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		<title>Think Japanese &#8211; Grow your business</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Timothy Bosworth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Japanese are extremely good at most things.  One thing they are particulary good at is creating cute cartoon characters like pokemon Here is a quick 5-min talk given by Yong fook of egg-co.com at Startonomics Tokyo. In the video he discusses his findings about some Japanese web / tech mascots and how they can [...]]]></description>
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<p>The Japanese are extremely good at most things.  One thing they are particulary good at is creating cute cartoon characters like <a href="http://www.pokemon.com/">pokemon</a></p>
<p>Here is a quick 5-min talk given by Yong fook of<a href="http://egg-co.com/"> egg-co.com</a> at Startonomics Tokyo. In the video he discusses his findings about some Japanese web / tech mascots and how they can help you and your business.</p>
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<p>Mascots help in the following ways</p>
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<li>lower the level of intimidation for your brand</li>
<li>Gives your product or service a face</li>
<li>Makes product development and design more creative</li>
<li>Can be used to sell merchandise</li>
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