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" I get a lot of email, so if you're sending me an email, if you want to rise above the clutter, put something on it: say, 'Hey!' "
Robert Scoble
You
Rise
Me
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" It's amazing when I walk through an expo hall and can't figure out what a company does just by walking past its booth. "
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