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Top 10 Brand & Marketing Priorities and Practical Recommendations for Medium Business

We shared with First 5000 our top 10 brand and marketing priorities and practical recommendations for medium business.  http://www.first5000.com.au/blog/priorities-practical-recommendations-mid-market/ Full Blog Here: Looking at medium business with a strategic brand and marketing lens, Rachel Bevans of the Healthy Brand Company offers priorities and practical recommendations for the mid market. We define marketing as the means by […]

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How good is your promise?

We build brand promises that people want to keep.  What do we mean by this?  For marketing and advertising to be most effective, employees and customers need to know what your brand stands for, and be aligned to your brand. This ‘promise’ is what employees and customers expect your brand to deliver consistently across every

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In the face of divisive beliefs and behaviour, brands bring unity

From packaging and palm oil, to poverty and disadvantage, to protection of our personal identity and financial assets, people look to business for leadership in social, environmental and economic matters that influence society as a whole.  In research, consumers are filled with frustration and the cry of can’t: ‘I can’t do it on my own’ ‘One person can’t make a difference’ ‘Why can’t you

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The missing link to customer retention is your employer brand

Businesses forget that your customers are prospective employees and employees are current or prospective customers. By aligning your customer and employer brands, it doesn’t matter who you are, the overall brand stands for the same thing in people’s minds; and as a business you have a better chance of employees delivering consistently against your promise

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How healthy is your brand? #6

What does this mean?  1. Everything sings from the same hymn sheet – driven by the brand idea. We use the brand experience wheel to consider implications of the brand idea on all areas of the brand experience during the brand strategy stage to stress test the brand idea and then identify touch-points (both consumer

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How healthy is your brand? #1

The #healthybrand consistently engages customers, employees and key stakeholders throughout your continuous strategic planning process. Two key points: 1) involve all audiences to make sure you’re seeing your brand from all sides; getting people involved up front means you can cover off any issues before they arise and they’ll be naturally more engaged for implementation; facilitates building

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Purpose aligned and experience integrated

‘In 2017 companies need to focus on delivering a strong purpose and understand how the experience touches customers and employees alike’ Tom Adams, FutureBrand. We must be onto something! Read the full article here https://www.marketingweek.com/2016/07/22/google-has-the-most-scope-for-future-growth-but-apple-tops-the-latest-futurebrand-ranking/

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Activating employees as authentic brand influencers

Brand‬ reputation is increasingly important for recruiting employees. http://www.cmo.com.au/article/603165/report-shows-brand-reputation-attracts-aussie-job-seekers/ As word of mouth is the most trusted source of information, leading companies are activating employees as brand ambassadors and giving them the tools to communicate the right messages about your brand. The key to authenticity is a strong employer brand. Who better to share the real love for

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Motivating people to build healthy brand-driven business, inside and out

My response to a Simon Sinek post and discussion thread on customer first or employee first. Why either or? Build a brand-driven business that aligns internal (employees) and external (customers) brands around your purpose or ‘why’ to ensure your brand consistently delivers against your promise, across every single touch-point. Motivating people to build healthy brand-driven

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Building brand-driven business that's healthy, inside and out

What goes on inside is reflected on the outside and vice versa.As true for people as it is for brands and business. You can’t promise onething in your advertising, without delivering it across every single touch-point. You say you’re friendly, open and approachable. Everything you do has to be friendly,open andapproachable. Your products, services and

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