How would your life and business be different if you could multiply your sales and increase your prices in the next 30 days? Discover the secret branding experts don't want you to know. More than 4 years of research, 34 entrepreneurs interviewed, $27,000 invested, hundreds of enemies made along the way, 1 attempted lynching, barred from the lucrative circle of 'experts'... All this just to be able to share the best kept secrets of the branding world with you, secrets that will enable you to build your brand for much less money than you think. WARNING: This is NOT a book about pretending to be Superman and learning to do it all by yourself. This book is for business owners and entrepreneurs who take their business very seriously...and their life with good humor. What will you learn then? In this book you'll learn to create the basic features of your brand, those that can skyrocket your sales and prices overnight, by outsourcing to the best professionals at low cost prices. Avoid the long years of hard work and impossible investments that other brands have required to create the security and trust needed to be able to sell without worrying about your price point. Forget about learning to do everything for yourself or settling for asking your cousin, friend, neighbor, etc. to do it for you... due to a lack of funds! Who is this book NOT for? Branding agencies: I'm going to reveal your secrets. DO NOT buy this book... it'll only make you mad! Branding gurus: I'll be demonstrating how to expose you. DO NOT buy this book... it'll only make you mad! Designers and developers: I'll be explaining where to find the best, and cheapest, professionals. DO NOT buy this book... it'll only make you mad! Designers and developers ... it'll only make you mad! Audiovisual production companies: I will show your potential clients how to survive without your extortionately priced services. DO NOT buy this book... it'll only make you mad! Etc. So who IS the book for? Business owners: Whether you're a small businessperson taking your first steps in the industry or a big business with years of experience behind you, this book will help you to make the leap to the "next level". Entrepreneurs: Do you sometimes feel like you'd have to be Superman to juggle all the different aspects of your project? Do you keep signing up (and paying) for courses and training sessions to learn absolutely everything there is to know for yourself? Then you need to read this book UR-GENT-LY! If my book DOES deliver what it promised: In less than a month you'll be selling more. You'll be able to increase your prices without worrying about you rivals selling at a lower price point. Your customers will start treating you like the professional you are and will stop trying to haggle for better prices. You'll grow your returns on the investments made on present and future marketing campaigns. Etc. If my book DOESN'T deliver what it promised: You'll be a bit wiser and... I will refund 100% of your money! As you will see... You have nothing to lose and a lot to gain!

You already have the resources you need to build a powerhouse brand.If you believe you lack the money, people, time, or ideas to create a thriving brand, think again. In fact, you already have FIVE powerful marketing resources you can use right now to get big-brand results at low cost ... or no cost at all.Step One: Shift your mindset.International branding expert Brenda Bence has created the definitive guide to branding on a tight budget. After years as a mega-brander working across four continents and 50 countries for deep-pocketed consumer giants like Procter & Gamble and Bristol-Myers Squibb, she left the corporate world to start her own business. From scratch — and with almost empty pockets — Brenda used inventive, low-cost methods to build her own international brand that now serves clients in 25 countries with offices in the U.S. and Asia.Based on Brenda's successful low-cost branding workshops that receive rave reviews around the globe, Smarter Branding Without Breaking the Bank is a treasure chest of tips, tools, andtechniques to help SMEs and solo-preneurs achieve similar results at minimal expense.You will:* Learn to leverage five existing assets to create a robust brand marketing plan* Craft a unique and compelling brand positioning using six proven elements* Dispel widely-held branding myths that could be holding you back from success* Apply lessons from dozens of real-world case studies from a variety of businesses* Create a permanent "marketing mindset" for you and your team

