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, October 13, 2022

Positioning Product Brands

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When entrepreneurs or organizations start out with a product seeking a market versus the other way around, they need to think carefully abou...
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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

New Product Development - Corporations versus Startups

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It is interesting to compare and contrast how we approached new product development within Hallmark's Product Discovery & Developmen...
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Thursday, August 4, 2022

The Essence of Marketing in One Paragraph

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  Recently, a Venture Capital intern asked me to explain marketing to him at the end of our two-hour interview. While I have spent more than...
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Thursday, June 23, 2022

Customer Discovery

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Customer discovery must run deep. You need to talk with a lot of people and you need to probe deeply with each of them. That means understan...
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Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Branding & the Customer Experience

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Mostly, when people talk about brands and branding they are thinking about the brand's name, identity system, positioning, and marketing...
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Wednesday, May 4, 2022

FREE Marketing for Startups Webinar

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  FREE Marketing for Startups Webinar on Wednesday, May 18 from 11:30 am to 1 pm ET. Sponsored by RIT's Venture Creations Incubator and ...
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Thursday, April 14, 2022

101 Trends Shaping Our World

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Sometimes it’s useful for marketers to understand trends that may affect their businesses. Here are some of the current trends that I am mon...
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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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