The Activation Imperative: How to Build Brands and Business by Inspiring Action

by William Rosen, Laurence Minsky, Rory Sutherland (Foreword by)

Overview

How can marketers navigate the growing array of marketing specialties, media options, and data sources? How can they provide consumers with seamless experiences of value across channels that overcome behavioral barriers and actually deliver results?

In The Activation Imperative, William Rosen and Laurence Minsky provide a straightforward guide for marketers to move beyond building brands to activating them—from simply projecting what a brand is to optimizing what it does—to move people closer to transaction.

Drawing on years of research and experience with the world’s most sophisticated brands, Rosen and Minsky share a unifying cross-discipline marketing approach designed to impact critical behaviors and more effectively drive business results. With actionable advice and best-in-class examples, Rosen and Minsky offer marketers a road map to manage today’s increasingly fragmented marketing landscape to more efficiently build their brands and their business.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538114667
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	01/26/2018
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

WILLIAM ROSEN is chief executive officer of VSA Partners, one of the world’s preeminent branding and marketing firms, and former president and chief creative officer of North America at Arc Worldwide, the global marketing company of Leo Burnett Worldwide. Widely recognized as a leader in cross-channel marketing and branding, he has been honored with hundreds of awards around the world and served as president of the jury at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

LAURENCE MINSKY is associate professor of advertising, Columbia College Chicago, and author or coauthor of numerous books, including Audio Branding: Using Sounds to Build Your Brand and How to Succeed in Advertising When All You Have Is Talent. He is also an award-winning creative director, copywriter, marketing strategist, and consultant focused on creating innovative and effective cross-discipline marketing solutions for such client as Amazon, United Airlines, AARP, and others.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Rory Sutherland, Vice- Vice-Chairman, Ogilvy & Mather Group UK
Preface
Chapter 1: AIM for Greater ROI: The Activation Imperative Method
Chapter 2: Ready, Set, AIM
Chapter 3: Broadcast, Billboards, Branding, and More
Chapter 4: Start with the Shopper (Marketing)
Chapter 5: Connecting with Digital, Social, and Mobile
Chapter 6: Come and Get It: Content & In-Bound Marketing
Chapter 7: The Importance of Being Direct (Database & CRM, Too)
Chapter 8: Join Us: The World of Participation & Promotion Marketing
Chapter 9: Are You Experiential?
Chapter 10: Now a Word from Your Sponsor(ships)
Chapter 11: Build Your Relationship(s) with PR & Brand Journalism
Chapter 12: AIM for Optimal Activation
About the Authors
Index

Editorial Reviews

The Activation Imperative belongs in the hands of marketing students and educators alike. The information on digital marketing and social media is timely and provides a thorough perspective on marketing and brand management.

David Aron

Rosen and Minsky have written a must-read primer for marketing professionals. Anyone who aspires to master versatile and creative tactical marketing strategies and the strategic framework of thinking in a customer-centric and ever-changing marketplace should read this book.

Jenna Massey

The Activation Imperative is the antidote to marketing fragmentation. Rosen and Minsky provide a strategic blueprint for consumer-centric marketing by starting at the end of the purchase cycle. They not only present a sound system but also back it up with real-life case studies and examples from new and traditional media. This book addresses the real problem of bringing new marketing specialists together with a renewed call for strategic unity.

Keith A. Quesenberry

The Activation Imperative is an essential read for any marketer hoping to stay relevant in a rapidly changing marketplace. Rosen and Minsky build a compelling argument for moving beyond carpet-bombing prospective customers with brand promotion to engaging them at key trigger points in the customer journey. With its keen insights on building both brand and bottom line results, this is one book you don’t want to miss!

Rick Mathieson

Branding is a two-step process: definingthe brand and activating the brand. The Activation Imperativeis the best that I have seen on activating the brand.

Philip Kotler

In our recent groundbreaking study, the Association of National Advertisers found that spending on brand activation will top $740 billion by 2020, more than twice as much as advertising. I’m glad to finally see a book like The Activation Imperative that is not only focused on brand activation but also provides a methodology for better aligning marketing disciplines to achieve it.

Michael P. Kaufman

The Activation Imperative takes marketing strategy to a new level, demanding more from marketing and marketers. Rosen and Minsky bring cohesion, structure, and direction to an increasingly fragmented marketing environment. They show how to weave digital and traditional channels together to build powerful and cost-effective marketing campaigns. A thoughtful book, and a must-read.

Kevin Tynan

For those striving to break down traditional marketing silos and design truly human-centered solutions that drive business results, this book provides the road map and beacon you have been looking for.

Lisa Hurwitz

The Activation Imperative offers readers a practical approach to the transformation needed to respond to today’s accelerating pace of technological change. It is as valuable to today’s marketing practitioners as it is to academics. A must read for anyone interested in increasing the effectiveness of modern marketing.

Yoram Wind