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A recent article on Entrepreneur.com looks at 5 Big Company Branding Strategies Any Business Can Utilize
In the words of Robert Kiyosaki,

            “If you are not a brand, you are a commodity.”

So why is it that so few small-business owners invest in building their brands?
You don’t have to hire an expensive brand strategist to refine your company’s image. But you do need to go beyond picking a color pallet for your company and calling that your “brand.”
Ready to get started? Here are five powerful branding lessons you can learn from big brands:

  1. Develop all-encompassing brand standards.
  2. Dedicate a single person to guiding and enforcing brand standards.
  3. Embrace storytelling.
  4. Take advantage of big data.
  5. Get involved in the community.

 
Read the full article at http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/239965