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		<title>By: alka</title>
		<link>http://blog.enlightenedmarketing.com/business-cards-invest-in-the-brand-in-your-hand/comment-page-1/#comment-284</link>
		<dc:creator>alka</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thankyou Samantha, I&#039;ll just go look up the site and post my query on it. Thankyou for being so prompt. I have my fingers crossed.:)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thankyou Samantha, I&#8217;ll just go look up the site and post my query on it. Thankyou for being so prompt. I have my fingers crossed.:)</p>
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		<title>By: Samantha Hartley &#124; Enlightened Marketing</title>
		<link>http://blog.enlightenedmarketing.com/business-cards-invest-in-the-brand-in-your-hand/comment-page-1/#comment-282</link>
		<dc:creator>Samantha Hartley &#124; Enlightened Marketing</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@alka  Neat business you have.  Good to hear you&#039;re clear on your values and the strong points of your brand.  For help on a name I highly recommend the free and excellent resources on the MarketingProfs Know-How Exchange: http://www.marketingprofs.com/ea/index.asp

They call themselves the most vibrant marketing forum on the web, and there are some incredible experts dispensing advice there. While I hope you&#039;ll continue to visit and comment on this blog, I do think you can get some specific free suggestions of names on that forum.  Good luck!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@alka  Neat business you have.  Good to hear you&#8217;re clear on your values and the strong points of your brand.  For help on a name I highly recommend the free and excellent resources on the MarketingProfs Know-How Exchange: <a href="http://www.marketingprofs.com/ea/index.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.marketingprofs.com/ea/index.asp</a></p>
<p>They call themselves the most vibrant marketing forum on the web, and there are some incredible experts dispensing advice there. While I hope you&#8217;ll continue to visit and comment on this blog, I do think you can get some specific free suggestions of names on that forum.  Good luck!</p>
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		<title>By: alka</title>
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		<dc:creator>alka</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Samantha, For the past 3 years I&#039;ve been making and selling chocolates from home. I&#039;m looking for an authentic and appropriate name for them. I haven&#039;t as yet named them because I strongly believe the name should represent what I believe in(the values of life)and my strong points ( pointed out by my clients of long): quality, deliverance in time, client personalization, presentation and spiritual messages and outlook.Now I have started teaching chocolate making too at the behest of my clients. Do you have any suggestions for a name I could give my company?or where could i get some help in that? I&#039;m in India.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Samantha, For the past 3 years I&#8217;ve been making and selling chocolates from home. I&#8217;m looking for an authentic and appropriate name for them. I haven&#8217;t as yet named them because I strongly believe the name should represent what I believe in(the values of life)and my strong points ( pointed out by my clients of long): quality, deliverance in time, client personalization, presentation and spiritual messages and outlook.Now I have started teaching chocolate making too at the behest of my clients. Do you have any suggestions for a name I could give my company?or where could i get some help in that? I&#8217;m in India.</p>
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		<title>By: Samantha Hartley &#124; Enlightened Marketing</title>
		<link>http://blog.enlightenedmarketing.com/business-cards-invest-in-the-brand-in-your-hand/comment-page-1/#comment-245</link>
		<dc:creator>Samantha Hartley &#124; Enlightened Marketing</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi John, 

Thanks for stopping by!  Let me think on that and prepare a future post about it.  You do some great resource round-ups on your blog. Everyone should check them out!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi John, </p>
<p>Thanks for stopping by!  Let me think on that and prepare a future post about it.  You do some great resource round-ups on your blog. Everyone should check them out!</p>
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		<title>By: John Taylor</title>
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		<dc:creator>John Taylor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Could you recommend any specific resources, books, or other blogs on this specific marketing topic?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Could you recommend any specific resources, books, or other blogs on this specific marketing topic?</p>
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		<title>By: Samantha Hartley</title>
		<link>http://blog.enlightenedmarketing.com/business-cards-invest-in-the-brand-in-your-hand/comment-page-1/#comment-235</link>
		<dc:creator>Samantha Hartley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Mike CJ - Hi Mike.  Modesty isn&#039;t always a friend of the brand, if you know what I mean. ;-)

Ideas: Set an intention for card - to get visitors to site? If so, include a reason to visit.  A free download? A controversial post? If it&#039;s to create an indelible connection between you and the blog, then ... maybe a die-cut card in the shape of your head? :-D

Write down a description of the value you offer readers and the style of your brand.  Then, ask a brilliant designer to create an icon or logo for you.  I’m always pleasantly surprised at the ways words and ideas can be expressed with design.

