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	<title> &#187; Corporate Identity</title>
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	<description>Buzzworthy Branding: Helping Pros and Tyros Profit from the Power of Branding</description>
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		<title>Brand Identity Documentation Delivers Consistency</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Jelsema</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corporate Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BAE Systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand identity manual]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One essential element of the branding process is documenting your branding elements to assure that people – employees and suppliers – adhere to the brand standards you have developed. Today I’ll introduce you to a couple of brand identity manuals that are comprehensive and well organized.
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		<title>Corporate identity advertising: mostly biased platitudes?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Jelsema</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Identity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We encouraged clients to do corporate identity campaigns. It was good for them and for the agency â€“ we got to place these ads in Fortune, Forbes and Business Week, so we got agency recognition as well as pretty large commissions.

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		<title>Criteria for logo development and evaluation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Jelsema</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Logo Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brand development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logo creation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logo development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logo evaluation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Certainly thereâ€™s quite a bit of subjective opinion being expressed when it comes to selecting a logo for your brand. Branding is more than designing a logo, but the logo is an important branding element, so it should be evaluated with the same thoroughness as the brand name itself. 


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		<title>The branding platform should reflect employee participation in the brand</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Jelsema</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The GAP]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing with stakeholder profiles and info thatâ€™s of value in developing a brand â€“ and therefore needs to be documented in your Brand Profile â€“ Iâ€™ll address employees today.
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		<title>Profiling customers and prospects for the brand platform</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Jelsema</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[stakeholders]]></category>
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		<title>Whatâ€™s the big idea?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Jelsema</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
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		<title>Incorporating stakeholders into your brand platform</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Jelsema</dc:creator>
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		<title>Establish a branding organization with a manifesto.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Jelsema</dc:creator>
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		<title>Brand platform begins within</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Jelsema</dc:creator>
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		<title>Four statements that convey the essence of brand</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Jelsema</dc:creator>
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