Its Time For Some Steak

Recently, I was reviewing our website statistics. One of the sites that had a link to mine caught me by surprise. Since this is a family publication, I won't include the name of the website. But, let's just say it contains a four-letter word that people do not use in most business circles.... Read More

The Positioning of Success

Many businesses of today are often driven to compete striclty on price, quality, and features of their products and services. Companies who prosper over the long term don't simply offer the best deals, the best quality, or the most impressive bells and whistles. If you want to win big in today's cutting... Read More

The Brand Called You

The best brands always try to do the right thing, so that their reputations will remain unsullied. But beyond that they grow, evolve and get better with time, while maintaining their special qualities from the past.We all have a personal brand with social, cultural, intellectual, and personal needs... Read More

Id Buy That: Getting A Brand Mindset

Feel that? The crisp tingle in the air? It's fall. Fall ushers in the promise of eating, seeing, and getting. It's my favorite time of year. By now, kids are settled into school, sweaters set free from mothballs, and it's an amazing time to... BUY.I don't know about you; but for some reason... Read More

Are You Brand Worthy? Are You Brand Worthy?

Branding is a one hot topic, although it is wildly misunderstood. To make things even more confusing, branding is often tossed in the same basket as marketing which makes its application to an entrepreneur or sole-practioner even more unclear.While out speaking on branding, the question that I hear most is "How do I... Read More

Branding Is Not Selling Out: ITS SELLING IN

Ever see an amazing band perform and wonder why you've never heard of them before? Ever see an astonishing artist on the street and wonder why isn't their work isnšt in a gallery? Ever see an astounding independent film and wonder why people all over the world don't know about it?Me too!It breaks... Read More

Don?t Get Caught In the Trap: The BIG Difference Between Personal and Business Branding

When you're all alone in the privacy of your home office, surrounded by your computer, your phone and your business idea, have you ever asked yourself, "Where's the line between me in my business and the business in me"?With hundreds of thousands of home-based businesses starting every year, and few ever flourishing, the... Read More

Too Dull? Too Sharp?

You work hard getting the right cover message and words for your brochure. Now, you want to give it a look, an image.Why a look? Most consultants see themselves as hard working and pragmatic. They believe the look of their materials is unimportant. After-all, clients are hiring expertise not looks, right? Not so!People... Read More

Notable News - The Branding Myth

How many times have you heard of seen advertising for a graphic design company that states that they do branding?If you think branding is a logo, letterhead, or web design with all the same look, and colours, then it's true...they can "do branding".Let's take a look at one of the world's best-branded companies,... Read More

Naming Names... How to Name your Business

Sometimes the best inspiration comes from hearing about the deconstruction of other company's names. For you, I am happy to share how I came up with "Slice A Day :: your slice on marketing"... First the purpose and vision of my site was to have people volunteer some marketing stories...true case studies of... Read More

Brand Building 201: Finding The Ideal Way

The strongest and longest lasting brands branch off of an existing category. Branching takes patience and time. There are two speeds for launching a brand, each one with its own pros and cons.Speed A, like a hot air balloon, takes a long time to prepare before the actual launch. PR, media marketing, favors... Read More

12 Ways to Reduce Postage

1. Never send a letter that weighs less than 30 gms. Five size8-1/2x11 circulars can be mailed with a 1st class postage stamp. By using all 10 sides with a variety of offers you have agreater chance of receiving an order. 2. When you advertise, state the price of your product and add... Read More

How to Write Classified Ads that Get Results Now.

SELLING DIRECTLY FROM A CLASSIFIED AD Classified ads can be used to sell products directly from the ad.This works best for items costing no more thanapproximately $5. The best use for classified ads is to utilizethem in obtaining inquiries. This is called the two stepapproach. The first step is to get maximum inquiries... Read More

How to Create Your Own Mail Order Products

Pick up almost any book or report on Mailorder Selling andinvariably you will find the same advice. When you select amailorder product, select one which: - appeals to a large segment of the population- is not readily available in stores- is easy to ship by mail- is worthwhile- and a product that lends... Read More

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President Bush, left, makes a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House after meeting with G7 finance ministers about the financial crisis, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, in Washington. Seen from left to right listening are Italy's central bank governor Mario Draghi; IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn; Eurogroup's Chairman Jean-Claude Juncker; Japan's Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa; Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson; France Finance Minister Christine Lagarde; Canada Finance Minister James M. Flaherty, and Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Alastair Darling. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Global finance ministers kept searching for ways to tackle the unfolding financial crisis, turning their attention to its effects on rapidly developing countries and poor nations at risk of being swept up in the turmoil.



