Tisha Oehmen is a professional brand strategist and a leader in the branding field. She has been named a member of the Global Guru’s Top 30 Brand Gurus. She is also the co-founder of Oregon-based Paradux Media Group and the best-selling author of the book, Finding Brand: The Brand Book Tutorial.

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Online Guerrilla Tactics

I have to admit, as much as I work in social media and employ guerrilla tactics to spread messages in a community, I hadn't adequately considered ways to utilize guerrilla tactics online to drive traffic to your website and business...
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Just Because it's a "Deal" You Shouldn't Always Buy

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From time to time, we all get an amazing "deal" that comes across our desk from the media. And it's tempting to throw $300-$500 dollars at something that we're getting for 75%...
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Competing for Attention

photo credit: skampy As a small business owner, I know, it is HARD to keep the focus on growing your business when the needs of your current business continually take all your time and attention. But...
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Syncing up Your Messages

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I've sat in a lot of rooms lately with small business owners and discussed the imperative nature of syncing all their outbound messages together. And while it sounds good, it's very often...
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Blue Sky Marketing (NOT!)

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Remember when our marketing lives were easy? Unlimited budgets, no concerns about the economy, fabulous television ads... those days have been gone now for awhile, and I think that as marketers, we've...
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Who are Your Target Market’s Influencers?

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Quick - who is your target market? Can you clearly and specifically tell someone, not in your industry, who your target market is? Good! Now, who are the people who influence your target...
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Branding Can Be Easy

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A lot of times, we get so hung up on how many different things there are to do with branding, how careful we have to be when presenting our message, and...
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Navigating Social Media Nightmares

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The single largest concern I hear voiced when I talk with a business about engaging in social media to grow their message is the "what if..." What if someone uses my...
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Your Brand is Your Story

photo credit mac.rj An easy way to think of your brand is to understand that it is the story of your business. It's about the history of your business, it's about you as a protagonist, it's...
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Branding Foundations

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Every brand needs to be built on a strong foundation. While the materials the blocks are made of change from company to company, their purpose, form, and necessity do not vary....
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Does Your Brand Inspire Passion?

We're here in the middle of football season and we have the opportunity to observe the fans of a favorite team every week. It doesn't really matter which team takes the field, you can count on one thing - there...
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Your Brand Online

Twenty years ago, those of us in the business world began hearing that we needed to create a website for our business. Frankly this confounded a number of business owners. They asked, "Why would I need a webpage for my...
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Your Customers Should be able to Count on You

I recently found a great little store that provided me amazing, thorough, and knowledgeable service. I was so excited about the service I received from this store I told a friend about it, and even offered to go with her...
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Examining Your Marketing Environment

As you begin to put together your new strategic marketing plan, you should be sure to take into account the internal and external factors playing in your marketing environment that will be affecting you in the upcoming year. In my...
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Make a Date to Review Your Plan

For the last several posts, I've been expanding on each of the questions I posed in my post "How Effective is Your Marketing Plan?" Did you follow through on the strategies you laid out in your plan to reach your...
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Choosing Products for Your Target Audience

Last week, I asked you, “How Effective is Your Marketing Plan?” The second question on the Effectiveness Quiz was: Did your plan address which products fill a need for your target demographic and why? (Choosing to target someone is all well...
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You Need a Target Audience

A couple of days ago, I asked you, "How Effective is Your Marketing Plan?" The first question on the Effectiveness Quiz was: Did your plan clearly articulate your target audience, including demographic information?(The correct answer would be something on the...
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How Effective is Your Marketing Plan?

It's officially fall, and that means many marketers are in the middle of another year of planning. Unless of course, you're ahead of the game - in which case, congratulations!!! But since that's probably not the case, as you begin...
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Branding a Local vs National Company

I had the opportunity the other day to chat with a friend who is a brand marketer for a national brand. During the course of our conversation, I was struck (again) by the same-ness and at the same time, the...
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