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Discover game-changing marketing tactics and strategies essential for your business to thrive and stand out in today's ever-changing marketplace.Succeeding in marketing your business goes beyond catchy slogans and flashy offers; it requires a well-defined, adaptable business and product aligned with the current environment and trends. This book aims to equip you with practical insights into how consumers select brands, cultivate loyalty, and execute effective marketing strategies, even as a team of one. You'll discover how to:Define your value and distinguish your brand in the marketplace.Comprehend the trends, attitudes, and purchase criteria influencing your customers.Gain insights into the psychology driving consumer behavior and choices.Develop and implement a marketing plan to achieve revenue goals.Create engaging content and optimize digital advertising strategies.This book caters to entrepreneurs aiming to establish a standout business, grasp customer psychology, and generate tangible revenue using effective marketing techniques tailored to your business.

As part of an emerging literature on place branding, this book fills the important gap between practice-oriented literature—which lacks in-depth and critical analysis—and technical academic literature—which tends to miss down-to-earth practitioners'concerns and to overlook policy and political contexts. Providing frameworks and knowledge on how to practice place branding effectively, this book anchors place-branding practices in a solid analytical framework. It presents place-branding practices through the lenses of public sector marketing, strategic management, and governance processes and structures, as well as communication tools.Marketing a place is more than creating a logo and a motto; this book presents the key strategic aspects to be considered when promoting a place. Readers will gain knowledge about the most important features of place promotion: the development of brands and marketing campaigns in the public sector, the establishment of dedicated politico-administrative structures, and the increasing involvement of various stakeholders that play a central role as place promoters. This book will be a valuable resource for researchers and postgraduate students across place branding, marketing and management, and urban studies, as well as public management, administration, and policy. The practical conclusions discussed in the book will also appeal to practitioners, business consultants, and people working in public administration and politics.

Do you know how to turn the attention your content receives into profit? With a meaningful content marketing strategy, you can.An organization's content communicates everything to consumers. Content marketing is one of the most important pieces of the marketing plan, but many businesses do not take approach it strategically. As Chief Strategy Advisor for the Content Marketing Institute and CEO and Chief Strategy Officer for The Content Advisory, Robert Rose helps transform brands by honing their content marketing. In this book, he walks readers through his scalable, strategic approach.Content Marketing Strategy explains what top brands are doing to streamline their content and how marketing strategists can scale their methods to create business success. The chapters cover stacking a team, working with marketing and branding professionals on a consistent tone and message, setting meaningful goals for the content strategy, implementing it, and measuring the resulting outcomes. Filled with compelling examples from leaders in content marketing, including Salesforce, Cleveland Clinics, Amazon, and Arrow Electronics, the book offers a new model that will transform and optimize your content marketing.

Ihre Rolle als Corporate Designerin bzw. Corporate Designer beinhaltet es, das gesamte visuelle Erscheinungsbild einer Marke bzw. eines Unternehmens im Blick zu haben – neben den klassischen Printmedien liegt der Fokus im Corporate Design heute auf der Gestaltung von digitalen Produkten, Plattformen und Webseiten. Dabei gestalten Sie natürlich, aber Sie beraten auch Ihre Kunden und führen Marktrecherchen und Zielgruppenanalysen durch. Eine durch und durch anspruchsvolle Aufgabe, bei der Ihnen unser Handbuch zur Seite stehen wird. Es führt Sie Schritt für Schritt an die großen Themen und Anforderungen des Corporate Designs heran. Es erläutert Ziele, Konzepte und Vorgehen bei der Erstellung eines gelungenen Corporate Designs und zeigt in der Theorie und anhand von Praxisbeispielen, wie gute Corporate-Designs-Elemente (Logo, Corporate Type, Corporate Colour...) gestaltet und auf Print- und digitale Medien übertragen werden. Konkret, umfassend und up to date – das Handbuch für moderne Corporate Designer•innen.Aus dem Inhalt:Corporate Design und Corporate Identity – DefinitionenCorporate Design-Prozess: Briefing, Zielgruppen-Analyse, Marktanalyse, MarkenaufbauAufsetzen eines Corporate DesignsCorporate Design gestalten: Logos, die richtige Schrift, Corporate Colours, Bildsprache, RasterCorporate Design präsentierenCD-ManualRedesignCorporate Design 4.0: Corporate Design und Social Media, Webdesign und UXDynamisches Corporate DesignRecht im Corporate Design

