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Advice, support and encouragement to stop being a corporate prisoner and start your own business
Dec 18 2006
Dec 18 2006
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If you are just starting to market your business, you might feel a little exasperated when trying to choose a perfect brand name. It may feel like until you do this, you can't move forward with any marketing plans and you feel stuck and frustrated.
In this episode, I cover:
I also mention a few resources:
My second podcast First plan your life, then plan your business
Great brand naming resource: namedevelopment.com
Example of a great brand: Legal Sanity
Guy Kawasaki's book Art of the Start
Marketing/branding resources for coaches:
Andrea Lee's book Multiple Streams of Coaching Income
Suzanne Falter-Barns' site getknownnow.com
Please let me know what you think about this topic on the blog! escapefromcubiclenation.com
(I know at least a few of you will really disagree with my approach - let's hash it out!)
In this episode, I cover:
- What a good branding process should look like
- Which marketing activities you can undertake before your brand is fully baked
- Which marketing activities you should hold off on until you are 80% or more satisfied with your brand
I also mention a few resources:
My second podcast First plan your life, then plan your business
Great brand naming resource: namedevelopment.com
Example of a great brand: Legal Sanity
Guy Kawasaki's book Art of the Start
Marketing/branding resources for coaches:
Andrea Lee's book Multiple Streams of Coaching Income
Suzanne Falter-Barns' site getknownnow.com
Please let me know what you think about this topic on the blog! escapefromcubiclenation.com
(I know at least a few of you will really disagree with my approach - let's hash it out!)
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Pam Slim
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