The most consequential brand decisions are often made before anyone calls them brand decisions.
NEW THINKING
NEW THINKING
The most consequential brand decisions are often made before anyone calls them brand decisions.
Companies think of website performance as a technical KPI. It’s something developers measure after launch and marketers glance at when Core Web Vitals reports come in.
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.
Brands seem to fall victim to some of the clearest, most detectable, beyond-doubt brand-building principles. Netflix is our latest example.
The adage that history repeats itself is no more apparent than the current state of affairs at Nissan North America. The Wall Street Journal’s interview with Christian Meunier, head of Nissan NA, is so frighteningly similar to 1999 that I had to catch my breath. Yet, as with a lot of executives and marketers, the current plight of a troubled brand is a new situation, as if this state of affairs has never happened before,...