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From our office on Main Street in Eagle Point, Oregon, we’ve spent over 16 years helping real businesses connect with real people—through smart strategy, compelling design, and campaigns built on trust, not templates.
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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 been around. Those online marketers who don’t yet have a stake in SEO are losing…
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 consume each media is different. How to best engage with individuals changes from media to…
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 spot some commonality. For instance, these brand names are unique; they’re not common names you’ll…
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 choices to promote your business that are both costly and ineffective. At the end of…
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 When they exist (and let’s be honest — they often don’t) they are often tired, worn, and clearly out of date.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 balancing act between keeping true to your brand position and admitting that it’s…old. Here are…
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. But, it appears that ship has sailed. So, a month late, here’s the annual recap…
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 is important. But how do you do that? Successful brands start with a story that…
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 naturally want to be part of something bigger, they want to matter, and they want…
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 of defense for the brand. To successfully fulfill your duties as Brand Manager, these are…
Boosting Brands through Friends and Followers
Branding can make or break your business. It’s all about earning the trust of your customers and building a good name for your enterprise. Naturally, no one would spend a dime on a product they don’t believe in. Branding is one of your tickets to rise above your competition. Among all effective ways to promote…
Tisha Oehmen Named to January 2013 Top 100 Branding Experts to Follow on Twitter
Paradux Media Group announced that co-founder Tisha Oehmen was named to the January 2013 Top 100 Branding Experts to Follow on Twitter list, compiled by Evan Carmichael. Oehmen was ranked #2 on the list, marking the fifth consecutive month she held that position. The monthly list highlights branding professionals who consistently share insight, perspective, and…
A Look Back at 2012 — And Looking Ahead from the Pond
Happy New Year! As we look back on 2012, we want to start by thanking everyone who joined us here on “the Pond.” Through blog posts, guest contributions, and shared client work, our goal has always been to offer real-world marketing insight that business owners can actually use. We hope this space has served as…
4 Tips for Creating the Best Business Card
Long after the trade show booths are packed up, the convention hall is vacuumed and waiting for the next industry show to come to town, what are your new contacts doing? They’re sifting through a hefty stack of business cards that could rival a phone book in its thickness. Yes, business cards. Despite everyone hopping…
Free Organic SEO Analysis Report
Organic SEO is what happens when someone puts a search term in a search engine and your website is naturally returned in the list of websites — ideally on the the first or second page. It today’s world, Organic SEO is the holy grail for businesses and websites alike. How much Organic SEO does your…
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 many of the national brands execute marketing techniques they have been planning and strategizing for…
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 with don’t have managed web hosting. They hate their website hosting provider, can’t reach them,…
Exhibition Marketing Strategies
If you truly want to succeed in business you don’t just need a marketable product, you also need to be respected by your business peers so they recognize that you have not only a product that works but a product which is a market leader. And one of the best ways by which you can…
