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		<title>Less Stress. Peace of Mind. Priceless.</title>
		<link>http://effusioncreative.com/2010/01/less-stress-peace-of-mind-priceless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
About 36 hours before hosting a holiday party for almost 40 people from my business group
Million Dollar Ladies, my hot water heater sprang a leak — of course, perfect timing right? When your hot water heater leaks there's no patching it up, you have to do a complete replacement. 

Luckily, one of the members of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WIFItising</title>
		<link>http://effusioncreative.com/2009/10/wifitising/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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WIFItising — Dancing the fine line between clevah and stupid.

I came across this interesting way of advertising that in a big picture sense boils down to thinking outside of the box and how many traditional advertisers should start thinking. 

Creative marketing tactics picks up old ideas, dusts them off and presents them in a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Red Flag Indicators You&#039;ve Been Punk&#039;d By Your Design Firm</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

There are many warning signs when it comes to spotting a rogue design firm. 

We've heard of horror story after horror story and stepping back to take it all in there are a few commonalities that seem to come up more often than not. 

Below are some key red flag indicators to help you realize [...]]]></description>
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		<title>But I Love Comic Sans &amp; Hot Pink</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Designing "just because" is no way to develop solid design. If you are a designer or someone in the business you already know this.

There are times though when clients are adamant about something that has to be in the design, not necessarily for a good reason, just because they like the "idea" of it, not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiration vs. Plagiarizing</title>
		<link>http://effusioncreative.com/2008/12/inspiration-vs-plagiarizing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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Every designer, artist, cook, etc. is influenced or inspired on some level by others in their field. Trends are often started this way. A look or design style starts as a seed and then blossoms across a field and sparks ideas, spin-offs, look-a-likes or those that fully without care steal the idea as their own.

Driving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Effusion Holiday iPhone 3G/iPod Touch Promotion</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

Have visions of sugar plums started dancing in your head?

Scheduling your next marketing project by Dec. 19 with Effusion gets your company at least three holiday treats:
• An additional tax write off for 2008

• A jumpstart on your 2009 marketing

• An amazing chance to win an iPhone 3G or iPod Touch
   just in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Way My Grandma Saw It</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha</dc:creator>
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I sure didn’t come from money. Still, I wasn’t deprived either. If anything, I can thank my maternal Grandmother for showing me how being thrifty and creative can make the things that we surround ourselves with really gratifying. That and a general belief that she had:

“It’s better to have one nice thing than to have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Friday Madness — What Were You Doing at 3am?</title>
		<link>http://effusioncreative.com/2008/11/black-friday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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Where was I? I was sleeping like a baby without an ounce of shopping anxiety.


If you've ever waited tables, Black Friday traditionally is a lot like working at Sizzler on Mother's day: lines out the door, crazy people, running out of product, a lot of apologies and my favorite — parking lot rage.

It's not a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How the Spiraling Economy Has Affected Nearly Every Storefront At the Mall — Except the Apple Store</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

It's very interesting to see how the malls are marketing this year to get people through their door. We just visited our local mall and 9 stores out of 10 had major discounts or FREE posters in nearly every window.

Nearly every window except Apple's. 

We've included photos of what the majority of storefronts looked like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starbucks Spreads Holiday Cheer and Turns (RED)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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So there I am in the Starbucks drive through for the usual morning wake-me-up. I get to the window and the barista says "Your coffee was just paid for by the car in front of you." (who by this time has fled the scene)

She proceeds to tell me that every car in front of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Effusion Recognized 2nd Connsecutive Year for Brand Excellence</title>
		<link>http://effusioncreative.com/2008/11/effusion-recognized-2nd-connsecutive-year-for-brand-excellence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the second consecutive year, LogoLounge has recognized Effusion for brand design excellence.

OK so we're tooting our own horn, but we're proud of what we do here and being recognized in your industry to what a panel of international judges judging over 30,000 logo submissions and considering your work "solid design" is worth a mention. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Axel Rose is A Pepper, and Just Made Everyone Else A Pepper Too</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can say what you want about perfectionists. While Effusion has been accused of pixel paranoia and designs having to be perfect before they are sent to any client, Axel on the other hand has taken perfectionism to a whole new level.

Mrs. Butterworth has nothing on Axel who has taken his own sweet time (about [...]]]></description>
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