
Creating Passion Brands
How to Build Emotional Brand Connection with Customers
Kogan Page Ltd (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 3. January 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-7494-4762-5 (ISBN)
Description
At the core of this book is an inspiring ideal: that for both commercial and social reasons, brands need the courage to stand for something, rather than responding to the latest consumer whim.
Faced with crowded markets, flat growth and growing consumer cynicism, brand marketers are looking for ways to deepen the emotional connection between brands and consumers. Through interviews and case studies,
Creating Passion Brands
demonstrates how belief-led brands like Google, Innocent, Zara and Camper have outstripped the growth of their peers by igniting passion among employees and consumers alike. They are passion brands and show the way forward for marketing in the 21st century.
Drawing on the very latest academic research and Millward Brown's unique global research into brand value, this book reveals a systematic approach to the business of creating a passion brand from an existing brand. Always vivid and often contentious,
Creating Passion Brands
explores what really counts at the heart of branding today.
Reviews / Votes
"The perfect text for today's planner." Malcolm White, Account Planning Group "This is a very rewarding read. The first half points out where so many brands have lost their differentiation thanks to the separation of Marketing from the rest of the organisation and Marketing's subsequent overhyping of its power base - the consumer perspective...The second half sets out how to identify and maximise the soul of a brand. This will be a slow burn hit that eventually becomes a key text. Get yours now." Chris Forrest, The Nursery "A great debate starter for anyone in business." Brand Strategy "Creating Passion Brands builds on existing branding notions and reiterates the commercial value of good old fashioned principles as well as introducing some fresh, practical ideas that can be applied to any company, irrespective of size." Inside Retailing "This powerfully argued book is a call to arms, not just to marketing departments but to anyone in business." Accounting and Business "Edwards and Day offer a structured and thoughtful approach to Passionbrand building to anyone looking for a new approach to a very old problem." MBA Magazine "A useful and enjoyable book to read: the information is disseminated seamlessly, and the references are current." Quality World "This book is a perfect example of thinking outside the box - Edwards and Day have provided one of the most innovative, intriguing business books of the season." Kirkus Reviews "You can make a lot of money with a brand by ignoring everything in this book, but your products will be dull and your employees bored...Creating Passionbrands accurately describes processes by which we can all have more fun." Brand Strategy "The authors are well-placed to illustrate the way in which a venerable but moribund brand can transform itself with passion...they distil this experience and insight into six guiding principles, which all modern corporations could follow with advantage." Argent "Edwards and Day provide their readers with both a practical framework to examine a brand's scope for passion and a structured process for developing it." Admap Magazine "A step-by-step process for emulating successful brands and for building strong emotional connections with consumers." Reference and Research Book News "One of the more rewarding contributions to the subject in recent years." Marketing Magazine "The identification of consumer-led brands as a negative phenomenon, the idea that some brands can become passion brands and the articulation of an insightful list of truly stimulating creative questions that can be used to inspire marketing imagination are valuable contributions." Journal of Product and Brand Management "Explains the importance of "Passion brands" - brands which ignite passion both inside and outside the company - and sets out a proven methodology for the creation and maintenance of Passion brands." Journal of Economic LiteratureMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
398 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7494-4762-5 (9780749447625)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

Helen Edwards | Derek Day
Creating Passion Brands
How to Build Emotional Brand Connection with Customers
E-Book
09/2005
1st Edition
Kogan Page Ltd
€42.99
Available for download
Persons
Author
Dr Helen Edwards straddles the business and academic worlds of marketing through teaching, writing and consultancy. She is an award-winning columnist at Marketing Week, an adjunct associate Professor of Marketing at London Business School, and sits on the board of the UK Effies. She is also the author of Creating Passion Brands, published by Kogan Page and is based in London, UK.
She founded Passionbrand in 2005 - a boutique brand consultancy based in London, combining strategic and creative skills. Clients include Johnson & Johnson, 3M, Avon, Tesco, MetLife, Nationwide, EDF Energy, BBC Worldwide, Smith & Nephew, The World Economic Forum.
ISNI: 0000 0003 6644 4870
ISNI: 0000 0003 6644 4870
Derek Day has 30 years' experience working with brands, most recently as JWT's Worldwide Creative Director for Unilever, responsible for their biggest global brands. In his long career he has worked in virtually all product sectors and won creative and effectiveness awards for his work on Mercedes-Benz, BT, Unilever, Emirates and The Co-operative Bank. His own agency, PartnersBDDH, was formed in 1987 with Leslie Butterfield and was sold in 1998 in a $25 million deal.
ISNI: 0000 0001 0948 3828
ISNI: 0000 0001 0948 3828
Content
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- Chapter - 00: Introduction;
- Section - ONE: Why;
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- Chapter - 01: From understanding to obsession;
- Chapter - 02: The five symptoms of malaise of consumer-led brands;
- Chapter - 03: Why brands need belief;
- Chapter - 04: Why passive belief won't do;
- Chapter - 05: Just another brand - or a Passionbrand?;
- Section - TWO: How;
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- Chapter - 06: Creating Passionbrands: the journey starts here;
- Chapter - 07: Corner no 1: ideology;
- Chapter - 08: Corner no 2: capability;
- Chapter - 09: Corner no 3: consumer;
- Chapter - 10: Corner no 4: environment;
- Chapter - 11: Marketing imagination and the Passionpoint;
- Chapter - 12: From identity to reality: six guiding principles;
- Chapter - 13: Leading from the heart
From understanding to obsession; The five symptoms of malaise of consumer-led brands; Why brands need belief; Why passive belief won't do; Just another brand or a Passionbrand?; Creating a Passionbrand identity; The four-corner model; Marketing imagination and the Passionpoint; From identity to reality; Leading from the heart.