Corporate Brand Design offers a unique and comprehensive exploration of the relationship between companies, their brand design, and their stakeholders.The book begins its approach with a literature review, to provide an overview of current thinking on the subject and establish a theoretical framework. The following sections cover key stages during the corporate brand development process: Brand signature design, its components and impact on brand reputation; website design and how it builds customer perception of the brand; corporate architecture design and the branding of space and place; brand experience design from a sensuality perspective. International case studies from a range of industries feature in each chapter to demonstrate how the theory translates to practice, alongside case questions to cement learning and definitions of the key constructs.By combining academic theory with practical case studies and examples, readers will gain a thorough understanding of the corporate brand design process and how it influences customer identification and loyalty to the brand. The book is a useful resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of strategic brand management, corporate brand design and visual identity, and marketing communications.

Eine Anleitung von Designern für Unternehmer und MarketingexpertenEin gut definiertes Corporate Design verleiht Ihrem Erscheinungsbild in allen Kommunikationskanälen Wiedererkennbarkeit und unterstreicht den Anspruch Ihrer Produkte oder Dienstleistungen.Bevor Sie sich von professioneller kreativer Seite ein Design entwerfen lassen, klären Sie in einer Analyse Ihre Zielsetzung und auch Ihren Bedarf. Ihre Antworten sind Ihr Wegweiser in der Umsetzung des Corporate Designs mit dem Kreativpartner. Lernen Sie hierbei, Umwege oder eine unübersichtliche Anzahl an Entwürfen, die Sie in Ihrem Anliegen nicht weiterbringen, zu vermeiden.Ein Herzstück des Corporate Design Planers ist der Designcheck, der Ihnen Kriterien an die Hand gibt, nach denen Sie Designentwürfe logisch beurteilen können.Miriam Ertl und Aenne Storm arbeiten seit mehr als 15 Jahren in den Bereichen Corporate Design, Editorial Design und Markenführung in bekannten Agenturen und jetzt als selbstständige Designerinnen.In diesem Buch zeigen sie, wie der Weg zu einem erfolgreichen Design gelingt und geben von den Vorüberlegungen bis hin zur Produktion wertvolle Insidertipps für Unternehmer und Marketingexperten, die für das Design ihrer Firma verantwortlich sind.Die kreativen Arbeiten von Miriam Ertl und Aenne Storm wurden mit Designpreisen ausgezeichnet, unter anderem mit dem iF DESIGN AWARD und dem Red Dot Award.

Create a strong brand DNA—and watch it grow These days, customers want to have a deeply felt connection to the brands behind the products they're purchasing, which means that if you're starting a business, a strong brand DNA has got to be part of your creative process from day one. And it needs to be more than just an abstract idea: to give your brand life—and a bigger chance of surviving against the competition—you need to have a standout launch strategy and a set plan for growing your brand in a noisy marketplace. In Launching & Building a Brand For Dummies, Amy Will—who launched her first business at just 24-years-old and has been the brains behind four strong and buzzworthy brands—covers everything from crafting a powerful brand identity and planning that all-important launch to being prepared to scale up as you begin to take off. She reveals crucial lessons from her personal experience in launching five companies, as well as detailing case studies from some of the strongest brands out there, accompanied by insights and advice from successful founders and branding experts. Stand out on social media Create viral campaigns Build on Customer Loyalty and LongevityDeal with the competition Whether you're thinking of starting a business or are already building up your market share, memorable brand identity will be the key to—and Launching & Building a Brand For Dummies one of the secrets of—your future standout success.

