33 min.
The Past and the Future of Branding WVU Marketing Communications Today
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- Marketing
David Aaker is the world’s leading brand strategist, having created the most recognized brand strategy model, written 18 books, and helped countless companies develop successful approaches to brand equity management. Join us as he shares the progression of his career and the evolution of his thinking regarding the real sources of brand value. A successful brand, he says, needs energy, differentiation, and engagement. Managers must think long-term about their brands, and use brand equity strategies to resist the pressure to make reactive, short-term adjustments. Take a listen to learn why disruptive innovation is essential to survive and thrive in our fast-changing world. Bonus tip: Learn the reason Professor Aaker considers Brand Portfolio Analysis to be his single most important book.
About our Guest:
David Aaker is the Vice Chairman of Prophet and Professor Emeritus at the BerkeleyHaas School of Business. He is the winner of five career awards including the NYAMA Marketing Hall of Fame. He has published over 120 articles and 18 books that have sold well over 1 million copies and been translated into 18 languages. They include Managing Brand Equity, Building Strong Brands, Aaker on Branding, Creating Signature Stories, Owning Game-Changing Subcategories and The Future of Purpose-Driven Branding. The first two of these have received over 45,000 citations. Sometimes called the Father of modern branding, he was named one of the top five most important marketing/business gurus in 2007 and won awards for the best article in the California Management Review and the Journal of Marketing (twice).
WVU Marketing Communications Today: Marketing Legends is presented by the West Virginia University Reed College of Media, which offers renowned online master’s degree programs in Marketing Communications.
David Aaker is the world’s leading brand strategist, having created the most recognized brand strategy model, written 18 books, and helped countless companies develop successful approaches to brand equity management. Join us as he shares the progression of his career and the evolution of his thinking regarding the real sources of brand value. A successful brand, he says, needs energy, differentiation, and engagement. Managers must think long-term about their brands, and use brand equity strategies to resist the pressure to make reactive, short-term adjustments. Take a listen to learn why disruptive innovation is essential to survive and thrive in our fast-changing world. Bonus tip: Learn the reason Professor Aaker considers Brand Portfolio Analysis to be his single most important book.
About our Guest:
David Aaker is the Vice Chairman of Prophet and Professor Emeritus at the BerkeleyHaas School of Business. He is the winner of five career awards including the NYAMA Marketing Hall of Fame. He has published over 120 articles and 18 books that have sold well over 1 million copies and been translated into 18 languages. They include Managing Brand Equity, Building Strong Brands, Aaker on Branding, Creating Signature Stories, Owning Game-Changing Subcategories and The Future of Purpose-Driven Branding. The first two of these have received over 45,000 citations. Sometimes called the Father of modern branding, he was named one of the top five most important marketing/business gurus in 2007 and won awards for the best article in the California Management Review and the Journal of Marketing (twice).
WVU Marketing Communications Today: Marketing Legends is presented by the West Virginia University Reed College of Media, which offers renowned online master’s degree programs in Marketing Communications.
33 min.