To gain brand recognition your company name, logo and message must be placed in sight of your potential and current clients as often as reasonably possible. You need people to get use to seeing your brand name.
One method of accomplishing this in the offline world is through the smart usage of tools like branded gifts.
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5 Tips to Protect Your Brand Online

by Jimi Jones
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“The whole world is a stage” someone once said, and it’s truer today than ever before. With so many people and businesses online, one may consider some of the following options for protecting your brand.
1. Choose Wisely – From the very beginning, try to choose a domain name that has something unique about it. Also [...]

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11 Mistakes to Avoid While Building Your Online Business

by Jimi Jones
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I’ve been an Entrepreneur for many years, having run several offline businesses, and one thing that I have come to realize about online businesses, the techniques for success are pretty much the same.
Makes me wonder why so many have made the process so difficult, including yours truly.
For some reason many view online businesses [...]

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7 Personal Branding Tips – Tools of the Trade

by Jimi Jones
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A personal brand is simply a process used to mark or identify people, their businesses or careers as a brand. It’s what they represent in the eyes of others. I don’t know that he needs to be any more complicated than that.
As a business operator, you will make yourself synonymous with your company and the [...]

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5 Benefits of Networking

by Jimi Jones
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As an entrepreneur and blogger building an online business, networking is a key activity that is not only fun, but critical to your personal growth and business development.
Let’s face it, there is so much to do when it comes to successfully building and online business that it’s good to have a network of friends and [...]

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How To Brand Your Feedburner Subscribe Page

by Jimi Jones
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In a very crowded marketplace, you should always be on the lookout for opportunities to do some creative branding, something that most others may overlook or find unimportant. It’s what makes your brand different and can give you and edge over competitors.
Your Feedburner subscribe page does not have to look like all the others. Why [...]

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Review – ProBlogger Book, Second Edition

by Jimi Jones
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Robb Sutton of “Ramped Up Pro Blogging” fame conducted a contest recently where you could win a free copy of Darren Rowse’s and Chris Garrett’s second edition of the ProBlogger book. I of course entered and thought little about it afterward, until this was posted: [drumroll] And The Winner Of The Problogger Book Is…
Needless to [...]

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BlogcastFM – A Great Resource

by Jimi Jones
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As a loyal listener of BlogcastFM, I often wonder if others are listening to all of the great interviews conducted by co-founders Srinivas Rao and Sid Savara. When you know about something of value, you want to share it with others.
If you are a Blogger, Entrepreneur, Internet Marketer or whatever title you have bestowed upon [...]

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Come Join Us For Bloggywood Squares

by Jimi Jones
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As a founding member of the Beyond Blogging Project I am proud of the direction things have taken and the great relationships that have been built with fellow members. We always  aim to implement ways of doing things differently.
And why not dare to be different?
Well the brains behind the Beyond Blogging Project put their minds [...]

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9 Tips to Help You Avoid Information Overload

by Jimi Jones
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When life closes in on you, as it sometimes does, the manner in which we respond can set the tone for how we move forward. Much of the information we receive or are exposed to is often just “stuff”. It looks good at the moment, but does it support what you really want to do [...]

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How to Install and Use Email Signatures with Autopen

by Jimi Jones
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When it comes to personal branding, I am always on the lookout for helpful tools and strategies that enhance the process.
If you are using Google Apps, Gmail or Yahoo email clients combined with Google’s Chrome browser, there is a browser extension that allows you to personalize you email signature.
It’s called Autopen and it has a [...]

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What Bloggers Can Learn From Artists

by Jimi Jones
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I have always considered blogging to be a craft that has to be honed to a level of professionalism. Like any business, to be recognized as a true professional, one must gain a level of separation and demonstrate extraordinary skills and discipline.
Developing your skills as a blogger requires you to go through many of the [...]

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Collecta – The Real Deal for Real-Time Search Results

by Jimi Jones
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Real-time searches are great for finding out what people are talking about on any particular topic and the ability to gather this information as it occurs is the latest trend in online research.
The latest member to join the real-time search club is Collecta, which provides results in a three-column layout and opens the clicked results [...]

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