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

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StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. how a company establishes and manages a new category or sub-category. advantages of achieving brand relevance over brand preference.

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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. Defining and Managing the Category or Subcategory. Whole Foods Market. About the Author.

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Personal Needs vs. Customer Relationships

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Some compile complex Customer Relationship Management algorithms to develop and maintain these relationships. The challenge of sustaining long-term value pushes businesses toward considering short-term relationships as the easiest route to profits. The Powerful Role of Trust. The Sincere Company.

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