What Do You STAND For? Why Branding Matters to Small Businesses

DateMarch 16, 2011
CostFREE

Your brand can be your greatest asset during good times and bad. A strong brand can elevate your business above the competitive fray. What makes a great brand?

It's familiar to people and it speaks of your integrity, character, quality, effectiveness, and reliability.

No matter if you’re a large corporation or a solo-preneur, your brand -- who people think you are -- matters.

All businesses, regardless of their size, age or locations, have a brand identity. A brand is the sum of the good, bad and the ugly or your business reputation . It’s defined by the way your receptionist says "hello" and the music your customers hear when placed on hold as well as by the quality of service and the quality of product. Your brand is what you promise and what you deliver. 

What you deliver: Now that REALLY matters in a small businesses – you cannot afford to make false promises. The goal of this FREE webinar is to present the elements of good branding and demonstrate how small businesses and start-ups can define or refine their brand.

The instructor, Alan Siege, will challenge your assumptions, give you best practices that are practical, help you solve real-life problems. He'll give you practical, understandable information that you can use immediately to make your business more visible and more highly regarded. 


Who Should Attend?

Small business owners, entrepreneurs, solo-preneurs.


Instructor

Alan Siege, CEO/Owner, Small Business Management Consulting

Alan Siege, CEO/Owner of Small Business Management Consulting, which focuses on small firms. SBMC helps companies increase profits by improving the way they tell their business story. He has been featured in NY Newsday, CrainsNewYork, American Express OPEN, Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, and Good Housekeeping. He is an instructor for the NYC Department of Small Business Services Entrepreneur Boot Camp, a Kaufman Foundation Certified Facilitator for its FastTrac programs offered by NYC, as well as an adjunct Professor at the Center for Continuing Education and Workforce Development at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, and the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at New York University.