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Ep 155: Start With Clarity To Build A Strong Brand

Ep 155: Start With Clarity To Build A Strong Brand

Ep 155: Start With Clarity To Build A Strong Brand

by Brad Friedman

Start With Clarity To Build A Strong Brand

The Digital Slice Podcast is brought to you by The Friedman Group, LLC

Join Brad Friedman and Alison Richmond as they chat about the need for small business owners to craft a compelling story that helps communicate who they are.

As SVP of ClearEdge Marketing, Alison Richmond leads the largest division of ClearEdge by upholding its commitment to serve as a visionary growth partner and brand innovator to businesses across the talent and HR tech sector.

Alison has led marketing teams for more than a decade with a focus on ensuring the strategic development and careful tracking of integrated marketing campaigns to maximize ROI and increase brand reach. Constantly curious and passionate about driving growth, Alison is committed to helping companies navigate changing market conditions, building brands with purpose, and supporting the people behind the projects.

In this Episode:

  • Alison talks about your brand being about presenting and communicating who you are out to the world.
  • Alison says the founder of that small business really is the brand.
  • Alison believes business owners need to capture the strengths of the business to communicate out.
  • Alison discusses the need to write your compelling story to share across all the digital platforms.
  • Alison suggests creating your pillars of conversation.

Quotes from this Episode:
“The brand is really the heart and soul of a company.” – Alison Richmond
“There's a quote that says, brand is not what you say it is. It's what the people that have experienced you or your company say that it is.” – Alison Richmond
“When you're building that brand, you think visionary about what you want your brand to be.” – Alison Richmond
“Consistency builds trust.” – Alison Richmond
“I once had a boss tell me that if you can't measure it, you can't manage it.” – Alison Richmond

Resources:

Alison Richmond:
LinkedIn: Alison Richmond
Website: ClearEdge

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Books
Brad Friedman on Digital Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
The Small Business Owner's Guide To Inbound Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions,” by Ross Brand with a chapter by Brad Friedman

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Ep 154: Build A Strong Brand: It’s Crucial For Business

Ep 154: Build A Strong Brand: It’s Crucial For Business

Ep 154: Build A Strong Brand: It's Crucial For Business

by Brad Friedman

Build A Strong Brand: It's Crucial For Business

The Digital Slice Podcast is brought to you by The Friedman Group, LLC

Join Brad Friedman and Linda Fanaras as they chat about branding and marketing, the differences between the two, and how to use marketing to drive your brand.

Linda Fanaras is the founder of Millennium Agency, a B2B brand development and marketing strategy firm that specializes in helping companies build a powerful brand, identify unique messaging that sets them apart in the market, and uncovers the white space in the market to lock in an effective marketing strategy. As a B2B expert and successful business owner, author, and host of the B2B Brand 180 Podcast, Linda shares a unique perspective on how to create impactful brands that drive real results.

In this Episode:

  • Linda talks about the difference between marketing and branding.
  • Linda says we need to figure out what makes our business different from the competition.
  • Linda discusses the need to keep your brand fresh and current.
  • Linda tells us to tie together the visual aspects of our brand with our messaging.
  • Linda also talks about .

Quotes from this Episode:
“Really make sure you know what differentiates you from your competitor, because you don't want to sound like them.” – Linda Fanaras
“How can you take your strategy or your selling proposition and build that into a campaign that's really engaging and unique.” – Linda Fanaras
“You want to stick with your brand look and feel as long as you have it.” – Linda Fanaras
“It's very important to determine what your brand identity is and then stick by that.” – Linda Fanaras
“How can we package that up so it's engaging and interesting and enticing and it makes it different.” – Linda Fanaras

Resources:

Linda Fanaras:
LinkedIn: Linda Fanaras
Website: Linda Fanaras
Website: Millennium Agency

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Our favorite Social Media Management Tool is AgoraPulse
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And, here's the link to my calendar for the two slots I have open to give you a sample coaching session: Coaching Session With Brad

