Build a Brand in 30 Days: With Simon Middleton, The Brand Strategy Guru

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John Wiley & Sons, Jun 29, 2010 - Business & Economics - 368 pages
You don't need a marketing degree or intensive training to build an attention-grabbing brand; you just need this book - and 30 days.

Simon Middleton shows you how to create, manage and communicate your brand profoundly and effectively, in just 30 days, by following 30 clear exercises. How you work through the book is up to you, the result will be the same: an authentic, compelling, and highly distinctive brand that will attract and engage customers and fans. You will learn how to:

  • Establish your brand values and positioning
  • Get the all-important name right
  • Bring your brand to life
  • Turn your customers into your advocates
  • Manage your PR and use your marketing budget wisely
  • Inspire your staff to live the brand too
  • Deal with problems when something goes wrong

Branding isn't about funky logos and expensive advertising. Your brand is what your company means to the world. Getting that meaning right is the most important thing you can do in business.

'Passionate and persuasive, Simon Middleton has a natural instinct for uncovering the Wow! factor in every brand.' Dawn Gibbins MBE, Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year and Star of Channel 4's The Secret Millionaire

 

Contents

What your brand is and what your brand isnt
3
Your brand benchmark test
13
Finding your authentic purpose
25
what do you actually
31
recognizing it and developing
59
Establishing your brand values
67
finding
79
Who dont you want to sell
93
Doityourself media relations
185
Communications
195
How not to waste your advertising budget
207
balloon
213
Making your brand come alive online
219
Director Further Search Marketing
225
Executive Officer StreamExchange
233
A brilliant brand at every touchpoint
239

Exploring your brand through the sixlegged
101
Refining your unique brand essence
109
Creating the narrative
129
how to get it right
143
Creating the internal brand positioning
151
Shaping the external brand positioning line
159
Design matters
253
Your personal brand behaviour
267
What to do when your brand gets things
295
special?
309
Consultancy
329
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About the author (2010)

Simon Middleton, The Brand Strategy Guru, is a leading specialist brand consultant. His work has included brand strategy and campaigns for companies like Deloitte, Barclays, British Airways, Norwich Union, Denplan, pharmaceutical giant Merial, and Britain's best known sandwich chain, Pret A Manger. He has also advised numerous charities on their specific brand strategy, including St John Ambulance, the Anthony Nolan Trust and Comic Relief.
Simon presents master classes and keynotes all over the world and is a regular commentator on all things 'brand' for the BBC, Sky News and Five News among others. His TV series The Brand Effect is the first in-depth look at brands and branding on British television.

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