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Emotional Branding: The New Paradigm for Connecting Brands to People
Marc Gobe , Marc Gob , and Sergio Zyman Manufacturer: Allworth Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1581150784 |
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Emotional Branding Bonds Brands With Today's Savvy ConsumersA visionary approach to building powerful brand loyalty, this groundbreaking book shows marketers of any product or service how to engage today's increasingly cynical consumers on deeper emotional levels. Case histories from the author's high-profile client list analyze demographic and behavioral shifts in populations and retail distribution channels, then show how all five senses can be used as powerful marketing tools to respond to those trends. Chapters detail how to develop strong brand personalities, customize brand presence to different consumer groups, use brand strategies in packaging and display, and facilitate breakthrough strategies for the Web. Chapters detail how to:
* develop unforgettable brand personalities
* customize brand presence to different consumer segments
* incorporate brand strategies into product and retail architecture design
* facilitate interactive access to your products through the Internet.
Emotional Branding breaks new ground in proposing innovative ways to create powerful and effective branding programs for meeting the challenges and opportunities of the new emotion-based economy.
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Great resource for personal branding.......2007-06-08
True but not that insightful.......2005-05-19
People Branding : Thats new !!.......2005-04-14
excellent book .......2005-02-25
Self-Inflated Gibberish.......2004-11-12
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Citizen Brand: 10 Commandments for Transforming Brand Culture in a Consumer Democracy
Marc Gobé Manufacturer: Allworth Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 158115240X |
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Internationally Acclaimed Branding Guru Challenges Corporations: "It's Time to Act as Good Citizens"What have today's brands in common with politicians? - They need to take an active, positive role in people's lives in order to be elected locally and globally, says Marc Gobé, the founder of the widely successful Emotional Branding concept. Today's all-powerful, post-hedonistic consumers expect a deepening level of emotional commitment and social responsibility from the brands that they choose. In CITIZEN BRAND, an evolvement of his revolutionary EMOTIONAL BRANDING concept, the internationally acclaimed branding guru tells corporations how to become the socially relevant, caring community members that are elected in today's consumer democracy.
Three quarters of consumers would vote for corporate community involvement and ethical business practices, say recent polls. Yet while "cause marketing" programs abound, few corporations truly understand the emotional power of the "Citizen Brand" approach, argues Marc Gobé. Using brands like Starbucks and The Bodyshop and Home Depot as examples, CITIZEN BRAND reveals how companies can create strong and deep partnerships with people in America and across the globe by enriching their lives in creative and truly relevant ways.
The bursting dot.com bubble, anti-globalization protests in Seattle and Genoa, an economic slowdown, and the September 11 tragedy. . .the events of the past three years have changed dramatically what consumers expect from today's brands: they seek emotional support and orientation an increasingly complex, strenuous reality. Getting this right requires an intimate understanding of one's customers and their deepest values, says Marc Gobé. CITIZEN BRAND reveals how smart companies have responded to this reality check by treating their customers--and employeeswith a new humanistic, emotional sensitivity. Nucor has made it a point to not lay off any of its people in the face of recession; other companies have followed the example of The Bodyshop by establishing community programs for customers and employees; Coca-Cola is using its trucks in Africa to bring medication and education to local customers.
As Gobé underlines, CITIZEN BRAND is not a comprehensive form of philantrophy or a new business strategy, but an inevitable consequence of global change: ". . .in a global world influenced more and more by local politics, religious upheaval, and social awareness, the role of businesses will change in a dramatic way. The need to reassess one's corporate responsibility is critical in a changed world."
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"Interesting" but not "good"........2004-05-20
There are numerous examples of such poorly related text in the book, I would advise you to read his first book ¡§Emotional branding¡¨ and skip this one.
Shifting into the future, the right way!.......2003-05-04
In an age where many business fear for the future, claiming that customers are jaded, and even anti-business, Gobé presents the situation in more than a constructive manner, he gives a hopeful one.
Rather than throwing his hands up to the sky, pointing to groups that plan 'Don't Buy Anything' days as the end of it all, he shows us that commerce is not over, it is evolving.
More than heart-warming, I think he is right. (He sure has described me as a consumer!) And I know I want to run my business by these ethics, goals & philosophies.
