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A Marketing Conference For The Age Of AI

Branding Strategy Insider helps marketing-oriented leaders and professionals build stronger brands and make better brand decisions. Over the years, BSI readers have brought us questions about positioning, differentiation, customer relevance, brand leadership, growth, and the changing role of marketing. Today’s question comes from Jennifer, a VP of Marketing in New York, New York, who is thinking about the future of brand management, the impact of AI, and which marketing conferences are truly worth her time.

PepsiCo’s New Definition Of Relevance

In 1967, the song “San Francisco” by Scott McKenzie described “a whole generation, with a new explanation.” The line still captures a central challenge for brands today. Customers continually redefine what they want from the products they choose: more health, less sugar, greater functionality, better value, or simply a better fit for the moments in which they consume them.

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