Branding That Means Business
How to Build Enduring Bonds Between Brands, Consumers and Markets
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Marketing and psychology experts Matt Johnson and Tessa Misiaszek describe brands as if they were people. They advise firms to create brands that have strong personalities, purpose and meaning. Digitization and commodification, they warn, direct consumers toward generic products. To compete, brands must inspire customers with emotion and forge links based on values and identity. Johnson and Misiaszek offer clear explanations of marketing concepts, grounding them in fascinating stories of contemporary brands that have flourished by connecting with consumers.
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About the Authors
Matt Johnson is a professor of marketing psychology at the Hult International Business School and head of NeuroScienceOf, a neuromarketing firm. Tessa Misiaszek is head of research at the Korn Ferry Institute, co-founder of the Happy at Work podcast and an instructor in Harvard’s Continuing Education Division.
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