Laura Busche

creating dynamic brands to generate conversion

Lean branding

You've created a product that you're passionate about. Maybe that product is a service. Maybe it's a cause. Maybe that product is you. Ever found it hard to explain to others what you're all about—to convince them to be a part of your team, to buy from you, to partner up?Ever felt that out of the 7 billion+ brands on this earth, none can shake the world exactly like yours--- but somehow you just can't pass on that feeling to anyone else?Wonder. Stories. Joy. Others. Helping. Optimism. Lifestyle. Quality. Solving. Passion. Faith. Energy. This is what we're made of.What is your brand made of? What is it that moves your soul and business? Because let me tell you something: there's a high chance that is exactly what will move others too. Sharing your story doesn't have to be painful, and starting today, it won't. We will embark on the adventure of building a bold, inspiring and powerful brand manifesto—a roadmap that will draw buyers, employees, investors and everyone else right into your brand story.

My Bold, Inspiring and Powerful Brand Manifesto

building a nonstop content marketing machine

Powering content

This workbook will guide you on the journey of building a genuine personal brand that moves audiences. It includes exercises, templates, and helpful advice to navigate everything from shaping a personal brand story, to designing symbols that represent you in the marketplace. Among many others, you'll find a month's worth of personal brand journal pages, a worksheet to create your manifesto, and a complete personal branding plan. Branding yourself and your dream can be a form of therapy. This hyper-digital world of ours has a funny way of amplifying mistakes. Accentuating faults. Introducing doubt. Without strong convictions and self-esteem, our lives can slowly turn into a "me too" song where all we are trying to do every morning is keep up, comply, and fit in. Branding is a cure against all of that.

Personal Branding Workbook and Journal

A Brand of One

Every day, thousands of passionate developers come up with new startup ideas but lack the branding know-how to make them thrive. If you count yourself among them, Lean Branding is here to help. This practical toolkit helps you build your own robust, dynamic brands that generate conversion. You’ll find over 100 DIY branding tactics and inspiring case studies, and step-by-step instructions for building and measuring 25 essential brand strategy ingredients, from logo design to demo-day pitches, using The Lean Startup methodology’s Build-Measure-Learn loop. Learn exactly what a brand is—and what it isn’t Build a minimal set of brand ingredients that are viable in the marketplace: brand story, brand symbols, and brand strategy Measure your brand ingredients by using meaningful metrics to see if they meet your conversion goals Pivot your brand ingredients in new directions based on what you’ve learned—by optimizing rather than trashing Focus specifically on brand story, symbols, or strategy by following the Build-Measure-Learn chapters that apply

Creating Dynamic Brands to Generate Conversion

Lean Branding

Your new product is ready to launch and you’re itching to tell potential customers all about it. But how do you make your message stand out above all the noise and marketing clutter? Take the guesswork out of content management with this hands-on guide. You’ll learn how to produce and manage powerful content pieces that speak directly to customers and compel them to respond. Author Laura Busche walks you through content strategies and tactics drawn from business, design, and psychology insights. Packed with examples and exercises, this book teaches you how to tell your story with engaging copy, potent images, and striking design—all carefully orchestrated through well-oiled production management. Solopreneurs, startups, marketing managers, and execs will learn 10 Essential Steps to Content Success, with deep dives into: Content strategy: understand your audience, choose and prioritize channels, and find your brand’s core themes, voice, and tone Content creation: craft an engaging experience with content formats and copywriting formulas and templates Content management: organize, delegate, and supervise tasks; optimize the content production process to reuse successful patterns

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