Best On-Page SEO Advice for Beginners
Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of adding targeted keywords to web text to ensure it receives a high search ranking via search engines such as Google. Indeed, SEO has been around about as long as search engines have...
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...
All in the Circle of Likeability
We are often asked about our philosophy regarding marketing and buying media. In general is, “it all works if used properly and all fails if used improperly.” While the message and brand must remain on point, how people use and...
Local Search – On Line Reviews – Google Places For Business
It is quite obvious that Google is beginning to put more importance on the use of reviews. It’s about trying to bridge the gap between the social, web, e-commerce and brick and mortar, where sales themselves are becoming more and...
The Social Traveler – The Importance of Online Reviews For Small Business
Summer is right around the corner, what that means for a lot of cities, towns and communities is tourists coming through town. Some will stop for a meal, some for window shopping, some for a day, week or longer. That makes...
Avoiding Brand Name Confusion
Adidas, McDonald’s, GEICO – these are just a few of the thousands of successful brand names out there, and they’re shining examples of what every businessperson wants their brand to eventually become. Looking at just these popular brand names, you...
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 ...
How to Make “In Your Face Ads”
There are many things you need to know when creating TV ads. It’s not just about getting the consumer’s attention to buy your product; you also need to make sure that you’re feeding them the right information. Remember, you only...
Ways to Make Yourself a Trusted Online Authority Through Writing and Content Production
Whether you’re writing and producing content for commercial online consumption so as to make money from it directly or so as to utilize it to become known and trusted so that more Net surfers will make their way to your...
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...
Small Business Marketing Expenses & Planning
Every enterprise—from the solo practitioner to the emerging corporation—must eventually face the reality of its ledger. Whether you are operating on a shoestring budget or managing a robust allocation, the goal remains the same: transforming small business marketing expenses into...
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....
Effective Branding – Creating Compelling Product Identity
A product does not succeed well without a strong brand. A brand acts like an identity for your product, which customers may find either attractive or ineffective. Making sure you create a brand with a strong potential to become popular...
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...
Four Time Management Tips for Bloggers
Whether you work at home full time or you are just a part time blogger, you have probably experienced times where you have become overwhelmed by everything that needs to get done. It's easy to sit down in front of...
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...
Entrepreneurialism and Launching Your New Business
Entrepreneurialism is a state mind or what you put in your mind when you are considering launching a new business. Hundreds of thousands of Americans start new businesses every year with just about as many closing down. The problem for...
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...
Essential Communication Tools for Small Businesses to Build Scalable Momentum
Small businesses are the undisputed backbone of the U.S. economy, accounting for nearly 80% of all new job creation. In our experience, the transition from a "scrappy startup" to a "market leader" isn't just about the product—it’s about the infrastructure....
