by Marc H. Rudov | August 15, 2014 | Article
Those from my generation can remember playing as children (we didn’t have video games, Facebook, Instagram, smartphones, or helicopter parents), when, suddenly, the familiar tune of the Mister Softee truck filled the air. No matter our location or activity, we...
by Marc H. Rudov | August 12, 2014 | Article
Robin Williams, who tragically died yesterday, was a branding icon: He epitomized “unique.” Some of your friends will claim a person or thing to be very unique or pretty unique. Impossible. Unique literally means one of a kind. Unique has a binary quality:...
by Marc H. Rudov | August 1, 2014 | Article
Here’s the CEO distress signal I hear most frequently: My company doesn’t stand out from the competition. We’re just one of many, and it frustrates me. This is a CEO actually admitting to a weak brand, without knowing it. Generally speaking, a...
by Marc H. Rudov | May 1, 2014 | Article
The only way a CEO can make his company unique is to enact and enforce new branding rules. And, every member of the branding team — internal marketing department, all customer-facing employees, external PR firm, and external ad agency — must follow them....
by Marc H. Rudov | July 8, 2013 | Article
Branding Is Necessity, Not Luxury Is your sales cycle — the time from identifying a prospect to closing the deal — one year or greater? If so, you have a costly sales cycle: lots of calls, emails, faxes, overnighted parcels, face-to-face meetings, group...