Kim Sook, South Korea's chief envoy to international nuclear talks with North Korea, smiles during a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. Kim said he expects North Korea to immediately resume work to disable its nuclear reactor after the United States removed the country from a list of states that sponsor terrorism. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - North Korea said Sunday it will resume dismantling its main nuclear facilities, hours after the U.S. removed the communist country from a list of states Washington says sponsor terrorism.



Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., greets supporters after a campaign rally in support of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 outside the Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. (AP Photo/Mike Wintroath)AP - When Bill and Hillary Clinton take the stage Sunday at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, it will be the launch of an active campaign for their former nemesis Barack Obama in the home stretch of the 2008 presidential race.



In this July 11, 2008, file photo, a giant glacier is seen making its way to the waters of Croaker Bay on Devon Island.  Global economic  woes could halt efforts to control global warming.  Economic troubles will make it tougher to pass legislation capping heat-trapping gases and could delay when reductions would start, according to lawmakers, environmentalists and industry representatives.  (AP Photo/Jonathan Hayward, CP, File)AP - Attempts to tackle global warming are being made more difficult by the spreading economic crisis even as Democratic congressional leaders say it's still a top goal for next year.



German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left and French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, right,  attend a press conference after a France Germany summit at the Charles de Gaulle's museum and memorial on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008 in Colombey Les Deux Eglises, eastern France.Sarkozy and Merkel are meeting for a France-Germany summit a day before the Paris Eurogroup Summit on the financial crisis. (AP Photo/ Jeff Pachoud, Pool)AP - European leaders meet Sunday in search of a common response to a spreading financial crisis that has ricocheted across the Atlantic to their shores and to try to preserve the bloc's unity.



The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-13 space ship carrying a new crew to the international space station (ISS) blasts off from the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Oct.12, 2008. The Russian rocket carries  U.S. space tourist Richard Garriott, U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke, and  Russian cosmonaut, commander of the mission Yury Lonchakov.  (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)AP - A Soyuz spacecraft with two Americans and a Russian on board lifted off from Kazakhstan on Sunday for the international space station.



A fisherman walks on the dock as Hurricane Norbert passes through Puerto San Carlos in Mexico's Baja California, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008.  Hurricane Norbert slammed into Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula with torrential rains and screaming winds, forcing scores of people to flee flooded homes. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - After making landfall over mainland Mexico, Norbert weakened Sunday from a hurricane to a tropical storm, weather officials said.



In this photo provided by Starpix, Clint Eastwood, left, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt talk during a screening of 'Changeling' in New York, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Starpix, Dave Allocca)AP - Angelina Jolie isn't giving away who she's backing in the U.S. presidential election, but she does have good things to say about Barack Obama.



Tampa Bay Rays' Fernando Perez slides past Boston Red Sox catcher Kevin Cash to score on a sacrifice fly by Rays' B.J. Upton during the 11th inning in Game 2 of the American League championship series in St. Petersburg, Fla., Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. The Rays defeated the Red Sox 9-8. Home plate umpire Sam Holbrook is right.  (AP Photo/Steve Nesius)AP - B.J. Upton and the Tampa Bay Rays won a game of home run derby with a shallow fly ball. Pinch-runner Fernando Perez dashed home on Upton's sacrifice fly in the 11th inning and the Rays outlasted the Boston Red Sox 9-8 early Sunday, evening the AL championship series at one game each.



Florida quarterback Tim Tebow (15) high fives fans after defeating LSU in an NCAA college football game in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. Florida won 51-21.  (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - Tim Tebow and No. 11 Florida looked like the juggernaut everyone expected this season. Tebow threw two touchdown passes to Percy Harvin and ran for a score, and the Gators thumped defending national champion LSU 51-21 Saturday night in The Swamp.



