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As we can read in TrendWatching, over the past few years, we have moved from eco-ugly (ugly, over-priced, low performance alternatives to shiny 'traditional sphere' products and services) to eco-chic (eco-friendly stuff that actually looks as nice and cool as the less responsible version). Now it looks like we are moving to a new stage... to eco-iconic: "Goods and services sporting bold, iconic design and markers, that help their eco-conscious owners to visibly tout their eco-credentials to...
Within the framework of the celebrations for its 5th anniversary in the Spanish market (as a strategic marketing and branding boutique), Allegro 234 presented in Madrid the macro-trends that are changing our behaviour globally. According to a survey by McKinsey & Co, nearly 70% of executives in the world agree that global, social, environmental and business trends impact their corporate strategies. So far, very few use trends while acknowledging that change, and from those only 17% are...
Considering brands as an experience and a concept that transmit identity, reputation and relationship between the company and its audiences, we face a reality where those elements will be more or less relevant according to the interests and needs of each public in particular: If the audience consists of clients and customers, identity will be more relevant through image communication. For shareholders, reputation will be more relevant when presenting the business value proposition as well as...
The ecology is a postmodern value associated with welfare. Day-after-day this value becomes more important and relevant for most of us. The situation is that during recent months, cars advertising -almost all of them, has begun to communicate respect for the environment based on new "eco-engines" (you will see different names for the same kind of functional benefit). The truth is that they continue polluting, less than before (which is also truth), but they continue. The key issue here is that...
Today, in Javier Velilla's blog, he posted this video from Hundred Monkeys which is trying to explain what Branding is... It's quite good. Also, as Nicholas Ind said, there are plenty of definitions of brands and branding. Some people think a brand is a logo. Or advertising. Or packaging. Or another word for the name of the product and service they buy. In fact it's all of these things and a lot more. To get a sense of what a brand is, just stop and think like a customer. I buy Nike sports...
Probably, one of the most challenging situations in our "NetWorld" is that both people and companies can be traditional, modern and/or postmodern, independently of geographical boundaries. Moreover, regarding specific situations, a person behaves different. Let's take as an example a young contemporary mother, who is also working, considering Ronald Inglehart's value map: As a mother she prioritizes values such as family, kids, health. A mix between traditional and modern values As a...
Ronald Inglehart's research began (almost) 20 years ago. In certain way, the upshot of this attitude research was that as societies grew prosperous, they were able to focus on "post-material" values. The cultural value maps, that he and his team developed, show where each country is in terms of relation to authority and relative well-being. The interesting issue is that during the last years each country dramatically changed from one position to other. It looks like people value agendas are...
Identity comes before image, and is an intrinsic part of the institution. It is built on the grounds of history, traditions, and the present and desired future. Internal and external people are part of it. Identity is present in the corporation, in its products and in its services. Image stands for and communicates such identity. Its major challenge is to maintain the coherence between the conveyed concepts, and the business model and the "idea into action" of the institution. It is must to...
The first formal models used for building brands strategies were created during the industrial era and were related to productive processes. These are the most popular ones, and although they have evolved along the years, they still maintain their original characteristics. Iconic model Most of these models were developed in the United States and the fact of America being a young continent has implied, in brand terms, a scheme of thought with iconoclastic features, based on the present and with...
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