Brand Management: How-to articles covering the latest marketing tactics, tips, and strategies.

• Brand Reputation Management: Your Seven-Point Game PlanLorna Walkden
  Despite its current popularity, brand reputation management is not a new concept, but today it's about actively managing the references, conversations, and feedback that typically occur online. Here are seven ...
  Brand Management, Content, Customer Service, Public Relations, Referrals, Reputation Management, Search Engine Marketing, Social Media, Testimonials
• Drowning in Data [Infographic]Verónica Maria Jarski
  As social media platforms continue to evolve at an unprecedented rate, businesses are finding it difficult to stay on top of all the data. To show how much data is ...
  Brand Management, Consumer Electronics, Digital Marketing, Facebook, High-Tech Marketing, Instagram, LinkedIn, Mobile Marketing, Social Media, Twitter
• Content Marketing Sweetens the Mix [Infographic]Verónica Maria Jarski
  How popular has branded content marketing become this year? According to recent research, brands and agencies continue to increase their spending for branded content marketing. Check out the following infographic ...
  Ad Copy, Advertising, Brand Management, Branding, Content, Content Marketing, Web Content
• From Nine to Known (Part 1): Nine Nine-Minute Tips for Building Your BrandWilliam Arruda
  Being visible and available is something you must do every day so you can attract ideal opportunities and advance your career. Here are nine activities you can easily slot into ...
  Brand Management, Brand Positioning, Branding, Career Management, Facebook, Reputation Management, Social Media, Social Networking
• Four Steps for Using Images in Your Brand's Social StrategyStephen Shepherd
  As a marketer, how can you effectively use brand images in social marketing? What are some proven tips and tricks to incorporate images into your social content mix? Here are ...
  Brand Awareness, Brand Management, Brand Positioning, Branding, Content, Content Marketing, Creativity, Customer Engagement, Customer Loyalty, Facebook
• Wherefore Art Thou, J. Peterman? The Quest for Social EngagementDilip Venkatachari
  J. Peterman is a brand with far more personality than most. However, somehow, it got lost along the winding road to the social Web, and it's a tragedy that's costing ...
  Brand Awareness, Brand Management, Brand Positioning, Branding, Content, Content Marketing, Copywriting, Creativity, Customer Retention, Facebook
• Manage Your Marketing Career in 3DWilliam Arruda, Deb Dib
  Many career-minded marketing professionals we coach tell us they are too busy working in their career to work on it. Sound familiar? If so, it's time to switch from autopilot ...
  Brand Management, Brand Positioning, Branding, Career Management, Reputation Management
• When Did Social Media Lose Its Way? [Infographic]Verónica Maria Jarski
  In the early days of social media, users interacted like real people do. However, in time, social networks evolved into pits of broadcast messages. Here's how companies lost their way ...
  Brand Management, Customer Relationships, Customer Retention, Digital Marketing, Facebook, Social Business, Social Media, Twitter
• A Century of Marketing Media and Measurement: The Evolution of the 'Growth Hacker' [Infographic]Verónica Maria Jarski
  To demonstrate how marketers have adapted to media innovations through the last century and developed measurements for them, IfbyPhone created the following infographic about the evolution of the "growth hacker" ...
  Advertising, Brand Management, Business Intelligence, Consumer Electronics, Customer Insight, Customer Satisfaction, Digital Theory, Management, Measurement, Sales and Advertising
• Taxing Situation: A Lacking Web Presence for Local Tax Preparers [Infographic]Verónica Maria Jarski
  As Tax Day approaches, flustered US taxpayers head online for help filing their annual tax returns. This infographic shows how tax filers use the Web to seek help and how ...
  Brand Management, Customer Acquisition, Customer Engagement, Digital Marketing, SEO, SMBs, Websites

Brand Management: Podcasts containing in-depth interviews with smart marketers from all walks of life.

• Think Like a Producer, Not a Publisher: Andrew Davis on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]by Matthew Grant
  Marketers need to think and act more like executive producers, those people behind the scenes of movies and TV shows who spend all their time "trying to find the resources to create the right kind of content for the right ...
  Brand Management, Content, Content Marketing, Customer Evangelists, Digital Marketing, Marketing Smarts, Web Content
• No Pain, No Gain: Jonah Lehrer Discusses Debate, Dissent, and Creativity on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]by Matthew Grant
  One of the rules of traditional brainstorming is... "Don't criticize anyone's ideas." But does that work? "Criticism is really good for the imagination," Jonah Lehrer explains in this week's episode of Marketing Smarts.
  Brand Management, Collaboration, Creativity, Feedback, Management, Marketing Inspiration, Marketing Smarts
• The Mindset Is the Message: Amber Naslund and Matt Ridings Talk Social Business on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]by Matthew Grant
  What does "social business" mean? On this week's episode of Marketing Smarts, Amber Naslund and Matt Ridings tell me why the key to being a social business depends less on technology and more on the application of social concepts internally.
  Brand Management, Management, Marketing Smarts, Social Business, Social Media

