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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2009/03/31/hey-tech-marketers-how-about-helping-your-customers-solve-problems/' addthis:title='Hey Tech Marketers, How About Helping Your Customers Solve Problems '  ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>"Nobody Cares About Your Products (Except You)," is one of the core rules that author and marketing thought-leader David Meerman Scott espouses in his latest book, World Wide Rave, and throughout his other works and blogs. 

The most zealous anti-smokers that I know are former smokers.   The fact that in hindsight, I can see that I was guilty of being a bit too proud of the features and functions of my own products as a technology marketer makes me just a bit maniacal about David's product rule as a user and consumer of tech products today. Unfortunately, it seems like there are still quite a few technology marketers out there that did not get the memo.

What I thought would be a simple search for a solution to a straight-forward business issue has turned into a quest worthy of Homer. 
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