When I grew up, my favorite brand was Coca-Cola. I also loved McDonald’s and any cereal brand. The unhealthier sweeter, the better. Over time, I learned that Coke was nothing more than sugared water and McDonald’s peddled really crappy food by sourcing through really terrible methods. Well, and cereal was nothing more than sugar in milk. My love for these brands turned into cynicism. They still created great advertising but it’s hard to enjoy any commercial or online game when you have these videos of tortured chicken in your head.
Branding used to involve big budgets, flashy advertising, a lot of good looking people and promises that were never kept.
This branding era is about to end.
We are about to experience a branding renaissance
Branding doesn’t happen in brainstorming sessions, on TV screens or through false, beautiful worlds anymore.
Branding today entails:
– Focusing more on stakeholder value, less on shareholder value
– Social Currency is more important than immediate profitability
– Innovation more important than messages
– Customer experience is almost everything
– Delivering constant customer value is everything.
Advertising noise will continue to be part of branding. Over time, that noise will just lead to tone deafness and the return will be minimal. Companies that are doing it right will succeed over time. The others will fade away.
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