After dedicating time, resources and energy into message building, brand development, logo design and general visual branding, business owners, especially those who are not in traditionally forward facing professions, often neglect one last piece of the puzzle: the headshot. This is a missed …
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3 Unexpected Audiences for Your Blog
When you are working on ways to create a community around your brand or service, a blog is an effective addition to your communications and marketing strategy. Understood as a community building tool, the blog is a natural extension of your core message and a way to communicate with your audience, …
How to Present Yourself as an Expert
Use a variety of platforms to build client relationships by leveraging your knowledge and expertise. A small business owner, particularly one who provides a professional service that is intangible (as opposed to a physical product that your customers can hold) like consultants, designers, or even …
The Difference Between a Media Alert and a Press Release
How to use a Media Alert for event promotion Communications consultants and PR professionals help clients gain exposure and promote events through strategic deployment of media outreach tools including the old standbys: the press release and the Media Alert. Media Alerts are particularly effective …
Content Driven Marketing Sets an Already Successful Small Business Apart from Competition
Small Business e-Book Enables Company to Share its Authentic Voice. AV Programming Associates is an independent audiovisual programming company that is consistently ranked among the top ten companies that provide programming services of its type in the US. Matthew Grisafe, President of AVPA, is …
Top 5 Business Launch Press Release Mistakes
Avoid these mistakes to get your press release picked up You have worked tirelessly on your business plan, committed yourself financially, professionally and emotionally to a business that you believe in - a business that you are betting on to succeed - and now it is time to share that with the …