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Successful Branding: The Face Of Your Business Strategy
Seminar No: 05518 -XNBB
CEU Credits: 1.8
Length: 2 days


Branding can make or break your business. Discover how to develop a branding system that dramatically boosts your bottom line!

Because brands drive almost 2/3 of purchases, strategic brand management is essential for companies to compete effectively. Utilizing interactive case studies, this seminar will provide a step-by-step approach for managing your brand as a strategic asset. You will learn the necessary steps to understand what your brand stands for and how to determine the role your brand should play in your overall business strategy. The seminar will also provide guidance on optimizing your brand’s value by implementing brand-based strategies ranging from identifying your near-term positioning to operationalizing the brand throughout your organization to measuring the success of your brand-building efforts.

Attendees:
Senior managers and directors of branding, marketing, corporate strategy, corporate communications, and other professionals responsible for managing a brand to drive profitable growth

How You Will Benefit:

  • Identify the factors that create strong brands
  • Set realistic expectations for how your brand can impact your company
  • Shift senior management’s mindset regarding the linkage between brand and business strategy
  • Assess your brand’s current image and relative position in the marketplace
  • Create a game plan for evolving your brand from its present state to its desired state
  • Build internal support for the brand
  • Effectively communicate your brand internally and externally
  • Measure the success of your branding efforts

What You Will Cover:

  • Defining Brand Asset Management
  • Overviewing How You Manage Your Brand as an Asset
  • Conducting Strategic Brand Analysis
  • Formulating Brand Identity
  • Implementing Brand-Based Strategies

Extended/Detailed Seminar Outline

Learning Objectives

  • Discover a Time-tested Process for Developing a Powerful Brand
  • Get Senior Management Support By Presenting Branding as an Investment, Rather Than an Expense
  • Successfully Communicate Your Brand Internally and Externally
  • Create a Game Plan for Evolving Your Brand From Its Present State to Its Desired State
Defining Brand Asset Management
  • Identify the Factors That Create Strong Brands
  • Set Realistic Expectations For How Your Brand Can Impact Your Company
  • Shift Senior Management’s Mindset Regarding the Role of the Brand
  • Assess the Current Value and Position of Your Brand Today Using Customer Research Tools and Analytical Frameworks
  • Identify the Attributes, Messages and Benefits of the Most Imactful Future Brand Identity
  • Create the Game Plan for Evolving Your Brand From Its Present State Today to Its Desired State Tomorrow
  • Leverage the Brand to Improve Innovation Efforts
  • Build Internal Understanding and Support for the Brand
  • Develop Effective Strategies to Communicate Your Brand Internally and Externally
  • Measure the Success of Your Branding Efforts
Conducting Strategic Brand Analysis
  • Define and Clarify the Desired Business Role the Brand Needs to Play in Helping Achieve Long-Term Strategic and Financial Goals
  • Put a Stake in the Ground, Defining Business Boundaries
  • Identify the Growth Gap between Where the Business Needs to Go and Where Existing Initiatives Will Take It
  • Set the Brand Architecture Context
Formulating Brand Identity
  • Develop a Core and Extended Identity
  • Creating Brand Essence
  • Elaborating on Brand Identity
Implementing Brand Building Programs
  • Use a Standard Framework to Develop a Focused Brand Positioning Statement
  • Use the Brand Identity as the Foundation for All Brand-based Strategies and Programs

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