Brand Management: Online seminar broadcasts from the best minds in marketing

• MarketingProfs University: Building the Living, Breathing BrandBroadcast on 6/13/2013 with Tamsen Webster
  This PRO seminar will teach you how to make your brand work for you by going beyond taglines and slogans and giving it the eyes, ears, and legs it takes to become an integral part of your customers' lives.
  Brand Loyalty, Brand Management, Branding, Customer Behavior, Customer Relationships
• MarketingProfs University: The Daring Brand's Guide to Creating Content Worth SharingBroadcast on 12/6/2012 with Ann Handley
  In this PRO seminar, MarketingProfs chief content officer and Content Rules co-author Ann Handley will share her philosophy about what brands like yours need to do to fully embrace content marketing to create content worth sharing.
  Brand Management, Content, Content Marketing, Creativity, Marketing Strategy, Marketing Tips
• How to Collaborate Effectively Within Your Organization to Strengthen Your BrandBroadcast on 11/15/2012 with Elaine Fogel
  This PRO seminar will give marketers the resources and inspiration they need to collaborate with other departments. You'll learn how to turn employees into brand ambassadors who will enhance customer relationships, advocate branding compliance, promote trust, and help your business.
  Brand Ambassadors, Brand Management, Collaboration, Community, Marketing Strategy
• Ten Best Practices for Performing Competitive TeardownsBroadcast on 7/26/2012 with Sean Campbell
  You'll learn the do's and don'ts of acquiring competitors' solutions, methods to perform the teardown effectively and fairly, and how you can use the results to improve your marketing and sales collateral.
  Benchmarking, Brand Management, Brand Positioning, Market Research, Marketing Strategy, Positioning, Product Management
• MarketingProfs University: Understanding and Engaging Today’s Connected BuyerBroadcast on 6/7/2012 with Tony Zambito
  This PRO seminar and first class of MarketingProfs University's Digital Advertising Academy will get you inside the minds of your buyers and cover why understanding them is the first step to successful branding, marketing, and demand generation.
  Advertising, Brand Awareness, Brand Management, Customer Behavior, Customer Engagement, Customer Relationships, Customer Satisfaction, Demographics, Market Research, Marketing Tips
• Is Your Company Ready to Respond to a Social Media Crisis?Broadcast on 9/29/2011 with Jeremiah Owyang
  Join us as analyst and thought leader Jeremiah Owyang presents his latest research with MarketingProfs detailing how companies plan for social business crises.
  Brand Management, Corporate Communications, Customer Engagement, Marketing Strategy, Public Relations, Reputation Management, Social Media

Brand Management: Tutorials — tactical marketing know-how in just 10 minutes from subject matter experts

• Take 10: How to Build a Socially Savvy BrandReleased on 2/15/2013 with Heidi Cohen
  In just 10 minutes, you'll learn how to define all aspects of your brand, from colors to images, sound, video, the tangible and intangible elements, and more.
  Brand Management, Brand Positioning, Branding, Digital Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Social Media, Take 10
• Take 10: How To Create a Customer Advocate ProgramReleased on 10/19/2012 with Michael Brito
  In just 10 minutes, you'll learn how to create customer advocates and how to leverage them in a way that will help your bottom line!
  Brand Management, Customer Engagement, Customer Evangelists, Customer Loyalty, Customer Relationships, Take 10
• Take 10: Six Ways to Turn Your Brand Into Eye Candy for Your ConsumersReleased on 6/1/2012 with Nick Westergaard
  In just 10 minutes, you'll learn how to proactively prepare your brand for this social visual revolution and ensure that you have a sexy and cohesive brand image that's ready for consumption by your audience.
  Brand Management, Brand Positioning, Branding, Integrated Marketing, Interactive Marketing, Logos, Social Media, Take 10
• Take 10: How to Effectively Use Traditional Marketing in the Digital AgeReleased on 4/6/2012 with Elaine Fogel
  In just 10 minutes, you'll learn how you can use traditional marketing (print advertising, direct mail, etc.) as the perfect complement to your digital marketing strategy.
  Advertising, Brand Management, Branding, Digital Marketing, Direct Marketing, Integrated Marketing, Marketing Tips, Print Collateral, Take 10
• Take 10: How to Integrate Social Media Into Your Daily RoutineReleased on 3/23/2012 with Beth Schillaci
  In just 10 minutes, you'll learn how to integrate social media into your marketing mix effectively by working it into your daily routine.
  Brand Management, Community, Customer Relationships, Relationship Marketing, Social Business, Social Media, Take 10