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<![CDATA[Brand Spanking News: filter by date: June 2008]]>
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http://www.smithandjones.com/brand-spanking-news
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Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:01:10 -0400
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Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:01:10 -0400
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<![CDATA[Branded online travel searches on the rise]]>
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<![CDATA[During my weekend reading, I came across another study about the role search is playing in travel marketing. Again, the results point to the power of brand...]]>
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http://www.smithandjones.com/branded-travel-search
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Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400
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<![CDATA[Can a travel search engine inspire me to go?]]>
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<![CDATA[In a recent article on SearchEngineWatch.com, Elisabeth Osmeloski discusses two new travel search sites that are designed to "inspire" users to go places. The sites, Uptake (formerly Kanga) and TravelMuse, certainly package travel and tourism "information" differently than the current top booking sites. But "inspiration"? <i>Please.</i>]]>
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http://www.smithandjones.com/inspiration-search-engine
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Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400
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<![CDATA[What does your LinkedIn network say about you?]]>
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<![CDATA[I was bouncing around <a target="_blank" href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/markshipley">my LinkedIn account</a> last night and a funny thought came to mind:What does your number of LinkedIn connections say about you?]]>
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http://www.smithandjones.com/linkedin-network
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Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400
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<![CDATA[Camp Chingachgook vs. your destination]]>
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<![CDATA[I dropped off my daughter at summer camp this morning. She's going to be an assistant counselor, working the next nine weeks for $11 per day (typical day = 8am - 10pm. She could make close to $11 an hour as a swimming instructor).]]>
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http://www.smithandjones.com/chingachgook-loyalty
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Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400
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<![CDATA[What do toasters have to do with brand loyalty?]]>
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<![CDATA[A few years back, we bought a Dualit toaster from Williams Sonoma. It was a great toaster, and looked great on the counter. Stainless steel exterior, one year warranty, the works. Last week, it suddenly stopped working.]]>
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http://www.smithandjones.com/toasters-and-brand-loyalty
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Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400
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<![CDATA[Amygdalas and fMRIs and branding, oh my]]>
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<![CDATA[In the current issue of <a target="_blank" href="/content1251.html"><i>UpMarket</i>, Vol. II, Issue 5: Keeping a brand upmarket in a downturn</a>, I discuss the Amygdala and its triggering of the fight or flight response during a recession.]]>
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http://www.smithandjones.com/branding-amygdalas-fmris
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Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400
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<![CDATA[Dead brand illustrates value of branding]]>
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<![CDATA[There's a great article in today's New York Times about the continued brand recall of Altria cast-off Brim...]]>
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http://www.smithandjones.com/dead-brand-recall
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Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400
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<![CDATA[A memorable fundraising event]]>
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<![CDATA[Yesterday afternoon, my wife and I went to the annual fund raising gala for the Arts Center of the Capital Region. It was the best fund raising event I've been to in a very, very long time. What made it so?]]>
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http://www.smithandjones.com/memorable-fundraising
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Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400
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