N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

Have you figured out how to apply the laws of scarcity to brand management? While a brand without exposure is not much of a brand, I consistently find that brand exposure is an aspect of brand management that is all too often overlooked as a success metric. If not, then this post is for you.

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Brand Brand Management Blog Media 382

Lead on Purpose

JUNE 2, 2012

My largest client is in the apparel industry with a multiplicity of brand names. Instead, product and brand managers are organized into coalitions that serve as a resource one to another. In my experience, there are three major competencies that when developed, create a magnetic leadership style. Authenticity.

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Leadership Apparel Productivity Products 200

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2012

As Kevin McFarthing noted in a recent blog post , in more mature markets directive questions can provide useful input. I've seen many entrepreneurs who have developed elegant solutions to things that matter a great deal to them — and really to no one else. In these circumstances it is tempting to rely on intuition.

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Audience Entrepreneur Maturity Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2013

A pharmaceuticals company we''ve been studying decided to deploy more than 20,000 iPads and other mobile devices to the global sales force to improve its engagement with doctors in emerging and developed markets. The logical response might seem to be to restructure and reskill the IT organization (again!)

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Organization CIO Compliance CRM 8

In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 8, 2016

As Ogilvy’s Ian MacKellar, who helped develop the current creative platform, would say: “For any campaign or creative idea, it helps to have a conflict, a tension, an enemy.” And everyone is trying to climb to the top of that to get ahead,” explains Heather Fadali, senior brand manager for coffee at Kraft Heinz, Nabob’s parent company.

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Brand Brand Management Advertising Management 100

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2015

Since the birth of e-commerce, marketing experts have disagreed about the future role of brands. Some have predicted that digital technologies will hasten the demise of brands because customers will have ready access to information they need to make purchase decisions, and “brand” will therefore become less relevant.

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