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Innovation And Organizational Success

The Blake Project designs and delivers one, two and three day brand management workshops globally at your headquarters or the location of your choice. Marketers, and all who shape the brand benefit. By request we have designed the following comprehensive workshop:

Innovation and Organizational Success

A two-day workshop facilitated by Brad VanAuken, Chief Brand Strategist, author of Brand Aid

TARGET AUDIENCE:

• New Product Development Managers
• New Business Development Managers
• Customer Service Managers
• Chief Marketing Officers (CMO)
• Marketing Directors
• Marketing Managers
• Head, Marketing, Marketing Services
• Brand Managers
• Product Managers
• Marketing Officers/Executives
• Advertising Agency Account Executives

WORKSHOP OUTLINE:

• The Importance of Innovation
• New Business Idea Sources

o   Address emerging customer needs

o   Expand business definition

o   Apply new technologies

o   Exploit expanded brand identity

o   Target new customer groups

Master Branding Seminars

We’re taking a moment today to share a very powerful internal brand education seminar. We constructed “The Art & Science of Brand Management - Proven Tools & Techniques for Creating Winning Brands” for those organizations that desire to bolster the toolbox of their marketers in a comprehensive 3-day format.   

This master-branding seminar will help you know how to design, build and leverage strong brands over time. While many concepts will be presented in the seminar, the emphasis is on practical tools and techniques. Numerous brand examples across many industries and product categories will be cited to reinforce specific concepts. Team exercises are interspersed throughout the day on each of the three days. Handouts will include templates and checklists. 

The seminar is offered world-wide and lead by Brad VanAuken, Chief Brand Strategist of The Blake Project and Author of Brand Aid. 
  

TARGET AUDIENCE: 

Valuable to all those working in various marketing-related functions, including:

Chief Marketing Officers (CMO)

Marketing Directors

Marketing Managers

Head, Marketing, Marketing Services

Brand Managers

Product Managers

Marketing Officers/Executives

Finance Managers

Sales Managers

Advertising Agency Account Executives

PR Professionals 

DAY 1, Part 1

Introduction

Why strong brands are critical to business success?

The Brand Leadership Workshop

Brand education workshops and seminars are a core offering of The Blake Project. Today we're pleased to announce a new, robust workshop with a focus on brand leadership.What does it mean to be a leading brand? What are the benefits of brand leadership? How do brands come to be leaders in their categories? Learn the answers to these questions and many others by studying some of the world’s most successful brands. And then apply what you have learned to your own brands.

Workshop Outline

Module 1: Measures of brand leadership

Measures of brand leadership
•    Position in consideration set
•    Price insensitivity/price premium
•    Customer loyalty
•    Brand asset value
•    Buzz quotient
•    Market share
•    And more…

Module 2: The five drivers of customer brand insistence

The five drivers of customer brand insistence (with brand examples)
•    Awareness
o    McDonalds
o    AOL
o    Amazon.com
•    Relevant Differentiation
o    iPod
o    Toyota Prius
o    bp
•    Value
o    Ikea
o    Hyundai
o    Honda
o    Amazon.com
o    eBay
•    Accessibility
o    Coca-Cola
o    HSBC
o    KFC
•    Emotional Connection
o    Hallmark Cards
o    Harvard

Module 3: The top ten brand differentiators