connecting the internal and external

I’ve been thinking about the importance of connecting the internal organization with external customers. CB034303 All too often it seems companies are either too inwardly focused, getting too caught up in their own capabilities, technologies, and process — or too outwardly focused, trying to be everything to everyone and ending up being nothing to no one. (more…)

Posted on June 26th, 2009 by denise lee yohn and filed under brand delivery, marketing | 0 Comments | Comments RSS

brand value creation — learning & growth

Today my series on brand value creation comes to a close with a look at companies’ Learning and Growthaa041865_20-reducedPrevious posts have examined how brands create value for companies from the Customer, Financial (2 posts) ,  and Internal Business Process perspectives. (more…)

Posted on June 23rd, 2009 by denise lee yohn and filed under brand value, brand value creation, leadership | 0 Comments | Comments RSS

brand value creation — internal business process

The series on brand value creation continues today with a look at how brands create value for companies in their Internal Business Processes.   Although a brand’s ability to create value from the Financial and Customer perspectives is probably the most important, its impact on Internal Business Processes is the most fundamental. (more…)

Posted on June 18th, 2009 by denise lee yohn and filed under brand delivery, brand value, brand value creation, business, marketing | 4 Comments | Comments RSS

the art of saying thank you

I’m taking a break from the series on brand value creation for a post on a topic I’ve been reading a lot about lately — saying “thank you.” (more…)

Posted on June 15th, 2009 by denise lee yohn and filed under brand communication, business | 2 Comments | Comments RSS

brand value creation — financial, part 2

Why should stockholders care about a company’s brand? wall-street-signThat’s the subject of today’s post, the 3rd in a series on the many ways a brand creates value for a company. (more…)

Posted on June 11th, 2009 by denise lee yohn and filed under brand equity, brand value, brand value creation | 0 Comments | Comments RSS

brand value creation — financial, part 1

Here’s Post #2 in a series on how brands create value.  I’m using Kaplan and Norton’s Balanced Scorecard as an organizing framework and kicked the series off with the Customer perspective.  Today, the topic is Financial jerry-show_me_the_moneybrand value creation. (more…)

Posted on June 8th, 2009 by denise lee yohn and filed under brand value, brand value creation | 3 Comments | Comments RSS

brand value creation — customer

Today I’m launching a short series on brand value creation.  My intent is to outline the ways brands create value, organizing the points by the four quadrants of The Balanced Scorecard. (more…)

Posted on June 4th, 2009 by denise lee yohn and filed under brand value, brand value creation | 4 Comments | Comments RSS

to women; love, marketers

To:  Women of America

From:  W.T.F. (We Target Females), a coalition of marketers dedicated to making complete fools of ourselves while trying to market to women (more…)

Posted on June 1st, 2009 by denise lee yohn and filed under brand communication, brand fun, marketing, marketing to women | 3 Comments | Comments RSS