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June 2013 - Branding Strategy Insider

The Brand Evolution Mandate

Transformation isn’t about plotting a meeting point for your brand with the predicted future. It’s not about getting to where the puck will be, to paraphrase Wayne Gretzky. Because depending on the arrival of the next big thing or that breaking wave, that hot new trend, the long-awaited demographic or anything else for that matter is conjecture. Banking on it is simply speculation.

The No-Go Brand Strategy

My favorite brand strategy takes a brand where the competitor can’t go or wouldn’t go. Even better, the strategy is a Venus flytrap. It may look inviting from the outside but if a competitor did dare to venture there, doing so would be to their disadvantage.

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