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Naming Things Gives Them Wings

September 9, 2008 in Media Misery Mongering, Spanish Property Crash Fiction, Surviving The Spanish Property Crash by debsjenkins | 1 comment

Crash? Crisis? Crunch? Who Wants Us Scared Anyway?

Have you ever noticed that as soon as something has a name it has a life of its own? DotCom Bubble, 9/11, Property Crash, Credit Crunch, Hidden Agenda etc.

The deliberate use of names has been something I’ve been interested in for a long time.

As a business owner I know that naming (or branding) something makes it easier for people to buy it. And, while this naming is important for products it becomes essential when you’re dealing with something less tangible – something that would otherwise be invisible – like a service, event, an idea or process.
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Is The Sky Really Falling for Spanish Property… for all of us?

September 5, 2008 in Media Misery Mongering, Spanish Property Crash Fiction by debsjenkins | 2 comments

Some people are never happy unless everyone else is miserable. Take this guy who emailed me yesterday for example. He said I was being “ridiculous” and “misrepresenting” myself because my situation is different from his. I won’t give Mark’s* real name as he sent an email to my personal email address, but let’s call him “Mr Chicken-licken**” although he’d probably prefer “Property Professional”. I will discuss some of his points and the thoughts they raised here on this blog.
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