Low cost competitors, who offer “good enough” products and services at very attractive prices, are currently significantly impacting the businesses of many leading companies, and some are starting to “move up” to challenge the traditional companies in their core markets. It’s only a matter of time before most companies will feel the pressure from these aggressive, cut-price competitors. Beating Low Cost Competition offers a step–by–step structured approach to help executives in traditional companies with premium brands think through the options for responding to their low cost rivals and select the most appropriate strategy to win in their chosen markets. By examining a wide-ranging group of companies from around the world, Adrian Ryans provides numerous examples of how different companies in different industries have responded to low cost competitors and analyses the effectiveness of their strategies. He also discusses the leadership and cultural challenges that many companies are facing as they take steps to respond to their low cost rivals. Ultimately, the insights gained from this book will lead to better and more profitable business decisions. Adrian Ryans is Professor of Marketing and Strategy at IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland. He has designed and taught on executive programs for organizations in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia, including GE, Bank of Montreal, Medtronic, Deloitte, Borealis, Saurer, Vestas, IBM, Boeing, National Semiconductor, BioWare, ASML, Holcim, Varian, Hoechst, Amgen, Fluke, LSI Logic, Hutchison Port Holdings and Qualcomm. He has also acted as a consultant for a number of leading global corporations.

Simple, powerful marketing strategies every business can afford to implement There's never been a better time to be a marketer or entrepreneur than right now. Thanks to the Internet, a new world of free and inexpensive tactics can help get the word out to the prospects of any business with a limited marketing budget. Free Marketing delivers more than 100 ideas to help any small business owner or marketer generate new revenue—with little or no marketing budget. With both Internet-based and creative offline ideas, you'll discover ways to turn your top customers into your unpaid sales force, get your competitors to help you promote your new products, and other innovative ways to get the word out. Create a "squeeze page," the most powerful one page website you'll ever build Use simple YouTube videos to grow sales Hold an eBay auction for publicity purposes (author Jim Cockrum made $30,000 and earned tons of free publicity from just one auction) and more! Grow a successful business without letting your marketing budget tell you "No." Jim Cockrum has proven that the most powerful marketing strategies are the cheapest.

A revised new edition of the bestselling toolkit for creating, building, and maintaining a strong brand From research and analysis through brand strategy, design development through application design, and identity standards through launch and governance, Designing Brand Identity, Fourth Edition offers brand managers, marketers, and designers a proven, universal five-phase process for creating and implementing effective brand identity. Enriched by new case studies showcasing successful world-class brands, this Fourth Edition brings readers up to date with a detailed look at the latest trends in branding, including social networks, mobile devices, global markets, apps, video, and virtual brands. Features more than 30 all-new case studies showing best practices and world-class Updated to include more than 35 percent new material Offers a proven, universal five-phase process and methodology for creating and implementing effective brand identity

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The book that completes Positioning . . . Thirty years ago, Jack Trout and Al Ries publishedtheir classic bestseller, Positioning: The Battle for YourMind—a book that revolutionized the world of marketing.But times have changed. Competition is fiercer.Consumers are savvier. Communications are faster. Andonce-successful companies are in crisis mode. Repositioning shows you how to adapt, compete—andsucceed—in today’s overcrowded marketplace. Globalmarketing expert Jack Trout has retooled his mosteffective positioning strategies—providing a must-havearsenal of proven marketing techniques specificallyredesigned for our current climate. With Repositioning,you can conquer the “3 Cs” of business: Competition,Change, and Crisis . . . BEAT THE COMPETITION: Challenge your rivals,differentiate your product, increase your value,and stand out in the crowd. CHANGE WITH THE TIMES: Use the latesttechnologies, communications, and multimediaresources to connect with your consumers. MANAGE A CRISIS: Cope with everything fromprofi t losses and rising costs to bad pressand PR nightmares. Even if your company is doing well, these cutting-edgemarketing observations can keep you on top of your gameand ahead of the pack. You’ll discover how expandingproduct lines may decrease your overall sales, why newbrand names often outsell established brands, and whyslashing prices is usually a bad idea. You’ll learn thedangers of attacking your competitors head-on—andthe value of emphasizing value. You’ll see how consumerscan have too many choices to pick from—and whatyou can do to make them pick your brand. Drawing from the latest research studies, consumer statistics,and business-news headlines, Trout reveals thehidden psychological motives that drive today’s market.Understanding the mindset of your consumers is halfthe battle. Winning in today’s world is often a matter ofrepositioning. It’s how you rethink the strategies you’vealways relied on. It’s how you regain the success you’veworked so hard for. It’s how you win the new battle ofthe mind.