3. Branson on Branding
Audiences
How do you feel?
A
―The idea that business is
strictly a numbers affair has
always struck me as B
E
preposterous. For one thing,
I’ve never been particularly
good at numbers, but I think
Brand
I’ve done a reasonable job
with feelings. And I’m
convinced that it is feelings —
and feelings alone — that
account for the success of the D
Virgin brand in all of its myriad C
forms.‖
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7. Testing Your Positioning
1. Are You Afraid?
2. Are You Energized?
3. Is List Building Easy?
4. Are You Getting Attention?
5. Are You Charging More?
6. Do You Set or Impact the Buying Process?
7. Do You Incur a Cost of Sale, or Does Your Client Incur the
Cost to Buy?
8. Are You Getting Smarter Quickly?
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11. Touchpoints
Vision & Mission Statements
Positioning or brand statements
Communications & marketing plans
Current communications materials & vehicles
Traditional & Non-traditional
What else?
12. Much more than an ad
campaign, web site or
tagline could ever be, the
brand story is the core
truth of who you are,
agreed to by all inside,
and used to open
conversations with those
outside who need your
services.
What’s your story?
13. Your brand is a story.
Live it inside.
Tell it well outside.
And people will pull up their chairs for a listen.
14. Telling Your Story
Who are you?
Why are you here?
How are you unique?
Who cares?
Why do I care?
What’ll keep me engaged?
Fire up the custodian as well as the superstar.
15. Telling Your Story
Develop the story…tell the impact you want to achieve.
―This is what we want to change…the difference I want to
make…and here’s how we’re going to do it.‖
Tell it to real people.
Personal relationships, engaging…two versions.
Make sure you can live it.
Strengths, USPs, UBPs, Position.
16. Telling Your Story – Exercise
Who are we? (2-page short story with a scintillating plot line)
Then, boil it down…25 words…10…5…or just a verb).
THREE WAYS in which we are unique to our ―clients.‖
DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE.
State the ONE great & dramatic thing that distinguishes us from the others. 25 words or less.
Who are ―They?‖ Explain competitors (25 words). List 3 distinct ―us vs. them‖ differences.
Try it on the team. Fight it out.
Try it on a target. Friendly & skeptical
Try it on everyone else. (A starter cross section).
17. Fluid Brand Audiences
How do you feel?
A
It’s outside the old
traditional thinking of B
E
consistency in building a
brand.
Brand
Instead…
It drives for consistency of
response with a wide D
C
variety of audiences.
18. Design the
Experience
Involve all departments
Chart the touchpoints
Avoid Kmart
Pursue Disney, Starbucks, SuperBowl
Think like John Deere
19. It’s All in the
Packaging
Sight
Hearing
Touching
Smelling
Tasting
20. Start asking a few
questions around your
organization.
And then listen.
You’ll identify potential
trouble spots…and
opportunities.
Are you aligned?
22. See You Online!
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