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November 10, 2007
by Karen Post aka the Branding Diva
Biz cards that rock.
Your business card is your most important branding tool. If you do nothing else to promote yourself, invest in your biz card. Many times, it’s the first impression you give and the last impression you leave. Your calling card is your surrogate-branding machine. It should scream […]
Creative, Design
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by Karen Post aka the Branding Diva
Have you called yourself recently? If not, maybe you should. Not too long ago, I was in my car, running late to a client’s office. I called directory assistance. The operator kept giving me their fax number. Apparently, their phone number had fallen off a cliff some time ago […]
Marketing
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November 9, 2007
Blogging has entered the US mainstream, with nearly 4 out of 10 Americans having visited a blog, 8% of Americans currently have their own blog and 8 of 10 now know what a blog is. Get the rest of the interesting findings from the Synovate/Marketing Survey here.
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Factoid, Research & stats
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November 5, 2007
by Karen Post aka the Branding Diva
We’ve all been there. A large deadline is looming. It’s well past midnight. You don’t think your brain could possibly come up with a single idea - let alone a brilliant single idea. Panic sets in and you’re really starting to sink yourself. You find yourself identifying with this […]
Creative, Research & stats
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November 4, 2007
Creativity and Trust
For the last ten years or so I have had two major fears. Spiders and looking down over the edge of things. So… the other day I was driving along and the road suddenly became a bridge transition. That sinking feeling in my stomach started and I felt the tension building up. […]
Creative, Guest articles
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November 3, 2007
Blogs are everywhere (except in spell check, what’s up with that Microsoft?) on every subject imaginable and authored by some genius thinkers, incredible writers and a few people with too much time on their hands. But, in this public ocean of content where the goal might be: to get it off your chest, to tell […]
Branding, Creative, Fun stuff
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