Assessing Your Brand: Go Undercover to Get Ahead with Alana Kohl (Ep. 12)

When was the last time you took an honest assessment of your brand? If you haven’t taken the steps already this year, now is the time to assess your brand for what it is.  As you move forward in 2023 and beyond, there are several checkpoints to consider that will help you achieve long-term benefits from your business-building efforts.  

To lay the foundation for your future success, it all starts with a truthful evaluation of your brand, which is essentially your reputation. In this episode, Lara Galloway is joined by Alana Kohl, the Founder of AdvisorPR®, accomplished brand consultant, communication strategist, and publicist to discuss why and how advisors should go “undercover” to assess their brand.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• The three components of building a sharable brand to establish a competitive advantage in the marketplace
• Why advisors should conduct a thorough analysis of their competitors’ marketing efforts
• The importance of brand differentiation 
• How to apply the four brand assessment questions to your own experience
• And much more!

Resources:

• Go Undercover To Get Ahead

Connect with Alana Kohl: 

• LinkedIn: Alana Kohl
• AdvisorPR – Alana Kohl
• AdvisorPR

About our Guest: 

Alana Kohl is the founder of AdvisorPR® and an accomplished brand consultant, communications strategist, and publicist. Established in 2005, AdvisorPR is exclusively dedicated to serving financial professionals and organizations’ comprehensive marketing communications needs.  

Through innovative turnkey PR programs and a proven approach to media relations, the AdvisorPR team has been able to skillfully and systematically secure substantive media placements for its clients through every market and economic cycle and across diverse media platforms, including local, national, and industry outlets. 

Alana’s leadership has been pivotal in shaping and supporting some of the industry’s most significant evolutions—from communication strategies surrounding economic and legislative changes to guiding advisors to establishing independent brands and launching thought leaders to new levels of success.