Instructor for: How to Develop a World Class Brand on a Small Business Budget

Suzanne M. Tulien, Principal & Co-Founder of the Brand Ascension Group

For 22 years, Suzanne has been passionately serving clients by creating visual communication pieces and corporate identity design solutions packaged with strategic brand consulting and experiential training. Working with a dynamic marketing and training firm, she helped design and facilitate marketing training workshops across the U.S. Then, as creative project manager for the global consulting firm, she helped manage the internal and external brand acquisitioning of 13 organizations and the acculturation processes to be merged under one corporate entity.

The turning point in Suzanne’s career in the creative advertising and marketing arena came when she launched her own design firm in 2000, I.D. By Design. After 3 years of designing successful corporate identity systems, it became more and more apparent to Suzanne that her clients weren’t just looking for an icon to represent their brand – they were silently screaming for a way to establish and sustain their unique competitive advantage consistently, distinctively and relevantly.

As author of The 6 Myths of Small Business Branding e-book/workbook, and co-author of Brand DNA; DEFINE, CREATE, and BUILD your DIMENSIONAL NUCLEIC ASSETS® and EVOLVE YOUR BUSINESS BRAND, she is helping to pave the evolutionary highway for small businesses to grow by conscious, strategic design, not by default! She and her business partner have been featured facilitators on Microsoft’s Office Live webinar educational programs. They are now facilitating powerful brand strategy training for their clients across the U.S.

Suzanne is co-founder and Principal of The Brand Ascension Group as well as a speaker, award-winning graphic designer, certified trainer and certified in accelerated learning methodologies. She served as 2006-07 President of the Pikes Peak Advertising Federation. Suzanne speaks and trains all over the country and has presented for Microsoft Live Meeting, Intercall Live, VoiceAmerica.com, BetterManagement (SAS, Inc.) She is also on the Expert Panel of YoungEntrepreneur.com. Her articles have been featured on www.BrandChannel.com, eHotelier, and other global/national publications.