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The Right and Wrong Ways to Build a Brand

If there’s any single skill every marketing professional should strive to master, it’s how to build a brand. The question of how to build a brand requires nuance and care to answer, as important as enthusiasm may be — because there’s a wrong way, too, and you may not spot the difference until everything falls apart.
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If there’s any single skill every marketing professional should strive to master, it’s how to build a brand. The question of how to build a brand requires nuance and care to answer, as important as enthusiasm may be — because there’s a wrong way, too, and you may not spot the difference until everything falls apart. Read more

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