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Context is Everything: The Power of Your Tagline Depends Largely on the Surrounding Wordscape

The following article is a guest post by Jim Morris, aka Tagline Jim. Context is everything. The larger point I’m about to argue for applies to communication of all sorts, but, since I write taglines for a living, I’m going to make it in relation to taglines. Let me start out by saying . . [...]

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Where Starbucks’ Marketing Went Wrong

In Howard Schultz’s book Onward, he talks about how Starbucks rebounded from troubling times that included hundreds of store closures and thousands of layoffs, to get back on track to growth and strong profits. Schultz who started out in marketing at Starbucks before buying the company from the original owners and shifting the business strategy [...]

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A Concise Guide For Effective Branding: Branding Basics for Small Business

Branding Basics for Small Business by Maria Ross is a really good book on the important concepts of branding and will probably not get as much attention as it deserves because the title sounds like a text book. This book provides a good guide that outlines exactly how a small business can develop a strong [...]

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Why A Personal Domain Is Essential For Marketers

Here is my video on how to set up your own personal domain like ChrisBrogan.com or CharlesSipe.com and why it is very important for personal branding. Personal Branding with a Personal Domain from Charles Sipe on Vimeo.

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