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		<title>Good Ideas Don&#8217;t Sell Themselves.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unless you&#8217;re Warren Buffett if you want to get something done in business you&#8217;re going to have to sell others on the idea. So if you&#8217;re wise, you&#8217;ll read every word of this article by VCU Brandcenter Professor, Peter Coughter. Peter teaches presentation skills to the best ad agencies in the world and he&#8217;s been a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&blog=1638681&post=566&subd=culturalexploration&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After posting a comment on Twitter about the Art of Shaving acquisition by P&#38;G, I got a note from a student, Joe Hagel, telling me how great the Art of Shaving stores are. A week later, in DC&#8217;s Washington Square, I ran across one of the stores and went inside. I was met by Enrique [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&blog=1638681&post=557&subd=culturalexploration&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>P&amp;G Studies the Art of Shaving and Retail</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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Last week Procter &#38; Gamble announced the purchase of the retail chain the Art of Shaving. Stepping into retail might seem like a peculiar move for the consumer products company, but it follows a pattern of increasing innovation for the organization.
Back in 2005 P&#38;G made a lot of noise when it bought Gillette. At the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&blog=1638681&post=539&subd=culturalexploration&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Time for General Motors to Become a Little Less General</title>
		<link>http://culturalexploration.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/time-for-general-motors-to-become-a-little-less-general/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chevrolet]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://culturalexploration.wordpress.com/?p=529</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[General Motors filed for bankruptcy. Too bad for my hometown of Detroit, but maybe it needed to happen. The GM name has come to represent an overgrown, overly complex conglomerate that expanded into everything from home mortgages to aerospace to computer programming. It&#8217;s hard to run a great company when you&#8217;re tangled up in too [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&blog=1638681&post=529&subd=culturalexploration&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A New Era for Account Leadership</title>
		<link>http://culturalexploration.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/a-new-era-for-account-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 21:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[4As]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Account Manager]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caley Cantrell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a time when advertising account managers were sales people. They had firm handshakes, wore crisp suits and boasted low handicaps. They were great company of course – it was their job. They had a knack for knowing the best restaurant and trendiest tavern in any city, and they always picked up the tab. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&blog=1638681&post=507&subd=culturalexploration&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chrysler Corporation: The Task Ahead</title>
		<link>http://culturalexploration.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/chrysler-corporation-the-task-ahead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 21:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising Culture]]></category>
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This week, Fox News asked me to comment on the challenges facing a bankrupt Chrysler as it attempts to win consumer confidence. [Watch the video] Here are a few things for the company to consider:
Chrysler’s reorganization is intended to proceed in record time, with surgical precision. Maybe so, but to survive as a brand, Chrysler [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&blog=1638681&post=489&subd=culturalexploration&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MasterCard&#8217;s Act of Kindness: Priceless</title>
		<link>http://culturalexploration.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/mastercards-act-of-kindness-priceless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising Culture]]></category>
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At a time when the news is filled with the ugly side of corporations, I thought I&#8217;d share a story about a series of selfless acts involving a well-known brand.
It all began about two weeks ago when MasterCard generously donated a $100 gift card to each team competing in the Kansas City Regional FIRST Robotics [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&blog=1638681&post=456&subd=culturalexploration&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The City Sleeps</title>
		<link>http://culturalexploration.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/the-city-finally-sleeps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CarMax]]></category>
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Today is the last day of life for Circuit City. The bankrupt company announced it will close the last of its stores this evening. Thus ends the tragic tale of a company that in 2001 was cited in Jim Collins&#8217; book Good to Great as one of the best-run American businesses. As with most corporate failures, the seeds [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&blog=1638681&post=431&subd=culturalexploration&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Strength Amidst the Gloom</title>
		<link>http://culturalexploration.wordpress.com/2009/03/02/strength-amidst-the-gloom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spend much time reading today&#8217;s headlines and you&#8217;ll get the impression that big businesses are just decaying hulks of greed and corruption. But a new article in Fortune reminds us that many corporations are not only surviving, but earning the admiration of their peers.
The list of the world&#8217;s most admired companies includes innovative consumer brands [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&blog=1638681&post=418&subd=culturalexploration&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stimulating Brands</title>
		<link>http://culturalexploration.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/stimulating-brands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Hartman]]></category>
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I can&#8217;t think of a major American corporation that doesn&#8217;t have one or more employees whose responsibility it is to gather consumer insights. So why are so few brands truly insightful about consumers in this turbulent economy?
It doesn&#8217;t take a rocket scientist to know that consumers are worried about the economy. Most studies like the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&blog=1638681&post=395&subd=culturalexploration&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Turning Point for the Walmart Brand?</title>
		<link>http://culturalexploration.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/a-turning-point-for-the-walmart-brand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising Culture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
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The folks at Walmart have been working hard to improve their image of late. They&#8217;ve pumped up their public relations, hooked up with environmental advocates and launched appealing new ads with the help of The Martin Agency. The work is beginning to take hold, but as the deepening economic crisis casts shadows on the U.S. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&blog=1638681&post=383&subd=culturalexploration&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google&#8217;s Road Rally Stops at the VCU Brandcenter</title>
		<link>http://culturalexploration.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/googles-road-rally-stops-at-the-vcu-brandcenter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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Last week the folks at Google brought a small army of trainers and a truckload of technology to the VCU Brandcenter as part of their Google Campus program.
In the early morning hours, workers started unloading trucks containing loads of interactive kiosks, touchscreen monitors and – just as essential for attracting the attention of graduate students [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&blog=1638681&post=380&subd=culturalexploration&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sticking it to the Man: A Guide to 21st Century Capitalism</title>
		<link>http://culturalexploration.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/sticking-it-to-the-man-a-guide-to-21st-century-capitalism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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Introduction
A few weeks ago, a brilliant marketer and former colleague of mine, Dee Papit, commented on my article about the “Branding of Barack Obama.” Her reference to Obama’s use of the Internet and social networking led me to reflect on the way he and libertarian candidate Ron Paul bypassed the smoke-filled rooms of power to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&blog=1638681&post=271&subd=culturalexploration&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Science of Persuasion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Noah J. Goldstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve J. Martin. Robert B. Cialindi]]></category>

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I&#8217;m often wary of reading business books, especially books relating to branding and marketing. Most are shallow and repetitive, squeezing 200 pages out of a concept that was better told on the back cover. 
So I picked up the unfortunately-titled &#8220;Yes!&#8221; with a great deal of apprehension. But I was wrong to judge this book by its cover. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturalexploration.wordpress.com&blog=1638681&post=354&subd=culturalexploration&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Goodbye George.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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