Marketing Pilgrim

I’ve lost something and I need your help finding it. What did I lose? The whole month of October–anyone know where it went?

Here are today’s top picks:

• Jim Kukral is back with yet another great way to promote your blog. This time he launches Scratchback–a way to accept "tips" from your readers and give them a (nofollowed) text link.
• Specific Media–and online advertising network–has raised $100 million in funding from Francisco Partners.
• Facebook bans "John Swift" because he didn’t use his real name. There goes 31% of Facebook’s traffic!

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