Domain name generator: create, generate, check, query and register domain names Find your name the easy way! Find your name the easy way! Use namechecklist to check if your brandname, username, domain and vanity url are still available on the worldwide web. Enter a name without spaces. 5 Tips to Use SlideShare for Personal Branding What is Personal Branding? Dan Schawbel, personal branding guru, defines it as: The process by which we market ourselves to others. As a brand, we can leverage the same strategies that make these celebrities or corporate brands appeal to others. Ways to Use Pinterest for Blog Branding Some time back, I wrote a detailed guide on Pinterest advertising, which is basically on handling paid Pinterest advertising and tips to make the most of business branding. If you’re in an online business, it’s an informative read. In this article, I will look into some ways to use Pinterest for blog branding. Even though blogging is a business, it’s slightly different. To begin with, a blogger may not have a budget for paid advertising and second, bloggers tend to take blog branding less seriously. Let’s see how bloggers can use the image sharing site.
The Cougar Skin cosmetics range: Cynical branding or simply clever marketing? Cosmetic company Rodial has a habit of pushing the boundaries with its upmarket skincare range. However the imminent launch of Cougar Skin, a skincare range aimed at menopausal women, seems to be pushing all the wrong buttons. Respected beauty writers such as Sali Hughes have labelled the company cynical and exploitative for producing a line that plays to the insulting stereotype of sexually aggressive older women chasing toy boys. DesignMantic.com Announces Release of Groundbreaking Design and Branding Technology Hamilton, New Jersey (PRWEB) April 07, 2014 DesignMantic.com, an innovator in logo design solutions, has announced that its revolutionary functionality will soon be expanded to add additional features for businesses and wedding planners. The DesignMantic tool has been created with ease-of-use and flexibility in mind for users with little to no graphic design experience and will soon offer a complete Web design function. “We understand that many other logo design tools are more complex to use and not as advanced and easy as ours,” says Zaheer Dodhia, CEO of DesignMantic.com.
Smart Branding and Online Influence Tips A brand is any touch point between you and your ideal audience, says Lisa Steadman. Steadman, CEO of Woohoo Media Group, several tips for consistent branding at a talk presented to the Orange County chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners. Also speaking at the monthly dinner meeting was Margaret Brown, who founded SocializeLA.com, helps clients grow, manage and monitor their online presence. “Own and embody your brand,” Steadman advises. Have a “brand voice.” Microsoft offers new Skype TX for broadcasters, solution heavy on branding requirements The use of Skype in television broadcasts has grown over the years, even when the quality of the transmissions have not always been the best. Microsoft must have seen this as a marketing opportunity as they have introduced Skype TX, part of its the Skype in Media offering. Microsoft calls Skype TX “studio grade,” designed and optimized for professional studio environments. According to the Microsoft PDF guidelines, users will need to have Internet speeds of at least 400kbps upload and 500kbps download, as well as other computer requirements that should not be too hard to meet. Other requirements might annoy broadcasts, however.
Does Your Brand Have The Glue That Holds Your Story Together? Storytelling and the Hollywood Through-Line Many, many years ago, long before my time as a creative brand marketer and long before my time working in Hollywood’s story development world, I found myself in film school learning the foundation of screenwriting strategy and storytelling techniques. My screenwriting professors would always be preaching this concept of successful stories having a “through-line,” this glue of sorts that connects the scenes of your story together to form one, viable story. The through-line is that main objective or theme which drives the action of your main character or characters.