Von der Content-Strategie über die -Planung, -Erstellung und -Distribution bis hin zum -Controlling Mit umfangreichem Kapitel zum Schreiben guter Webtexte Zahlreiche Beispiele, praktische Checklisten und Aufgaben Content Marketing ist heutzutage kein Nice-to-have, sondern vielmehr ein unverzichtbarer Bestandteil in jedem Marketing-Mix des Unternehmens. Es geht dabei um nützlichen Content, der dem Konsumenten in unterschiedlichsten Alltagssituationen das Leben erleichtert. Doch guter Content alleine reicht längst nicht mehr aus. Die Konsumenten wünschen sich relevante Informationen und Content, der wirklich weiterhilft und offene Fragen beantwortet. Oder Content, der begeistert und ein Lächeln ins Gesicht zaubert - ob auf der Website, im Blog oder auf Social Media, ob als Text, Bild oder Video. Mit diesem Buch erhältst du eine Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitung, die dich von Anfang bis zum Ende auf deinem Weg zu einem erfolgreichen Content Marketing begleitet und dir bei der praktischen Umsetzung zur Seite steht. Die Autorin führt dich schrittweise durch die fünf Phasen des Content-Marketing-Zyklus: von der Definition von Marke, Zielen und Zielgruppen über die strategische Content-Planung, -Erstellung und -Distribution bis hin zum -Controlling. In jedem Kapitel findest du Aufgaben und Challenges sowie zahlreiche Checklisten und Tipps, die dich bei der konkreten Umsetzung unterstützen. Zusätzlich bietet dir das Workbook genug Platz für deine eigenen Notizen, damit du sofort loslegen kannst. Das Workbook richtet sich an Content-Marketing-Newbies und an alle, die mit ihren Content-Marketing-Maßnahmen inhaltlich und strategisch durchstarten möchten. Aus dem Inhalt: Teil I: Vorbereitung Markenkern und Elevator Pitch Content-Marketing-Ziele definieren Zielgruppen, Personas, Bedürfnisgruppen und Generationenschubladen Teil II: Content-Planung Themenfindung: Interes-sen und Bedürfnissen gerecht werden Content-Formate und ihre Eigenschaften Mit dem richtigen Content begeistern Content entlang der Customer Journey Kategorisierung von Content Ressourcen- und Redaktionsplan Teil III: Content-Erstellung Content-Audit Grundlagen guter Webtexte: SEO und Lesearten im Web Textarten für die Website Webtexte: Briefing, Recherche, Schreiben, Optimieren, Lektorieren Social Media, Visual & Audio Content Teil IV: Content-Distribution Mediatypen Distributionskanäle Teil V: Content-Erfolg messen, analysieren, optimieren Content-Controlling Recycling und Re-Publishing Ines Eschbacher studierte Kommunikationswissenschaften und gründete im Jahr 2013 die Content-Marketing-Agentur punkt & komma mit dem Fokus auf die Ressorts Content-Strategie, Inbound-Marketing, Content Creation, Social Media und Visual Storytelling.

This book traces the development of internal marketing from initial conceptualisation through to the current issues. It identifies both significant underlying tensions between major theorists and areas in which new perspectives may enrich our understanding of this crucial subject.Internal marketing is the use of traditional strategies by organisations to market themselves to their employees. Presented in bite-sized sections, each of which dissects the most important themes and concepts underpinning the subject, this book explains how subsidiary areas of study have emerged and suggests how the introduction of concepts and perspectives from channel management literature can help analyse the dyadic encounters in which internal marketing takes place. Brown critically extends the scope of internal marketing theory yet further by presenting and analysing new interview transcripts to suggest that internal demarketing – an organisation making itself less attractive to its employees – may sometimes be undertaken intentionally.Internationally applicable and highly accessible, Internal Marketing is perfect for students, teachers, and researchers with an interest not only in internal marketing, but also in employer relations, internal branding, employer branding, and internal communications. It uses clear language and gradually introduces the reader to more sophisticated theoretical concepts step by step, with a uniquely focused, critical, and comprehensive thematic coverage of internal marketing and its extensive theoretical outputs.

How can managers design and manage excellent customer experiences that will develop long-term relationships with their customers? This book addresses this key question and explores both the theory developed over the past 20 years and tools to create truly engaging brands. Taking a broad holistic approach, this book brings together current thinking on experiential marketing, brand management, customer engagement, customer well-being and happiness, customer loyalty and emotions, the customer journey map, and big data and combines it into a practical and clear roadmap for brand managers. By integrating these modern perspectives, concepts, research techniques, and operative tools, this book provides a new perspective of marketing management to design and build engaging branding.Using extensive examples from a variety of industries, this book offers a global perspective that will appeal to both advanced students and experienced marketing managers.

