Your brand is your most valuable asset. Your brand is your reputation, whatorganization stands for, the perception of your business from the standpoint of the rest of the world. You are managing your brand whether you realize it or not. In a thought, branding is the management of perception. How do we manage this perception? This perception is managed by identifiers, attributes and associations. Successful management is a mixture of what we want working in conjunctions with the perception of our customers. Branding is a business decision. How do you want people to remember you and your business? We have all heard “She does great work but…” We do not want a “BUT” in our brand. She is very dedicated to her clients AND she always delivers.
For example, if we are an event consultant and want potential clients to believe our company is elegant, we must demonstrate elegance in all we say and do. We must exemplify elegance in everything from our personal grooming, word choice and even our writing instrument and paper.
As we develop our brand, we must remember perception is not only about what is read, but also what is heard and seen. Development and management of your brand develops the instant you make the decision to make your dream a reality. Branding includes everything from your business name, logo and tag line to your elevator pitch, voice mail message and business cards.
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Brandy Adamson
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Brandy Adamson
CEO, Alive Inc & ALIVE Magazine
Business & Life Strategist
Publisher
Speaker
Ms. Adamson is the owner of Alive
Incorporated, a firm providing it clients
with business consulting, brand
management, marketing and coaching
services. Through its newest addition to
the Alive Incorporated family, Siri
Publishing, Ms. Adamson also publishes
ALIVE Magazine, a bi-monthly publication
for aspiring and current entrepreneurial
women of color. This magazine motivates,
inspires, and encourages women to bring
dreams to life. The mission of this
publication is to nourish women’s dreams
through access to resources, networking,
development opportunities and avenues for
advertising her business.
A business and life coach, she coaches
entrepreneurs and professionals to
identify priorities and align their values
and actions while developing effective
strategies to make progress toward life
goals. Her e-newsletter and blog talk
radio show provide inspiration and
motivation to its readers and listeners.
Ms. Adamson is available for speaking
engagements. The most requested programs
are Empowerment, Entrepreneurship and
Diversity.
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