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		<title>Dissecting the 22 Immutable Laws of Branding</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Jelsema</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al Ries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand differentiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Differentiate or Die]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack Trout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laura Ries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positioning: the Battle for Your Mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1998, Al Ries and his daughter Laura produced a book their publisher called “the branding bible…the definitive text on branding...”. The book: The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding. This is the first of 23 posts about that book.
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		<title>Differentiating your Brand: provide leadership</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 04:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Jelsema</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positioning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al Ries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand differentiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Branding Platform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Differentiate or Die]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack Trout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Rivkin]]></category>
<category>Al Ries</category><category>brand differentiation</category><category>brand management</category><category>branding</category><category>branding platform</category><category>Differentiate or Die</category><category>Jack Trout</category><category>positioning</category><category>Steve Rivkin</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another strategy for brand differentiation is assuming a leadership role in your market. Jack Trout and Steve Rivkin, in their book, Differentiate or Die, claim it’s THE most powerful differentiator.
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		<title>Advanced Brand Strategy Masterclass</title>
		<link>http://www.signaturestrategies.com/branding_strategies/advanced-brand-strategy-masterclass/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 01:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Jelsema</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advanced Brand Strategy Masterclass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Idres Mootee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation Playground]]></category>
<category>Advanced Brand Strategy Masterclass</category><category>brand management</category><category>brand strategies</category><category>branding</category><category>Idres Mootee</category><category>Innovation Playground</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want a top-notch branding resource? Here's a site, Innovation Playground, that's jam-packed with solid strategic content. The site owner is Idris Mootee, "a business and innovation strategist".
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		<title>Rebranding the Wall Street Journal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Jelsema</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street Journal]]></category>
<category>brand management</category><category>brand strategies</category><category>branding</category><category>media</category><category>New York Times</category><category>Wall Street Journal</category>
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		<title>Brand Simple: Brand from the Heart</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Jelsema</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Allen P. Adamson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landor Associates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sprint]]></category>
<category>Allen P. Adamson</category><category>brand management</category><category>branding</category><category>branding strategies</category><category>Landor Associates</category><category>Sprint</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I blogged about the abstraction ladder and concluded that the branding without abstractions delivers the strongest, most relevant and most endearing brands.

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		<title>Hire a Copywriter as Brand Strategist</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Jelsema</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brand Managment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Branding Strategies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[brands]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Don Kennedy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jay Levinson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Reese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Fortin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Nichols]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yanik Silver]]></category>
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		<title>Cult branding: how to do it.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Jelsema</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brand Managment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[BJ Bueno]]></category>
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		<title>Is “green” a brand differentiator?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Jelsema</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand differentiator]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[environmentally friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green]]></category>
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		<title>Non-profits need branding just as companies do.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Jelsema</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Branding Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding a non profit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non profit branding]]></category>
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		<title>When brands unite, it’s not necessarily “‘til death do us part”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Jelsema</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brand Managment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mizrahi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Target]]></category>
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