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Want to Build Your Brand? Share Your Content.

 

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What's the best way for a small business to build its brand?

Sharing information -- via blog posts, white papers, Twitter or other platforms -- is a great place to start.

That strategy has certainly worked for Wayne Sutton, a blogger, video podcaster and consultant based in Raleigh, NC. He's built a business by sharing his knowledge. Last week I spoke with him, and he explained that if you share your knowledge, and it's useful, other people will share it, and your brand will spread.

"You don't give everything away for free, but you give some information, and people will share your information," he said.

Wayne pointed out that this isn't just something that works for consultants -- he seen the same dynamics at work for doctors, lawyers and other more traditional professionals.

Here's a recording of my full interview with Wayne.

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Posted by Rick Burnes on Mon, Feb 23, 2009 @ 08:31 AM

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I agree 100% about giving away free information. I'm a strong believer of the saying "you get back, what you give out". Build a blog, write good content for free and spread your knowledge and people will return.  
 
Brandon

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As a owner of a budding business, I now realize QUALITY website SEO is top priority when building your brand. Hubspot is forthright in SEO advise. I'm a believer, Listen to them, they know their trade.

posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 8:34 AM by Cathy Moss


The concept of Giving Value First Has merit. 
 
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posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 3:22 PM by david pylyp


we are still deciding on whether or not to do Twitter, but the more I read blogs and see things like this, it makes me feel like it could be great for us. 
 
 
 
But we are such a small company and worry about having any followers...we wrote an article describing our issues...any advice for us? 
 
 
 
http://blog.officeclip.info/2009/02/to-tweet-or-not-to-tweet/

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posted on Friday, February 27, 2009 at 2:50 PM by Walter Smith


This is so true Rick, thanks for sharing.

posted on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at 1:45 PM by Michael Ray Hopkin


Very interesting video. Definitely useful. Thanks for the post.

posted on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 1:14 AM by Justin


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