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Brand awareness is vital to the success of any business. When consumers know and recognize your brand, they are more likely to turn to it when they need what you’re selling. Having a strong, clear brand helps attract the right customers to your business and promotes customer loyalty with those who already buy from you. In the following paragraphs, we discuss several ways you can raise brand awareness for your company. 1. Corporate Giving For many years, branded corporate gifts have been used in marketing campaigns to promote brand awareness. Corporate gifting is effective in that it furthers the continued…

In the business world, image is everything. Having a professional company image helps to build trust with your clients and shareholders, and ensures the future success of the company. Below, we will take a look at several simple things you can do to enhance your company image and clear a path to a long and prosperous future. 1. The Gift of Giving We’re in a digital age where a huge part of business takes place online. While it’s true that the majority of consumers these days head to the internet before making purchases, it can be very easy to lose…

I was complaining to my girlfriend Gill recently about my boss, a woman who is never there, fails to inspire or motivate us and who rarely does any favors whatsoever for her team. I was pretty envious in fact when, after complaining about my boss, Gill told me that her boss in the office, Mike Giuffrida, is the best boss that she has ever had, and that her team greatly respect and enjoy working with him. I wanted to pick her brains a little further about what it was about him that made him such a good manager and leader,…

There are countless people that want to be successful entrepreneurs right now but this is definitely not an easy task. Statistics show that most companies launched fail during the first year of operation. It definitely takes a lot of work and knowledge for a business to become successful. Matias Campiani, venture capital specialist, highlights that the big problem in most cases is a lack of experience. The entrepreneurs need to be prepared. In order to do that, here are some things that have to be known. Having A Proper Mindset The entrepreneur’s mindset is going to dictate what will happen…

If there is anyone who knows about the highly charged, high pressure, chaotic world of business it is Jeffrey W. Lupient, a highly successful business man here in Minneapolis, St Paul Area, Minnesota. Jeff Lupient has an automative company here and since graduating from Hamline University he has lead an illustrious and highly successful career in business management. Recently we were fortunate to have a quick chat with the man himself, who spoke to us about the importance of staying cool, calm and collected in the world of business. Jeff Lupient MN tells us that losing his head is something…

There is an old saying in business that if you fail to innovate, you will fall behind and fail, and this is something which we have seen evidence of in recent years with some huge retailers going out of business. Continuous improvement and innovation in business is therefore something which all business owners should be encouraged to do, in fact their success depends on it. Improvement in business was the hot topic of debate recently when I attended a business expo in Portland, Oregon, where I had the great pleasure to speak to Arnon Dror about this key to business…