However, his message is more than an uplifting moment, or one of personal identification for me - he gives concrete examples of how businesses can connect with today's customers.
If you can invest in only one branding book this year, this is the one to get.
A definite winner!.......2002-11-05
Gobe is a branding visionary with a very insightful and inspiring approach to building strong brands. While I enjoyed and appreciated his last book, Emotional Branding, I am even more impressed with this one. He proposes here a whole new shift in thinking that is of course-- in a post-Enron, et al.. world-- very a propos today.
He argues that a holistic, consumer-centric and ethics grounded approach to both business and marketing strategies is not only "good" but also good business--it's the new expectation (and biggest opportunity as many will fail to recognize the changed landscape...). This is something I have believed strongly and observed in action for many years as a marketing executive for a global corporation with major consumer brands and it's rewarding to see these ideas put forth in such a fresh and engaging manner.
But besides giving us a provocative new way of looking at marketing strategies from a big picture perspective, the book also has a lot of value from a very practical, hands on point of view. It is full of useful information, such as highly original insight into the latest consumer trends and demographics research, lots of well thought out and unsually interesting case studes and examples of what the most innovative branding professionals are doing. Most of all, the book gives marketers a practical detailed process for how a brand can become a "Citizen Brand" for consumers today and continues the theme of his last book giving insight on how marketers can touch consumers on an emotional level that will inspire that rarity of all rarities--brand loyalty!
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Marketing to the Mind: Right Brain Strategies for Advertising and Marketing
Richard C. Maddock , and Richard L. Fulton Manufacturer: Quorum Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 1567200311 |
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Very few books deal with the unconscious mind--the right side of the brain--and how advertising affects and directs it. This one does exactly that. Psychologist Maddock and his co-author Fulton give the readers a clear understanding of how the mind works, based on up-to-date research, and a new way to understand human motivation and behavior. Drawing unqiuely from medicine, clinical psychology, and the practice of marketing, they combine insights and principles that will provide advertisers with almost a blueprint for executing creative strategies and developing marketing plans with a better chance of success. In so doing the authors make clear that "marketing to the mind" is a diagnostic technique, a way to quickly and inexpensively analyze consumer resistance. With concepts, theories, and research clearly laid out, the authors show how the technique can be applied to a variety of products and services. A practical and engrossing book for the advertising and marketing community, and for teachers, consultants, and students too. Maddock and Fulton introduce a third dimension to marketing and a completely new marketing theory based totally upon unconscious motivation. Most marketing theory deals with conscious, rational motivators while the unconscious motivators are overlooked or ignored. Marketers often complain that they cannot get beyond consumers' rationalizations. The authors correct this by looking at the right side of the brain--the side of the brain that, according to latest empirical research, has been shown to be heavily involved in the mediation of emotion. Marketing to the Mind introduces a new hierarchy of consumer motives, then shows how they tie into product benefits, how they cause consumers to act, and then how marketers can address them. They validate their approach to the unconscious by offering a unique "right brain" market research technique, and show how it is applied to various consumer activities, such as casinos, food service, cosmetics, fashions, health care--and even to the question: Why do people still visit Elvis and Graceland? (That chapter alone will provide marketers with unusually useful information). Clearly written, authoritative, and simply fascinating reading, Marketing to the Mind will prove to be of special value to all those involved in the creation, development, and selling of goods and services.Customer Reviews:
Brilliant.......2000-05-26
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Consumer Behavior (7th Edition)
Leon Schiffman , and Leslie Kanuk Manufacturer: Pearson Education ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0130841293 |
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This revision of a classic book retains the market segmentation approach that has set the standard for consumer behavior study through 6 editions. Emphasizes the role of technology: the impact of technology on consumers and how they make their buying decisions is integrated throughout the text. For anyone interested in Consumer Behavior.Customer Reviews:
Excellent standard textbook.......2000-10-10
Fickleness of Consumer Behavior Defined and Described.......2000-04-16
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Marketing Straight to the Heart
Barry Feig Manufacturer: AMACOM/American Management Association ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0814403557 |
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All marketers strive to achieve a healthy share-of-market for their products. But really smart marketers know how to achieve "share-of-heart" for lasting customer loyalty.In this intriguing book, readers learn how to build "emotion" into every phase of the marketing plan -- from product development to positioning to packaging to advertising.
