Profit Brand

Author : Nick Wreden
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0749450185

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Profit Brand by Nick Wreden Pdf

Profit Brand presents a results-driven view of branding that any CEO or CFO would applaud. While branding strategies often concern themselves with "awareness," "visibility," "impact," and "image," author Nick Wreden shifts the focus to the bottom line. He offers a comprehensive metrics-based approach to branding that allows companies to link branding activities directly with profits. Wreden looks at the inefficiencies of traditional branding strategies that stress customer acquisition over customer retention. Customer loyalty, he argues, is the key to delivering profitability. With this in mind, he explores loyalty schemes, the need to own the customer experience, and the means of leveraging allies as brand ambassadors. He covers topics such as segmentation, optimization, pricing, and communication strategies and explores accountability systems such as six sigma, CRM, and scorecards. Citing examples from global brands such as IBM, Disney, Amex and KLM, the book highlights marketing practices both good and bad.

Author : Anne Bahr Thompson
Publisher : AMACOM
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780814438404

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Do Good by Anne Bahr Thompson Pdf

Increasingly today, in every age group, consumers are committing to brands that show good citizenship--from fair employment practices, to social responsibility, to charitable giving. In fact, support of these generous and socially aware companies is so high that it is safe to say that good works and charitable giving are no longer optional for the company that aspires for financial success--they are necessary!Do Good documents the sea of change that has impacted the twenty-first-century marketplace more than even the most optimistic of business forecasters. Toms grew into a $600 million company by giving away 35 million pair of shoes. Patagonia’s profits have climbed year after year even as it funnels heavy investments into sustainability. From CVS’s destocking cigarettes to Chipotle’s ethical sourcing, customers have shown with their wallets the types of businesses they will support and that they will quickly call out negligence.Buyers today demand more than half-hearted pledges from companies who are clearly just trying to show less profits and decrease their taxes. By implementing the five-step model for the new rules of business laid out in Do Good--Trust, Enrichment, Responsibility, Community, and Contribution--companies can take the necessary steps to embed social consciousness into their DNA, in turn capturing both markets and hearts.

Author : Mike Michalowicz
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780735214163

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Profit First by Mike Michalowicz Pdf

Author of cult classics The Pumpkin Plan and The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur offers a simple, counterintuitive cash management solution that will help small businesses break out of the doom spiral and achieve instant profitability. Conventional accounting uses the logical (albeit, flawed) formula: Sales - Expenses = Profit. The problem is, businesses are run by humans, and humans aren't always logical. Serial entrepreneur Mike Michalowicz has developed a behavioral approach to accounting to flip the formula: Sales - Profit = Expenses. Just as the most effective weight loss strategy is to limit portions by using smaller plates, Michalowicz shows that by taking profit first and apportioning only what remains for expenses, entrepreneurs will transform their businesses from cash-eating monsters to profitable cash cows. Using Michalowicz's Profit First system, readers will learn that: · Following 4 simple principles can simplify accounting and make it easier to manage a profitable business by looking at bank account balances. · A small, profitable business can be worth much more than a large business surviving on its top line. · Businesses that attain early and sustained profitability have a better shot at achieving long-term growth. With dozens of case studies, practical, step-by-step advice, and his signature sense of humor, Michalowicz has the game-changing roadmap for any entrepreneur to make money they always dreamed of.

Author : Marcel Weigel
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783668169722

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Save the Whales - Don't Cry for Them! How the Social Movement Brand ‘Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’ Eludes Compassion Fatigue through Branding by Marcel Weigel Pdf

Master's Thesis from the year 2015 in the subject Communications - Public Relations, Advertising, Marketing, Social Media, grade: 1,7, Södertörn University (School of Culture and Education), language: English, abstract: The rising influence of neoliberalism in western societies led to a marketization of seemingly non-economic spheres of life. As a result, boundaries between non-profit organisations and state duties on the one hand and economics on the other hand have been blurring. At the same time, charitable organisations have been facing the problem of Compassion Fatigue and the need of new donor approaches to support their causes. Both challenges are in some extent interrelated with each other and can be dealt with by the use of brand logic. The aim of this thesis is to analyse how non-profit non-governmental organisation (NPNGOs) perform in a marketised world using their reputation as core of their brand creation. The new requirements NPNGOs have to meet in order to succeed in a marketised environment are worked out theoretically and applied to the example of the radical environment protection organisation Sea Shepherd. Its communication strategies and brand creation are examined through the concepts of Branding and Reputation Management which are used as related theoretical frameworks. The analysis of Sea Shepherd in terms of the theoretical frameworks, finally, provides an insightful example of how NPNGOs nowadays can act like brands. In a marketised world in which audiences are used to interact with and to project themselves into brands which meet their values, also NPNGOs have to play the game of the marketplace. Sea Shepherd’s YouTube communication, its online shop along with its merchandise production, its official website and finally, its use of the logo, are vital illustrations of NPNGOs’ Branding.

