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		<title>So What&#039;s All The Hype?</title>
		<link>http://effusioncreative.com/2010/03/so-whats-all-the-hype/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social media, social media, social media. It's all you hear these days. Companies are going to conventions who in turn have speakers telling their audiences, "if your company doesn't have  a digital footprint, you simply don't exist as a business."  I have to say that sums it up, spot on.

Social media is the [...]]]></description>
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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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		<description><![CDATA[
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>
		<link>http://effusioncreative.com/2009/09/but-i-love-comic-sans/</link>
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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>Water Torture Marketing</title>
		<link>http://effusioncreative.com/2009/09/water-torture-marketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok so it's really called drip marketing, I also refer to it as "overtising." We've found that a lot of companies are actually overdoing eMarketing efforts to the point where it becomes annoying to the end user. 

Personally, we believe once a week to your customer base is excessive (Godiva are you listening?), every two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is It Too Late to Market in This Economy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you did it, you thought by not marketing your company on the web or with traditional marketing collateral that you'd save huge bucks. You probably did. How much did you lose though because your name wasn't out there or you didn't polish your current marketing pieces up taking advantage of the economic situation? In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Website Photo Thieves Be Stopped?</title>
		<link>http://effusioncreative.com/2009/09/can-website-photo-theives-be-stopped/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The short answer is no. No they can't. If they want something of yours they can get it or know someone that can.
 
This comes up quite often actually with our clients and we tell them the same thing. Sure there are deterrents which I'll describe below however that's all they are.
 
Here's a great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting to &quot;no&quot; You</title>
		<link>http://effusioncreative.com/2009/08/getting-to-no-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being choosy in a declining market can be tough, this just doesn't go for the design field but really any market. When you first build your business you take on any work you can to get the ball rolling, to get the clients in the door and do what you can to establish community rapport. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#039;s There, But Nobody&#039;s Using It</title>
		<link>http://effusioncreative.com/2009/03/its-there-but-nobodys-using-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though more and more businesses realize they need a website in today’s at your finger tips online information age, there is still a lot of misconception that surrounds having one. A major misconception is that “once I have a website, the money’s just going to start rolling in.” That’s just not the case in most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Glitter Dad!</title>
		<link>http://effusioncreative.com/2008/12/more-glitter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

It’s fitting that this blog entry comes in December, the month when stores and homes are decorated with extra lights, garlands, and all kinds of shiny decorative objects. It’s a time when we put more glitter into our surroundings. Adding glitter in the form of great design is what Effusion Creative Solutions is all about. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use the Best Ingredients</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
If you knew me, you would know I’m a Food Network junkie. I also tend to collect cookbooks, which I often read like novels. My latest one is The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook, one of Ina Garten’s from the late 1990’s. In it, she repeatedly advises to use the best ingredients you possibly can.
 
At Effusion [...]]]></description>
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