General Business Blog
The Hidden Power of Brand Positioning in Marketing and Branding
One of the most insightful and frustrating things I’ve ever heard in my professional career came from my most recent brand strategy teacher. In trying to explain how we were to do things for the class, the teacher told us “The problem isn’t the problem. The problem...
Does Content Really Matter?
I love trivia and interesting bits of information. One of these comes from the Content Marketing Institute. They claim that articles that are shorter than 3,000 words actually are rated third among business-to-business content materials that create the best results in...
Should You Reuse Old Content?
I saw a statistic from HubSpot the other day, it said that 51% of companies believe updating old content has proven the most efficient tactic they have implemented. Now when they say "content" what they are referring to most of the time is written text. This can be...
Finding your Ideal Client can be as easy as One-Two-Three
After a decade of sitting down with businesses as a brand strategy and graphic design specialist helping businesses in my native Orange County California and nationwide, I’ve made a few observations about businesses and their advertising, so let’s chat today about who...
why branding, marketing and pr matter
A common misconception that I hear a lot is that public relations (PR), marketing, and branding are all the same thing and that there’s no point in investing in all of them. While there might be some overlap here and there, these are three totally different...
Are you listening or are you hearing your clients?
I read a lot of blogs and articles that always tell you to talk to your clients. Really talk to them and find out what they want. I’ve encouraged you to do that too, but I forgot to mention a crucial piece of that – listening. Today I want to talk about what it means...
the popular marketing technique that boosts authenticity and grows businesses
The world has changed a lot in the last few years and people are craving connection now more than ever. The era of the traditional sales vehicles such as cold calls and sales pitch presentations is slowly fading into the background in favor of a different way to...
The “Math-y Stuff” that Will Grow Your Business
Numbers. Data. Metrics. Analytics. Whatever you want to call them, they matter. I know it seems maybe a little odd for a person in a creative field like graphic design to talk about them, but I have to talk about them – that’s how much they matter. Let’s chat about...
3 Basic Things a Business Should Do Before a Business Crisis Happens
I’ve seen a lot of people online chatting about branding and marketing lately, but they seem to only talk about how to set it up and what it is. They never seem to chat about how a crisis affects a brand. Before any crisis situation even happens, there are a few...
5 Things You Need to Craft a Good Sales Message
I’m not a professional copywriter, but I’ve written my fair share of sales messages over the years. Some were for clients who are struggling with their writing, but most were for me. I’ve also read a lot of sales messages and seen which ones have pulled in customers...