Branding For Dummies (For Dummies Series) - Softcover

Chiaravalle, Bill; Schenck, Barbara Findlay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471771597 ISBN 13: 9780471771593

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2006

Synopsis

Why do consumers pay a premium for a Dell or Hewlett-Packard laptop, when they could get a generic machine with similar features for a lower price? The answer lies in the power of branding. A brand is not just a logo. It is the image your company creates of itself, from your advertising look to your customer interaction style. It makes a promise for your business, and that promise becomes the sticking point for customer loyalty. And that loyalty and trust is why, so to speak, your laptops sell and your competitors' don't. Whatever your business is, whether it's large or small, global or local, Branding For Dummies gives you the nuts and bolts know-how to create, improve, or maintain a brand. This plain-English guide will help you brand everything from products to services to individuals. It gives you step-by-step advice on assembling a top-notch branding team, positioning your brand, handling advertising and promotion, avoiding blunders, and keeping your brand viable, visible, and healthy. You'll get familiar with branding essentials like:* Defining your company's identity* Developing logos and taglines* Launching your brand marketing plan* Managing and protecting your brand* Fixing a broken brand* Making customers loyal brand champions Filled with easy-to-navigate icons, charts, figures, top ten lists, and humor, Branding For Dummies is the straight-up, jargon-free resource for making your brand stand out from the pack-and for positioning your business to reap the ensuing rewards.

About this title

Review

"...even seasoned branding pros would find this volume useful." (BrandChannel.com, February 16th 2009)

From the Back Cover

Build positive impressions of your product or business

Build a powerful brand and pave the way for marketing success

Need to create or improve a brand? This practical, plain–English guide gives you proven techniques for branding everything from products to services to individuals. You get step–by–step advice on assembling a top–notch branding team, positioning your brand, handling advertising and promotion, avoiding branding blunders, and keeping your brand viable, visible, and healthy.

Discover how to

• Define your company′s identity
• Develop your logo and tagline
• Launch your brand marketing plan
• Manage and protect your brand
• Fix a broken brand
• Make customers loyal brand champions

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0471771597
• ISBN 13: 9780471771593
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384