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		<title>Coupon Deal Sites in Singapore</title>
		<link>http://www.versacreations.net/advertising/1208/coupon-deal-sites-in-singapore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calvin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you hear that Groupon might be in trouble? Did you also hear that a lot of coupon sites are still coming up? Isn&#8217;t that strange? For example, in Singapore, there are more and more coupon sites and deal sites &#8230; <a href="http://www.versacreations.net/advertising/1208/coupon-deal-sites-in-singapore/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How is your relationship with your agency?</title>
		<link>http://www.versacreations.net/advertising/1205/how-is-your-relationship-with-your-agency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 12:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calvin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing Agency Secrets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just read a short but interesting post over at Marketing Agency Talk titled: &#8220;Does The Agency Model Still Work?&#8220;. This has gotten me thinking about how our business has evolved over the years. It is quite true that while &#8230; <a href="http://www.versacreations.net/advertising/1205/how-is-your-relationship-with-your-agency/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Video Marketing The Next Wave?</title>
		<link>http://www.versacreations.net/advertising/975/video-marketing-the-next-wave/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calvin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is an interesting discussion that seems to be floating around some circles. Have you heard talk that &#8220;video marketing is the next wave&#8221; for advertising and promotions? If that is true, then there must be evidence. Newspapers will die. &#8230; <a href="http://www.versacreations.net/advertising/975/video-marketing-the-next-wave/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>So, you think you dig the culture?</title>
		<link>http://www.versacreations.net/advertising/797/so-you-think-you-dig-the-culture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calvin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is an interesting thought &#8211; marketing is local. In fact, it might be that marketing can only be local. Now, before you hit the roof and point at the gazillion &#8220;global marketing&#8221; campaigns, hear me out. Essentially, marketing is &#8230; <a href="http://www.versacreations.net/advertising/797/so-you-think-you-dig-the-culture/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Earn Less to Survive Advertising Slump?</title>
		<link>http://www.versacreations.net/advertising/772/earn-less-to-survive-advertising-slump/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vivienne Quek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I avoid clients for whom advertising is only a marginal factor in their marketing mix. They have an awkward tendency to raid their advertising appropriations whenever they need cash for other purposes. ~ David Ogilvy That&#8217;s certainly understandable. However, how &#8230; <a href="http://www.versacreations.net/advertising/772/earn-less-to-survive-advertising-slump/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Products need People to Survive</title>
		<link>http://www.versacreations.net/advertising/749/new-products-need-people-to-survive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vivienne Quek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Customer Service]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It used to be that people needed products to survive. Now products need people to survive. ~Nicholas Johnson Not surprising, with consumerism being the norm these days. I used to have a green fan sitting on my desk. I remember &#8230; <a href="http://www.versacreations.net/advertising/749/new-products-need-people-to-survive/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How Important is it to have Exact Keyword Match Domain Name</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vivienne Quek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a few days, I was talking with a few people in a well known online forum. There was this guy who was quite prepared to throw in his towel in internet marketing. Basically, Bob has invested more than $60,000 &#8230; <a href="http://www.versacreations.net/advertising/735/how-important-to-have-exact-keyword-match-domain-name/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Advertising works the way the grass grow</title>
		<link>http://www.versacreations.net/advertising/717/advertising-works-the-way-the-grass-grow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.versacreations.net/advertising/717/advertising-works-the-way-the-grass-grow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vivienne Quek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We find that advertising works the way the grass grows. You can never see it, but every week you have to mow the lawn. ~ Andy Travis Sadly, many marketers &#8211; whether on the agency or client side &#8211; don&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="http://www.versacreations.net/advertising/717/advertising-works-the-way-the-grass-grow/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Free is Not Free To Steal</title>
		<link>http://www.versacreations.net/advertising/254/free-is-not-free-to-steal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vivienne Quek</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[blog plagiarizism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know about other bloggers but I was really irked when those &#8220;RSS Feed&#8221; blogs used my posts rampantly without the common courtesy of including a credit line or a link. Some of these irresponsible blogs even credited my &#8230; <a href="http://www.versacreations.net/advertising/254/free-is-not-free-to-steal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>To Spend or Not To Spend: That is the Question</title>
		<link>http://www.versacreations.net/advertising/255/to-spend-or-not-to-spend-that-is-the-question/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vivienne Quek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sub-prime crisis is hurting the US economy, and the worst fear is that the U.S. will stumble from recession into depression. That will really put the whole world into a tailspin. After all, USA is the last surviving political &#8230; <a href="http://www.versacreations.net/advertising/255/to-spend-or-not-to-spend-that-is-the-question/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Should You Ask Your Clients for Their Budget?</title>
		<link>http://www.versacreations.net/advertising/247/should-you-ask-your-clients-for-their-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://www.versacreations.net/advertising/247/should-you-ask-your-clients-for-their-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vivienne Quek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you ask your client to provide a budget for a new project? How often did a prospective client look at you suspiciously from under the eyelids, wondering what you were up to? Perhaps, even some of your regulars said &#8230; <a href="http://www.versacreations.net/advertising/247/should-you-ask-your-clients-for-their-budget/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Almost Like a Third World Country!</title>
		<link>http://www.versacreations.net/advertising/249/its-almost-like-a-third-world-country/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vivienne Quek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rising fuel prices and global food shortages have caused rice prices to increase 61.1% when comparing June 2007 to June 2008. Besides rice, soya beans rocketed 57.4%, corn soared 51.2%, wheat escalated 45.3% and even milk surged by 33.5%. What &#8230; <a href="http://www.versacreations.net/advertising/249/its-almost-like-a-third-world-country/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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