Navigator for Financial Services</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Financial services professionals like you have two major tasks in growing your practice - retain existing clients, and convert prospects to new clients. LinkedIn Sales Navigator is a fantastic tool for both of these objectives, by giving you news &#38; insights on each group. Once you've built your system, Sales Navigator will deliver you information [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Work From Home &#8211; 3 pieces of gear for great video calls</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2020 18:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When the Work From Home initiatives really hit their stride in early spring, most video gear was suddenly backordered for months. Now, though, inventory is available for WFH additions that – simply and inexpensively &#8211; will help your team step up their game. Marginal improvements in video and audio will make you appear all the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A business lesson from Tesla &#8211; support after the sale</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer X Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2020 12:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I decided to replace my ICE car with a Tesla back in January, and I&#8217;m often asked by people, &#8220;Do you have range anxiety?&#8221; Said another way, are you afraid of being stuck at the side of the road with no juice? No. Embedded in this question is a really important business lesson I learned [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How to avoid meetings where people ask to pick your brain</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer X Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2020 02:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You receive a lot of requests to &#8220;pick your brain,&#8221; right? Here&#8217;s a way you might consider navigating those awkward interactions: First, let&#8217;s be honest. &#8220;Pick your brain&#8221; means &#8220;Will you give me free consulting?&#8221; It&#8217;s almost always one-sided, and you&#8217;re asked to meet for a coffee/lunch, which means you&#8217;re taking time away from your [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How to help your salespeople achieve</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 13:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you work in marketing and haven&#8217;t worked in sales, there&#8217;s a important phenomenon you should know when you&#8217;re communicating with your business development professionals &#8211; call reluctance.&#160; Call reluctance means the phone gets really heavy. Or that the car door just doesn&#8217;t want to open as quickly as it did. This affliction &#8211; which [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The easiest way to create marketing flowcharts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2020 23:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Graphics speak louder than words, don&#8217;t they? Big thanks to my fantastic teammate Lauren Miles from our company AmpliPhi Social Media Strategies for creating this flowchart to help our team understand our marketing process. How can you make your own visual depiction of something complex? Refer to the saying: &#8220;If this, then that.&#8221; Start at [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Here&#8217;s the guaranteed way to get someone&#8217;s attention on social media:</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[🔴 But first, what got me thinking &#8211; I&#8217;m speaking at a conference in Vegas next week, and my email address was added to the list where vendors/business partners can reach out. 🔻After receiving dozens of emails stating exactly the same thing &#8211;&#160;&#8220;Come to our booth and meet so-and-so, win a prize, see our latest [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A critical leadership lesson from the Home Depot CEO</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer X Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 11:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On January 3, 2007 brand-new CEO&#160;Frank Blake&#160;of&#160;The Home Depot&#160;appeared on a broadcast to their then-364,000 associates.&#160; He said the company needed to return to a focus on their associates and customers.&#160;He said he would, “Create an environment where people are free to say what they think. I will be doing a lot of listening.” Less [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why the closer parking spot actually costs you time</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer X Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a quick experiment I ran, and it proves why deliberately going the long way can actually be more efficient: You&#8217;ve seen people jockeying for position in a parking lot, bypassing open spots to get marginally closer to the door. So I thought to myself, &#8220;Does it actually take more time to wait for a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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