A product with emotion says to the customer: "I know who you are. I know what you want." These heart-tug products appeal to consumers' self-image, ego, and their desire to feel special. (And where the heart leads, the mind follows.)
Chock full of real-world stories, the book shows how to:
** use proven "hot buttons" that work for most products
** develop a product so you know (in advance) that it has a market
** revive a stagnating brand by "rekindling fires"
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Very helpful hands-on advice for marketers.......2001-04-01
Very helpful hands-on advice for marketers.......2001-04-01
Very helpful hands-on advice for marketers.......2001-04-01
Very helpful hands-on advice for marketers.......2001-04-01
Great bok on Developing a product, practical market research.......2001-03-16
This book is important because it details Barry Feig's proprietary product development process. As a consultant he goes in to large food companies and helps them develop ideas and marketing programs for new products. There are very few books on this topic.
I highly recommend this book. The only downside to this book is that it could stand a little more organiziing of the topics. Overall though, this is a book that you should buy if you are at all interested in how to develop new products and how to test them with the marketplace.
Perhaps the most unique thing is how he recomends that you meet one on one with the customer in developing your product proto-types. He tells you exactly what to show the prospective customers and what to ask them.
Peppered throughout the book are stories about new product developement that he has experienced.
Great book.
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The Strategy of Desire (Classics in Communication and Mass Culture Series)
Ernest Dichter Manufacturer: Transaction Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0765808943 |
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Masterpiece of Motivational Research.......2006-08-30
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Comportement de l'acheteur (Administration des entreprises)
Bernard Pras Manufacturer: Sirey ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 2248000766 |
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The inner editor: The offense and defense of communication
Joseph Stephan Jellinek Manufacturer: Stein and Day ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 0812822706 |
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Market Power and Business Strategy: In Search of the Unified Organization
David Joseph Morris Manufacturer: Quorum Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1567200451 |
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Dr. Morris argues that through its Western mode of thought, a philosophy of separation, the U.S. is losing its edge in worldwide business competition. "Separating" is "pluralistic," says Morris, while the Eastern mode of thought is "unitary"--it seeks to combine. Morris maintains that in business, the Eastern way of thinking is winning. He thus calls for U.S. corporations to combine their various "functions" and simplify them, to develop what he terms a "common operating system" that can successfully achieve "market power," a way to block existing and potential competitors from access to targeted markets. It means adopting what for U.S. business is an entirely new way of thinking, and out of this develop a new approach to business strategy formulation. How this can be done, how the various "functions" of the organization can be linked into a non-linear, unitary structure, and why this must be done, is Dr. Morris's theme. A unique, innovative, ultimately pragmatic discussion for corporate executives throughout the organization, and new food for thought throughout academia. Market Power and Business Strategy consists of seven modules, not chapters. Chapters, says Morris, imply a linear approach to learning and strategy. His book calls for a circular approach. Readers can begin the book anywhere, and will find after finishing it that the effect on their understanding is cumulative. Not only will they get a new way of considering individual functions within the organization, but they will also be struck by how these functions can be combined. The key is in the operating system. It's common to all functions, but because of the way Western thought has developed, the commonality has become hidden. Morris uncovers it by examining in detail the two ways of thinking, Western and Eastern, pluralistic and unitary, and compares them in the contexts of marketing, human resource, finance, and other "resources" that exist within organizations. In doing so, he focuses sharply on marketing, in the belief that marketing strategy cannot be formulated in a vacuum. It must be derived from all intra-organizational disciplines, just as they must build their own strategies with markets and marketing uppermost in mind. With examples from everyday business situations and a wrap-up module that proves his thinking is by no means Utopian, Morris will challenge many strongly held beliefs, to which he would respond: that's the best way to learn.Customer Reviews:
An intellectual breakhrough for dealing with today's world.......1997-07-14
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Motivation Research in Advertising and Marketing
George Horsley Smith Manufacturer: Greenwood Press Reprint ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0837140234 |
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