http://www.denversmakingthebrand.com/blog The official blog of Denver's Making The Brand Contest Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:23:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Greetings everyone!I am very pleased and excited to announce the grand prize winner for this years Making the Brand Contest!Table Mountain Vision, in Golden, Colorado! Thank you again to our sponsors, and to everyone who entered this year. The judging was challenging with all of the wonderful business who entered!As ... http://www.denversmakingthebrand.com/blog/?p=26 The contest presenters of Denver's Making the Brand are pleased to announce the three finalists of the 2009 Denver's Making the Brand contest! String Beads of Highlands Ranch Chatteau Shutter Company of Englewood Table Mountain Vision Clinic of Golden The judging process included initial reviews of each nomination form including reviews ... http://www.denversmakingthebrand.com/blog/?p=25 Thu, Jan 29, 2009, Denver, CO – The contest presenters of Denver’s Making the Brand (www.denversmakingthebrand.com), a contest to award a single Denver-based small business a $25,000 branding and marketing package, announced today that they have extended the nomination deadline to February 14, 2009. The decision was made in order ... http://www.denversmakingthebrand.com/blog/?p=24 W00t! Kandra will be on 9News Friday morning discussing Making the Brands' deadline extension and category expansion with Jack Maher. OK, here's the bad news... She's scheduled to go on at 5:10 in the AM. Yikes! But Kandra is an old pro at this now and always rocks the house, even in ... http://www.denversmakingthebrand.com/blog/?p=23 Greetings, Making the Branders; it's been a while since I've been around ye olde MTB blog.Apologies for my scarcity. I've been experiencing an unbloggable, long-term personal crisis which has pretty much resolved itself, so hopefully I'll get into some regular brand blogging.Before starting that, though, let me say that Beth ... http://www.denversmakingthebrand.com/blog/?p=22 Sponsors Galore! I know Denver is one of the best places to live and do business, but I am so proud of our local business community right now! The 2009 contest has obtained a total of 8 sponsors!! This means that the lucky grand prize winner will receive a very exciting package ... http://www.denversmakingthebrand.com/blog/?p=21 Beth, Travitt and I are all very excited to be speaking at the next Design to Print / Denver Media Group next week!The group invited us to lead a discussion on branding, and creating a branding team. We are pleased to share our knowledge of the field, branding, and of ... http://www.denversmakingthebrand.com/blog/?p=20 The work is completed - and Renaissance Adventure Guides is now enjoying their new brand!The final package included a basic marketing plan, tag line, logo, stationery, company brochure, billboards, and Web site.We will be checking with Max and Lyle over at Renaissance over the next year to bring you updates ... http://www.denversmakingthebrand.com/blog/?p=19 As Beth is working out the marketing plan, Kandra and I also get to work – Kandra on the logo and imagery, me on the messaging.The logo is probably what most people think about when they think of branding. When you say McDonalds, what pops into your mind? The golden ... http://www.denversmakingthebrand.com/blog/?p=18 After the intensive marketing and business brainstorming session with Max and Lyle from RAG, Beth got to work on the marketing plan, researching and planning strategies for reaching Renaissance Adventure Guide’s (RAG) target markets. The marketing plan for RAG was a little different and more complex than your typical small ... http://www.denversmakingthebrand.com/blog/?p=17