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What Makes B2B Tech Buyers Distrust Brands?

What Makes B2B Tech Buyers Distrust Brands?

Buyers say the top things that make them distrust B2B tech brands are when vendor content is outdated or salesy, according to recent research.

The Availability Heuristic, Sharks, and Your Marketing

The Availability Heuristic, Sharks, and Your Marketing

The availability heuristic is a mechanism used by the brain to recall and label information, and it can cause lots of biases in buyers. Some brands attempt to use those biases to their benefit—through awareness advertising, for example. Ethics aside, it's probably not a good idea...

Three Social Media PR Tips for Driving B2B Brand Visibility

Three Social Media PR Tips for Driving B2B Brand Visibility

When news drops, it hits seemingly every social platform at once. It can be hard for a brand to stand out among all the noise. Following the tips in this article for better social media PR.

How to Craft Your Brand's Elevator Pitch

How to Craft Your Brand's Elevator Pitch

To make the right first impression, your brand needs an elevator pitch—a practiced script that introduces yourself and your business in a positive way that is both relevant and memorable. Here are tips on how to craft one.

Three Generative AI Tools and Tricks You May Not Have Considered

Three Generative AI Tools and Tricks You May Not Have Considered

You've likely heard how generative AI can automate content creation, enhance data analysis, and power chatbots. Here are three additional use cases for AI you might have overlooked.

Mastering Brand Consistency in the Age of AI: A Guide for Marketers

Mastering Brand Consistency in the Age of AI: A Guide for Marketers

Companies that have large budgets, large teams, and deep brand expertise have to be thoughtful about what goes into defining a brand—all the more so now that marketers are using AI to create content. Here are three ways to help ensure your brand's voice stays consistent.

Research: Now Is the Time for Brand Marketing (And Why Data Matters for Brand Marketers)

Research: Now Is the Time for Brand Marketing (And Why Data Matters for Brand Marketers)

When the world gets chaotic, people turn to what feels safe and familiar. A trustworthy, familiar brand can be the bedrock that keeps your business stable.

Brand + Demand: Taking B2B Marketing From Cost Center to Value Center

Brand + Demand: Taking B2B Marketing From Cost Center to Value Center

Companies are fighting to survive, and Marketing needs to be more than a cost center. Although it's easy to preach about the value of brand marketing, the rubber needs to meet the road in practical execution and deliver tangible results.

The Boomerang Brand: Five Ways to Avoid It and One Time to Embrace It

The Boomerang Brand: Five Ways to Avoid It and One Time to Embrace It

Brand launch. Brand refresh. Rebrand. You know the drill. But what do you do when the best brand option was one you left behind?

How AI Rewrote the Slogans of 50 Well-Known Brands

How AI Rewrote the Slogans of 50 Well-Known Brands

Can AI do a decent job of rewriting the taglines of popular brands? To find out, Quality Logo Products had an artificial intelligence program rewrite 50 slogans and then surveyed 1,007 Americans to see if they liked the original or AI-generated one better.

How to Create a Socially Responsible B2B Marketing Campaign

How to Create a Socially Responsible B2B Marketing Campaign

Socially responsible marketing tactics can encourage your potential clients to think more favorably of your brand while creating a better work environment for your employees. Here's how.

How to Create an Awesome Brand Persona: A Step-by-Step Guide

How to Create an Awesome Brand Persona: A Step-by-Step Guide

Personification is the art of giving something (your brand, say) human characteristics to draw out emotion in people (your audience, for example). Check out this article to learn how in a few easy steps.

How to Analyze Competitive Messaging in Four Simple Steps

How to Analyze Competitive Messaging in Four Simple Steps

Knowing the relative positions your company and its competitors occupy on the market landscape helps you shape content for all your marketing materials. But how do you determine the positioning of your competitors? This article outlines a straightforward process.

Companies With the Best and Worst Reputations Among Americans

Companies With the Best and Worst Reputations Among Americans

Which highly visible companies have the best and worst reputations among Americans? To find out, Axios and The Harris Poll conducted a survey in March 2023 among a nationally representative sample of 16,310 Americans.

The 10 Strongest and Most Valuable Global B2B Brands

The 10 Strongest and Most Valuable Global B2B Brands

Consulting and commercial services firm Deloitte has the strongest B2B brand in the world, according to recent research from Brand Finance.

Reframing Brand Measurement: It's Not Who, But Where

Reframing Brand Measurement: It's Not Who, But Where

Customer profiles, user browsing data, and benchmark studies are designed to help companies know exactly who their customers are and what brand sentiments they have. But what if we don't need that much information?

SEO, Backlinks, and BEO: Three Pillars for Stronger PR and Brand Awareness

SEO, Backlinks, and BEO: Three Pillars for Stronger PR and Brand Awareness

Now that media outlets have fully transitioned to online spaces, PR and SEO have become intrinsically linked. Journalists do searches, too, and the higher a press release ranks in search results, the more likely it will be covered.

You're So Vain: The 'Me, Me, Me' POV—How to Avoid the Most Common Sin in Marketing

You're So Vain: The 'Me, Me, Me' POV—How to Avoid the Most Common Sin in Marketing

Determined to wax ecstatic on your company's shiny new offering—at the cost of customer voices? You might be suffering from marketing myopia.

How Customer Journey-Mapping Guides Brand Growth

How Customer Journey-Mapping Guides Brand Growth

Journey-mapping not only helps build empathy with your audience but also optimizes the experience to increase the likelihood of getting them to convert, purchase, join, or engage with your brand. Here's how to get started.

Expectation Branding: The Value of Losing Quickly and Owning Your Flaws

Expectation Branding: The Value of Losing Quickly and Owning Your Flaws

If you want your customers to stay, buy more, and advocate for your company, then setting accurate expectations and consistently meeting them wins—even if parts of those expectations aren't great.

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