Branding for Dummies - 2nd Edition by Bill Chiaravalle & Barbara Findlay Schenck (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Whether your business is large or small, global or local, this new edition of Branding For Dummies gives you the nuts and bolts to create, improve, and maintain a successful brand. It'll help you define your company's mission, the benefits and features of your products or services, what your customers and prospects already think of your brand, what qualities you want them to associate with your company, and so much more.

Packed with plain-English advice and step-by-step instructions, Branding For Dummies covers assembling a top-notch branding team, positioning your brand, handling advertising and promotions, avoiding blunders, and keeping your brand viable, visible, and healthy. Whether you're looking to develop a logo and tagline, manage and protect your brand, launch a brand marketing plan, fix a broken brand, make customers loyal brand champions--or anything in between--Branding For Dummies makes it fast and easy.

• Includes tips and cautionary advice on social media and its impact on personal and business branding programs
• Covers balancing personal and business brand development
• References some of the major brand crises--and how to avoid making the same mistakes
• Shows brand marketers how to create brands that match their employers' objectives while launching their own careers

If you're a business leader looking to set your brand up for the ultimate success, Branding For Dummies has you covered.

From the Back Cover

Learn to:

• Understand the meaning and process of branding
• Get clear about the difference between branding and marketing
• Create and keep loyal brand customers
• Manage and protect your brand

Create, improve upon, and maintain a successful brand

Branding is a red-hot topic, and for good reason: it paves the way for marketing success. Whether you want to build a new brand, strengthen an established brand, or repair a broken brand, this hands-on guide helps you define your desired brand image and leads you through the entire branding process. So what are you waiting for? Take control of your brand today!

• Gain your branding bearings -- gear up with easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions for building a brand from the ground up, improving an existing brand, or repairing a damaged brand
• If you build it... -- tips and templates for defining and positioning your brand, putting your brand identity into words, naming your brand, and designing your logo and tagline
• Branding for the win -- launch (or re-launch) your brand, cover your bases in a digitally connected world, engage your audience on social media, and advertise, promote, and publicize like a pro
• Love and loyalty -- cultivate brand followers and loyalists, value and leverage your brand, and find tips for examining your brand's health and conducting a makeover
• Avoiding or repairing brand damage -- find helpful info for claiming, protecting, and defending your brand - legally and through usage

Open the book and find:

• What, how, and when to brand
• Tips to help define your brand character and voice
• Advice for building business, product, and personal brands
• The best ways to ignite customer passion
• How to fix a broken brand
• The importance of reacting quickly if your brand is threatened
• Ten branding mistakes to avoid
• Top branding truths to remember
• Access to bonus online material

About the Author

Bill Chiaravalle served as Creative Director with world-renowned brand strategy and design firm Landor Associates before founding Brand Navigation, which has been honored with numerous branding, design, and industry awards. Barbara Findlay Schenck is a nationally recognized marketing specialist and the author of several books, including Small Business Marketing Kit For Dummies.