The roller coaster ride behind the Trump brand and his merchandising empire over the past 20 years is a perfect example of what happens when a personal brand loses its…
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5 ways to promote your promotional products
When you invest in promotional products, you want to make the most of them. Why just use them as giveaways at a trade shows and events? When promotional products do…
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Branding can help local businesses avoid the “growth trap”
Local businesses have a very pragmatic attitude about branding: they ignore it. Many of them are more worried about meeting payroll, making rent, paying taxes, and other cash crises than…
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How newly-energized millennial activists are shaping brand choices
Already in 2018, we have witnessed traumatic events that have galvanized a surge of activism from three sources which heretofore have been either dormant or ineffective with their voices for…
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How promotional products fit in with the modern consumer
Advertisers have a challenging job of increasing recall and improving resonance with consumers. That is where promotional products, branded gifts, and giveaways shine. Perhaps that is why promotional products have…
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Naming brands – the unsubtle (Trump) and the subtle (drug companies)
Most people think “branding” is simply about creating a catchy, memorable name for a product, service, organization, and even people. However, branding is much more complex. Good branding starts with…
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How the new tax bill exacerbates millennials’ frustration with “brand capitalism”
Capitalism is really the brand of our free market economic system which has been the driving force for American commercial success since its founding. But is it working as a…
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The resurgence of values-based branding for restoring trust
The scary decline of trust in all facets of our society has created a new challenge for brands: how can brands overcome the growing skepticism and lack of credibility caused…
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How purposeful branding is driving millennials and social entrepreneurship
The world has changed dramatically in the past 10 years or since the 2008 recession. Economic and job growth is coming less from traditional industries or big corporations, but more…
Read MoreHow to build your social selling system with LinkedIn and Twitter
It’s no longer enough to do social media marketing and hope that your company’s inbound marketing strategy generates leads, which turn into qualified prospects and eventual buyers. If you fail…
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