Author : Jim Stengel
Publisher : Crown Currency
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780307720375

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Grow by Jim Stengel Pdf

Ten years of research uncover the secret source of growth and profit … Those who center their business on improving people’s lives have a growth rate triple that of competitors and outperform the market by a huge margin. They dominate their categories, create new categories and maximize profit in the long term. Pulling from a unique ten year growth study involving 50,000 brands, Jim Stengel shows how the world's 50 best businesses—as diverse as Method, Red Bull, Lindt, Petrobras, Samsung, Discovery Communications, Visa, Zappos, and Innocent—have a cause and effect relationship between financial performance and their ability to connect with fundamental human emotions, hopes, values and greater purposes. In fact, over the 2000s an investment in these companies—“The Stengel 50”—would have been 400 percent more profitable than an investment in the S&P 500. Grow is based on unprecedented empirical research, inspired (when Stengel was Global Marketing Officer of Procter & Gamble) by a study of companies growing faster than P&G. After leaving P&G in 2008, Stengel designed a new study, in collaboration with global research firm Millward Brown Optimor. This study tracked the connection over a ten year period between financial performance and customer engagement, loyalty and advocacy. Then, in a further investigation of what goes on in the “black box” of the consumer’s mind, Stengel and his team tapped into neuroscience research to look at customer engagement and measure subconscious attitudes to determine whether the top businesses in the Stengel Study were more associated with higher ideals than were others. Grow thus deftly blends timeless truths about human behavior and values into an action framework – how you discover, build, communicate, deliver and evaluate your ideal. Through colorful stories drawn from his fascinating personal experiences and “deep dives” that bring out the true reasons for such successes as the Pampers, HP, Discovery Channel, Jack Daniels and Zappos, Grow unlocks the code for twenty-first century business success.

Author : Justin Blaney D.M.,Kate Fleming
Publisher : Post Hill Press
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781642935479

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Will Post for Profit by Justin Blaney D.M.,Kate Fleming Pdf

Since the rise of social media, Influencer Marketing has emerged as one of the most powerful alternatives to traditional marketing channels that have become too expensive and ineffective for the majority of businesses today. Between 2016 and 2019, spending on Influencer Marketing tripled to over $6 billion. This has created a gold rush of opportunity for those on the cutting edge. However, few resources are available to guide influencers and brands through this rapidly evolving landscape. As a result, millions of dollars in profits are being wasted. Will Post for Profit unpacks the critical components that are necessary to successfully navigate today’s complex digital world, in an in-depth, how-to, and easily digestible format—exploring topics like how to select a platform, FTC compliance, ethics, audience growth strategy, designing successful campaigns, finding brands or influencers to work with, contracts, key performance indicators (KPIs), and more. Included are more than a dozen interviews with successful brands and influencers who reveal their top secrets to success and biggest mistakes to avoid. Whether brand or influencer, just starting out or a well-seasoned social guru, Will Post for Profit will leave readers with the necessary tools and understanding to grow their audience, make the most of their campaigns or collaborations, and ultimately generate profit from social influence.

Author : Nicklas Westphal
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783668464032

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Global Branding. Suggestions to get into the Interbrand top 100 brands list by Nicklas Westphal Pdf

Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Communications - Public Relations, Advertising, Marketing, Social Media, grade: 78%, University of Warwick (Warwick Business School), course: Global Branding, language: English, abstract: This paper provides suggestions on how to become one of the 100 Best Global Brands. The structure of the analysis and argumentation is based on Keller’s Brand Resonance Model and the Brand Value Chain. Notions from Keller’s dimensions of brand knowledge (1993), Kapferer’s Brand Identity Prism (2012) and Aaker’s conceptualisation of strong brands (1996) buttress the argumentation. The branding consultancy Interbrand produces a yearly ranking of the 100 Best Global Brands. To be considered, “a brand must be truly global, having successfully transcended geographic and cultural boundaries. It will have expanded across the established economic centers of the world and have entered the major markets of the future.” (Interbrand, 2016). Interbrand’s valuations have three key components: an analysis of the financial performance of the branded products or services (Financial Return), of the role the brand plays in purchase decisions (Role of Brand), and of the brand’s ability to create loyalty and, therefore, sustainable demand and profit (Brand Strength).

