Branding Strategy Source

This blog provides practical information on brand research, strategy and positioning. It also covers brand equity measurement, brand architecture, brand extension and other brand management and marketing topics.

Thursday, December 4, 2025

My Thoughts on Marketing After 40 Years of Working with Over 250 Brands

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I have had a long career as a marketer. I have worked with Fortune 100 companies, pre-seed startups and everything in between across almost ...
Thursday, August 28, 2025

Marketing Always Starts with the Customer

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Over the past twenty-seven years I have helped more than 250 organizations with their marketing efforts, from Fortune 10 companies to pre-se...
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Thursday, June 19, 2025

Marketing Strategy vs. Tactics

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  I often hear talk about the pros and cons of different graphic design or marketing automation software. Marketers also talk a lot about th...
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Sunday, February 16, 2025

The Demise of the Tesla Brand

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  I had always admired Elon Musk and what he had accomplished. And I always wanted to own a Tesla car. I decided that the Model S was out of...
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Monday, January 27, 2025

Brand Research & Brand Positioning e-learning Courses

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  During February and March of 2025, I am offering "Brand Research" and "Positioning Your Brand to Win" e-learning cours...
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Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Marketing Needs Assessment

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  In conjunction with BrandForward, Inc., we are conducting a marketing needs assessment. If you are a marketing professional or business ex...
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Monday, January 20, 2025

Generic Market Segmentation

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  We at BrandForward have conducted dozens of market segmentation studies for our clients, some very sophisticated testing over fifty attitu...
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Brad VanAuken
Brad VanAuken is president and founder of BrandForward, Inc., a brand strategy consultancy with clients throughout the world. Previously, Brad was the vice president of marketing for Element K (now Skillsoft), a leading e-learning company and director of brand management and marketing for Hallmark Cards, Inc. During his tenure as Hallmark’s chief brand advocate, Hallmark rose to 4th in the EquiTrend national quality brand ranking and Hallmark received the Brand Management of the Year award.
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