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	<description>Buzzworthy Branding: Helping Pros and Tyros Profit from the Power of Branding</description>
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		<title>Helping your brand become colorful</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 22:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Jelsema</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Graphic Standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[color for branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[color pallets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since color is such an important tool of branding, I think the blog posting listed below will be a valuable asset for you, particularly if youâ€™re doing your own graphics.
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		<title>A type font does not a brand make</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Jelsema</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Logo Design]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[type faces]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quite often I see a local retailer or service provider adopt a type face thatâ€™s fairly unique  as their logo. Thereâ€™s quite an array of these semi-obscure faces available through sign companies and printers. 
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Brand Managment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graphic Standards]]></category>
		<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>Your brand needs a legible type faceâ€¦</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Jelsema</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[brand management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some graphic designers will pay more attention to unique type face designs than to legibility. Don't let them saddle your brand with a font or a type treatment that can't be read.
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		<title>Consistency breeds familiarity and then trust in your brand</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Jelsema</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[brand style guide]]></category>
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		<title>Color: a vital element of branding.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Jelsema</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Branding Resources]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Color imparts powerful emotional affects. This is absolutely true with brands.

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