Accentuating Your Business Building

If you own or lease a business building and you want to get more traffic and attract people to see your signage it is important to accentuate your business building if at all possible. If you lease a building you may have to look in the lease to see that there are no restrictions on your signage.

The Package Goods Category Is a Battleground

Preference and margins cannot be found in product enhancements and efficacy — these two improvements are simply the cost of doing business. In today’s crowded market space your preference and margins stem directly from your brand.

How To Build A Brand Strategy To Steal Market Share

Market leaders were generally on a deliberate track to build category. In many ways, this is not as true today as it was in the past. Today, only a few market leaders can afford the luxury of simply building categories.

Re-Evaluating Your Brand Will Heighten ROI and Marketplace Performance

Marketers charged with achieving return on investment and marketplace performance in today's competitive landscape know that powerful, relevant brands make the difference between success and failure. Keeping brands up-to-date requires constant vigilance because quick fixes to tactical elements rarely offer long term rewards that lasting brands provide. Consider these top ten symptoms to decide if it is time to re-evaluate your brand.

Hurricanes and Corporate Branding

No businessman takes joy in making money on other peoples misfortune such as a devastating hurricane during the 2005 Atlantic tropical hurricane season. However, a smart business or corporate image program which specializes in branding

Expressing Your Brand in 60 Seconds or Less!

While some enjoy the hunt for new connections others would rather spend an afternoon with a dentist drill than introduce themselves to someone new. Whatever camp you reside in, the #1 most effective way to get the word out about your business is networking. It's inexpensive, and when executed correctly, your best means of advertising your brand.

Consider Branding

A brand sets you apart from your competition. Your brand can send multiple signals to people who then make judgements on you consciously and subliminally about you, your product or service. This then forms a basis of opinion. This instinctive process is what makes your brand so powerful. The key is to tap into what gives the customer the right reaction when presented with your brand.

Build and Manage Successful Brands with BIOs (Brand Impression Opportunities)

Today's onslaught of information, news, and thousands of daily marketing messages leaves marketers with what some see as an almost insurmountable task -- developing effective ways to break through and have their messages resonate with their target audiences. I, however, see this as an incredible opportunity.

Fire Branding Customers to Your Business

The idea of fire branding customers comes from my grand daughter, Taylor. I realized that several companies are fire branding their image everyday. All I have to do is see a red and blue swirl and Pepsi comes to mind. A few yellow arches and hamburgers with fries make me hungry. A consistent image is what makes this work for them.

Starbucks: Please Don't

There they go again. Starbucks Corp. is on a mission to boost sales of glittery snow globes and other non-coffee items. Been there, done that, and not very well.

What Brand Consistency Can Do For Your Business, and Why You Should Care

Big companies know the power of establishing a consistent, recognizable brand image. Now you probably don't have a business the same size of a Best Buy – doesn't matter, you'll still reap the benefits of keeping your business image and brand consistent.

Branding a Small Business Without Paying A Dime

As a young entrepreneur I was always looking for ways to brand my small companies. I didn't want to hire a firm and I was always open to learning. These are some things I've learned along the way that you might find helpful.

Line Up Your Services For Branding Power

Are you wondering where the opportunities are for you in YOUR business?

Branding Development Techniques: Be Unique; But Recognizable

So, you are about to build your business brand and corporate identity. You know your industry like the back of your hand, and all you want to do now is get others to feel the way you do about your company. You're not alone. So, you'll need to compete well. How will you do it?

Why Nonprofits Need Strong Taglines

The tagline is one of the four vital components of your branding portfolio, along with your nonprofit's logo, overall graphic look and feel, and positioning statement. In this article, I reveal the key to creating a powerful tagline for your nonprofit company.