Brad Friedman

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Books
Brad Friedman on Digital Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
The Small Business Owner's Guide To Inbound Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions,” by Ross Brand with a chapter by Brad Friedman

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Ep 114: Revolutionizing Brand Integrity With Generative AI

Ep 114: Revolutionizing Brand Integrity With Generative AI

Ep 114: Revolutionizing Brand Integrity With Generative AI

by Brad Friedman

Revolutionizing Brand Integrity With Generative AI

The Digital Slice Podcast is brought to you by The Friedman Group, LLC

In this episode, Brad Friedman and Rob May look closely at the need for businesses of all sizes to protect their brand integrity and how Generative AI can help.

Rob May, the founder and CEO of Nova, is a leading figure in the field of generative AI and brand safety. With his extensive entrepreneurship and angel investing background, Rob brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the table.

His latest venture, Nova, is an early-stage startup that focuses on building powerful generative AI tools to safeguard brand integrity. With the introduction of their revolutionary products, BrandGuard and BrandGPT, Rob and his team are redefining how brands protect their content in the age of AI.

With BrandGuard, brands can ensure compliance with their guidelines and style rules by leveraging Nova's meticulously crafted models. Meanwhile, BrandGPT allows brands to interact with AI in a conversational manner, providing answers to content-related inquiries.

In this Episode:

  • Rob talks about teaching machines to understand brands and branding.
  • Rob says it's very important for brands to maintain their brand integrity across channels.
  • Rob talks hares the importance of making sure your email, blog posts, tweets, etc. meet your brand guidelines.
  • Rob talks about being mindful of copyright and trademark infractions.
  • Rob says small business owners should build a technology stack that includes a lot of generative AI tools the will help you convert.

Quotes from this Episode:
“In the future generative AI world, humans are going to be planners and strategists and not executors of marketing campaigns.” – Rob May
“Whether you're using generative AI or not, these cycles for cranking out content have gotten faster.” – Rob May
“You still want to keep your brand voice the same, even if you're going to use slightly different words for a 20 year old college female than you might use for a middle aged man in a different part of the country.” – Rob May
“The great thing about generative AI is that you are going to be given a set of tools that can make you look bigger than you are.” – Rob May
“And so the way to think about it is there's this barrier and everything inside the barrier ChatGPT does really well and everything outside the barrier, it doesn't do very well.” – Rob May

Resources:

Rob May:
LinkedIn: Rob May
X: BrandGuard
Instagram: BrandGuard
Website: BrandGuard

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Books
Brad Friedman on Digital Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
The Small Business Owner's Guide To Inbound Marketing,” by Brad Friedman
100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions,” by Ross Brand with a chapter by Brad Friedman

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Our favorite Social Media Management Tool is AgoraPulse
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Libsyn is the Host of The Digital Slice Podcast. Just use our Libsyn code SLICE at https://friedmansocialmedia.com/libsyn to get up to 2 months of free podcasting service with Libsyn! Get your show on Apple Podcasts, get critical show-building stats—Libsyn even does video!

Streamyard is the tool we use to stream to all major platforms simultaneously directly from a browser. We also use Streamyard to record The Digital Slice Podcast because of its ability to provide us with crystal clear audio and 1080p video. Sign up today for free at https://friedmansocialmedia.com/streamyard

Launch your video Membership course or subscription website community with Uscreen. Uscreen helps creators like you build and grow their online video business with membership sites. See what you can do with Uscreen! https://friedmansocialmedia.com/uscreen

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Thank you for trusting me with my honest opinion on future purchases you may make after listening to this podcast. I am always completely transparent with you. As a friend of The Friedman Group, LLC you allow me to be able to use affiliate/referral links when suggesting items for purchase. Please know I am a customer myself or have done sufficient research to feel comfortable sharing these links with you. When you click on a link and purchase the item I may receive a small “commission.” This allows me to continue to provide you with quality content and doesn't affect you in any way at checkout.

Not every link is a referral link and some appear here because my guest spoke about them and I want to make it easy for you to check 'em out. Thank you!

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