Let’s face it, marketing can be hard! In each marketing blog post, we hope you’ll find the information you need for your business marketing success.
About Paradux Media Group
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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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Every brand we work with is different, and we like it that way. Whether you need a website, a campaign, or just a clearer path forward, we’re here to help—with honest insight and hands-on support.
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How Can a Small Business Get Started With a Marketing Services Company?
Small-business advertising is a powerful tool for boosting product sales and driving revenue. However, we have found that many owners struggle to transition from “trying things out” to building a scalable engine. This is where a marketing services company becomes a vital partner in your journey toward success. Our team recommends viewing advertising not as…
Instagram: Get Your Small Business In the Picture
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then how much better is it than a 140 characters? We live in a visual society, it’s one of the reasons TV beats radio, and has helped create the success of ‘FACE’book. It’s no secret that the most shared and clicked upon items on Facebook are pictures.…
How to Carry Your Brand Over to Your Communication Tools
People often think that they’re great communicators, when in truth, they’re not as skilled as they assume. Failing to listen, ignoring nonverbal signs and speaking unclearly can all create communication barriers. In writing, a couple of important communication elements are removed, which can make it even more difficult to actually say what you mean to…
A Little Bit about Paradux Media Group
Every so often, it’s worth stepping back from the work itself and talking a little about how we think about that work. This is one of those moments. Who Are Our Best Clients? At Paradux Media Group, we do our best work with businesses that have a sense of where they’re headed. That doesn’t mean…
Why Branding Matters for Businesses of All Sizes
I was on the phone the other day with someone who told me in no uncertain terms that “branding, for most businesses, was a waste of time and money.” This person’s position was that branding was OK for companies like Xerox or Nike, but far too expensive and far too time-consuming for average businesses, who…
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…
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 online place of business, it can seem daunting to determine just how to use those…
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…
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 Critical Components to Successful Brand Management
Brand Management can cause all but the most serious marketing professionals to blanch. Mostly because the phrase “Brand Management” sounds like an obscure, highly technical body of knowledge. To make matters worse, the normal online resources for learning about a concept do a poor job explaining what it is. But the reality is that successful…
The 3 Essential Elements to Creating a Memorable Brand
Having a memorable brand is almost always goal number one. There are three elements in almost every memorable brand out there in the mainstream. And for all you who are in pursuit of your memorable brand, here are the three essential elements you’ll need to pay attention to in order to make your memorable brand…
Creating a Brand in a Tough Economic Environment
I don’t have to tell you that the economy in the last few years has been tough for a brand. We’ve all lived through it, and if you’re still in business you’ve figured out how to survive in this economic environment, it was probably a combination of intention, a little luck, and a strong brand position.…
What’s the Difference: Brand Book vs. Brand Guidelines vs. Brand Bible vs. Identity Guidelines
A brand book, brand bible, brand guidelines, or identity guidelines is essential for businesses to maintain a consistent and strong brand identity. Beautiful brand books serve as a comprehensive guide that outlines the brand’s visual and messaging standards, ensuring that all brand elements are used coherently and effectively across various platforms. https://youtu.be/AW3sWNwEstY Creating a solid…
Website Consolidation for Improved SEO: A Strategy for Business Owners
It might look a little different than before, but rest assured, it’s still the same Paradux Media Group, you know. We recently decided to consolidate multiple websites, bringing all our content and blogs “in-house” under one roof. This change wasn’t just about making things look neater—it was about solving a problem many businesses face: fragmented…
How Perceptual Maps Can Help Strengthen Your Brand
When thinking about your competition, you must recognize what they offer. You likely know, often better than your customers, what kind of service or product they provide. Using tools like a perceptual map, you can strengthen your brand by identifying under-served areas in the market where your competitors are weak or absent. But what exactly…
Branding Lessons from Trees: Embracing Branding Evolution
Although marketers often talk about brands as if they are fixed and unchanging, branding evolution is a natural and necessary process. Like trees, brands must grow, adapt, and evolve to thrive. Their roots deepen while their ideals stretch upward, reaching for new and bold goals—just like trees spreading their branches toward the sunlight. The Nature…
Radio vs Social Media
The title is a little misleading, as it’s not pitting one against the other as much as trying to point out more similarities. Many small business owners invest in radio every month. These same business owners scratch their heads and wonder what or how social media fits into their marketing plans. So, for those business…
Brand Book Tutorial: Does Your Brand Have a Brand Book?
I recently stumbled upon this hilarious brand book from The Quietroom about their Santa brand book, and I’m glad I did for several reasons. First and foremost, it’s funny! Having written a few brand books myself, I can confidently say this is the book I’ve always wished I could write—one that doesn’t take itself too…
