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		<title>The Rejection Machine</title>
		<link>https://brandforming.com/2025/05/14/the-rejection-machine/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guy Mastrion]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 19:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of the most important characteristics of a successful salesperson is the ability to accept rejection. Advertising accepts rejection without emotion. Advertising in digital media is the most efficient rejection machine ever invented. The digital cold call clogs in-boxes, clutters social media posts, and pops up in interruptive and annoying frequency. The hypnotic effect of]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Game Away from the Ball</title>
		<link>https://brandforming.com/2024/02/20/the-game-away-from-the-ball/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guy Mastrion]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 18:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The other day, I was listening to a popular marketing podcast.  This was a post super bowl episode, and the topic was the commercials. Guests on the show included various brand managers and agency folk. They were talking about a common theme of their work which they all agreed was the big driver of their]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The failing of Saint Rose; a lesson in differentiation.</title>
		<link>https://brandforming.com/2024/01/20/the-failing-of-saint-rose-a-lesson-in-differentiation/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guy Mastrion]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2024 18:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[According to Inside Higher Ed, The College of Saint Rose is not alone in the sinking ship of colleges floundering on the reefs of change.   From Inside Higher Ed: Saint Rose’s closure was preceded by similar announcements from other institutions this year, including Magdalen College, Lincoln Christian University, Alderson Broaddus University, Alliance University, Cabrini University, Cardinal Stritch University, Finlandia University, Hodges University, Holy]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Aversion Control</title>
		<link>https://brandforming.com/2023/10/17/aversion-control/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guy Mastrion]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2023 22:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One thing I’ve noticed in this semi-post pandemic work world is that despite demands by many companies that people return to the office, many people continue to work with a remote mindset. There seems to be an aversion to getting together in the same room and hashing it out, whatever it is. Physically, on days]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Old School Social Media</title>
		<link>https://brandforming.com/2023/07/31/old-school-social-media/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guy Mastrion]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2023 21:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’m hot but not uncomfortable, saved from the intensity of the sun by the occasional gusty breeze and the air that’s being conditioned by the crashing surf. If you are lucky or early, it’s possible to put your blanket down just above the high tide line. Close enough to the surf to benefit from cool]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>ChatGTP and USP</title>
		<link>https://brandforming.com/2023/06/28/chat-gtp-and-usp/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guy Mastrion]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2023 19:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you know USP then you’ll not be surprised that Chat GTP delivers USP as one of the key elements of a successful advertising campaign. If you do not know Rosser Reeves and USP, you poor impoverished soul, buy this book: Reality in Advertising You can also gain a bit of contemporary context here in]]></description>
		
		
		
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