Author : Harvard Business Review
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1999-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0867350121

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Harvard Business Review by Harvard Business Review Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Brand name products
ISBN : 159875856X

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ProfitBrand by Anonim Pdf

Nick Wreden passionately believes that it is time for brand managers, CEOs and CFOs to speak the same language. Brand managers need to lift their heads above the buzz of marketing and advertising jargon and understand the strategic imperatives of business: profitability, accountability and sutainability. As a result of the increasing ineffectiveness of mass-media marketing, CEOs and CFOs are demanding greater accountability and more sustainable results for their marketing investments. ProfitBrand offers a comprehensive metrics-based approach to branding that allows companies to directly link b.

Author : Nathalie Laidler-Kylander,Julia Shepard Stenzel
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118573402

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The Brand IDEA by Nathalie Laidler-Kylander,Julia Shepard Stenzel Pdf

Offering a new framework for nonprofit brand management, this book presents the Brand IDEA (Integrity, Democracy, and Affinity). The framework eschews traditional, outdated brand tenets of control and competition largely adopted from the private sector, in favor of a strategic approach centered on the mission and based on a participatory process, shared values, and the development of key partnerships. The results are nonprofit brands that create organizational cohesion and generate trust in order to build capacity and drive social impact. The book explores in detail how nonprofit organizations worldwide are developing and implementing new ways of thinking about and managing their organizational brands.

Author : Nick Wreden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0749450940

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Profit Brand by Nick Wreden Pdf

Author : Marty Neumeier
Publisher : New Riders
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780134172972

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The Brand Flip by Marty Neumeier Pdf

Best-selling brand expert Marty Neumeier shows you how to make the leap from a company-driven past to the consumer-driven future. You’ll learn how to flip your brand from offering products to offering meaning, from value protection to value creation, from cost-based pricing to relationship pricing, from market segments to brand tribes, and from customer satisfaction to customer empowerment. In the 13 years since Neumeier wrote The Brand Gap, the influence of social media has proven his core theory: “A brand isn’t what you say it is – it’s what they say it is.” People are no longer consumers or market segments or tiny blips in big data. They don’t buy brands. They join brands. They want a vote in what gets produced and how it gets delivered. They’re willing to roll up their sleeves and help out – not only by promoting the brand to their friends, but by contributing content, volunteering ideas, and even selling products or services. At the center of the book is the Brand Commitment Matrix, a simple tool for organizing the six primary components of a brand. Your brand community is your tribe. How will you lead it?

Author : Robert G. Docters,Michael R. Reopel,Jeanne-Mey Sun,Stephen M. Tanny
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2004-01-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780071458436

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Winning the Profit Game: Smarter Pricing, Smarter Branding by Robert G. Docters,Michael R. Reopel,Jeanne-Mey Sun,Stephen M. Tanny Pdf

How to use pricing as a strategic tool to increase revenues and win the war for profit One of the greatest pitfalls in the war for profits is corporate strategists' lack of a practical understanding of the link between overall revenues and overall costs. In Winning the Profit Game, the thought leaders at A. T. Kearney unveil a revolutionary new approach to establishing clear, strategic links between the top and bottom lines. No dry academic treatise, Winning the Profit Game is a guide to growing profits, in boom times and bust, using smart top-line strategies that optimize price, costs, customer behavior, and volumes. The authors clearly lay out the basic principles involved and also include: Proven strategies for transforming added value into revenues and winning the war for profits Prescriptive frameworks for putting the principles and strategies into action, immediately Numerous success stories based on experiences of A. T. Kearney clients worldwide

Author : Marvin A. Jolson
Publisher : MacMillan Publishing Company
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Marketing
ISBN : UOM:35128000192599

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Marketing Management by Marvin A. Jolson Pdf

Author : Frederick Driggs Fuller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UIUC:30112019876140

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Commercial Feeding Stuffs, from September 1, 1941, to August 31, 1942 by Frederick Driggs Fuller Pdf