Strategy Driven

MARCH 24, 2011

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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Aaker Brand Short-term Long-term 63

First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 13, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by David Aaker for “The Conversation&# series featured by the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * When a brand sallies forth [.].

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Aaker Brand Review Blog 85

First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 21, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by David Aaker for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * Almost 50 years ago Ernest Dichter, the father of motivation research, [.].

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Dichter Aaker Media Review 80

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

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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Aaker Short-term Marketing Benchmarking 63

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2011

They devote even more resources to marketing communications that try to sway buyers with more clever advertising, more impactful promotions, more visible sponsorships, and more involving social media programs than the competition's. New and improved" — whether faster, cheaper, or better — is the mantra.

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Aaker Brand Marketing Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

They inhibit brilliant silo-spanning marketing, cross-silo offerings, brand consistency over products and markets, disciplined organization-wide marketing resource allocation, and the development of marketing excellence centers for capabilities such as social media or events. One finding was that autonomous silos are simply no longer viable.

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Brand Aaker Objective Team Building 14