BERNT ULLMANN, often referred to as'the man behind the brands', has been a trusted brand acceleration expert helping generate over 6 billion dollars in global sales so far in his career. With over thirty years'experience as a corporate executive, Ullmann's portfolio includes brand development and management, licensing and distribution, modernization, and global expansion for fashion moguls such as Daymond John, Eddie Lampert, and Tommy Hilfiger. He has also contributed to successful platform expanding brands for clients like Jennifer Lopez, Adam Levine, Nicki Minaj, and others. IN HIS DEBUT BOOK, The Billion Dollar Branding Blueprint, Ullmann shares his expertise in a systematic seven-step process to help entrepreneurs, no matter who, launch their brand successfully. This book is a step by step, easy to follow blueprint to achieve business acceleration and create lasting wealth. Bernt put years of hard-earned knowledge from executive management, high stakes negotiations, and strategic partnerships into the 7 steps process in The Billion Dollar Branding Blueprint.

Trust is an invaluable commodity in any business environment. Organizations benefit from being viewed as transparent, open and human, and one of the best ways of achieving this is through authentic employee advocacy. Participation Marketing takes a detailed look at the benefits that arise when employees are fully subscribed to a brand's ethos, and how this can be used to magnify a brand's voice. After all, it's likely that every individual employee of a company now has several hundred unique social media connections, if not more. So by engaging staff and encouraging them to participate in company activity and share via their own channels, they will be broadcasting trusted brand experiences to entirely new groups of consumers. Employee advocacy has always been worth investing in, but as the combination of constant connectedness and conversation becomes standard in our everyday lives, so too grows the importance of leveraging it. Participation Marketing will convince business leaders to think hard about employee advocacy as a channel that has many positive business outcomes. Internally, it will engage employees and make them feel part of something bigger, which will naturally result in employee satisfaction, retention and an increase in productivity. Externally, it will help brands reach new audiences with trusted and relevant stories.

From Patagonia to Apple, Whole Foods to New Balance, we love our favorite products--and, by extension, the companies that provide them. The emotional connections we form with our beloved brands and services are important relationships--relationships that are potentially worth billions. In the fast-paced, constantly-changing world of the modern marketplace, brands must adapt or perish—strategies, methods, and techniques must evolve to remain effective and relevant. Are you using yesterday's thinking for tomorrow's challenges? Brand Intimacy details ways to build better marketing through the cultivation of emotional connections between brand and consumer. The book provides lessons for marketers and business leaders alike who are seeking to understand these ultimate brand relationships and the opportunities they represent. Divided into three sections, Brand Intimacy starts with Context and Understanding. This explains today's marketing landscape, the effects of technology, consumer behaviors and the advancements around decision making. Through research we discovered that people form relationships with brands the same way they develop relationships with other people. This section provides guidance on how to think about complimentary concepts such as loyalty, satisfaction and brand value. We then explore and compare established approaches and methodologies and showcase why intimacy is a compelling new and enhanced opportunity to build your brand or market your business. The second section, Theory and Model reveals and dimensions the brand intimacy model and dissects it into steps to help you better factor it into your marketing approaches or frameworks. Here you will learn the core concepts and components that are essential to build bonds and the role emotion can play to help you achieve greater customer engagement. You can also review the rankings of the best brands in terms of Brand Intimacy. A summary of our annual research reveals the characteristics of best performers, the most intimate industries, and differences based on geography, age, gender and income. By examining the top intimate brands, we reveal and decode the secrets of the bonds they form with their customers. The third section is Methods & Practice, this details the economic benefits and advantages of a strategy that factors Brand Intimacy. Intimate brands are proven to outperform the Fortune 500 and Standards and Poors'index of brands. Intimate brands create more revenue and profit and last longer. Consumers are also willing to pay more for a brand they are more intimate with. Conversely, we also explore a series of brand failures and lessons learned to help you avoid common pitfalls in brand management. We articulate the steps to build a more intimate brand as well as share a glimpse on the future where software will play a more important role in brand building. The book outlines a proprietary digital platform that we use to help manage and enable intimacy through collaboration, simulators and real-time tracking of emotions. Business and marketing owners face an increasing difficult task to build brands that rise above the clutter, engage more and grow. Brand Intimacy explains how to better measure, build and manage enduring brands. Brands that are built to inspire as well as profit. Written by experienced marketers and backed by extensive research, Brand Intimacy rewrites the rulebook on how to establish and expand your marketing. The book is equal parts theory, research and practice, the result of 7 year journey and a new marketing paradigm for the modern marketer.

