Branding Only Works on Cattle

Most people don't know it yet, but branding is dead. Sure, we need to know about the stuff we want to buy, but the billions of dollars spent on logos, sponsorships, and jingles have little, if anything, to do with actual consumer behavior. As branding guru Jonathan Baskin reveals, modern consumers are harder to find, more difficult to convince, and near-impossible to retain. They make decisions based on experience - so what matters isn't how creative, cool, or memorable the advertising is, but how companies can directly target consumer behavior. Pretty pictures and funny taglines should be an after-thought: brands must target what consumers actually do . How companies affect behavior - whether via marketing communications, distribution strategies, or customer service - is how branding is being reborn. This book will be the essential guide to understanding and thriving on this new branding dynamic.

JONATHAN SALEM BASKIN is the principal of Baskin Associates. He has led some of the most successful marketing campaigns in recent history, working with Nissan, Blockbuster, Apple, and GE. He speaks extensively on marketing panels and runs the highly popular marketing blog, Dim Bulb.