A reputation for lying is the only thing worse than a reputation for bending the truth. Either way, getting caught doing it obliterates everything—trust, careers, and not the least of all, relationships. From the still-smoldering fallout of the Ashley Madison email hack to notorious, tabloid-worthy cover-ups, lying creates a situation no person, business, or company Read More
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Why Real Brands Can’t Be Invented (Arbitrary Branding Part 1)
How often have you done something because everyone expects you to? Probably once a day—if not more. While doing what’s expected is part of life, it’s another trap for B2B companies when it comes to solid, authentic brand development. In our last article, we wrapped up the mistake of ‘accidental branding’ based on temporary aspects Read More
Why Your B2B Company Won’t Build a Remarkable Brand (Part 2)
The Problem of Non-Branding In our previous article in this series, we looked at the problem of ‘non-branding’ for B2B companies. We looked at the various reasons why so many companies (and the people that make up the company) are skeptical of branding, think that it’s just not that important, and therefore end up not Read More
Why Your B2B Company Won’t Build a Remarkable Brand (Part 1)
The Problem of Non-Branding At Resound, we believe branding is all about uncovering your authentic identity. But many people (especially in highly technical B2B industries like manufacturing, technology, or engineering) don’t believe in “branding”, or don’t believe it is capable of reflecting anything like an “authentic” identity. They think of branding as a company’s way Read More
4 Causes of Accidental Branding (Part 2)
The world needs your brand. Your brand is unique, dare I say, remarkable. So your brand needs to resonate strongly with its authentic identity. But we all know a lot of brands (especially B2B brands) that don’t feel remarkable. They don’t seem very unique. And that’s what I want to dig into today — the Read More
4 Causes of Accidental Branding (Part 1)
We talk a lot about how the world needs brands as they are at Resound. Meaning – a company should be itself – have its own unique and true identity – and not try to be something it is not. This comes from our fundamental belief that – just as individual human beings are intrinsically Read More
3 Things Decision Modes Teach Us About B2B Buyers
Decision modes affect communication. The method and mood people bring into decision making affect their reasons for buying and how they need information delivered. This brings huge implications to the area of business-to-business sales and marketing. If you can figure out how to connect better with your customers on the basis of their need, delivering Read More
B2B Brand Competitive Research: 4 Reasons to Do it Right
Competition. What comes to mind? An epic struggle between two teams on a sports field? Candidates vying for an open position at a fast-growing, exciting tech company? Perhaps something more biblical, say, David vs Goliath? For most of us leading and building B2B brands, the first thing that comes to mind is the other companies Read More
Overcoming 3 Unique Challenges to Marketing a B2B Brand
If you’ve got a B2B brand – selling your products and services to other businesses – then you know that there are some very unique challenges to marketing your business-to-business brand. A lot of the branding lessons out there are great – and some certainly translate to B2B. But most of those lessons are built Read More
4 Occasions Your Brand Story will Make You Stand Out
Your brand story touches off a story in the mind of your audience that involves them and sets you apart as the only one they’ll trust to solve their problem. But if that’s true, why are so many stories lacking empathy, focus, values and seriousness? Today, we’ll talk about these things as well as 4 Read More
