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Martin Lindstrom and Patricia B. Seybold
BRANDchild
Remarkable Insights into the Minds of Today's Global Kids and Their Relationship with Brands
Kogan Page, 2003
What's inside?
To market your brand to kids ages 8 to 14 tap into their high-tech world and their need for stability and peer approval.
Recommendation
This is an excellent book about marketing to children. Based on extensive research into the attitudes, perceptions, emotions and preferences of children around the world, it tells you in no uncertain terms how to target one of the biggest and most influential consumer populations on earth. Children between the ages of 8 and 14, dubbed "tweens" ("tweenagers") by the authors, are a curious group. They are also a lonely, insecure group with an engaging mix of naivete and sophistication. Devilishly hard to capture, they are a rich economic prize, controlling an enormous amount of money of their own, and strongly influencing their families' purchases, even of major appliances. This book shows you what matters to these kids and what false notes to avoid if you want to tap into their buying power. getAbstract acknowledges that some readers may be uncomfortable with such tactics as setting up a web site that pretends to belong to a friendly child in order to attract kids and start buzz about some brand, but the book's reporting is accurate, practical and forward looking, for good or ill.
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About the Authors
Branding consultant Martin Lindstrom is the author of Clicks, Bricks and Brands and co-author of Brand Building on the Internet. Patricia B. Seybold is the author of The Consumer Revolution and several other books on consumer affairs.
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