When I sold advertising space for the Thomas Register, the world’s leading industrial directory, I relied on marketing studies that demonstrated B2B products were bought, not sold. 92% of purchases were initiated by the buyer, not the seller.

According to Philip Kotler in his book, B2B Brand Management, “The Internet furthermore brings the full array of choices to every purchaser or decision maker anywhere with just one mouse click. Without trusted brands as touchstones, buyers would be overwhelmed by an overload of information no matter what they are looking for.” What better way to surface above the searches for products on the web than to develop a recognizable brand for your company and its products? When you look for a book online, do you search for books or do you go to Amazon.com? When you look for a computer online do you search for PC’s or do you go to Dell, or IBM?

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The newspapers are awash with news on a slowing economy. Maybe once the financial institutions write off their sub-prime mortgage losses, the economy can get back on its feet. In 2003 Interbrand published a white paper on how strong brand companies not only survived better than their competitors in a recession, but they were the first to come out of the recession in good shape.

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