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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.

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

City Mottos/Taglines/Slogans

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For years, I have lamented the lack of marketing savvy used in developing city and town mottos, taglines and slogans. A very small portion ...
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Monday, December 1, 2014

Pedigree Dog Food: Moving From Functional to Emotional Messaging

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In 2004, Pedigree was the share leader in its category; however, it was losing share to the competition at both the high and low ends of t...
Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Projective Research Techniques

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Projective techniques overcome some of the limitations of direct questioning.  Here is why: People are not always conscious of their unde...
Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Qualitative Research Leads to Emotionally Compelling Brands

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Some brand managers with whom I talk are still are thinking in terms of product functions and features as the brand’s primary point of diff...
Monday, November 24, 2014

Brand Personality

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Brands are the personifications of organizations and their products and services. Selecting a brand personality is one of the tasks necessar...
Sunday, November 23, 2014

Proactive Publicity

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I am a big fan of proactive publicity as a way to build your brand. Here are some examples of proactive publicity: When Hallmark launch...
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Patagonia and Sustainability

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Patagonia has had an environmental ethos for as long as I have been aware of the brand. (I hiked in their stand-up shorts in my college...
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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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