The Brand Bubble: The Looming Crisis in Brand Value and How to Avoid It

by John Gerzema, Edward Lebar Narrated by Peter Ganim

Overview

This book lays out credible evidence that points to yet another impending bubble. One which, if not corrected, could drive down valuation multiples and stock prices around the world. The authors have concluded from a detailed analysis of a decades worth of brand and financial data that business is riding on yet another bubble. A brand bubble. The traditional business models and strategies marketers have used for generations simply no longer work. While most managers still see metrics like trust and awareness as the backbone of how brands are built, analysis shows theyre dead wrongthese metrics do not add to increased asset value. In fact, by following them, marketers are led astray, actually hastening the declining value of their brands. The authors lay out a clear path to jumpstart the power of branding again. They show the brands that are succeeding already and will succeed in the future have an insatiable appetite for creativity and a questing spirit for change. They understand differentiation and how to evolve it. What they have is a more powerful form of differentiation. These brands offer consumers a palpable sense of movement and direction and contain energized differentiation that drive future corporate financial performance far greater than the traditional brands that have formerly dominated the market.

Editorial Reviews

Library Journal

These authors both hold senior positions at Young & Rubicam (Y&R), part of the largest ad agency holding company in the world, WPP Group. Their book sounds an alarm based on a gap in value between how consumers and investors perceive brands. The authors have a proprietary research tool that they use to measure value, and they've found that investors reward companies with greater brand awareness, even if consumers don't see much utility. The book presents recommendations on how to close the gap between consumer and company perceptions. Many other books present theories about branding. Al and Laura Ries's The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding offers a hands-on approach to branding, focusing on what works and not necessarily why, while Janelle Barlow and Paul Stewart's Branded Customer Service attacks the problem of branding from the view of the customer experience. David A. Aaker and Erich Joachimsthaler's Brand Leadership 's more quantitative approach and academic perspective can be compared most closely to this new book. The Brand Bubble is appropriate for a business school or corporate library and will be useful to marketers as well as investors.-Stephen E. Turner, Turner Devaughn Network, Abington, PA

From the Publisher

Selected One of the Best Marketing Books of 2009 by Strategy + Business

Voted to the BusinessWeek bestseller list, December 2008!

Voted Best Business Book of 2008, Advertising/Marketing —800-CEO-READ

Voted #6 Book You Should Have Read in 2008 —AdAge

"If consumer and investor perceptions of brand value have indeed been diverging, a huge reassessment of the value of brand-owning companies may still lie ahead"—Financial Times, October 23, 2008

"A wake-up call for marketers that think more branding per se will save them."—Harvard Business Review, November 2008

These authors both hold senior positions at Young & Rubicam (Y&R), part of the largest ad agency holding company in the world, WPP Group. Their book sounds an alarm based on a gap in value between how consumers and investors perceive brands. The authors have a proprietary research tool that they use to measure value, and they've found that investors reward companies with greater brand awareness, even if consumers don't see much utility. The book presents recommendations on how to close the gap between consumer and company perceptions. Many other books present theories about branding. Al and Laura Ries's The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding offers a hands-on approach to branding, focusing on what works and not necessarily why, while Janelle Barlow and Paul Stewart's Branded Customer Service attacks the problem of branding from the view of the customer experience. David A. Aaker and Erich Joachimsthaler's Brand Leadership's more quantitative approach and academic perspective can be compared most closely to this new book. The Brand Bubble is appropriate for a business school or corporate library and will be useful to marketers as well as investors.
—Stephen E. Turner, Turner Devaughn Network, Abington, PA (Library Journal, September 15, 2008)

"The authors have access to one of the richest longitudinal marketing databases in the world...If consumer and investor perceptions of brand value have indeed been diverging, a huge reassessment of the value of brand-owning companies may still be ahead."—Alan Mitchell, Financial Times (October 23, 2008)

"Through extensive consumer research and analysis, the authors propose a startling fact: that despite rising valuations, consumers are falling out of love with many of the brands they buy. Use this book to learn how to safeguard one of your most cherished assets, your brand."—Ram Charan, co-author of The Game Changer, Execution, and Confronting Reality

"Essential reading for all concerned with the future of their brand." (LRP, April 2009)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940176271232
Publisher:	Ascent Audio
Publication date:	07/20/2020
Edition description:	Unabridged

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