Your Marketing Department: Interview with Entrepreneur Elle Monus

Elle Monus, Co-Founder of True Image Group. Elle builds businesses and specializes in branding and scaling high-growth startups. Her passion for style and branding started when she had the opportunity to build out the Styling function of a popular clothing subscription box. She how to balance a professional presence and femme fashion in order to wow inside and out of the conference room. Find out more about True Image Group at https://www.facebook.com/trueimagegroup or https://trueimagegroup.com Follow us to receive the latest marketing news, or visit our website at https://vickywu.us/blog Here's some highlights from the interview: 1:40 styling who you are and where you want to be in life 2:15 what got Elle started in this business 3:45 why style needs to also be about your personality and lifestlye 5:40 their six-week course that covers style pain points 6:20 marketing issues when they first started and what questions they asked themselves 7:00 until you have knowledge of what you need to be doing before you can determine the budget 8:30 why businesses need to focus on 9:02 what she wishes someone had told her before becoming an entrepreneur 12:12 how their styling service happens 16:32 her favorite client 18:33 local or virtual services 19:42 how to reach True Image Group 20:28 some of the largest lessons I learned at my last marketing job 21:00 rebranding to no longer be viewed as a small mom and pop shop 22:00 my thought process when considering one of our possible marketing strategies 23:13 becoming official partner of the Dallas Cowboys 24:03 the marketing commitment involved 24:50 considering the philosophy of both organizations before the partnership 26:00 organizational skills and needs 26:49 does the brand need to reflect who the client is, or itself, or a blend of both?