Von der Content-Strategie über die -Planung, -Erstellung und -Distribution bis hin zum Controlling Mit umfangreichem Kapitel zum Schreiben guter Webtexte Zahlreiche Beispiele, praktische Checklisten und Aufgaben Content Marketing ist heutzutage ein unverzichtbarer Bestandteil in jedem Marketing-Mix des Unternehmens. Ob Ratgeber, How-to, Blogbeitrag oder Unternehmensinfo – es ist der Content, der dem Konsumenten in unterschiedlichsten Alltagssituationen das Leben erleichtert. Doch guter Content alleine reicht längst nicht mehr aus. Die Konsumenten wünschen sich relevante und nützliche Informationen und Content, der wirklich weiterhilft und offene Fragen beantwortet. Oder Content, der begeistert und ein Lächeln ins Gesicht zaubert. Mit diesem Buch erhältst du eine Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitung, die dich von Anfang bis zum Ende auf deinem Weg zu einem erfolgreichen Content Marketing begleitet und dir bei der praktischen Umsetzung zur Seite steht. Die Autorin führt dich schrittweise durch die fünf Phasen des Content-Marketing-Zyklus: von der Definition von Marke, Zielen und Zielgruppen über die strategische Content-Planung, -Erstellung und -Distribution bis hin zum Controlling. In jedem Kapitel findest du Aufgaben und Challenges sowie zahlreiche Checklisten und Tipps, die dich bei der konkreten Umsetzung unterstützen. Zusätzlich bietet dir das Workbook genug Platz für deine eigenen Notizen, damit du sofort loslegen kannst. Das Workbook richtet sich an Content-Marketing-Newbies und an alle, die mit ihren Content-Marketing-Maßnahmen inhaltlich und strategisch durchstarten möchten. Aus dem Inhalt: Teil I: Vorbereitung Markenkern und Elevator Pitch Content-Marketing-Ziele definieren Zielgruppen, Personas, Bedürfnisgruppen und Generationenschubladen Teil II: Content-Planung Themenfindung: Interessen und Bedürfnissen gerecht werden Content-Formate und ihre Eigenschaften Mit dem richtigen Content begeistern Content entlang der Customer Journey Kategorisierung von Content Ressourcen- und Redaktionsplan Teil III: Content-Erstellung Content-Audit Grundlagen guter Webtexte: SEO und Lesearten im Web Textarten für die Website Webtexte: Briefing, Recherche, Schreiben, Optimieren, Lektorieren Visual & Audio-Content Teil IV: Content-Distribution Mediatypen Distributionskanäle Teil V: Content-Erfolg messen, analysieren, optimieren Content-Controlling Recycling und Re-Publishing

Purpose is the Know-Why. And in today's day and age, Know-Why is the new know-how. But understanding, articulating and knowing your Purpose is more than just possessing knowledge. It represents the intellectual essence of your raison d'être. The Guiding Purpose Strategy is a stimulating deep-dive into the transformational power of Purpose. Looking through the lens of contemporary brand management and taking inspiration from the luxury industry, where strategy and meaning-making have stood the test of time, The Guiding Purpose Strategy provokes fresh thinking, illustrates through case studies and offers a hands-on tool to start your very own path towards finding your inner Why. Building on 20+ years of experience of working with and for some of the most successful brands including Harley-Davidson and Aston Martin, global financial services firms, governments, charities and startups around the world, we demonstrate how the application of the GPS Framework can help you create your very own Guiding Purpose Strategy. Brands, companies and people with clarity of Purpose are changing the world. If you're up for a journey of discovery and knowledge on professional and personal growth, we are delighted to welcome you on board!'The Guiding Purpose Strategy offers a comprehensive look at how Purpose energizes and focuses strategy in a turbulent world. Kramer brings together key frameworks that combine principles and practice into actionable wisdom.'Prof Marc J Ventresca, Faculty of Strategy and Innovation, University of Oxford.'Going beyond the nuts and bolts of traditional marketing, this book explains why and how strong brands are built from within.'Michael van der Sande, former VP & Managing Director Harley-Davidson Europe & former Chief Commercial Officer Aston Martin'You can't get better than a'been-there-done-that'global expert taking the time to reflect on his experiences and share his wisdom. Markus is one of the best, and this book is a must read for anyone wanting to know about the future of brand management.'Graeme Codrington, Futurist & CEO, TomorrowToday Global www.guidingpurposestrategy.com

