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		<title>Cheese + Kerning: Test Your Typography Skills</title>
		<link>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2011/10/13/cheese-kerning-test-your-typography-skills/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2011/10/13/cheese-kerning-test-your-typography-skills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mel_williams</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/?p=1575</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Until the Digital Age, type design was a specialized occupation. Digitization opened up typography to new generations of visual designers that relied on computers to hone their skills &#8211; ultimately removing the art from the craft. If you are a designer here at Meridian, it&#8217;s probably been brought to your attention that the consensus from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Street Car Spotted in Virginia Beach!</title>
		<link>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2011/08/25/google-street-car-spotted-in-virginia-beach/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2011/08/25/google-street-car-spotted-in-virginia-beach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mel_williams</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/?p=1521</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the interactive department, it was like seeing a celebrity. The excited chatter came when we spotted the Google Street View car while driving this week. If we didn&#8217;t have to return to work from our lunch outing, the plan would have been to follow it. Yes, and we would have checked Google Street View [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Traveling In the Age of Social Media</title>
		<link>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2010/11/08/traveling-in-the-age-of-social-media/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2010/11/08/traveling-in-the-age-of-social-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chelsea Nuzum</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/?p=1221</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Looking back just a decade ago, it may be hard to imagine what it was like taking a trip without having several social media outlets handy, making sure your vacation goes off without a hitch. However, it isn&#8217;t too hard to explain why the multibillion-dollar travel industry seems to be ahead of the curve when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Independent We Stand returns from a successful trip to Louisville!</title>
		<link>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2010/11/03/independent-we-stand-returns-from-a-successful-trip-to-louisville/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2010/11/03/independent-we-stand-returns-from-a-successful-trip-to-louisville/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 18:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katherine Dorey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/?p=1236</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We recently got back from Louisville, KY where we interviewed several independent business owners and attended the Green Industry Expo to promote the importance of this movement! After interviewing business owners and hearing them talk about their struggles and successes, we are even more inspired than ever. It is heartwarming to hear the passion and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KFC Hits Bottom With Double Down Campaign.</title>
		<link>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2010/10/16/kfc-hits-bottom-with-double-down-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2010/10/16/kfc-hits-bottom-with-double-down-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Takach</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/?p=1176</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What's next -- T-shirts emblazoned with "tender" or "crispy"?]]></description>
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		<title>Public Relations Internship—Spring 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2010/10/13/public-relations-internship%e2%80%94spring-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2010/10/13/public-relations-internship%e2%80%94spring-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katherine Dorey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Learn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Relations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/?p=1149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Meridian Group’s public relations team seeks a motivated team player with a flair for communications for the spring 2011 semester. Responsibilities may include: assisting public relations team with day-to-day account projects, monitoring trends, editing and writing press releases, media relations activities, developing editorial calendars, conducting basic research and contribute to brainstorming sessions. Opportunity to learn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking Pride in Your Work</title>
		<link>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2010/10/04/taking-pride-in-your-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2010/10/04/taking-pride-in-your-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katherine Dorey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/?p=1130</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At Meridian Group, we spend a lot of time reviewing our work. We painstakingly proofread every sentence of every e-mail, every press release, every line of all our ad copy. Heck, we even call each and every phone number we print, just to make sure it&#8217;s working properly. This is why everyone should start taking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACCOUNT COORDINATOR INTERNSHIP</title>
		<link>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2010/07/27/account-coordinator-internship/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2010/07/27/account-coordinator-internship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mel_williams</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/?p=1085</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Meridian Group’s travel and leisure team seeks a motivated team player for an account coordinator internship. Responsibilities may include: assisting the client team with day-to-day account projects, monitoring trends, editing, writing/content development, presentation building, quantitative and qualitative client research, conducting and contributing to brainstorming sessions, in-depth ROI analysis and reporting, along with day-to-day administrative duties. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHY DO WE &#8220;Q&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2010/06/12/why-do-we-q/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2010/06/12/why-do-we-q/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Takach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, call it what you will; an excuse not to work, a blatant waste of company money, a good excuse to imbibe in the middle of the afternoon. I call it an exercise in life that will help us be a better agency.]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Naked Is About Getting Real With Your Clients</title>
