By admin, on October 31st, 2009%
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Small business owners cannot afford to jump on every bandwagon that comes down the road. Â In my initial meetings with small business owners, I find many spoken and unspoken objections to doing social media branding. Â Being a small business owner myself, I can appreciate their hesitations. Â In this post, let me share with you the . . . → Read More: Objections to Social Media Branding
By admin, on October 31st, 2009%
How can social media marketing help your brand?
With South African Internet usage escalating and consumer behaviour changing, more and more brands are starting to see the array of possibilities presented by social media.
As part of an integrated marketing plan, social media is the online marketing element that can best be described as the new . . . → Read More: How can social media marketing help your brand?
By admin, on October 29th, 2009%
Here’s a very enjoyable article from Nancy Marmolejo. Â Even if you are not of mid-life age, you ought to be asking the questions Nancy asks about your social media branding. Â Enjoy and prosper.
Is Your Branding Having a Mid-Life Crisis?
By Nancy Marmolejo
Just as in life, our brands can reach a state of “mid-life . . . → Read More: Is Your Branding Having a Mid-Life Crisis?
By admin, on October 28th, 2009%
Posted on September 19, 2009 by Vera Raposo
When you think about running shoes, you probably have a company that comes to mind. Think about soda pop and another company comes to mind. This is because some companies are great at creating superior brand recognition. They’re the first place you think of and the first place you go . . . → Read More: Tips for Building Your Brand Recognition
By admin, on October 25th, 2009%
Your personal brand is about your passion in life and asking the questions,
Who am I?
Why am I here?
How am I unique?
How can I make a difference that matters?
In short, what type of dent am I going to make on the universe?
Your personal brand is about your passion in life and asking the questions,
Who am I?
Why am . . . → Read More: Your Personal Brand is About Passion!
By admin, on October 23rd, 2009%
Brand is paramount in the product arena; it creates awareness, drives perception, and improves desirability. Brands with top-of-mind awareness have higher perceived value, which allows charging higher price points.
Many service companies, however, have not embraced brand, because they believe it to be largely the domain of product companies. But many of the same basic marketing principles . . . → Read More: Branding Services Verses Branding Products
By admin, on October 21st, 2009%
So how do you create and bring this brand which is YOU to the market place?  Let me just focus on one element–being different in today’s crowded market place.
Start by staking out your new position. Â Stop marketing to everyone. Â Pick out a narrow segment of the market place. Â The best way to identify this segment is . . . → Read More: How to Find Your Brand Difference
By admin, on October 19th, 2009%
Comments from Seth Godin on Branding
You won’t have any trouble at all finding someone who can tell you how to fit in.
They can tell you what to wear to that restaurant or this conference or that funeral. It’s not that difficult to figure out how to fit in. If fitting in is your goal, you should . . . → Read More: Comments from Seth Godin on Branding
By admin, on October 17th, 2009%
Early in 2009, I did a series of blog posts to describe ways to make your Linkedin site more effective as a social marketing tool. (http://budurl.com/wt3x) My comments about Linkedin Profiles as being your branding statements shed light on the broader question of social media branding.
Your Social Media Brand on Linkedin
Unless you have a totally unique . . . → Read More: Your Social Media Brand on Linkedin
By admin, on October 15th, 2009%
Imagine you’re walking along one day in a park. You look down and see an envelope, which you pick up. It’s fine quality paper with a logo on the back and full postage on the front. Impressive.
To your surprise, however, the envelope has nothing written on the front – no recipient’s name, no address. And you can . . . → Read More: “Is Your Marketing an Empty Envelope?”
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