<?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/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22458072.post6871378460060622642..comments</id><updated>2009-07-23T01:43:09.974-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on The Ranch: Where are we headed?</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.theranchblog.com/feeds/6871378460060622642/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22458072/6871378460060622642/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.theranchblog.com/2009/06/where-are-we-headed.html'/><author><name>David Wen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17142892432178270834</uri><email>davidtwen@alumni.utexas.net</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22458072.post-5925692805363940379</id><published>2009-07-23T01:43:09.974-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-23T01:43:09.974-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I concur, a rebirth is much needed. Whether it be ...</title><content type='html'>I concur, a rebirth is much needed. Whether it be resorting back to basic principles or finding new mediums and ways to do things, something needs to be done. I&amp;#39;ve found that when trying to build or rebuild a brand a great baseline for finding potential customers is through trade shows and conferences, you can meet all sorts of new people face to face and get instant feedback from them and possibly develop news ways to distribute your product.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22458072/6871378460060622642/comments/default/5925692805363940379'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22458072/6871378460060622642/comments/default/5925692805363940379'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.theranchblog.com/2009/06/where-are-we-headed.html?showComment=1248331389974#c5925692805363940379' title=''/><author><name>Promotional Products</name><uri>http://www.superiorpromos.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.theranchblog.com/2009/06/where-are-we-headed.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22458072.post-6871378460060622642' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22458072/posts/default/6871378460060622642' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22458072.post-7441901347928888603</id><published>2009-06-15T18:23:22.612-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-15T18:23:22.612-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Excellent article David. I agree. We need to adjus...</title><content type='html'>Excellent article David. I agree. We need to adjust our models. &lt;br /&gt;Hey, you never know, The Ranch might be the next hot shop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers my friend.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22458072/6871378460060622642/comments/default/7441901347928888603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22458072/6871378460060622642/comments/default/7441901347928888603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.theranchblog.com/2009/06/where-are-we-headed.html?showComment=1245108202612#c7441901347928888603' title=''/><author><name>Francisco C. Cárdenas</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07130851645526845056</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04419678314259593448'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.theranchblog.com/2009/06/where-are-we-headed.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22458072.post-6871378460060622642' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22458072/posts/default/6871378460060622642' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22458072.post-3997925309820517816</id><published>2009-06-15T09:32:05.728-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-15T09:32:05.728-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My boss showed me this insightful article from cli...</title><content type='html'>My boss showed me this insightful article from clickz.  This excerpt caught my eye.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;I&amp;#39;m not predicting the death of advertising. That&amp;#39;s baloney. If anything, we&amp;#39;re witnessing the rebirth of an entire industry that&amp;#39;s going to expand in ways we&amp;#39;ve never thought of before -- especially if we expand our concept of what advertising means. And we&amp;#39;d better. Before we blow it like the newspaper industry has.&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.clickz.com/3633372" rel="nofollow"&gt;&amp;quot;The End of Ad Agencies as We Know Them&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22458072/6871378460060622642/comments/default/3997925309820517816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22458072/6871378460060622642/comments/default/3997925309820517816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.theranchblog.com/2009/06/where-are-we-headed.html?showComment=1245076325728#c3997925309820517816' title=''/><author><name>David Wen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17142892432178270834</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='16541210049774410717'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.theranchblog.com/2009/06/where-are-we-headed.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22458072.post-6871378460060622642' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22458072/posts/default/6871378460060622642' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>