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	<title>Quantum CMG &#124; Nashville&#039;s #1 Branding Studio</title>
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	<description>Ideas are the most powerful thing. People are the most important. Brands connect the two.</description>
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		<title>SOPA / PIPA Update.</title>
		<link>http://www.quantum-cmg.com/2012/01/sopa-pipa-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Approaching Monday's crucial Senate vote there are now 35 Senators publicly opposing PIPA.  Last week there were 5.   And it just takes just 41 solid "no" votes to permanently stall PIPA (and SOPA) in the Senate.  What seemed like miles away a few weeks ago is now within reach.]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Let the Government Break the Internet</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SCENARIO: A young entrepreneur gets a text from his comrade. THIS is the video that he must share online, or else his family will starve. People need to know.  He races to the public computer, afraid his IP will be detected. In attempts to be&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The No Bull Business Card</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>staeven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[No-Nos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Process + Professionalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art of business cards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biz card bullshit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business card redesign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crappy business cards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don't let your business card suck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[functions of a business card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the art of the card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what you do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[who you are]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[why does it matter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.quantum-cmg.com/?p=669</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in the day, if you wanted to know where someone lived, what would you do? You put out a sign. Or painted on a cave wall. Or everyone in town just &#8220;knew&#8221; what you did. After all this time, we have the business card–and we still&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>No Brand? No Social.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>staeven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[No-Nos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don't bother]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no social]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Social media is all the buzz. But what&#8217;s the buzz about? No, really? Please tell me. The concept is quite easy to get. If you don&#8217;t have gas, you can&#8217;t drive a car.  If you have no ingredients in the pantry, you can&#8217;t bake the&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Our Biggest Idea Yet.</title>
		<link>http://www.quantum-cmg.com/2011/11/our-biggest-idea-yet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>staeven</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Quantum CMG]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[brand manifesto]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ideas are the most powerful thing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[QCMG Brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QCMG Manifest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A modern manifesto for branding in 600 words or less. (747 if you count the intro and outro…) I love what I do. Its a natural extension of who I am, what I feel made to do, and the intersection of satisfaction and success. My team&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>One Size Does NOT Fit All: How Do Resources Really Fit?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>staeven</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Energized Brands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Process + Professionalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts These Days]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[one size does not fit all]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[one size fits all]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[one size fits ones]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.quantum-cmg.com/?p=616</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One size does NOT fit all. One size does not fit some. One size fits one. I have a long, narrow face and a wide large head. Looks normal, but when it comes to buying baseball caps, I&#8217;m not a quick customer, they never fit.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>We Remember Coco</title>
		<link>http://www.quantum-cmg.com/2011/10/we-remember-coco/</link>
		<comments>http://www.quantum-cmg.com/2011/10/we-remember-coco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>staeven</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts These Days]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hardest part]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kitten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[losing a lost one]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[office pet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When you run an organization, there&#8217;s parts that are a natural reflection of you that naturally happen. Such as personality, preferences, and passions–and pets. Today, I write not as a person who works as in design, strategy, and consultation, but as someone who lost a&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Doing and Start Being</title>
		<link>http://www.quantum-cmg.com/2011/10/stop-doing-and-start-being/</link>
		<comments>http://www.quantum-cmg.com/2011/10/stop-doing-and-start-being/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>staeven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energized Brands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#bcn11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#bcn11startstop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barcamp nashville]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[be do have]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big idea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brand brief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do have be]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[experience timeline]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.quantum-cmg.com/?p=639</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Historically, branding within organizations themselves has purely been about doing the right things. Keeping the right colors, placing the logo in the right place, and performing the right way visually and verbally. This is so empty. And people see right through it. Stop Doing and Start Being.]]></description>
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		<title>The Vendor Client Relationship.</title>
		<link>http://www.quantum-cmg.com/2011/09/the-vendor-client-relationship/</link>
		<comments>http://www.quantum-cmg.com/2011/09/the-vendor-client-relationship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>staeven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[No-Nos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rants & Raves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[difficult clients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do great work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graphic designers guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guide to clients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[make clients happy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real life scenarios]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.quantum-cmg.com/?p=622</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Clients are great. They're the reason we're here. Doesn't meant they're always fun to work with. Get a dose of therapy and perhaps vent a little if you'd like too–just don't talk about the client by name. And if you're a client–get to know your vendor / partner a little better, and make sure you don't say these things.]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of the Big Idea</title>
		<link>http://www.quantum-cmg.com/2011/09/the-art-of-the-big-idea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.quantum-cmg.com/2011/09/the-art-of-the-big-idea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>staeven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brands & Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big idea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[branding basics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coca-Cola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ebay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fedex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harley davidson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Method]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mini Cooper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QCMG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[target]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unilever]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[volvo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[why you exist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[your big idea]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.quantum-cmg.com/?p=595</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When someone says the word concept, I think of ridiculously expensive art galleries in New York City with women wearing fur and men wearing chunky glasses and scarves–looking at conceptual art. That&#8217;s not what I&#8217;m talking about, but rather how your brand is made or&#8230;]]></description>
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