Lack Of Time Is Redefining Your Brand
Free time is not really free anymore. The lack of time is having a profound impact on not only the way we connect with one another, but the way our customers connect with our brands and the way they buy.
Category: Branding & Strategy
Selling Innovation in a Commoditized Market
Selling a new innovation or a new concept is hard, because clients are resistant. They don't get it, or they're not prepared to change. So they ply you with platitudes, "This looks amazing, but it's two years ahead of what we need." Or some other compliment veiled as a brush off. The issue is not one of innovation or understanding. This issue is branding. Positioning an innovation requires a different approach.
Do You Believe In Your Brand?
Do you believe in your brand? This may sound like a trite question, but do you? Do you really believe in your brand? Behind every Sticky Brand are people — smart, ambitious, impatient people. People who believe in their brand so deeply that they will do anything in their power to make it a success.
Is Your Sales Process Hurting Your Brand?
Your brand and marketing create the conditions for a sale. But a flawed sales process can unravel all the goodwill created by your brand. Manage your sales process to a high standard, and deliver a buying experience your customers expect.
Make Your Brand Visibly Different
It's one thing to commit to growing an incredible brand, but if your customers can't see it they won't believe it. Sticky brands are visual brands. Make your brand visibly different.
Apple Pay and Apple Watch Are Bigger Than You Think
Apple has a sticky brand because they redefine categories, not launch products. Other companies launch innovative products, but Apple stands heads and shoulders above their peers by continually redefining categories. Apple Pay and Apple Watch redefine the mobile payments and wearables categories.
Grow A Tattoo Worthy Brand
Would you get a tattoo of a logo? I know I wouldn't. I find the idea simply ridiculous. But from a branding context, wow! A tattoo worthy brand may be the pinnacle of consumerism, but it demonstrates that the brand stands something and people are connecting with it at a deep, personal level.
What Would Apple Do?
Take a page from Apple's playbook and ask, "What would Apple do?" It's hard not to admire Apple's brand. They not only have brand loyalty, they have brand anticipation. Everyone wants to know what Apple will do next. Apply some of Apple's principles of branding to grow your brand.
Startup Branding: Plant Deep Roots
The founding vision of a business is the roots of the brand. Startups, like Percy 3D, establish long lasting and scalable brands by having a strong vision. Their vision plants roots for the brand to grow and thrive.
Hotel Fines Guests For Negative Reviews; It Killed Their Brand
Hudson Union Street Guest House has destroyed their brand. A failed social media policy created a media crisis on a global scale. They fined guests $500 for negative reviews on Yelp, and the story became viral. The only option left is to rebrand.
Inventing A Brand Name To Avoid Embarrassment
A brand name that is catchy and memorable in one language can be completely inappropriate in another. Use invented names to avoid international embarrassment. Solgenia invented their company name to work well in eight languages, and be correctly written in each.
David vs Goliath: How Trisura Beats The Big Companies
"If the big companies did everything right, there wouldn't be room for us," says Mike George, CEO of Trisura. Small and mid-sized companies, like Trisura, have an opportunity to compete and win against the giants of their industry. They create a David vs Goliath story by finding areas where the giants are lacking.
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Jeremy Miller
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