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		<title>Margarine makes you strong? This ad makes me mad.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8212;- “ I am John. I play for Rugby Sevens. Every morning before practice, I eat Prestige margarine so I can be strong.&#8221; The radio ad goes on, the message stays the same:  Margarine makes kids strong. We can do better, fellow marketers.  There are creative, inspiring and talented men and women in advertising circles [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ckarmamarketing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7970498&amp;post=343&amp;subd=ckarmamarketing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alive and Kicking in Kenya</title>
		<link>http://ckarmamarketing.wordpress.com/2011/09/23/alive-and-kicking-in-kenya/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a slacker blogger. ..  sorry to my five or six followers. new posts coming soon, creative juice is flowing. Blogs will be about the business and adventures of marketing in East Africa, from an expat POV. [expat = a person who left his/her  country to live and work in another.] First, a bit [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ckarmamarketing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7970498&amp;post=311&amp;subd=ckarmamarketing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Triple Bottom Line Marketing</title>
		<link>http://ckarmamarketing.wordpress.com/2010/06/25/triple-bottom-line-marketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ckarma marketing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Triple Bottom Line is the new buzzword in sustainability and &#8220;social business.&#8221; It&#8217;s not about going green, giving to charity. What does it mean to run a company that is truly sustainable and achieves results for People, Planet and a healthy Profit? Download Cindy Kerr&#8217;s presentation from Nairobi GreenExpo  June 2010.TripleBottomLinemarketing.ppt Filed under: marketing, marketing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ckarmamarketing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7970498&amp;post=297&amp;subd=ckarmamarketing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Get a Perspective</title>
		<link>http://ckarmamarketing.wordpress.com/2010/05/16/get-a-perspective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 17:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Traveling overseas has messed me up. What time is it? In Nairobi, my friends are ending their day when our morning coffee is firing up.  Money is confusing too.  I&#8217;ve converted shillings, dollars, euros, pounds, rupees and francs in the last year. Driving in Denver is a dream compared to Nairobi. It&#8217;s like off-roading at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ckarmamarketing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7970498&amp;post=133&amp;subd=ckarmamarketing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The New American Dream? From Material Possession to Social Connection</title>
		<link>http://ckarmamarketing.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/the-new-american-dream-from-material-possession-to-social-connection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are we, American consumers changing for the better? Could the American dream of accumulating and consuming, of bigger, better, more of everything, be dying?
A recent study poses  insights into post-recession consumer attitudes and behaviors.  Coming of Age in the Great Recession,  by Context-Based Research Group. (01/27/10) The study  says Forty-three percent of Americans believe the recession has positively affected their lives. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ckarmamarketing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7970498&amp;post=92&amp;subd=ckarmamarketing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hope Against Odds</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm hooked on hope. We create it. It’s not about handouts. Handouts don’t work. The answer is in empowerment, education and opportunity. The more you know, the more you can do to change the root of the world’s problems.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ckarmamarketing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7970498&amp;post=61&amp;subd=ckarmamarketing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Marketing to End Poverty</title>
		<link>http://ckarmamarketing.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/marketing-to-end-poverty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ckarma marketing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was talking recently with a senior marketing executive at a Fortune 500 global brand. She is heavily involved in the company’s foundation and on several boards. We were trying to figure out why so many organizations consider marketing and communications “fluff.” High yield marketing needs just thoughtful planning and willingness to stand out and go against the grain. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ckarmamarketing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7970498&amp;post=40&amp;subd=ckarmamarketing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gardening and Marketing &#8212; Lessons Learned</title>
		<link>http://ckarmamarketing.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/marketing-and-gardening/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ckarma marketing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[High yield marketing is a lot like farming. It starts with assessing your ground and selecting the right crops and strategies. Then plant seeds with leads and customers, tend to the shoots that grow, and harvest when the time is right. Good seeds turn into crops and cash.  Now is the best time to plant and grow.  Is  marketing fueling growth or squashing it?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ckarmamarketing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7970498&amp;post=5&amp;subd=ckarmamarketing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to Cindy Kerr&#8217;s Marketing Blog</title>
		<link>http://ckarmamarketing.wordpress.com/2009/05/31/hello-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 02:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to WordPress.com. This is your first post. Edit or delete it and start blogging! Posted in Uncategorized<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ckarmamarketing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7970498&amp;post=1&amp;subd=ckarmamarketing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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