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.

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Research Must Precede Strategy

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Marketing research must precede brand strategy -- period. The best strategies are based on extensive research. Qualitative research can prov...
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Anatomy of a Marketing Plan

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A marketing plan is a request for funds   in return for a promised level of incremental revenues, unit sales, market share or profits. One c...
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Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Brands & Browser Functionality

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I normally do not post about something as tactical as this, but it has a huge impact on brand perception. Recently, as I have been approache...
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Do you know how non-customers perceive your brand?

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To be efficient in marketing spending, brands usually focus on their best customers first and then on their other customers. Typical objecti...
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Monday, March 1, 2021

Dick's New Destination Store

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A 17,000 square-foot turf field is adjacent to the Dick's new 100,000 square-foot Eastview Mall store.  I am happy to write about someth...
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H-E-B Brand the Big Winner in the Texas Energy Outage

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People often are fond of their local grocery store chains. H-E-B is no exception. During Texas' recent winter storm and energy outage, H...
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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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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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