<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724273815967280714</id><updated>2011-07-07T13:25:29.973-07:00</updated><category term='marketing'/><category term='products'/><category term='social marketing'/><category term='promoting'/><category term='branding'/><category term='sales'/><title type='text'>Products I love &amp; love to hate</title><subtitle type='html'>Here I will talk about products I love and hate and their marketing and branding strategy.  I hope you join me on this journey!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kristenkmarketing.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1724273815967280714/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kristenkmarketing.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>KristenK</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02002602696866627538</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724273815967280714.post-4549822749754850455</id><published>2009-07-06T20:17:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-06T20:30:38.471-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='branding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marketing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social marketing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='promoting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sales'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='products'/><title type='text'>Welcome!</title><content type='html'>I am passionate about so many different products, I can hardly keep up!  In fact, I took a &lt;a href="http://www.strengthsfinder.com/113647/Homepage.aspx"&gt;Strengths Finder's&lt;/a&gt; test a few years back and I was definitley a promotor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also am addicted to analyzing other companies marketing and branding strategies.  Where do I get my experience and exptertise?  Aside from being a consumer of many of these products, I've also studied at &lt;a href="http://www.kettering.edu"&gt;Kettering University&lt;/a&gt;, I spent a few years as a Co-Op Student at General Motors-Service Parts Operations in Marketing &amp;amp; Sales, I worked for an awesome retail store, &lt;a href="http://www.gliks.com"&gt;Gliks&lt;/a&gt;,  for a handful of years as a manager, I am also currently founders and owners of two businesses: &lt;a href="http://www.ratemystudentrental.com"&gt;RateMyStudentRental.com&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.protegeconcepts.com"&gt;Protege Concepts&lt;/a&gt; (a start-up).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mostly I really enjoy social marketing and networking.  All of the lead me to start this blog.  Here I will talk about some of my favorite products and look at their marketing strategy and branding.  You might also see me criticizing some of my favorite brands.  Just the same with some of the products I don't like!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you enjoy following my newest pet project!  I hope my blogging promotes worthy products and businesses as well as improves the quality of your life, while sharing our thoughts on marketing and branding!  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