Branding Information

Branding Information

Brand Extension; Going from Consumer to Commercial


As more and more home pressure washers are sold at leading retailers such as Wal-Mart, Sears, Home Depot, Cosco, etc. We are seeing companies offer products in brand line extension to service this niche.

Counterfeit Branding - Representing True Globalisation!


From cigarettes to fashion accessories to food products to medicines, more than 50% of the global market are filled with counterfeited products. Do you realise that the Nike t-shirt that you are probably wearing right now may not even exist in the design portfolio of Nike Inc.

Hummer is an Excellent Brand


What size is your Hummer? Hummers Come in All Sizes; Tiny, small, medium and large and of course the most popular of all; The Oh My God Size. They make matchbox size Hummers, Tonka Toy size and adult size.

John Deere and NASCAR; Excellent Use of Brand


We should all recognize the marketing efforts of John Deere especially as we have spoken before with regards to their TOYS. They have a complete line of nearly every tractor or agricultural attachment they make available in small, micro size.

Is Your Logo Helping or Hurting Your Business?


The quality of your logo can mean the difference between success or failure. It can be that simple!Trademarks and Logos make up the most international language in the world.

Don't Overlook Your Email When Considering Your Brand Identity


You wouldn't skip letterhead when sending out a sales letter - Or would you?How many emails do you send each day? If you are anything like me, you probably send hundreds of emails for every one print letter. Most businesses use letterhead for their print correspondence but miss out on extending their branding to virtual communications.

Shattering the Branding Myths


If you've been online long, you're sure to have seen many "gurus" give their ideas about branding. However, much of what you read simply isn't true.

Time To Revamp Your Visual Identity?


Look at your company logo. Does it fade into the background against other images you use to promote your company? Has it become dated? Does it still fit with your company vision? Is your message connecting with the customers you want?Your visual identity is a vital tool in communicating the essence of your business.

Effective Branding...Whats in a Name!


Ask any marketing executive and they will tell you that a company's name is golden. There are certain associations that people have with a name, one that invokes emotions -- good or bad.

Branding Fiasco -- Better Be Who You Say You Are!


Our experience as customers offers great instruction into the concept of branding. Come with me on a recent "experience" and you'll see what I mean.

Trademark: Do I Need One for My Business Name and Logo?


Wondering if a trademark is important to you as a business owner? Let's start with the basics. A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol, or logo that distinguishes and identifies the source of goods of one company or person from another.

McDonalds Supply Chain of Potatoes


McDonald's buys its potatoes from corporate farmers in Idaho not the commodities market; therefore it limits its exposure to price gouging that might have occurred by using the commodity exchange to get those potatoes. Starbucks is doing the same thing, but instead of having partnerships and coffee beans, they are all of in-house.

Importance of Branding - Whats in a Name?


Branding is perhaps the most important facet of any business--beyond product, distribution, pricing, or location. A company's brand is its definition in the world, the name that identifies it to itself and the marketplace.

Franchising is Virtually Fraud Free


The number of complaints to the Federal Trade Commission on Franchising do not indicate ramped fraud in the franchising sector. The FTC before Congress gave a report showing that the number of complaints was fewer than one tenth of one percent, lower than any other industry.

What is Private Franchising? It is Nothing Someone Made It Up


The Federal Trade Commission has an obligation to the general public, their stated consumer education mission and to the over regulated franchising industry and the small business operators running Biz Ops to separate the two business models by way of legal definition. Any failure to completely separate them will trigger additional problems down the road and cause the current on-going process of rule review to continue, without any formalization for decades.

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CBS News

How to turn an internship into a job
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New branding tools
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5 Personal Branding Lessons Learned From Forbes Celebrity 100 Women
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Their personal brands helped these women maneuver the business world, and their business brands continued right where their personal branding started. Gisele Bündchen didn't start off as “the most beautiful girl in the world;” according to Rolling ...

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