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		<title>What`s it Worth to You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After visiting this blog, I was actually surprised to see that a big company would consider purchasing stock art versus original art. What happens when they do? Your branding gets diluted and loses value. But don`t take my word for it. A picture in this case is worth a thousand words, and quite possibly a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After visiting <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.twistermc.com/blog/2008/11/22/twitter-logo-stolen" target="_blank">this blog</a></span>, I was actually surprised to see that a big company would consider purchasing stock art versus original art. What happens when they do? Your branding gets diluted and loses value. But don`t take my word for it. A picture in this case is worth a thousand words, and quite possibly a few thousand bucks.</p>
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<dd class="wp-caption-dd">Both multimillion dollar companies used the same graphics. This faux pas depreciates their brand.</dd>
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<p>Don`t get me wrong, from a designer`s perspective, it`s great to see your stuff in print. But mass producing illustrations depreciates your value as artist and even more so to their branding.</p>
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<dd class="wp-caption-dd">Crikey!!</dd>
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<p>Companies can grow overnight, becoming multimillion dollar giants and their tenure will be short lived when at least part of that sale depends on the branding already established. If a sale is commenced, the symbol that represents that company better be as valuable as the company itself.</p>
<p>This is a lot like the guy who goes out with dirty and ripped undies and he has an accident. I am almost sure that the nurses won`t laugh at the holes and stains- that much.</p>
<p>I wonder if any plastic surgeons have thought of using the McDonald`s logo for their breast enhancement practice. McDoctors! I thought of other ones and they were not proper.</p>
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<dd class="wp-caption-dd" style="text-align: center;">Plastic surgery anyone??</dd>
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