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What Does Your Brand Sound Like?

Harvard Business Review

But with most B2B and B2C organizations using virtually the same branding tools, they’re arguably seeing less advantage as a result of their efforts — if they’re realizing any advantage at all. SNCF’s Audio Logo, 2012. For instance, back in August, eMarketer reported that in the digital area alone, U.S. of total digital spend.

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The Secrets to TripAdvisor's Impressive Scale

Harvard Business Review

Going B2C was daunting and not in our core DNA," Kaufer remarked. After some searching, TripAdvisor found a magical business model, representing social media and user-generated content at its best. The chart below shows their financial performance over the last few years, with forecasted 2012 revenue of $767M and EBITDA of $339M.

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