HOW TO SCREW UP A BRAND


The Brand Channel (10 May) has published an article by Shaun Smith, "Ten Ways to Screw Up Your Brand". To the IPKat this looks like a typically slick business school product (have you noticed how articles with titles based on lists so frequently seem to have neat numbers like 5 or 10 in them?). Along the way, Smith writes:
"The brand and the customer experience must be owned by the senior management team".
The IPKat disagrees. The customer experience isn't owned by anyone except the customer; that's why it's so valuable.

More on screwing up brands here
Ten ways to screw up an advertising campaign here
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HOW TO SCREW UP A BRAND HOW TO SCREW UP A BRAND Reviewed by Jeremy on Tuesday, May 18, 2004 Rating: 5

5 comments:

  1. 11. Over amounts of brand management

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  2. Call me naive, but I didn't think anyone could "own" an experience.

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  3. I don't see why you can't own an experience, even if it is subjective and can't be assigned to third parties. "Own" is a perfectly good metaphor ...

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  4. Well, that depends if you mean own or "own".

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  5. with no damage to your business’ budget whatsoever.

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