8 Principles for Achieving Brand Leadership in the 21st Century

A New Brand World

8 Principles for Achieving Brand Leadership in the 21st Century

 

By Scott Bedbury, Stephen Fenichell

 

 

What does it really take to succeed in business today?

 

 

Now in paperback, this powerful and practical guide to brand building is offered by a man who helped propel Nike and Starbucks beyond mere sneakers and coffee.

 

In A New Brand World, Scott Bedbury, who helped make Nike and Starbucks two of the most successful brands of recent years, explains this often mysterious process by setting out the principles that helped these companies become leaders in their respective industries. With illuminating anecdotes from his own in-the-trenches experiences and dozens of case studies of other winning–and failed–branding efforts (including Harley-Davidson, Guinness, The Gap, and Disney), Bedbury offers practical, battle-tested advice for keeping any business at the top of its game.

About the Author

Scott Bedbury was Senior Vice President of Marketing at Starbucks from 1995 to 1998. Prior to that he spent seven years as head of advertising for Nike, where he launched the “Bo Knows” and “Just Do It” campaigns. He is currently an independent brand consultant and a speaker for the Leigh Bureau.Stephen Fenichell is the author of Plastic: The Making of A Synthetic Century and Other People’s Money. His articles have appeared in New York, Men’s Journal, GQ, Lear’s, Spy, Connoisseur, Condé-Nast Traveler, and Wired.

 

ISBN: 0142001902
Publisher: Penguin Books

 

 

 

 

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“The Story is Everything”

Oscar award-winning actor and producer Kevin Spacey spoke to 2,600 marketers from 50 countries at Content Marketing World 2014, held September 8-11, 2014 in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Spacey broke down the elements of a story: conflict, authenticity and audience during his 60-minute presentation.

 

 

The conflict between what is and what could be and what is expected.

Stay true to your voice.  Stay true to your brand.

The device and the length are no longer relevant.

 

 

The story principles Nike uses will work for you too.

 

 

This is marketing.

And

it’s a story.

 

And there’s

one word

behind that marketing,

one word

behind that story …

“Grit”.

 

Yes it’s Nike.

Yes they probably pay their creative/advertising team huge wages.

 

But those two principles can be applied to all marketing, everywhere.

And you can apply them no matter what your marketing budget.

 

What is your product/client story?

What is the one word behind your story, behind your marketing, behind your brand?

 

After that it just remains for you to find places to tell that story.