The Strategic Business Influencer

Building a Brand with a Small Budget

De: Paige Velasquez Budde

Narrado por: Paige Velasquez Budde

Don’t just follow trends—become someone who shapes them. This essential guide offers a six-step approach to brand building and provides the tools for any leader to compete with giants, even with a small budget.

Strategic Business Influencers may not be as famous as mainstream celebrities, but they are converting the intangible benefits of influence into significant impact on their revenue and profits. In an increasingly skeptical environment, these leaders build trust and credibility previously reserved for big-name CEOs and target precisely the right audience to build strong, scalable relationships with their customers, investors, employees, and partners.

Zilker Media CEO Paige Velasquez Budde, a veteran marketer, entrepreneur, and speaker, walks leaders through her six-step process for aspiring Strategic Business Influencers, offering them a powerful, unified strategy to build big brands. Entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, and aspiring business owners alike will gain the tools to transform their professional image, discovering how to:

• Reinvent their brand by creating a compelling “Influence ID” and evaluating their current market image to ensure they stand out
• Enhance their relationship management by developing high-touch relationships with customers and stakeholders to convert them into loyal advocates
• Leverage today’s digital tools by mastering the art of generating buzz through PR and content creation using the many free or low-cost tools now available

Drawing on case studies from diverse industries—from regional banking to subfloor manufacturing, women’s undergarments to tech software development—The Strategic Business Influencer will help you build undeniable leverage for a brand, no matter the industry.

©2025 by Paige Velasquez. (P)2025 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.