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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Disqus - Latest Comments for toluwa</title><link>http://disqus.com/by/toluwa/</link><description></description><atom:link href="http://disqus.com/toluwa/comments.rss" rel="self"></atom:link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:56:31 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: How Elitist is your brand?</title><link>http://www.ubigen.org/?p=216#comment-14432860</link><description>&lt;p&gt;I think being "aloof" as you called it is part of the whole "branding" thing in a way. Watching this Kate Welsh's Cadillac Advert and tell me what you think - &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DfGknbfFYE&amp;amp;NR=1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DfGknbfFYE&amp;amp;NR=1"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watc...&lt;/a&gt;. Some do this either subtle or aggressively. Kate Welsh was subtle but it is still the same idea - Drive Cadillac and you will be seen to have "arrived" or been seen to be high class or respected. A lot of upper class aspiration commercials basically tend to dictate to you. They exploit the class difference and the aspiration for those goals.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The ad on the radio might be brutish or aloof but I am sure the intended audience got the message&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">toluwa</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:56:31 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>