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    July 12th, 2010 | Posted by Debra Simpson | Category: Online Radio Show | 1 Comment

    North San Diego Business At Large Show Notes: July 9, 2010

    Barbara Eldridge and I discussed what Social Media Channels are and how a business owner would use them. We discussed blogging platforms, micro-blogging, social networks and video. Some resources for more information: So, How Many Channels for Your Brand? Wikipedia List of Social [...]

    Building A Brand, Interview with Lynn Pittman

    April 23rd, 2010 | Posted by Debra Simpson | Category: Online Radio Show | 1 Comment

    North San Diego Business At Large Show Notes: April 23, 2010

    What a great interview with Lynn Pittman on developing your business brand. We talked about building your tribe, determining your brand, some branding mistakes and how to build relationships with your clients and customers. Lynn shared one of our great small business resources, [...]

    Red Fire Branding For Your Business, Interview With Liz Goodgold

    December 4th, 2009 | Posted by Debra Simpson | Category: Online Radio Show | 3 Comments

    North San Diego Business @Large Show Notes December 4, 2009, 3pm PT

    My guest this week was speaker and author Liz Goodgold, a fiery redhead with over 25 years of experience in marketing and branding. She is the author of RED FIRE BRANDING: Create a Hot Personal Brand and Have Customers for Life and [...]

    Reprint From The Business Resource, “The Roundtable”

    October 13th, 2009 | Posted by Debra Simpson | Category: The Business Resource | 2 Comments

    Most everyone who knows me, locally, knows I published a small business newspaper in the early 90s, The Business Resource (formerly known as Networks). I’ve always been passionate about the homebased business community, now known affectionately as, solopreneurs. I watched an Adam Urbanski video the other day, 3 Ways To Stay Motivated,  about staying positive [...]

    North San Diego Business Online Radio Show

    January 7th, 2009 | Posted by Debra Simpson | Category: Online Radio Show | 1 Comment

    Join me on Friday, January 9, 2009 for North San Diego Business At Large Online Radio Show, when I interview Dianna Arreola, Core Specialties, on brand continuity and using products to market your business. This is an online radio show I hold every Friday at 3pm PT.  All you need to do is tap the [...]

    Your Brand, Your Message, Your Business Success

    April 22nd, 2008 | Posted by Debra Simpson | Category: Branding,Events,Marketing,Networking | No Comments

    Your Brand – Your Message Presenting Your Business to Your Market Friday, April 25, 2008 @ 11:30am at Shadowridge Country Club Does your brand speak for you when you’re not around? In the next session at TheMeetMarket, we’ll be discussing your marketing brand and how it represents you and your business. Learn these following techniques [...]

    Mimic Branding – Create a Sense of Familiarity with Your Target

    February 28th, 2008 | Posted by Paul Miser | Category: Marketing,Paul Miser | No Comments

    The best way to build trust in any relationship is to create a sense of familiarity and comfort. Look at your relationships currently, the best ones are the ones where you have these very aspects. It’s not so different in business. The idea of branding can cause some people to go mad trying to figure out what to [...]

    Speaking Your Brand

    February 21st, 2008 | Posted by Barbara Eldridge | Category: Barbara Eldridge,Strategic Planning | No Comments

    Customers make the heart of your business beat with their desire to choose products, services and experiences that meet their needs, fit their values, engage their emotions and respond to their desires. Your role is to transform prospects into customers and customers into fiercely loyal advocates. As your own marketer you have to be heard [...]

    Routine Branding: The Crowning Achievement of your Brand

    February 11th, 2008 | Posted by Paul Miser | Category: Marketing,Paul Miser | No Comments

    Where does your brand fit into the Day-to-Day routine of your customers? No answer, huh? That’s because no one has ever been asked this question before. Why would we want to know where our brand is in the daily lives of our customers? Simple, if we can ensure our company or brand is integrated in to the daily activities [...]

    Super Bowl or Super “Dull” Ads?

    February 4th, 2008 | Posted by Paul Miser | Category: Marketing,Paul Miser | No Comments

    As many of you know yesterday was the Super Bowl, the crowning moment where all of America gathers around the glow of their TV to enjoy some great advertising…that’s right, advertising. Being in the industry, I would have to say I was quite displeased with what I witnessed. Nothing really jumped out at me and made me [...]