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The Case for B2B Branding
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The Case for B2B Branding

Pulling Away from the Business-2-Business Pack

Bob Lamons
Thomson South-Western, 2005
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How do you make a consumer feel good about a light bulb? General Electric did it by building its brand identity around trust. When customers attribute such personality traits to a corporation and its brand, that attachment translates into millions of dollars in revenues. This is why corporate positioning and brand building is so important, yet powerful branding remains as elusive as the marketing Holy Grail. Author and branding expert Bob Lamons’ road map to building your brand is a very usable resource for navigating your way to a brand strategy that works. Lamons breaks down the brand-building process step-by-step, from wooing management to finding a position to measuring the results. He avoids market-speak and illustrates his points with motivational anecdotes and case histories from business-to-business companies with successful brands. Lamons does seem to concentrate more on branding and less on B2B, but getAbstract.com feels this would be a welcome, well-used addition to any marketing professional’s resource library.

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Brand Power

Why does General Electric sell more light bulbs than its competitors? More people reach for GE light bulbs because of their familiarity with the brand. GE has built an image of trust in the minds of consumers, and that trust translates into sales. In fact, GE believes that the pull of its brand generates billions of dollars every year. That’s powerful stuff. A strong branding program creates expectations in the minds of buyers, distributors, retailers, suppliers and employees. When a company’s product or service meets these expectations, the result is a positive brand image.

Branding in Seven Steps

The following step-by-step approach contains a simple formula that harnesses common sense, self-evaluation and hard work. The seven steps to branding success are: "effective teamwork, brand architecture, audience identification, brand positioning, brand personality, personality makeovers, consistent execution and brand equity."

Step One: "Effective Teamwork" - Start at the Top

A successful business-to-business branding program must begin at the top. If key management does not buy into the program, it’s doomed. The number one champion of ...

About the Author

Bob Lamons writes a monthly Marketing News Magazine column called, "Advertising to Business." A B2B advertising practitioner for more than 35 years, and a former international chair of the Business Marketing Association, he is an award-winning member of the Business Marketing Hall of Fame.

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