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What is a brand archetype? Archetypes are a concept originally conceived by famed Swiss psychologist, Carl Jung. In marketing, a brand archetype is a genre you assign to your brand, based upon symbolism. The idea behind using brand archetypes is to anchor your brand against something iconic—something already embedded within …
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Converting Prospects to Customers
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You have a website. Maybe it looks good, or maybe.. not so much. Maybe you’ve tried to get help fixing it, but your current webmaster seems to have fallen off the face of the Earth. At the very least, they have been ignoring your pleas for help.
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Folks, a Lansing-based photographer specializing in wedding and event photography has given me permission to post this conundrum to you. First is his challenge. Next is the advice I gave him. Any other ideas or corrections? Enquiring minds want tFULL ARTICLE
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Speakers' speaker, John Childers, talks about the three ways we represent ourselves when we speak publicly. The first way, he says, is to present ourselves as the Expert. This usually means we've been in our field for a while and we have amassed FULL ARTICLE
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You have a website. Maybe it looks good, or maybe.. not so much. Maybe you’ve tried to get help fixi
Event Ideas for Breakout Sessions and Continuing Education Credits
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Select a nice breadth in session topics if you are conducting breakout sessions.
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Folks, a Lansing-based photographer specializing in wedding and event photography has given me p
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