Branding Resources

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.

Should Brands 'Break Up' With Twitter?

Should Brands 'Break Up' With Twitter?

It's been a rocky few months for Twitter. But does the loss of advertising mean your own company should jump to a new platform? Not if you use your account primarily for customer service, says this article.

Less Humor, More Inspiration: The Messaging People Want From Brands

Less Humor, More Inspiration: The Messaging People Want From Brands

People increasingly want brand messaging to be motivational and reassuring, according to recent research from Attest.

What Keeps Senior Marketers Up at Night?

What Keeps Senior Marketers Up at Night?

Senior marketers say demands for ROI, work-from-home issues, and macroeconomic concerns are among the many work worries that keep them up at night, according to recent research.

Six Ways to Build Brand Influence Using Thought Leaders in Your Organization

Six Ways to Build Brand Influence Using Thought Leaders in Your Organization

Although their influence is broadly felt, thought leaders aren't magical beings. They're just people—like you. Here are six ways regular people can increase their company's influence with thought leadership.

The Nine Most Common Brand-Positioning Mistakes

The Nine Most Common Brand-Positioning Mistakes

Brand-positioning is an involved, complex process that, if done incorrectly, can lead to a "meh" result. That's the last thing your company wants. This article outlines nine common mistakes to avoid.

Customer-Centric Companies Win in Recessions: How Customer Insight Cushions Downturns and Speeds Recovery

Customer-Centric Companies Win in Recessions: How Customer Insight Cushions Downturns and Speeds Recovery

Although cutting back on marketing is a kneejerk reaction to a struggling economy, history teaches us that companies' keeping focused on customers is what keeps them afloat. Here are four major reasons for that.

How Long Will Your Rebrand Take? Six Factors to Consider When Developing Your Timeline

How Long Will Your Rebrand Take? Six Factors to Consider When Developing Your Timeline

It's time for a rebrand! But wait, not so fast. You'll need a carefully crafted schedule to make sure everything goes smoothly. These are six things you'll need to consider.

Four Pillars of Brand and Marketing Operations: Support Your Team Members Wherever They Are

Four Pillars of Brand and Marketing Operations: Support Your Team Members Wherever They Are

It's natural for your brand and marketing operations to experience strain, but remote work can make smooth processes harder than ever. This article breaks down four areas you can focus on to address the problems.

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