Photo as logo: Upside is that *you* radiate the brand, it&#039;s very authentic and, incidentally, it&#039;s &quot;Mike&#039;s Life,&quot; after all.  So, it feels appropriate.  You could still build a logo for the blog title and use your photo with it.  

Downside:  It might be harder to sell your blog, and it might be weirder to have guest bloggers who aren’t part of Mike’s Life.  

I look forward to seeing what you come up with!

@Angela – Those are both great ideas for making cards a useful part of your target audience’s life. She whose cards are useful gets more calls. Thanks for your comment!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Mike CJ &#8211; Hi Mike.  Modesty isn&#8217;t always a friend of the brand, if you know what I mean. <img src='http://blog.enlightenedmarketing.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Ideas: Set an intention for card &#8211; to get visitors to site? If so, include a reason to visit.  A free download? A controversial post? If it&#8217;s to create an indelible connection between you and the blog, then &#8230; maybe a die-cut card in the shape of your head? <img src='http://blog.enlightenedmarketing.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Write down a description of the value you offer readers and the style of your brand.  Then, ask a brilliant designer to create an icon or logo for you.  I’m always pleasantly surprised at the ways words and ideas can be expressed with design.</p>
<p>Photo as logo: Upside is that *you* radiate the brand, it&#8217;s very authentic and, incidentally, it&#8217;s &#8220;Mike&#8217;s Life,&#8221; after all.  So, it feels appropriate.  You could still build a logo for the blog title and use your photo with it.  </p>
<p>Downside:  It might be harder to sell your blog, and it might be weirder to have guest bloggers who aren’t part of Mike’s Life.  </p>
<p>I look forward to seeing what you come up with!</p>
<p>@Angela – Those are both great ideas for making cards a useful part of your target audience’s life. She whose cards are useful gets more calls. Thanks for your comment!</p>
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		<title>By: &#187; Business Cards: Invest in the Brand in Your Hand &#124; Enlightened &#8230; &#124; Brand Marketing Tips</title>
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		<dc:creator>&#187; Business Cards: Invest in the Brand in Your Hand &#124; Enlightened &#8230; &#124; Brand Marketing Tips</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Angela Treat Lyon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Angela Treat Lyon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great info - love the card at top - why don&#039;t you give me a job! 

As an EFT trainer, I find it really practical to put the tapping points for EFT on the back of my slightly oversized cards - and being oversized means they go on peoples&#039; refrigerators instead of the round file. 

If the card I want to give out is for my artwork at Lyon-Art.com, I have beautiful color images on each one, in which case they still go to the fridge door. Very handy, and people love them and tell their friends about my site. 

Love your blog - aloha - Angela</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great info &#8211; love the card at top &#8211; why don&#8217;t you give me a job! </p>
<p>As an EFT trainer, I find it really practical to put the tapping points for EFT on the back of my slightly oversized cards &#8211; and being oversized means they go on peoples&#8217; refrigerators instead of the round file. </p>
<p>If the card I want to give out is for my artwork at Lyon-Art.com, I have beautiful color images on each one, in which case they still go to the fridge door. Very handy, and people love them and tell their friends about my site. </p>
<p>Love your blog &#8211; aloha &#8211; Angela</p>
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		<title>By: Mike CJ</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike CJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Topical for me, this one. I&#039;m in the process of designing some cards for my on line brand, and I&#039;m struggling. Basically my online brand is the photo I use everywhere of my head! But using a business card with my photo on it seems to go against my natural Anglo Saxton modesty!

Any ideas?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Topical for me, this one. I&#8217;m in the process of designing some cards for my on line brand, and I&#8217;m struggling. Basically my online brand is the photo I use everywhere of my head! But using a business card with my photo on it seems to go against my natural Anglo Saxton modesty!</p>
<p>Any ideas?</p>
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		<title>By: Samantha Hartley</title>
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		<dc:creator>Samantha Hartley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks, Allen!  I appreciate you stopping by. :-D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, Allen!  I appreciate you stopping by. <img src='http://blog.enlightenedmarketing.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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