You already have the resources you need to build a powerhouse brand.If you believe you lack the money, people, time, or ideas to create a thriving brand, think again. In fact, you already have five powerful marketing resources you can use right now to get big-brand results at low cost or no cost at all.Step One: Shift your mindset.International branding expert Brenda Bence has created the defnitive guide to branding on a tight budget. After years as a mega-brander working across four continents and 50 countries for deep-pocketed consumer giants like Procter & Gamble and Bristol-Myers Squibb, she left the corporate world to start her own business. From scratch - and with almost empty pockets - Brenda used inventive, low-cost methods to build her own international brand that now serves clients in 25 countries with offices in the U.S. and Asia.Based on Brenda's successful low-cost branding workshops that have received rave reviewsaround the globe, Smarter Branding Without Breaking the Bank is a treasure chest of tips, tools, and techniques to help SMEs and solo-preneurs achieve similar results at minimalexpense. This accompanying workbook makes it quicker and even more convenient for business owners to open that treasure chest and directly apply these proven strategies to their own brands.- Learn to leverage five existing assets to create a robust brand marketing plan.- Craft a unique brand positioning for your company using six proven elements- Dispel widely-held branding myths that could be holding you back from success- Apply lessons from dozens of real-world case studies across a variety of businesses- Create a permanent "marketing mindset" for you and your team- Bring your brand to life by applying the thought-provoking, step-by-step exercises and worksheets to your unique brand.
