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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.

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Global Competition & The Increased Importance of Carefully Crafted Messaging

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Mobility and communication have increased substantially since the dawn of inexpensive air travel and the Internet. Historically, competition...
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Friday, February 12, 2021

Brand Spokespeople and Characters

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Not every brand uses a spokesperson or character as a part of its identity system or advertising campaign but many have over the years. The ...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Customer Brand Insistence Revisited

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I have been preaching about the five drivers of customer brand insistence since we first developed and tested this brand equity measurement ...
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Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Brand Identity & Architecture

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I have just created a new e-learning course, "Brand Identity & Architecture."  This is a comprehensive course on brand identit...
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Thursday, January 21, 2021

Pivoting Your Business During COVID

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Some businesses have been the beneficiaries of the COVID-19 pandemic. They were either in the right place at the right time or they seized a...
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Friday, January 15, 2021

The Evolution of the Trump Brand

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I have been following the Trump brand since I encountered Donald Trump at Studio 54 in the early 1980s. Back then, he had a reputation in Ne...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Trump Brand

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I need your help. I am conducting a survey on the Donald Trump brand. I first conducted this survey in June of 2016. I repeated it in Januar...
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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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