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Dare To Be Different

Tuesday, 19 March 2013 00:00

I recently heard a speaker say, “If you want to have something you’ve never had, you have to do something you’ve never done.” What that means to you personally, well, you’ll have to figure that one out.

As far as your business goes, maybe you’re happy with what you have, or at least part of what you have. Maybe you want to change some areas of your business, but hold on to some others.

Unless you want to totally remake your image — and that may not be a terrible idea under the right circumstances — you have to be careful about making changes to your branding and identity. I’m not saying you should never do it, but look how much havoc it wreaks every time Pepsi changes their logo. People can be a little slow to embrace change.

At the same time, you have to keep improving. You can’t stagnate. (And coasting is pretty close to stagnating.) You can make lots of changes to your marketing campaign without losing your branding and identify.

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So look at what’s working well for you. Figure out what isn’t. And come up with a plan to make some changes — some carefully calculated changes. For example, #1) Are you using the internet? #2)  Are you using it right? #3) Do you know what the abbreviation SEO stands for? (Hint: If you don’t know what SEO stands for and how to improve yours, then the answer to question #2 is “no.”)

Don’t make random changes just to “be different.” But dare to try something new. You want to stand out. You want your company to be memorable … in good ways. (After all, this isn’t high school any more.)

If you want to try some changes, but aren’t sure which ones are a good gamble, give us a call. We’re not actual bookies, but we can definitely increase your odds of winning.

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