Alexander Dierks conceptualizes and applies a more nuanced model of the brand purchase funnel. The re-conceptualization builds on a holistic, theory-based, and practically applicable set of 10 propositions, which capture dynamics of consumers'contemporary search and decision behavior and allow for a more differentiated assessment of brand performance across the buying cycle. The model's value add is investigated based on two survey-based studies from the automotive and the electricity industry. Using logistic regression analysis, the author uncovers insightful differences in the determinants of consumers'purchase decisions depending on the stage of consideration set formation. The findings support the employment of the more nuanced funnel in brand management.

Dieses Fachbuch zeigt konkret, wie die neue Kommunikationsform Content-Marketing erfolgreich im Unternehmen implementiert werden kann. Es werden die Voraussetzungen geklärt sowie ein praktikabler Leitfaden zur Umsetzung entwickelt. Best-Practice-Beispiele aus einer Vielzahl von Branchen veranschaulichen den Weg, wie dieser neuer Vermarktungs-Ansatz, der die Inhalte und Kompetenzen des Produktanbieters in den Vordergrund stellt, die Marketing- und Sales-Kommunikation erfolgreich beleben kann.

Sophie Fleischmann trägt mit diesem Buch zu einer Entmystifizierung des Markenmanagements bei. Vor dem Hintergrund mangelnder Fundierung widmet sich die Autorin mit umfangreichen Empirien zwei zentralen Entscheidungsfeldern des Markenmanagements: Der Markenstrategie und der Markenkontrolle. Im Rahmen der Markenstrategie liegt der Fokus auf der Preis-Qualitäts-Positionierung. Es werden systematisch Nachweise in Bezug auf die Kategorisierungsprozesse der Konsumenten hinsichtlich Preis und Qualität erbracht und eine Verknüpfung der Positionierung mit dem Unternehmenserfolg vorgenommen. Im Bereich der Markenkontrolle werden Messmethoden durch Hinzunahme von Daten aus sozialen Medien weiterentwickelt. Konkret wird untersucht, inwieweit sich Markenindikatoren anhand von öffentlich verfügbaren Daten sozialer Medien approximieren lassen. Auf diese Weise werden die Diskrepanzen zwischen Online- und Offline-Marktforschung und somit die Grenzen einer Marktforschungsautomatisierung aufgezeigt.

If You Don't Define Your Brand, Someone Else Will Define It for YouYour small business is a brand. You as a business person are a brand! Imagine using a time-tested,strategic method to build your brandwith best practices for online marketing and more! Brand and marketing strategist Karen Tiber Leland helps entrepreneurs, business owners, CEOs, and executives create a brand by design instead of default, gain greater influence in their industries and companies, and become thought leaders in their fields.The Brand Mapping Strategy uses proven strategies, best practices and anecdotes from real life brand-building successes to give readers the tools they need to design, build, and accelerate a successful brand. Readers will be able to:Develop an overall blueprint for their brand using the Brand Mapping Process®Determine which online tactics (and in what combination) will work for their brandExpand the current brand outreach and contribution to a bigger audience in their industry, community, or the world at largeBecome a thought or industry leader, using clear positioning, a specific strategy for brand building, and a method for implementationLeverage content effectively and efficiently to build their brandDevelop a marketing and social media strategy using the right platform

Ein kompakter Überblick über die nützlichsten Konzepte und Methoden für die Entwicklung starker Marken, die sich im Wettbewerb erfolgreich differenzieren. Die 20 Grundsätze basieren auf dem weltweit aktuellsten Wissensstand über Marken, ihre Etablierung und Weiterentwicklung. Sie zeigen die verschiedenen Möglichkeiten auf, die Manager bei der Gestaltung von Marken haben, und wie Sie damit direkten Einfluss auf Unternehmensstrategie und -erfolg nehmen können.Die deutsche Ausgabe ist mehr als eine Übersetzung. Die Autoren veranschaulichen anhand von Fallbeispielen aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum, warum man Marken als Vermögenswerte betrachten sollte und wie man eine strategische Markenvision entwickelt, diese ganzheitlich umsetzt und gegenüber Kunden einlöst. Gleichzeitig wird gezeigt, wie man Marken in neue Produktkategorien erweitert, sie gegenüber Angriffen des Wettbewerbs schützt, ihre Relevanz langfristig erhält und warum man das eigene Markenportfolioals Ökosystem betrachten sollte.

