Thursday, November 14th, 2019
Tom Peters book “the brand you 50” is a great read. I often find myself revisiting the book for personal inspiration. The concept of the book is to provide guidance on how to transform from an employee to a brand that people want to engage with. Today, I decided to reread the section on values […]
Category FDI | Tags: Tags: branding, personal branding,
Sunday, September 23rd, 2018
To be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win and expect to win. Quote attributed to Zig Ziglar Before you jump into a branding exercise with an Agency, there are two documents that form the foundation of an effective banding initiative: 1) Brand Promise Statement and 2) Strategic Target Matrix. These documents […]
Category Place Brand Building | Tags: Tags: brand, branding, strategic planning,
Saturday, June 9th, 2018
Often, half the challenge of master a subject is to have a common understanding of the lexicon. In economic development, there appears to be a significant degree of confusion around and misrepresentation of what a brand is and what branding entails. For the purposes of this book, the following definitions apply. Brand A brand is […]
Category Strategy | Tags: Tags: brand marketing, branding, marketing, place brand, place branding, sales, Selling,
Sunday, April 15th, 2018
Online marketing can be very confusing. In part, because cause and effect impact measures are challenging to find (with the noted exception of online sales). But, there are four principles you can use to help guide your decisions in the online communication space.
Category Promotion | Tags: Tags: brand, brand promise, branding, communication, media planning, online media,
Wednesday, April 11th, 2018
Creative without strategy is called art. Creative with strategy is called advertising. attributed to: Jef I. Richards In my experience, campaign deployment can be exciting or overwhelming depending on how you approach the task. Key Watch Outs Cost/Timing Consistency Rework Quick versus Right Let me take each of these watch outs individually. Cost/Timing This watch […]
Thursday, November 30th, 2017
Branding is what people say abut you when you are not in the room. Quote attributed to Jeff Bezos, CEO & Founder Amazon “What is branding?” is a question I get from clients all the time. The literature doesn’t really offer a practical answer. In the quote by Jeff Bezos, he provides guidance on figuring […]
Category Place Brand Building, Strategy | Tags: Tags: #CityBranding, brand, branding, place branding,
Wednesday, November 30th, 2016
When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier. Quote attributed to Roy E. Disney Have you ever been confused on which decision to take when faced with a complicated issue? We all face situations that challenge our ethics. We want to do the right thing, but it isn’t always clear what the […]
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Wednesday, October 26th, 2016
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying wrong remedies. Quote attributed to: Groucho Marx This month (October 2016) Xavier University asked a series of extra questions on the ADCI survey about the current political atmosphere. The extra questions covered political leaning, where respondents get their news and […]
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Tuesday, October 4th, 2016
BRAND AMERICA INTERVIEW – Malcolm Allan Place branding is often a misunderstood strategy. Many community leaders want to initiate place branding, but end up disappointed when the exercise results in little more than a revised logo and tag line. In my opinion without a sound understanding of what place branding is, the exercise is doomed from […]
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2016
Guest Blog Post authored by Allan Hooper This title sounds like a community’s version of a get rich infomercial. However, stay with this for a couple of paragraphs and see if it just might make sense. In the 1970’s and 80’s Morris Massey, a management guru, popularized the idea of motivating people by better understanding […]
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