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Kenan Samms
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Public Relations: Call off the Undertakers

There's an interesting discussion going on online about “Is the PR Business Extinct?”  The talk was precipitated by one of these pseudo scientific pieces that throws around statistics, i.e., “70% of today's PR firms ...READ»

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Why my design business is at its best when the national economy is at its worst

My design business is "crazy busy" right now - smack-dab in the middle of all the news about the horrible U.S. economy. I could currently be working night and day - everyday. In fact, I'm now scheduling projects at least a ...READ»

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Preaching What You Practice: Speaking in professional tongues to the masses

Outside of one's own industry, the specifics of what you may do on a daily basis are seldom a religious experience for most people in the business world. In fact, a great number of professionals in other industries probably don't have ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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Zappos and Personal Branding

I’ve written a lot here about the “hall of shamers,” companies that forget that customer service is their most powerful branding tool just as it is for personal branders. All of which made me all the more pleased when I ...READ»

Kenan Samms

Personal Branding Hall of Shame Redux

Thank you, Jeff Jarvis. Jeff Jarvis, as you remember, was the blogger who outed Dell for its egregious customer service, which he called “Dell Hell.” Recently, I entered my own “Dell Hellish Dell” when I spent about five ...READ»

Kenan Samms

Careers: The Maestro of Personal Branding

How do you get 60 bloggers to create a huge buzz for a book none of them has read? Just ask Rohit Bhargava, Internet marketing whiz and author of the just published Personality Not Included: Why Companies Lose Their ...READ»

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Creating your business identity: Do not try this at home

by Jeff Fisher, Engineer of Creative Identity, Jeff Fisher LogoMotives When initiating the task of establishing a new public persona, most businesses find themselves wandering (or stumbling) into foreign territory. The ...READ»

Kenan Samms

Careers: Obama and Personal Branding

Fast Company in its April issue has a terrific article by Ellen McGirt on "The Brand Called Obama" that is must reading for anyone in personal branding regardless of your political persuasion. The article talks about how ...READ»

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The high cost of saving money on a business image

by Jeff Fisher, Engineer of Creative Identity, Jeff Fisher LogoMotives Not long ago a potential identity design client requested information about the estimated cost of creating a logo to represent a new start-up business. The ...READ»

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Designer Jeff Fisher is having an "Identity Crisis!"

Identity Crisis: 50 Redesigns That Transformed Stale Identities Into Successful Brands, the new book from Jeff Fisher, the Engineer of Creative Identity for the Portland-based design firm Jeff Fisher LogoMotives, has been released by ...READ»

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What Can Celebrated Graphic Designer Jeff Fisher Teach Us About Small Business Marketing?

By Marcia Ming One of the key mistakes small businesses make when creating an online presence is trying to do it all themselves, says Jeff Fisher, a graphic designer with 30 years experience, and author of two books on graphic ...READ»

When a design "contest" is not a contest

by Jeff Fisher, Engineer of Creative Identity, Jeff Fisher LogoMotives It may bark like a dog and look like a dog but, is it really always a dog? A similar query may arise with many “design contests,” especially those ...READ»

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