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David A. Aaker: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

My first brand book, Managing Brand Equity defined brand equity and set forth its value to a firm and its customers. The second, Building Strong Brands, described the “brand identity&# model that many firms use to manage their brands and also introduced the Brand Equity Ten [.].

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Forget Brand Preference – Win the Brand Relevance War

Strategy Driven

There are two ways to compete in existing markets – gaining brand preference and making competitors irrelevant. Most marketing strategists perceive themselves to be engaged in a brand preference battle. Brand Relevance : Making Competitors Irrelevant by David Aaker. Whole Foods Market. Brand Relevance.

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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. Pharmacia had a global team representing regional silos that met to coordinate marketing globally and to coordinate new product planning.

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