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5 Tips to Uncover your Personal Brand

Posted on: April 11th, 2018

Personal brands have impact. They are resonating with people all over the world in a way that corporate brands do not. Richard Branson, Oprah Winfrey, JK Rowlings. These people have built strong powerful brands that have enhanced their businesses, rather than the other way around.

Developing your personal brand can impact not only on your career but as mentioned above, your entire business or the company that you work for. It doesn’t matter if you are an entrepreneur or an intrapreneur, the impact of carefully creating and developing a personal brand is moreRead more »

The Who, Why, How and What of branding

Posted on: March 16th, 2018

Your logo is not your brand. This statement becomes even clearer when we realised that apples don’t sell computers. It’s the brand behind the computer company, that gets us excited enough to camp outside a store in order to be the first people to lay our hands on the latest technology.

If your logo is not your brand, what is?Read more »

What’s your brand promise?

Posted on: January 31st, 2018

Branding is all about reputation.

And a reputation is created by consistently delivering on a brand promise. We all have ‘that friend’ who is constantly late, or always pulls out of things at the last minute. Unreliable and fickle. We still love them, but we don’t trust them to follow through, and we know that we can’t rely on them.Read more »

5 Reasons to keep WordPress updated

Posted on: December 12th, 2017

I’ve said it before and I’m likely to say it again. Your WordPress website is not a ‘set and forget’ feature of your business.

WordPress is the largest online content management system in the world with well over 75 million websites built using it’s software. Just like your trusty iPhone or software on your computer, websites need regular updates to ensure high levels of security are maintained, plugins are running smoothly and Google is ranking your website higher.

The difference between decision makers, referrers and influencers

Posted on: November 28th, 2017

I would suggest that you are all three – for different reasons and at different times.

I have had two recent experiences which have made me realise just how important the role of Read more »

The difference between website hosting, email hosting and email exchange

Posted on: October 30th, 2017

As a branding studio that designs, develops and hosts website, we have fallen into a challenging workspace where the lines between what we provide and what an IT guru provides has become blurred.

To clear up some misconceptions, I thought I’d share with you the different roles of website hosting and email hosting and why the latter requires an IT professional to set up and trouble shoot.Read more »

How to leverage awards for your brand whether you win or not

Posted on: September 30th, 2017

Love them or hate them awards are an incredible marketing tool for any business prepared to put themselves out there. As a small business owner myself, I have used the power of awards to build not only my two business brands, but also my own personal brand.Read more »

Gold winners at the Sydney Design Awards for branding

Posted on: August 30th, 2017

It’s not everyday that you win GOLD at the Sydney Design Awards, so we thought that we would share with you a little of what goes on behind the scenes to create an award winning brand.

7 tips to get your Facebook business page pumping

Posted on: July 28th, 2017

I have 7 seldom spoken tips that will help you get better leverage for your Facebook business page. These are simple, quick and very easy to set up yet can make a world of difference to your Facebook presence. To access these settings you will need to be logged in as an Admin for the business page. Everything will be editable from the ‘Settings’ or ‘About’ tabs.

5 biggest branding mistakes made on social media

Posted on: June 20th, 2017

Social media is here to stay. And it’s free! So for most businesses it’s the cheapest way of getting your product or service in front of masses of people for a small investment (your time). But how much damage can social media do to your brand? The truth is, that it can do a massive amount of damage if you don’t have a plan on who is going to post what, where and how often. The saying ‘something is better than nothing’ does not apply if you are trying to build a brand that customers will fall in love with.