If there is one thing that many small businesses love to mess with, it is their brand image. Perhaps it is their chance to get creative, in an otherwise numbers oriented existence. It is also the one area that gets the greatest […]
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Cause Marketing – a socially responsible revenue stream
Cause Marketing – a socially responsible revenue stream
I was discussing the subject of cause marketing with a peer recently. Cause marketing is a nice fit for today’s socially conscious world. For the agency that facilitates it, it makes it easier to generate leads. It’s a 2-part exercise. On one hand, […]
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How To Engage In Content Marketing Like the Big Boys Do
How To Engage In Content Marketing Like the Big Boys Do
Here’s a terrific opportunity to educate your customers in a big way and at the same time show your expertise. Write an eBook on your specialty. This doesn’t have to be the size of a novel, it just has to be rich enough […]
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Do You Know The Perception of Your Brand?
Do You Know The Perception of Your Brand?
If reputation is the word that could replace brand in a conversation between yourself and your customer, why is it that most small businesses don’t get branding right? From my experience, it hinges on information fed to them by the graphic design industry […]
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How Brand Leaders Can Be Brand Losers
How Brand Leaders Can Be Brand Losers
Conventional business wisdom touts that you have to be the biggest, the strongest, the richest and the best. All worthy goals that build a dynamic economy. Capturing the mind of your customers is the basis for brand building. Once they have taken you […]
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Pick Up the Phone
Pick Up the Phone
By: John McGee, CEO of OptifiNow
If emails, tweets, direct mailings and other outreach are not working to convert a lead already in the pipeline it may be time to pick up the phone. It used to be the only method of communicating and now […]
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Why I Find Branding An Inspiring Activity
Why I Find Branding An Inspiring Activity
When you do what I do for a living you regularly see activities that businesses are involved with to bring good fortune their way. All are valiant efforts to resonate with their audience.
One customer of mine (John Mill) is in the […]
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Objects May Be Closer Than They Appear!
Objects May Be Closer Than They Appear!
I’m sure that there’s an expectation among your peers that your business will continue to thrive. Truth is, you’re doing quite well, by doing the things you do the same way you’ve been doing them since you first put your shingle out. Similar to […]
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How Small Brand Awareness Works
How Small Brand Awareness Works
Recently I’ve had the pleasure of being on an expert’s panel at Bob Proctor’s Matrixx event held in Toronto, Ontario. As an expert I did my best to assist individuals realize what their brand is or could be. It was an invigorating experience. […]
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Place Brand Logo Puffery
Place Brand Logo Puffery
Most cities, towns and countries who take on the task to develop their brands spend a great deal of money essentially changing their logos under the pretence that their logo is their brand. It is their belief that a new logo and tagline will […]
