Is It Time for a New Agency?

Here we are in February already. Wait, what?! February. Geesh. Well, while this may be starting off like a blog congratulating you on successfully getting through a dry January or, on the flip side of the coin, encouraging you to get back on that exercise regimen you undoubtedly fell off of a couple of weeks…

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Nonprofit Sponsorship as a Brand Building Tool

Before I dive into this article, which discusses one of the key components of TIV Branding’s service offerings both for nonprofits and for-profit organizations, a bit of housekeeping…I gave a seminar on this subject for the Santa Rosa Metro Chamber. Check it out on YouTube here. Nonprofit Sponsorship Has Evolved Sponsorship of nonprofit organizations is…

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Brand Building Foundation

Brand building is essential for any organization. When the time comes for a sale, a donation or an engagement of any kind, a clear understanding of your brand will put your organization head and shoulders above the competition. In other words, the more your audience knows about you, the more likely they will be to…

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Sorry But… Who Cares About A Logo?

I’ve said it before…but I really may be kicked off the island for this one. Designers sure love their logos. For many it’s the ultimate gig and clients pay dearly for the service. But nowadays is it really worth the investment? Don’t worry, I’ll explain more…I think there are times when the answer to that…

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Three Reasons Why You Should be Building Your Brand Now. And One Reason Why Not.

It’s noisy out there. The number of brands that demand your attention every hour is shocking. Don’t Google it. But the fact that it’s noisy doesn’t mean you need to yell louder as a brand. It means you need to be consistent and regular in your brand building approaches and playing the long game will…

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How We Became Nonprofit Experts

What makes an expert? Ten thousand hours? An advanced degree? A person who has a comprehensive and authoritative knowledge of or skill in a particular area? Thank you Oxford Dictionary for that last one. For me, expert has always been a tough term to use because it makes it sound like we have nothing left…

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TIV Branding’s Brand New Positioning

Positioning! How many people are bored of hearing Brandt talk about positioning? Well too bad, cuz I’m back at it! The difference? I’m talking about TIV Branding’s positioning this time. That’s right. TIV Branding has a more focused positioning and we’re thrilled to share. First a note on positioning, what it is, and how it…

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Is Unique Always A Good Strategy?

Ask most people to define branding and I’m guessing 9 out 10 people will include the word “unique” or a synonym of the word in their response. But lately, I’ve been questioning whether that’s always a good strategy in this over-saturated, over-branded landscape. Sure, you want to stick out from the crowd…but do you? Everything…

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New Year. New Brand?

The new year always inspires a certain level of introspection. There’s something about starting fresh with 01/01 that makes you take stock of the past 12 months…now add in the new decade, and things are about to get deep. But if you’re stubborn like me, you don’t like to make a change because someone else…

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TIV Branding FAQs

I think we’re up to 24 or 25 websites launched this year at the time of me writing this blog. It’ll be more by the time you’re reading it…we have a couple in development. And we encourage folks to always have FAQs, especially if it’s an e-commerce site. Folks want to learn from the commonly…

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