Three Threats to Brand Relevance

'Threats to brand relevance are always lurking around the corner, Your brand is virtually never immune from the risk of fading instead of being energized or being damaged instead of strengthened,'-David Aaker

From branding guru David Aaker comes Three Threats to Brand Relevance, a provocative new offering in the Jossey-Bass Short Format series, In Three Threats Aaker reveals that the key to an organization's sustained growth is to learn what it takes to bring 'big' innovation to market and create barriers to competitors, Aaker also shows how well-established companies can avoid becoming irrelevant in the face of the continuing parade of marketing dynamics led by others, Building on his full-length book Brand Relevance, Aaker offers a guide for confronting the three threats if they emerge and shows how to put in place the strategies that will keep the threats at bay,

Threat #1: A decline in category or subcategory relevance, Customers simply no longer want to buy what you are making, despite the fact you are offering a quality product and some customers love it,

Threat #2: The loss of energy relevance, Without energy the brand simply does not come to mind as other more visible brands and a decline in energy can create a perception that it is locked in the past, suitable for an older generation,

Threat #3: The emergence of a 'reason-not-to-buy,' The brand may have a perceived quality problem or be associated with a firm policy that is not acceptable,

Whether your brand is just breaking into the marketplace or has a long held place in the hearts of its consumers, any forward-thinking company can implement Aaker's proven methods and strategies as part of their organization's ongoing review of brand strategy with the help of this succinct and to-the-point resource,

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David A, Aaker is vice-chairman of Prophet Brand Strategy, an executive advisor to Dentsu Inc,, and Professor Emeritus of Marketing Strategy at the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, He is one of the world's leading gurus on branding, He has a regular column in AMA Marketing News called 'Aaker on Marketing,' which has a circulation of 30,000 readers, He is the author or coauthor of Brand Relevance, Building the Brand-Driven Business, and The Dragonfly Effect,

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David A. Aaker is vice-chairman of Prophet Brand Strategy, an executive advisor to Dentsu Inc., and Professor Emeritus of Marketing Strategy at the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. He is one of the world's leading gurus on branding. He has a regular column in AMA Marketing News called "Aaker on Marketing," which has a circulation of 30,000 readers. He is the author or coauthor of Brand Relevance, Building the Brand-Driven Business, and The Dragonfly Effect.

Inhalt

Introduction 1

1 Declining Category or Subcategory 3

Stick to Your Knitting 5

Reposition the Brand 7

Gain Parity 8

Leapfrog the Innovation 10

Disinvest or Exit 12

Select the Right Response 14

Implications 15

2 Losing Energy Relevance 17

Energize the Offering 19

Energize Marketing 21

Create an Ownable, Internal Branded Energizer 24

Find an External Branded Energizer 26

Branded Energizer Guidelines 28

Implications 32

3 A Brand Negative Becomes a Reason Not to Buy 33

Negate the Negatives 35

Change the Discussion 37

Implications 40

4 The Three Brand Relevance Threats 41

About the Author 43