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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One of the most amazing (and I think interesting) things about Branding is that it's always evolving - while the underlying principles are the same as they ever were. Branding, just like we are, is changing in response to this...
Tips for Using Evernote in Marketing
You know how it goes, you find a great article online that has a great fact or tidbit in it. Later that week (or month) you are talking about just that article with a colleague and you want to send...
Whois the Owner of Your Online Presence?
One of the most valuable assets your brand has is it's online location, AKA domain name, URL, website address, or www. It's the very identity of many businesses (amazon.com) and a critical cornerstone of more traditional brick and more stores. Yet,...
Approaches to Brand Architecture
Let's talk for a few minutes about brand and brand architecture. Brand, as we know, refers to all the externally and internally focused language, position, and imagery for a given company. At its core, a company's brand is its reputation....
Email List Building Techniques Influence Your Brand Reputation
OK, confession first -- because we work hard to build legitimate double-opt-in lists for our business and our clients, I'm more militant about this than the average person might be, but...aren't you as sick as I am of getting spam...
What is a Brand Book?
What is a Brand Book? Why do I need a Brand Book? What goes into a Brand Book? All of these are legitimate questions that many marketers struggle with. At its core, a Brand Book is an integral element of...
A Declaration of Passion
I have talked a lot throughout this blog about the power of a manifesto, why they are important, and how to draft them. However, I was talking with a client this week and I described it, for the first time, as...
How a Creative Ad Agency Can Save You Time and Money
I don't think that there is anyone in business today that isn't interested in saving both time and money. Yet many small business and mid-sized businesses miss one of the single best methods for saving time and money when they fail...
Marketing Budget Template
It is imperative that a business proactively set a marketing budget for their business. The reason is simple, if you don't set a budget and make a plan, you will instead make a series of small, and at the time, inconsequential ...
5 Ways to Know it’s Time to Change Your Brand Logo
A brand logo is often one of the most overlooked and neglected element for a brand. When they exist (and let's be honest -- they often don't) they are often tired, worn, and clearly out of date. True, it's a...
Top 15 Finding Brand Blog Posts in 2012
I have a confession to make, somehow I blinked and January was G-O-N-E! Has that ever happened to you? I had intended to do another recap of the most popular blog posts on the Finding Brand Blog in early January....
The Power of the Brand Narrative in the Brand Book
A brand narrative has considerable power as a brand-building strategy for aligning stakeholders and creating consistent messaging. In my experience, a good brand narrative is the superior force multiplier - and storytelling branding is profoundly influential. This is because people...
Strategic Marketing Vision
Marketing is one of those tricky fields. It bridges the gap between strategy and execution. It's equally at home either in the Boardroom as an outgrowth of strategy, as it is in the Human Resources Suite, as a compliment to...
5 Things You Must Do as a Brand Manager
Being a Brand Manager in today's world isn't easy. But it's one of the most important jobs that exists in the Marketing Department -- if not the Company. The reason is, the Brand Manager is the first and last line...
Marketing Techniques for Brand Creation
In today's world, a brand is created through the careful execution of marketing techniques. Those marketing techniques incorporate both online and offline tactics designed to increase word of mouth, reputation, and buzz. Right now, we are about to enter the season where...
Managed Web Hosting Matters for Business Sites — It’s Your Brand’s Reputation
When we think about marketing -- the first, and last thought should be your website, your website should be the place your marketing starts. The place you convert a prospect to a sale. Yet so many business owners I talk...
3 Questions to Ask for Marketing Success
Internal politics are often the bane of any Marketing Manager's existence. There is always a strong undercurrent at most marketing conferences where Marketing Managers try to figure out how to get a "seat at the table". If you are in that...
How to Create an Annual Strategic Marketing Plan
As the year draws to a close, now is the perfect time to think about setting your business up for success in the coming year. One of the most important steps you can take is to develop a comprehensive...
Why You Need a Brand Narrative
For thousands of years, humans have utilized stories provide context, meaning, and raison d’être in our lives. Our world is constructed of personal, community, institutional, and political narratives. Think for a moment, about the power narrative has played in your...