This book covers all of the core topics in marketing and is written and designed specifically for the needs of MBA students. Assuming no prior knowledge, this text covers the basics before quickly moving on to explore more advanced issues and concepts. It is strongly grounded in theory and linked to best practice, and is the ideal MBA course text.

Two advertising veterans explain the myths about branding—and how even the smallest businesses can benefit by defining themselves to their customers. Branding may be the single most misunderstood concept in marketing. It's not only for big businesses with big bucks. It's not about a logo, a color, a font, or a type of advertising. Branding is defining a company's image in such a way that the customer is left with a single feeling about that business and what they do. Branding is about finding a business's juicy center. Even small businesses on shoestring budgets and sole practitioners can learn the principles of good branding—an effort that encompasses not just messaging, but multiple day-to-day decisions that shape and build your customers'perceptions and emotions. With numerous real-life examples and the expertise that comes only from experience, this book guides you to a new way of thinking about your business, and the kind of wisdom that no amount of money can buy.

Retail Marketing and Branding, 2nd Edition looks at how retailers can make more out of their marketing money with retail best practices in branding and marketing spend optimization. The second edition of Retail Marketing and Branding includes the following updates: • New and updated case examples • Updated figures and examples throughout • New interviewers with recent experiences • Additional chapters

Learn to create a two-way dialog with customers with location-based services and smartphones Location-based services (LBS) have started to gain popularity in the marketplace with more and more businesses starting to incorporate LBS into their marketing mix. This book is a necessary resource for anyone eager to create a two-way dialog with their customers in order to establish customer loyalty programs, drive promotions, or encourage new visitors. You'll learn how to successfully build, launch, and measure a location-based marketing program and figure out which location-based services are right for your business. Packed with resources that share additional information, this helpful guide walks you through the tools and techniques needed to measure all the data that results from a successful location-based marketing program. Serves as an ideal introduction to location-based marketing and gets you started building a location-based marketing program Helps you figure out which location-based service (LBS) is right for your business and then integrate LBS with your social graph Details ways to create compelling offers, using location-based marketing as a customer loyalty program, and set performance goals and benchmarks Explains how to use tools to measure your campaign, analyze results, and determine your business's success Includes examples of companies that are successfully using location-based marketing to demonstrate techniques and concepts featured in the book No matter your location, location-based services can benefit your business and this For Dummies book shows you how!

This is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version. “Marketing is part art and part science. The ‘art era'was ok in the 20th century. If you need to consistently generate growth and increased profitability in this century, you better stick with the science. When cost cutting is not enough to improve the bottom line, it is time to focus again on the consumer. Improve Your Marketing to Grow Your Business shows how to go from consumer insights to relevant innovation and actionable marketing plans. Metrics to measure marketing effectiveness complete a must-read book.” –ARTURO MASSA Leading Global Marketing Executive, Fortune 500 Company How Marketing Can Systematically Drive Profitable Growth, Build Brand Equity, and Maximize Stockholder Value: Rethinking and reengineering your entire marketing organization: processes, technology, metrics, and more New insights from today's top marketing innovators–including Procter & Gamble, Brown-Forman, Kimberly-Clark, Wachovia, Hyatt, and Gillette How to create a marketing culture of accountability, and empower change throughout your organization Indispensable reading for every marketing leader, manager, and business strategist For the first time, marketing can systematically drive top-line revenue growth and long-term business value. Finally, your organization can have a marketing discipline that begins with customer insight and leverages the full benefits of process, creativity, measurement, and collaboration. In this book, legendary marketing innovator Hunter Hastings helps you build that revolutionary marketing organization and use it to achieve unprecedented business results. Discover how to integrate marketing and customer knowledge into everything your company does…leverage technology to identify breakthrough opportunities and marketable innovations…learn faster, act faster, and drive maximum value from every marketing investment you make.