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.

Friday, December 30, 2022

Why Customer Touch Points Matter

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When people think about brands and brand management, they usually think about one of these things: brand positioning, brand strategy, brand ...
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Thursday, December 29, 2022

Hiring Marketing Professionals

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I recently helped a not-for-profit organization hire a new marketing director. That position's responsibilities span many marketing sub-...
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Thursday, December 22, 2022

Online Marketing Courses

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  Give the gift of marketing expertise this Christmas! These are links to seven online marketing courses that will increase anyone's und...
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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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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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