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What have you done for me lately?
Can the strength of your brand come from the longevity of your business? No one would argue that surviving business challenges for twenty, fifty, or even a hundred years is admirable. It certainly shows the ability to make sound business decisions and the agility to evolve with the changing needs of the market. It’s not, [...]
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The Little Things
When I walk through stores, eat at restaurants, or shop online, I notice the little things which influence me positively or negatively. Businesses make substantial investments to build their brands, but far too often the brand message doesn’t make it to the front line.
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Colleges and Universities Must Compete and Win on Brand Strength
Colleges and universities today find themselves in a hyper-aggressive competition to attract and retain students. Adult learners and traditional students see themselves as “buyers” of a higher-education product. They have different demands, different expectations. They want colleges and universities to serve their individual needs in curriculum, degree offerings, facilities and extracurricular activities. To compete and [...]
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Brand – Deliver Every Day.
Over the years, we’ve helped several of our clients develop their brands. We methodically step them through the process and work together to build a brand that is differentiated from the competition in a way that is relevant to their customers. Then we hand them their new brand and say “OK, good luck!” Not really. [...]
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Establish Your Brand by Educating Customers
I recently published an article on our Learning Solutions blog titled “Innovative Ways to Educate Customers.” The blog talks about how leading organizations, including DuPont, Cisco and American Express are using video, on-demand learning and learning communities to educate customers. Marketing leaders are investing in these efforts to further establish their brands, capture new leads [...]
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The Brand Architecture Dilemma
Branded house or house of brands? Should a business focus on a corporate brand or deploy a host of individual product/service brands? There seems to be lot of debate lately within the blogosphere, and I wanted to add a few thoughts. The most recognizable sample of a house of brands is Proctor and Gamble (P&G). [...]
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The Death of Spin
Like a wobbly top teetering toward collapse, the use of “spin” is slowly winding down. We’ve seen too much infomercial hype, too many politicians twisting the truth, and too many tabloid claims to believe everything we’re told. Sixty years ago, we were naïve enough to believe that cigarettes were good for us. Today, we take [...]
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Turning Change into Evolution
I would like to challenge “change.” We hear so much about change in business today. Companies continually put a positive spin on “change” in their organizations, but it often seems like those changes are reactionary, like they are a step behind.
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Differentiation: It’s not just being different
Every time I read an article, white paper or blog about brand strategy development, the term “Differentiation” is featured as one of the key elements. Yes, differentiation is a key element in building an effective brand strategy, but it doesn’t stop there. Simply saying the same thing in a different way does not create the [...]
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The NFL – A brand at a crossroads