Put a new shine on your brand
Rob O'Regan
Irrelevant. Indistinguishable. Disconnected.
When describing a brand, these terms are enough to make any marketing executive break into a cold sweat.
Applied to an established brand, the words signal an ominous shift away from whatever made the brand resonate in the first place – a loss of purpose, if you will.
In today's environment – call it the Age of Consumer Empowerment – such a loss can occur with startling velocity. “With established brands, it's easy to become a bit lazy and keep hammering the same message,” says Hayes Roth, chief...