Brainstorm Your Brand: Parts 1 and 2: Taking a Market Assessment & Planning Your Message

It’s just like high school (or college for that matter) all over again. It’s the night before your paper’s due, and while you know the subject matter front to back, all you have to show for it is a blinking cursor and circles under your eyes. And you thought, boy, I can’t wait ’til I graduate and never have to do this again!

And then you decided to start your own business. And the time has come to put together a visual representation of what you do. And the blinking cursor and the dark circles are back. To avoid adding a few gray hairs to the mix, try this exercise and start brainstorming your brand.

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There are people in our community - and in any community - who seem to be offended by the slightest thing. I try to avoid being one of those people. The things that annoy me aren’t so much the outright attempts to offend me - it’s the things that people say that make me want to ask “really? Did you really think about that first?”

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Before Organics Anonymous existed I created websites for four years as a freelance gig that “supplemented” my other career(s). I was never proud of the fact that I couldn’t find total satisfaction in my full time position as a National Sales Manager and Brand Manager for XYZ corp, but nor could I let go of the tremendous financial security, perks, and other material rewards that staying in such a position afforded me. While I craved a creative outlet, the freedom to take “time off” when I needed it, and an environment that fostered progressive thinking (imagine that!), I clung…

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In our everyday business lives, we represent our businesses in various ways. One of the most prevalent and convenient ways is business cards, sometimes known as contact cards.

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What inspires Queer people to begin small businesses? While the allure of the American Dream, avoiding pressure to conform to hetero ideals within workplace environments, and the entrepreneurial ‘bug’ could be the reasons, perhaps some queers choose being in business for themselves to finally play by their own rules and to contribute to their own communities.

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Q Netwerk, parent company of this site, has unveiled Q MailBox a FREE web-based email service that makes donations to Gay Rights and AIDS Education organizations every time its used. Continue Reading »

LOS ANGELES — (March 27, 2008) — Buttocks of all types and sizes will be recognized and celebrated during the month of April, 2008 by Continue Reading »

My name is Joseph Sedillo and I’m proud to be the Coordinator for the Cascade AIDS Project (CAP) Men’s Wellness Center.

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The Portland Gay Pride Festival will be June 14-15 at Tom McCall Waterfront Park.

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