		<link>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2010/04/20/getting-naked-is-about-getting-real-with-your-clients/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2010/04/20/getting-naked-is-about-getting-real-with-your-clients/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Takach</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/?p=871</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new business book by author, Patrick Lencioni, &#8220;Getting Naked; A business fable about shedding the three fears that sabotage client loyalty&#8220;, is one of the most inspiring as well as entertaining books I have read over the past year. I guess the primary reason the book has inspired me is because it is based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Good &amp; Bad About Direct Mail.</title>
		<link>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2010/04/19/the-good-bad-about-direct-mail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2010/04/19/the-good-bad-about-direct-mail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Takach</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/?p=850</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's as simple as zigging when everyone else is zagging.]]></description>
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		<title>How can we make social marketing work for us?</title>
		<link>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2010/01/15/how-can-we-make-social-marketing-work-for-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2010/01/15/how-can-we-make-social-marketing-work-for-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Takach</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/?p=703</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Social Marketing. In 2009, Agencies tried to wrap around specifics of revenues, billing, staffing, and what kinds of projects could provide value. Clients struggled to see how social would serve their brand, their culture, their org chart, and their customers. As 2010 begins some of the answers, for both, are clear, or at least clearer. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why is the number one brand of chainsaw not sold at Lowe&#8217;s or The Home Depot?</title>
		<link>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2010/01/13/why-is-the-number-one-brand-of-chainsaw-not-sold-at-lowes-or-the-home-depot/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2010/01/13/why-is-the-number-one-brand-of-chainsaw-not-sold-at-lowes-or-the-home-depot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Takach</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/?p=689</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Meridian Group‘s STIHL team was approached in November of 2008 by Dr. Andrew Thomas , who saw the full page ad we produced in the Wall Street Journal asking, “Why is the number one selling brand of chainsaw not sold at Lowe’s or The Home Depot?” We arranged an interview with STIHL President, Fred Whyte [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brainstorming 101</title>
		<link>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2010/01/07/brainstorming-101/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2010/01/07/brainstorming-101/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Takach</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/?p=682</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Brainstorming can take place alone or in a group of two or more, with three to six being ideal. In my opinion, the best results are obtained when the following practice is followed: 1. Suspend personal biases. This is the most important rule. When ideas are brought forth, no critical comments are allowed. All ideas are taken. Evaluation is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Networking at Work</title>
		<link>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2009/12/08/social-networking-at-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2009/12/08/social-networking-at-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Takach</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/?p=648</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The use of social media continues to grow. In the past year alone, Facebook membership has grown over 700%. Some companies are blocking the site so that employees can not access it during work hours. But are companies just getting defensive? On the other side of the coin, does the use of Facebook &#38; other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There’s no such thing as the mass market anymore</title>
		<link>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2009/11/03/there%e2%80%99s-no-such-thing-as-the-mass-market-anymore/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2009/11/03/there%e2%80%99s-no-such-thing-as-the-mass-market-anymore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Takach</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/?p=609</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It used to be that you could create a broad campaign that ran in one or two mediums to persuasively reach your target group. Messaging was heavy on product features and specific benefits. Not anymore. Today the message, the medium and the audience are changing. We’ve entered an age of visual saturation, sound bites and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Placeless design</title>
		<link>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2009/06/05/placeless-design/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2009/06/05/placeless-design/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Watson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/?p=524</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Watching Mr. Draplin&#8217;s video &#8220;America Is F*cked&#8230;&#8230;.(Graphically at least)&#8221; made me notice this new sign for a recently renovated strip mall down the street from our offices. Not sure who did this or why they were paid to do it but it&#8217;s horrible. If I was a store owner in this mall I would be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garfield Responds in AdAge</title>
		<link>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2009/04/30/garfield-responds-in-adage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2009/04/30/garfield-responds-in-adage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Takach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bob Garfield has an interesting view on Domino&#8217;s response.]]></description>
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		<title>Newspaper Ad Revenue Continues To Slide</title>
		<link>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2009/04/19/newspaper-ad-revenue-continues-to-slide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2009/04/19/newspaper-ad-revenue-continues-to-slide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Takach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newspaper Ad Revenue Could Fall as Much as 30% Damon Winter/The New York Times Published: April 14, 2009 Analysts said some predictions of ad revenue declines were not bleak enough. Newspaper advertising, already in its worst slump since the Depression, suffered by far the sharpest drop in generations during the first quarter of 2009, down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The new economy or the no economy?</title>
		<link>http://www.themeridiangroup.com/whyblog/2009/04/16/the-new-economy-or-the-no-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Watson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey, I love the folks at Elite Traveler, especially Doug and Associate Publisher, Daniel Wade but what are they trying to tell us here? They have been very successful in reaching a very elusive target audience for some of our luxury clients but the message coming across in this e-mail newsletter makes me think that [...]]]></description>
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