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		<title>Using Twitter as part of your Social Media campaigns</title>
		<link>http://www.thedesignfoundry.com/blog/2009/09/14/using-twitter-as-part-of-your-social-media-campaigns/?nucrss=1</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently had a conversation with someone that doesn’t understand what Twitter could do for their business. Their comment was, “I really don’t care about seeing what someone is doing – and why would I want to tell the world that I just walked into Starbucks”. Based on that conversation, here’s what I told him makes Twitter an important part of a businesses social media marketing campaign. <img height="1" width="1" src="http://services.nuconomy.com/i.nsi?methId=log&projTok=16fe8ea3-6c&ownus=admin&sver=WordPress%2F1.48+%28nuconomy%29&srcId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedesignfoundry.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F09%2F14%2Fusing-twitter-as-part-of-your-social-media-campaigns&crtId=148&dt=1328836477">]]></description>
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		<title>Getting started with Social Media</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all the buzz surrounding sites like Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace, the question remains – why is this important to my business? Well, it’s pretty simple. It could be detrimental to your business if you don’t. <img height="1" width="1" src="http://services.nuconomy.com/i.nsi?methId=log&projTok=16fe8ea3-6c&ownus=admin&sver=WordPress%2F1.48+%28nuconomy%29&srcId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedesignfoundry.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F07%2F21%2Fgetting-started-with-social-media&crtId=148&dt=1328836477">]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on Customer Perception</title>
		<link>http://www.thedesignfoundry.com/blog/2009/07/10/thoughts-on-customer-perception/?nucrss=1</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many times have we made a choice between two brands based on our perceptions, rather than reality? And, later on, either found out we made the wrong choice, or that had we made the “other” choice, the result would have been the same?<img height="1" width="1" src="http://services.nuconomy.com/i.nsi?methId=log&projTok=16fe8ea3-6c&ownus=admin&sver=WordPress%2F1.48+%28nuconomy%29&srcId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedesignfoundry.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F07%2F10%2Fthoughts-on-customer-perception&crtId=148&dt=1328836477">]]></description>
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		<title>More on American Car Design&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently got a comment from a reader, who took issue with some of my past comments on why it seems that American car manufacturers seem to design “less than attractive” cars. <img height="1" width="1" src="http://services.nuconomy.com/i.nsi?methId=log&projTok=16fe8ea3-6c&ownus=admin&sver=WordPress%2F1.48+%28nuconomy%29&srcId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedesignfoundry.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F06%2F10%2Fmore-on-american-car-design&crtId=148&dt=1328836477">]]></description>
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		<title>Chrysler &#8211; When Design does – and doesn’t – sell…</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News today that Chrysler has declared bankruptcy. Wow – really, it’s only 30 years to late. In reality, Chrysler was dead back in 1979 when they took government loans to stave off bankruptcy.<img height="1" width="1" src="http://services.nuconomy.com/i.nsi?methId=log&projTok=16fe8ea3-6c&ownus=admin&sver=WordPress%2F1.48+%28nuconomy%29&srcId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedesignfoundry.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F04%2F30%2Fchrysler-when-design-does-%25e2%2580%2593-and-doesn%25e2%2580%2599t-%25e2%2580%2593-sell%25e2%2580%25a6&crtId=148&dt=1328836477">]]></description>
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		<title>The Impact of Brand Identity</title>
		<link>http://www.thedesignfoundry.com/blog/2009/04/01/the-impact-of-brand-identity/?nucrss=1</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just read a great article by John Dvorak of PC Magazine, where he asked a couple of great questions – including “would you like the iPhone as much if it came from Redmond instead of Cupertino”.<img height="1" width="1" src="http://services.nuconomy.com/i.nsi?methId=log&projTok=16fe8ea3-6c&ownus=admin&sver=WordPress%2F1.48+%28nuconomy%29&srcId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedesignfoundry.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F04%2F01%2Fthe-impact-of-brand-identity&crtId=148&dt=1328836477">]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate Arrogance&#8230;maybe this is part of the reason the economy is having problems!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the course of the last few days, I&#8217;ve read a couple of different news releases and articles regarding recent company downsizings, in light of the current economic turndown. One of them concerns Microsoft. Beyond the train-wreck called Vista, it seems they keep making miss-steps that may be why they&#8217;ve announced some pretty extensive layoffs [...]<img height="1" width="1" src="http://services.nuconomy.com/i.nsi?methId=log&projTok=16fe8ea3-6c&ownus=admin&sver=WordPress%2F1.48+%28nuconomy%29&srcId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedesignfoundry.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F01%2F30%2Fcorporate-arrogancemaybe-this-is-part-of-the-reason-the-economy-is-having-problems&crtId=148&dt=1328836477">]]></description>
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		<title>GM and the upcoming bailout&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the upcoming bailout of the &#8220;Big 3&#8243; Automakers, it&#8217;s got me thinking again about &#8220;bad design. Of the three, Ford is actually in the best position financially. GM&#8230;is in the worst. GM is also thinking of shedding a few of it&#8217;s lines, including Saturn, Buick, and Pontiac. The funny thing is, with the exception [...]<img height="1" width="1" src="http://services.nuconomy.com/i.nsi?methId=log&projTok=16fe8ea3-6c&ownus=admin&sver=WordPress%2F1.48+%28nuconomy%29&srcId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedesignfoundry.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F12%2F10%2Fgm-and-the-upcoming-bailout&crtId=148&dt=1328836477">]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Integrity &amp; Reputation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether it’s in a business relationship, a friendship, or a marriage – the importance of integrity can not be emphasized enough. I have been forced to think about this topic quite a bit over the last few weeks – due to a friendship that at this point, looks as though it has unfortunately, and catastrophically, [...]<img height="1" width="1" src="http://services.nuconomy.com/i.nsi?methId=log&projTok=16fe8ea3-6c&ownus=admin&sver=WordPress%2F1.48+%28nuconomy%29&srcId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedesignfoundry.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F11%2F27%2Fthe-importance-of-integrity-reputation&crtId=148&dt=1328836477">]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on things &#8220;after the election&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the election is over, and we're now inundated with the media's "Obama-mania" - I have been thinking about what all of this really means.

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