๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฒ.

It's a table at the Small Business Expo I recently attended. Anyone can put their card on a table for a specific kind of service. So everyone around their card is a competitor. And it's the most obvious example of "does my brand stand out" I've ever seen.

Look at it for a second. Really look.

Which card would you pick up?

This is a table full of competitors. They all basically do the same thing. So which one are you picking up?

This is what it actually looks like when you're competing for attention:
๐—” ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ.

Most of the businesses at that expo probably do good work. Most of them probably solve real problems.

But in that momentโ€”with 100 cards in front of someone who's already tiredโ€”your brand clarity is survival.

So here are the real questions:

  • If your card was on that table, would someone pick it up?

  • Youโ€™re experiencedโ€”youโ€™ve been doing this for 20 yearsโ€ฆ but do you look like it? Do you look trustworthy? Helpful

  • You have credibility or you wouldnโ€™t have started your company. But do you look credible?

  • What about you makes them stop and act?

  • What stands out to you in this photo?

Which card catches your eye first, and why.

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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„?