At Resound, we believe that your company’s brand should drive everything else. In our first post this month we set out to make our case for this position. Then last week we looked at how you might saturate your company culture with your brand. This week we want to help you plan and execute one Read More
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Brand-Driven Culture: How to Let Your Brand Drive Everything
In our previous post, we explained how crucial brand was to every other area in any business. We used a famous Apple marketing campaign to highlight our position. That campaign turned a steep sales slump into a massive growth trend. The campaign simply highlighted Apple’s brand values and demonstrated why those values should matter to Read More
A Well-Developed Brand is the Cornerstone to Any Good Business
At Resound, we believe that brand — not sales, marketing, or even unique products or services — is the cornerstone of any good business. In masonry, the cornerstone determines the direction of every other stone laid after it. It is the guiding block for the entire building. By placing the cornerstone perfectly, you set your Read More
Discover the Freedom and Power of Authentic Branding
Authenticity is all the rage right now, but it’s an age-old concept. There has never been a time in history when people willingly did business with people they felt they couldn’t trust. But in this age of deep fakes, fake news and countless advertisements promising the moon, authenticity is key. Customers need to believe that Read More
Discover Who You Are With The Rapid SWOT Analysis
What can you do today that will build your authenticity? The first thing is to face the truth so you can act quickly on it. The SWOT analysis is a great place to start — it helps you get honest and focused on your main strength by pitting you against your threats and competition. Here’s Read More
A Good Name is Better than Riches
Why does a good name matter? You might as well ask “why do we do business with people we trust?” There are two parts to authenticity: your own belief in your truth and actual truth (correspondence with reality). Constructing an authentic brand means exploring the objective truth about yourself and then finding the confidence to Read More
Become a More Valuable Version of Yourself Through Authentic Branding
Accidental, arbitrary, superficial and non-branding. These are a few common approaches to branding. Since they’re all covered in our forthcoming book we’ll only cover one here. Let’s talk about non-branding and how it affects your business. We explored this idea briefly in our first post this month, but we will flesh out the business effects Read More
Why Branding Matters
When it comes to developing a brand, many companies will settle for a logo and name that seems unique. They believe that if their logo and name are clever enough, they will stand out in the marketplace. And they might. But it’s a mistake to brand on anything other than your substance. Your authentic brand Read More
For Brands, Love is the Bottom Line
Seems like everyone these days is a copycat. Brands who used to mean something are now trying to predict where culture is going so they can run to the front and pretend they were always leading the parade. Understanding and practicing love is the difference between brands that use people and brands that really serve Read More
3 Ways Love for Employees Builds Your Brand
It’s sometimes tempting to think that you can buy your way to creating a great brand. But there’s a limit. Sure you can hire a branding agency like Resound to help you organize your values, personality traits, and brand story, and create a website and a logo and visual and verbal guidelines. But if you Read More
