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StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 59 – An Interview with David Aaker, author of Brand Relevance

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Special Edition 59 – An Interview with David Aaker, author of Brand Relevance explores the creation of offerings so different that they create unique categories within which customers perceive no other product or service alternatives. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website.

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Forget Brand Preference – Win the Brand Relevance War

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Brand Relevance : Making Competitors Irrelevant by David Aaker. Not only are these brands phenomenally successful – they are examples of product categories where competitors are nearly irrelevant, says branding guru David Aaker. Whole Foods Market. When competitors’ brands are not considered; the only relevant brand wins by default.

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Personal Needs vs. Customer Relationships

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Marketing scholars Jennifer Aaker and Susan Fournier reveal how closely business relationships and interpersonal relationships mirrored each other in an Internet-based psychology test. “Trust is much heralded in marketing, but it has a downside,” said Aaker in an interview for Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) News.

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