For deeper, more loyal customer relationships and enhanced profit margins, companies must "live" the brands they sell. The approach is called "integrated branding" and it"s not just a communications strategy. A company must demonstrate to itself and its customers that its external brand image is a reflection of what"s inside the company. The brand and the company are inseparable, and this realization must pervade the entire organization, from new product development to human resource management.

Integrated branding is an overall way of doing business, and a way to make certain a company"s products are based on the right answers to two mutually reinforcing questions: "What do customers value?" and "What does the company do best in relation to what customers want?" The tools to accomplish these goals are called "drivers". In this updated edition of their acclaimed guide, LePla and Parker show how drivers work and how to apply them. Also included are discussions of how to determine brand structure, how an integrated brand applies to marketing communications and how integrated brands can help companies when they go public.

Essential reading for marketing professionals, corporate strategists, and those who make decisions that determine an organization"s future. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Integrated Branding: Becoming Brand-Driven Through Company-Wide Action (Lynn Parker, F. Joseph Lepla)