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The role of advertising in branding

To many marketers, advertising is the way that they lead into brand building. This is always the wrong choice. The reasons that advertising is not effective for brand building are many, but the most important reasons are: Its expensive Gaining traction from advertising without a strong brand is difficult Can’t really be used to build […]

Have You Answered These 3 Essential Strategic Questions?

When you are building an organizational strategy, you are going to be confronted with a lot of questions, challenges, and obstacles. If you aren’t careful, these things can derail your strategic planning and ultimately your strategy. Over the years, I have become quite attached to 3 essential questions that I have used over and over […]

The true role of advertising in branding

A lot of people lead with the idea that advertising is going to create, grow, and maintain a brand, but the truth of the matter is that advertising won’t play much of a role in the creation and growth of your brand. But once your brand has reached a point of relevance, advertising can be […]

12 Keys To Branding

There are any number of books on branding and it can’t be understated how important your company’s brand is to the long term success of your organization. While no list of ways that you can build a better business brand will ever be complete, here are 12 keys that you can use pretty consistently if […]

Where Does Your Marketing Lead You?

One of the challenges that businesses of all shapes and sizes need to overcome from time to time is figuring out what they really want their marketing to do and say… Here’s what I mean: By do, I mean, what action do you want the person to take after they have engaged with your advertising? […]

So what is the proper role of advertising in your marketing efforts? Well, it does have a role, but it is likely different than you think because when you are marketing a brand and trying to build awareness, advertising is the most ineffective way to deliver the results you are looking to achieve. Why? Advertising […]