The sound of your brand is the logo that plays itself out in the mind of your customers. Sonic branding might be as important…if not more…than the logo you develop. Close your eyes and listen. More than likely you will hear a tune or melody wafting from your television, or YouTube. If successful, that tune will immediately make you think of a brand.
In today’s connected world, your internal brand is constantly being reflected to customers & what’s going on inside your company can end up being your brand story.
In a way, gamification has been a part of businesses far longer than we’ve been hearing this cool new marketing term. Most of us understand frequent shopper, or loyalty, programs. From carrying punch cards in our wallets to playing games to win a prize, we have been part of gamification programs.
A solid strategy simplifies the actual marketing, making it easier to implement the right plan. Many marketing initiatives will fall short when they are executed in a strategic vacuum. I realize marketing strategy is not as dazzling to work on as your next ad or the design of your website, but skipping this step is a big mistake. As Julia Roberts said in Pretty Woman, “Huge.”
For marketers, it’s not always wise to have all your eggs in one basket. Good marketers spread their efforts across a multitude of baskets. Better marketers recognize how these efforts are connected to each other. The best marketers see how these connected efforts add value to each other rather than detracting.
When you’re trying to build an emotional connection with consumers, the messenger is just as important as the message. Brandon Cox challenges our traditional thought of the value of staying on message and why messengers are becoming an important factor in brand stories.
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