iLive2014 | Julian Stubbs - Is #branding still relevant in a #digital world

Is #Branding Still Relevant in a #Digital World?Julian StubbsOctober 2014

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JULIAN STUBBS

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Is #Branding Still Relevant in a #Digital World?

brands / inbound marketing / living in the cloud





So what’s the big issue?



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Things have changed




Digital+Internet

Power has shifted




The seller

The buyer

BrochuresApplication notes

Customer visitsPricing

THE ANALOG WORLD




The sellerThe buyer

DIGITAL WORLD 1.0




The seller

The buyer

DIGITAL WORLD 2.0




The sellerThe buyer

DIGITAL WORLD 3.0




The sellerThe buyer

DIGITAL WORLD 3.0

Content Inbound Marketing



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Consumers are becoming more rational – are brands still as relevant?




Brands



J U L I A N S T U B B S

© All copyright *UP There, Everywhere 2012

A promise to deliver a value.

The brand exists in the consumers mind

J U L I A N S T U B B S

The brand exists in the consumers mind

A promise to deliver a value.


One word?




ONE WORD




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It’s about what people think





Imperial Tobacco: $7.1 billion USD to expand business

not acquisitions

investment in brands




Apple buys Beats $3 Billion




WHERE’S THE VALUE?




Brands help establish trust




‘’I don’t know who you are

I don’t know your company

I don’t know your company’s product

I don’t know what your company stands for

I don’t know your company’s customers

I don’t know your company’s record

I don’t know your company’s reputation

Now - what was it you wanted to sell me?’’

THE IMPORTANCE OF BRANDING TO CUSTOMERS





If you’re not a brand......you’re a commodity

THE 1980s MANTRA




BRANDS MUST ADD VALUE

How much are brands worth?




The Value of a Brand?




TOP TEN GLOBAL BRANDS BY VALUE 2014

118 BUSD 107 BUSD 81 BUSD 72 BUSD 61 BUSD

45 BUSD 45 BUSD 42 BUSD 42 BUSD 34 BUSD

Brand # 1 Brand # 2 Brand # 3 Brand # 4 Brand # 5

Brand # 10Brand # 9Brand # 8Brand # 7Brand # 6

BestGlobalBrands2014





Brands in 2014




How people buy things has changed profoundly —

– marketing has not.




‘Am I looking for absolute value. Not always, and usually no. I am looking for good value for a fair price. This is something I thought the book fell a little short on.’

Amazon review

The Influence MixPrior Preferences, Beliefs, and Experiences (P)

Information From Marketers (M)

Input From Other People (O)

Emotional value propositions: not rational




We all make emotional, non-rational choices

We buy from people and brands we like

This is one of the most important elements in creating strong brands and value propositions

EMOTION MATTERS: VALUE PROPOSITIONS

Functional EmotionalSelf expressive




VALUE PROPOSITION:IS IT JUST FUNCTIONALITY?

Prada or plastic?

Absolute Value?




$3$300

PEN?

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Absolute Value?




‘Business is about people’Simon Sinek


‘The technical stuff is easy......the brand stuff isn’t’

Shari Monnes Head of UP Digital & SocialBoston, USA




Brands in the Consumer worldLess important today?




Jools12 years oldDigital native




Steven Gerrard’s boots

Jools12 years oldDigital native




Markus Persson (Notch)

$2.5 billion




7 million subscribersSales revenue for Space EngineersYogscast-branded items Simon and Lewis

three million people tuning in each day

Dwarfs and the Diggy Diggy Hole song




Calvin Harris

Earnings 2013:$66 MUSD




RECOMMENDATION




Will brands disappear as we know them?




“If this business were split up, I would give you the land and bricks and mortar, and I would take the brands and trade marks, and I would fare better than you.”

— John Stuart, Chairman of Quaker (ca. 1900)




SUMMATION BRANDS

1. Disruptive technology and disruptive business models are coming to you - soon

2. Digital: online, social, content + inbound: changing the game – out of sight

3. Brands won’t disappear but they have to become more distinct (the vanilla issue) more personal and more P2P




Inbound marketing




Cold calling? Cold E-Mail? Google search? Social media?




QUESTION: How do you find

your clients?




I don’t.They find me.




The sellerThe buyer

OUTBOUND MARKETING

Outbound marketing TV, Radio, Posters

ExhibitionsTele salesDirect mail

E-mail blastsPrint material




The sellerThe buyer

Outbound marketing TV, Radio, Posters

ExhibitionsTele salesDirect mail

E-mail blastsPrint material

OUTBOUND MARKETING




The sellerThe buyer

A BETTER WAY




The sellerThe buyer

DIGITAL WORLD 3.0

Inbound marketing The customers you want find you

MeasurableTargetedEffective

Software to automate, co-ordinate and measure

Valuable Content

Valuable Content

Valuable Content

Valuable Content

SubtleQuality

Quantity

Valuable Content

Valuable Content




Free book chapter

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Free book chapter

Offer on whole book

Free one hour briefingBLOGS xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx

OUR PLACE BRANDING FUNNEL

30% paid

TOP OF FUNNEL MID FUNNEL END OF FUNNEL

Place Branding checklist




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Isn’t it just about producing lots of content?

3 issuesMarketing dogs

Too much too soonMe me me – product centric




no idea who is visiting

what they are doing

do the marketing materials do the right job?

‘I have no idea what I’m doing – but I am busy’

MARKETING DOGS


First date: ‘You’ll make a great father!’

TOO MUCH TOO SOON




‘Let’s get married’

FIRST TIME MEETING

first thing you do is offer a 30 day free trial

buy now!

produce a white paper




ME ME ME – PRODUCT CENTRIC


David Brent

‘Wait till you hear about me - I’m fantastic’




http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0009721/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t1

http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0009721/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t1


‘Listen to me you idiot.

Buy my products’





Value feelings and time

Be interested

Understanding them is key – Persona based marketing

BUILD RELATIONSHIPS: FOCUS ON THEM




BUILDING ACCURATE BUYER PERSONAS

Building accurate pictures of who you

are talking with is key




Inbound is like a Relationship




GOOD MARKETING –BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS

First step – top of the funnel

Low commitment: interest. First meeting – have a coffee

When you leave – you both want to meet again

Common interest content

NEXT STEP – middle of the funnel

Take a walk, have dinner, drinks, get to know them more – as a potential partner

A marathon – not a sprint

Higher value content

Bottom of the funnel

Intimate relationship – closer

Then 30 day free trial

Appropriate offers and content




Social Media PostsSchedule, plan and curate / create




SOCIAL MEDIA PUBLISHING TOOLS

Curate 40% vs Create 60%

Sunday AM




2. Don’t come on ‘too heavy’ early on – stop being awkward, stop stalking them

3. Be interested in them to be interesting to them – persona centric marketing

4. Treat it like a relationship – keep it feeling balanced and long term

1. Don’t just do stuff and hope it will work. Do the right things at the right stage

SUMMATION INBOUND




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The future of agencies and employment in a digital world?




TWO THINGS

Don’t need a ‘Boss’Don’t want to sit in traffic




Julian and EricJanuary 2011




EmployeesOffices

AGENCY ECONOMICS AND COSTS

90%




AGENCY ECONOMICS 2




Employment FreelanceMoneyColleaguesEducation

SlaveryBossOffice

Fear LonelinessStagnation

The Third Way

E-Ployment

Freedom!I’m the bossFlexibility MoneyColleaguesEducation

FreedomI’m the boss!Flexibility






One brandCloud based tools and systemsGlobalNo employeesNo offices

Just people




MYTH




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You have to take the stairs’




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Thank You

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