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Today is the kick-off of my new video series, “How to Build a Breakthrough Brand.”  In 10 sessions, you’ll learn the fundamentals of brand-building — from assessing your current brand performance to developing a new brand platform to engaging your stakeholders in delivering your brand. […]

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What are some of the latest developments in Facebook marketing?  How is Facebook changing the nature of brand-building? These are some of the questions I cover in today’s interview with Facebook’s head of Global Vertical Marketing, Mike Fox.  Mike’s group is charged with developing category-level marketing strategies for Facebook’s clients, so he is able to share […]

Jim Stengel’s book Grow:  How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the World’s Greatest Companies presents brand-building through the lens of ideals.  This is very much in line with the benefits of the brand-as-business(tm) management approach – that is, how to use your brand platform as a management tool to fuel, align, and guide every […]

Fast-casual restaurant chain Firehouse Subs is…on fire!  Founded by firemen, the 450+ unit chain had a record-breaking 2011 with increases in same-store sales, AUVs, restaurants opened, and donations made through its Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation.  In today’s interview, CEO Don Fox joins me to share some of the secrets behind the brand’s success. It […]

Between spring break, March Madness, and primary season, there’s been a lot going on outside the brand world this month.  But there’s also been a flurry of new brand-building content going around.  Here’s a handy recap of what I contributed to the conversation: brand-building: Steve Jobs on Brand-Building — a slide show of what Walter Isaacson’s […]

On the eve of a special Apple event, it seems the allure of the Apple brand is as strong as ever.  “We have something you really have to see. And touch,” declares the invitation to the March 7th media event.  Quite a buzz has been building up! I don’t know if tomorrow’s announcement will impress […]