Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Branding for Dummies

That would be me.

I ran downstairs to get the morning chores done (what better time than two a.m.?) and returned to find an email from my publicist to the Bryony team about an upcoming a trailer meeting. Confirming a date was the easy part. Then, I read the rest of the message.

Attached to that email were some concepts to ponder-in question format, of course--regarding branding, promotions, marketing, and communications. It was like walking into a pop quiz and quickly remembering you had forgotten to read that chapter.

I had figured once a publicist was on board, I just had to agree with her ideas and show up. She, however, is not letting me off that easy. I guess this means I'm supposed to be part of the process. She even suggested I write a blog post on branding. (Accomplished).

Actually, I see this as a series of blog posts that will give updates on my adventures into the world of marketing, sort of like ye olde school progress reports.

I have two weeks to formulate answers to her questions. Time to dig a new furrow in the aging brain cells, because this is definitely, for me, the untraveled road.

Wish me luck!

2 comments:

Barbara Findlay Schenck said...

I'm the co-author of Branding for Dummies and got the link to your post via google alerts. If you want branding info to to my website, www.bizstrong.com/. From the home page you can link to free versions of the first chapter of all four of my books, Branding for Dummies, Small Business Marketing for Dummies, Business Plans Kit for Dummies and Selling Your Business. Then go to the Resources page and click Branding for more book excerpts and advice. I hope this helps. All best wishes on your project and in the New Year, Barbara Findlay Schenck

Denise M. Baran-Unland said...

LOL!
So someone really DID write the book.
I just might check it out.
Thanks for the info and the good wishes.
I'm a freelance writer, not a marketing specialist, and SO happy for my publicist. I learn from her every day.