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		<title>Some good, old advice on new business</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 03:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve recently added the blog, Profoundly Shallow (which it ain&#8217;t) to our RSS feed. It&#8217;s written by long-time ad exec, Jan Edmondson &#8212; a person known for his integrity and well-deserved nice guy reputation. Jan recently wrote about some of the things he saw his agency do right and wrong in pursuing and pitching new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What to do while you&#039;re waiting for something to do.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While he doesn&#8217;t write specifically for the marketing communications and design world, we&#8217;re struck by how often Seth Godin&#8217;s fine blog hits home with the issues of our industry. Thus, we couldn&#8217;t pass on passing along his words of wisdom to those of us who don&#8217;t have a full plate right now. And here they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have you tested your studio&#039;s position lately (if you even have one)?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re big believers in the necessity of studios, ad agencies, and even freelance firms to have a definable position that sets them apart from the countless competitors in the &#8220;creativity&#8221; business. Frequent SVC workshop leader, Ted Leonhardt, recently turned us on to Blair Enns, a thoughtful, assertive Canadian (didn&#8217;t know there was such a thing!), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make your clients love you? Start with what they hate.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of our favorite workshop leaders at SVC is Ted Leonhardt. He not only built a small design firm into a large one, but he also had the opportunity to serve as executive creative director for the entire Fitch network of design shops around the world. Late last year Ted led a workshop at SVC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blog your portfolio? It&#039;s free, easy, and, smart.</title>
		<link>http://www.svcseattle.com/blog/svcthoughts/2006/10/blog-your-portfolio-its-free-easy-and-smart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>svcseattle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Craig Swanson, founder of CreativeTechs, the Seattle-based technology support service for design firms, ad agencies, in-house departments, and freelancers, frequently gives talks and workshops at the School of Visual Concepts. This fall, Craig shared some compelling reasons why the aforementioned creative firms should consider using a blog to show off their portfolios to the world. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ted Leonhardt&#039;s Guest Essay: Don&#039;t waste acquired talent.</title>
		<link>http://www.svcseattle.com/blog/svcthoughts/2006/06/ted-leonhardts-guest-essay-dont-waste-acquired-talent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ted Leonhardt, design firm business consultant and an occasional lecturer and workshop leader at the School of Visual Concepts, thinks there is a lot to be learned about respecting the cultures of acquired creative groups. He puts his thoughts in an open letter to Sir Martin Sorrell and Rodney Fitch Gentlemen, I&#8217;m sorry to hear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RFP faux pas: How to take your design or ad firm out of the running.</title>
		<link>http://www.svcseattle.com/blog/svcthoughts/2006/02/rfp-faux-pas-how-to-take-your-design-or-ad-firm-out-of-the-running/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2006 17:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Fritsch, president of Seattle ad agency, Hydrogen, and Larry Asher, creative director of Worker Bees, Inc. lead a workshop, Writing Proposals and Pitches, at Seattle’s School of Visual Concepts. They recap some of the highlights of their last workshop here: You make the phone calls. You send out the letters. You buy the lunches. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creative presentations:  Lessons from The Donald</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2006 13:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seattle&#8217;s School of Visual Concepts frequently offers workshops on presenting and selling creative work. But there is sound advice to be found from other quarters&#8211;surprisingly, the reality TV show, The Apprentice. Here are some presentation tips gleaned from a recent episode. If you&#8217;re wondering if you should trust the welfare of your business to pop [...]]]></description>
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