U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson speaks at a news conference after the G7 Ministerial meeting in Washington October 10, 2008. The world's rich nations vowed on Friday to take all necessary steps to unfreeze credit markets and ensure banks can raise money but they offered no collective course of action to avert a deep global recession. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)Reuters - European leaders hoped to agree on a detailed plan in Paris on Sunday to prevent market panic and stave off what the International Monetary Fund warned could be a global financial meltdown.



France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel review the troops as they arrive at the Charles De Gaulle Memorial in Colombey les Deux Eglises, eastern France October 11, 2008. (Gerard Cerles/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - Leaders of euro zone countries hold an emergency meeting in Paris on Sunday hoping to agree on specific, pan-European measures to prevent market panic from triggering the most severe global downturn in decades.



People queue up at an ATM machine outside a branch of Halifax in the City of London September 30, 2008. (Andrew Winning/Reuters)Reuters - Major British banks are likely to announce their plans to recapitalize early on Monday, a person familiar with the matter said, a move which could see the government take multi-billion pound stakes in several lenders.



Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks at a campaign rally in Philadelphia, October 11, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama has opened a 6-point lead over Republican rival John McCain in the U.S. presidential race, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Sunday.



A new Chrysler sign is seen after the DaimlerChrysler sign was removed from the front of the Chrysler headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan in this August 4, 2007 file photo. (Rebecca Cook/Files/Reuters)Reuters - Chrysler LLC has had talks with General Motors Corp about a deal to combine the No. 1 and No. 3 American automakers at a time when both are struggling to cut costs and shore up cash, according to three people familiar with the matter.



Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev visits cosmodrome Plesetsk in northern Russia, October 11, 2008. Russia fired a long-range Topol missile from Plesetsk on Sunday. Before the launch, President Medvedev personally inspected the RS-12M Topol, also called the SS-25 Sickle by NATO. Picture taken October 11, 2008. (RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Dmitry Astakhov/Reuters)Reuters - President Dmitry Medvedev oversaw the test firing of an intercontinental Topol missile on Sunday and vowed to commission new generation weapons for Russia's armed forces.



North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (2nd L) visits a military unit at an undisclosed location in North Korea in this recent picture distributed by North Korea's official news agency KCNA on October 11, 2008. (KCNA/Reuters)Reuters - North Korea said on Sunday it would resume taking apart its plutonium-producing nuclear plant and allow in inspectors in response to a U.S. decision to remove it from a terrorism blacklist and salvage a faltering nuclear deal.



Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia, addresses the 63rd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York September 25, 2008. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)Reuters - Australia and New Zealand gave a blanket guarantee to all bank deposits Sunday in a move likely to raise pressure on other economies to do the same, amid a crisis of confidence in the global financial system.



French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel answer questions during a joint press conference in Colombey Les Deux Eglises. Key nations have thrown their support behind efforts to tackle the financial turmoil and amid grim warnings of a AFP - Key nations threw their support behind efforts to tackle the financial turmoil and amid grim warnings of a "meltdown" European leaders pledged their own action ahead of a crisis summit on Sunday.



A map of the Yongbyon nuclear plant in North Korea. North Korea said it will resume work to disable its plutonium-producing nuclear plants and readmit UN inspectors after the United States removed Pyongyang from a terrorism blacklist.(AFP/Graphic/Gil)AFP - North Korea said on Sunday that it will resume work to disable its plutonium-producing nuclear plants and readmit UN inspectors after the United States removed Pyongyang from a terrorism blacklist.



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What about me? Are you asking yourself this question? If not you... Read More

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If you had a choice, which one would you choose, a good... Read More

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Wondering if a trademark is important to you as a business owner?... Read More

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Brand Equity Building - Measuring Brand Value

Measuring brand equity allows a company to establish a baseline and track... Read More

The Aim of the Name

Large corporations spend lavish amounts seeking names for their products that grab... Read More

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McDonald's buys its potatoes from corporate farmers in Idaho not the commodities... Read More

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There are three basic types of logos: text, symbol, and combination logos.... Read More

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Now that everyone has conformed to Living Your Brand on the Web,... Read More

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