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Brand Portfolio Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Brand Portfolio Strategy: Creating Relevance, Differentiation, Energy, Leverage, and Clarity David A. Aaker Free Press (2004) Note: I read this book when it was first published and recently re-read it. If anything, Aaker’s insights are even more valuable now than they were then.

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Brand Relevance: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Brand Relevance: Making Competitors Irrelevant David A.

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Twitter Weekly Highlights for 2011-03-18

Tanveer Naseer

Here’s a compliation of some of the articles/tweets I shared on Twitter this week: Leaders, Are You Developing Your Employee’s Super Powers? Brand # marketing in social media – Coffee House # Book Review: “Wikibrands&# [link] #. That’s ur brand inside & out. link] # leadership #. Thanks Lisa! Thanks Jesse!

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Personal Needs vs. Customer Relationships

Strategy Driven

Some compile complex Customer Relationship Management algorithms to develop and maintain these relationships. As in all interpersonal relationships, from friendships, to marriage, to company and client, trust and the promise of mutual benefits are the foundation for growth and development. Emotional Needs Not Yet a Business Priority.

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How CMOs Build Brands by Collaborating Across Silos

Harvard Business Review

The challenge for the Chief Marketing Officer is to create marketing and brand building that is both exceptional and efficient in the face of country, product, and functional silos. Develop and exploit silo spanning programs. One finding was that autonomous silos are simply no longer viable.

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Why Do We Get So Emotional About Brands?

Harvard Business Review

Honestly, it’s puzzling that an inanimate, imaginary thing such as a brand should seem to have gender. But obviously brands do send out gender signals, and sometimes they’re quite strong. Even though gender is increasingly understood to be fluid and multidimensional, brands continue to draw power from gender stereotypes.

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