BLOG
Brandings Cardinal Sins: 3 Common Mistakes to Avoid
You probably know that branding started in farms thousands of years ago to distinguish one farmer's cattle from another's. In business, it's one of the most important things to set you apart from your sea of competitors. Nobody's born with this knowledge and you...
Marketing Strategies for the Future
As a brand marketing coach for small businesses, my number one job is to drag my clients out of the past perception of what marketing was into the future. I'm even writing a book about it called "Gentle Marketing". It's all about attraction, gratitude and giving...
Poking my eyes out
Have you ever wanted to poke your own eyes out during someone's speech? Last night I attended a professional association meeting where I was asked to stay for the presentation since I'll be speaking there myself this year. The talk was given by a sales rep for a...
Building Your Brand on Twitter
As a brand marketing coach, I am always interested in learning new ways to use my brand to enhance my presence on any client touch point. One such touch point is Twitter. Are you doing these things (some of them are admittedly no-brainers) to enhance and build your...
3 Words That Create Instant Credibility
A lot of the work I do with my clients around branding and marketing themselves is around authenticity and transparency. I often talk about how attractive it is when you, the small business owner is up front and honest with people. When it comes to...
5 Secret Thoughts Of Entrepreneurs
As a small business marketing coach, I know and live my entrepreneur clients' thoughts intimately. If life were like a cartoon, we'd have thought bubbles over our heads where our secret thoughts reside. Luckily very few people I've met are mind readers because some...
The 5 Questions You Should Ask Yourself Before Taking on a Client
As a small business owner, I think my clients are like my bosses. I have loads of them. So if stats say that people leave their jobs because of not being able to get along with their bosses, I think it's safe to say that it's really important how you manage your...
Make Your Slogan Ring True
Your slogan is the best way to convey your brand voice and character. Your brand character is the only thing that makes you different than every other competitor in your industry. So do yourself a favour and have a slogan (or a tag line). Then after you get one,...
The New Rules for Marketing
I am old. These eyes have seen many marketing campaigns in many boardrooms over the years. One thing that doesn't change about marketing is that it's based on human emotions and responses. However, a lot else has changed about the world of marketing and how to...
Get Married To Get More Clients
I am bursting with pride about my new book Gentle Marketing: How To Gently Attract Loads of New Customers! due out on my birthday in May! Here's an excerpt that I hope will whet your appetite... As a small business marketing coach, I say you should get married to...
7 Traits of a Great Business Blog
If I had a dollar for every client who was afraid to blog, I'd never need another client again. As a small biz marketing coach, I know that the most authentic way to help our clients is to give them down to earth, real advice that sounds just like they're sitting...
Branding Lessons from the Oscars
I'm a huge (and frustrated since I can't see as many as I want) movie buff. So as a small business owner who helps entrepreneurs with their branding, I look for lessons in branding from the movies. What better place to look at than the Oscars? Here are some great...
About Chala
Chala Dincoy is a Marketing Strategist who helps B2B service providers reposition their marketing message to successfully sell to corporate clients
